Early Tamiflu administration reduces risk of Flu associated pneumonia in children Medha Baranwal4 Feb 2020 3:08 PM ISTChina: Early administration of oseltamivir (within the first 48 hours of onset) can reduce the risk of influenza B virus-associated pneumonia in...
Simple test may identify future risk of dialysis or transplant in acute kidney disease Hina Zahid3 Feb 2020 4:31 PM ISTUSA: Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a low-cost test that screens for excess protein in the urine have been shown to accurately...
Fighting Coronovirus: China to build a 1,000 bedded hospital in 10 days Garima27 Jan 2020 3:30 PM ISTBeijing: To treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people in the country, the China government...
Unidentified virus Outbreak in China: 1 dead from pneumonia, 7 critical Medical Dialogues Bureau13 Jan 2020 9:00 AM ISTSHANGHAI: A 61-year-old man has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan after an outbreak of a yet to be identified virus while...
Pneumonia cases rise to 44, China to identify cause of outbreak Medical Dialogues Bureau5 Jan 2020 9:02 AM ISTBeijing: Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, officials said on...
Lack of proper diagnosis,treatment for gastrointestinal ailment: Hospital told to pay 8 lakh Garima9 Dec 2019 6:40 PM ISTHYDERABAD: Holding the treating doctors and city-based hospital guilty of medical negligence and deficient in service; the Hyderabad District forum...
India saw 2nd-highest number of pneumonia deaths of children under age five: UN Garima15 Nov 2019 4:02 PM ISTUnited Nations: India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable...
Pneumonia epidemic is deadliest child killer: aid groups Garima12 Nov 2019 5:25 PM ISTParis: Pneumonia is the world's deadliest child killer, with a "forgotten epidemic" claiming one young life every 39 seconds, international health and...
New Delhi's air pollution "visible killer": UN official Garima9 Nov 2019 4:58 PM ISTUnited Nations: India is grappling with a "public health disaster" and the air pollution levels in New Delhi are a "visible killer", a senior UN...
Human Milk Banks in India strive for government funds, quality manpower deepanjana Sarkar Sarkar18 Sept 2019 4:15 PM ISTThe concept of a Human Milk Bank, though extremely relevant to the health of our country's infants, has not taken much of shape in India. While the...
Union Health Ministry to conduct breastfeeding awareness week every month till 2022: Dr Harsh Vardhan Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Aug 2019 10:00 AM IST"The activities around breastfeeding should be sustained throughout the year and therefore the Health Ministry will be carrying out activities to...
India had world's highest child mortality rate in 2015: Lancet Medical Dialogues Bureau19 May 2019 9:36 AM ISTNoncommunicable diseases such as preterm birth complications and congenital abnormalities were usually the leading causes in states with low...
