Health

Women who have been pregnant show more signs of biological ageing compared to those who have never had a baby, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National...

New Delhi: In a startling revelation, the world's largest consumer goods company Nestle adds sugar and honey to infant milk and cereal products in several countries including India, an investigation...

Bhubaneswar: A patient suffering from acute pyelonephritis, a bacterial infection causing inflammation of the kidneys, accompanied by septic shock was successfully treated at the Phulnakhara campus of the Institute of...

Bhubaneswar: Telemedicine has made healthcare easily accessible. "Geography and distance do not matter any longer as telemedicine can be used to reach a patient anywhere," Dr Ramasamy Kim, an expert...

New Delhi: With 2.9 crore people living with Hepatitis B infection and 0.55 crore living with Hepatitis C infection, India is one of the countries with the highest burden of...

Bhubaneswar: The rise in patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease has become a critical problem but it can be countered through a well-balanced lifestyle, eminent neurosurgeon Prof. (Dr) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) released new guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic Hepatitis B (HBV) infection at the 2024 Asian Pacific Conference for the...

Washington: A 62-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease underwent the world’s first pig-to-human kidney transplant recently in the United States’ Massachusetts General Hospital, raising hopes among kidney patients on the...

New York: A three-year-old girl at Blackwood in United States’ Wales has been diagnosed with a rare disease called pica. It sparks cravings for inedible objects. Extremely worried about her unusual...

New Delhi: India ranks third among top 10 countries with highest number of obese individuals, a recent Lancet report has stated. The country is just behind the US and China...