Health

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...

New Delhi: The top US disease control agency is tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. The lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected...

New Delhi: Divorced men are at the highest risk among people with diabetes of having some or all of their feet and legs amputated because of the disease, research has...

New Delhi: Air pollution is helping to drive a rise in antibiotic resistance that poses a significant threat to human health worldwide, according to a global study. The analysis, using data...

New Delhi: A new case study has revealed that a woman in Canada who was repeatedly hospitalised for stomach pain and vomiting had developed lead poisoning from taking Ayurvedic pills...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry is working on formulating a national menstrual hygiene policy that seeks to ensure access to safe and hygienic menstrual products, improve sanitation facilities, address...