Health

New Delhi: A new study, based on testing 10 brands of sanitary pads sold in the country, suggests that using them can be harmful to the body. It is titled...

New Delhi: At least 164 cases of measles have been reported in Mumbai as per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and there have been seven deaths due to the viral infection...

New Delhi: World Pneumonia Day, November 12, is a yearly reminder that pneumonia can strike anywhere and anytime, and is a serious, potentially life-threatening lung infection. Pneumonia is primarily caused...

New Delhi: Many people have given up using underarm deodorants in the belief that using them increases the risk of breast cancer. People are concerned that the aluminium content in...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Mineral-rich Odisha has potential sites for developing a domestic pharma manufacturing sector, said Priyanka Priyadarsiny, head of research and development wing of Panacea Biotec Limited, New Delhi, while...

New Delhi: People with a weakened immune system or suffering from chronic lung disease, TB, HIV and cancer are susceptible to fungal infections. Critically-ill patients receiving treatments in ICUs are...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has declared cancer a ‘reportable disease’, making it mandatory for all hospitals, labs, healthcare facilities and institutions providing diagnostic treatment and palliative care to report the...

Bhubaneswar: Plans are afoot to make Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) fully functional from its temporary building at Sishu Bhawan Square in Bhubaneswar from January 1, 2023. The state...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to continue the free COVID booster dose vaccination drive till the existing stock of vaccines lasts and further communication from the Centre, reports said...

New Delhi: It is ironic that World Heart Day (September 29) falls bang in the middle of the Indian festive season every year. Festive heart syndrome is most common at...