Health

New Delhi: India has set the target of eliminating TB by 2025, five years ahead of the global deadline of 2030. However,  in its 149th report, the department-related parliamentary standing...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a report on the devastating impact of high blood pressure, also known as a silent killer. About India, the global health...

New Delhi: The positive effects of a healthy diet get nullified if you are eating unhealthy snacks. According to researchers, this happens with 25 per cent of people, increasing their...

New Delhi: With just 941 deceased donors available for transplants in 2022, deceased organ donation is the need of the hour. According to government figures, out of 16,041 organ transplants...

New Delhi:  Hours after a district-wide health alert was issued on Monday after two "unnatural" deaths were reported from a private hospital, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday,  confirmed...

Bhubaneswar: With 22 cases of scrub typhus being detected at VIMSAR, Burla, in the past three days, Public Health Director Dr Niranjan Mishra on Tuesday informed about availability of testing...

New Delhi: The number of under-50 people worldwide being diagnosed with cancer has risen by nearly 80% in three decades, according to the largest study of its kind, with more...

New Delhi: Medical practitioners, health experts, and nutritionists always lay emphasis on the importance of adequate and a good night's sleep for a healthy life. In fact, they stress on...

Bhubaneswar: Paediatric surgeons at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) in Odisha capital successfully operated on a one-month-old baby girl, employing the laparoscopic method, to repair her inguinal hernia which caused obstruction...

New Delhi: By 20250, nearly one billion people globally will have osteoarthritis, according to a study which found that 15 per cent of individuals aged 30 and older currently experience...