Health

New Delhi: After a spate of deaths due to heart attacks of men in their 40s last year, the deaths of two teenagers due to suspected heart attacks were reported...

New Delhi: Cough syrup exporters will have to get their products tested at specified government laboratories from June 1 before getting permission for outbound shipments. The direction has come after...

New Delhi: A pathbreaking finding by a team of scientists from the San Francisco Medical Centre, University of California could bring in a fundamental change in the treatment of cancerous...

New Delhi: Phase-3 trial for a dengue vaccine developed by Panacea Biotech is likely to begin in a few months. The vaccine has been developed in collaboration with the Indian...

New Delhi: Hypertension is the single most important leading cause of cardiovascular disease mortality globally, especially in the South-East Asia Region. Since almost half of the people with hypertension in...

New Delhi: With the high prevalence of diabetes, non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) are a part of the tea tray in practically every Indian household. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has...

New Delhi: For the first time, blood bag delivery by drones has now become possible in the country. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) conducted a trial run of...

New Delhi: Staying up late at night and trying to catch up on lost sleep during the day has become quite a norm now, especially among youngsters. It is also...

Bhubaneswar: Biotechnologists at Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here have isolated a new probiotic bacteria with potential health benefits. The ‘Ligilactobacillus salivarius F14’ found in the fecal samples, collected from...

New Delhi: World Asthma Day (WAD) is organised by the Global Initiative for Asthma, (GINA) (www.ginasthma.org), a World Health Organization collaborative organisation founded in 1993.  WAD is held each May...