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“FSSAI will soon formulate guidelines for schools, hospitals, government canteens, etc., to incorporate millets as nutritional options in the food menu."

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India

Mar 24,2024: The 7th CII AYUSH Conclave, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry was held on Friday on the theme “Emerging trends in AYUSH: Unleashing the market potential” at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Read More...

Mar 21,2024: To combat the nationwide challenge, experts and practitioners emphasised the need for collaborative strategies to engage pre-adolescent and adolescent children in tackling malnutrition. They highlighted the significance of integrating nutrition education in the school curricula to enable children to make knowledgeable food decisions. Read More...

Mar 22,2024: Delhi High Court warns Health Minister and Secretary of potential jail time for non-compliance with clinical establishment regulations, urging prompt action to regulate unauthorized labs and protect the common man from inaccurate reports, emphasizing the need for swift legislative approval. Read More...

Mar 17,2024: When questioned about the financial viability of providing cost-effective medical tests and services, he explained that the Trust enters into Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with both private and government hospitals in the area to provide dialysis services. Read More...

Mar 27,2024: The restatement will have no impact on its revenue or current cash position, said a spokesperson for the company, which has contract manufacturing agreements with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lonza, among others, according to bluebird's annual report released last year. Read More...

Mar 26,2024: The final round of negotiations for a pandemic accord faces intense pressure this week as countries grapple with differing approaches to handling future global health crises. Shaken by the devastating impact of Covid-19, nations seek to establish binding commitments to prevent and manage future pandemics. Read More...

Mar 26,2024: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is seeking researchers to conduct systematic reviews and meta-analyses on lung cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, management, and palliation. The review teams will evaluate literature on 30 review questions identified by the Guideline Development Group. Read More...

Mar 26,2024: Two patients at Aundh Civil Hospital received wrong blood types, leading to ICU admission. Nurse mix-up caused haemolysis, organ shutdown. Ongoing investigation and strict actions by hospital administration. Relatives allege nurse's phone distraction during transfusion. Read More...

Mar 17,2024: The donor was a 78-year-old woman, who was admitted to the AIIMS' Trauma Centre on December 19 with a severe head injury after suffering a fall, and later, declared brain dead, Dr Asuri Krishna, additional professor of surgery at the hospital said. Read More...

Mar 24,2024: Hyderabad: MTBVAC, the Spanish tuberculosis vaccine, the first live attenuated vaccine of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from a human reaches a new milestone by starting clinical trials in India, the most populated country in the world and the one with the highest number of cases of this infectious disease. Read More...

Mar 21,2024: Patanjali Ayurved has issued an unconditional apology to Supreme Court for airing misleading advertisements. Co-founder Baba Ramdev and MD Acharya Balkrishna were asked to personally appear before court on April 2. Read More...

Mar 14,2024: Ionis Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday its experimental drug to treat a type of fatty liver disease met the main goal of reducing inflammation of the critical organ in a mid-stage trial. Read More...

Mar 18,2024: According to the suspicion, the information about eggs having these genetic carriers was available to the staff at the clinics both abroad and in Israel; however, the embryos were transferred to Israel anyway and the fertilised eggs were even implanted into a number of Israeli patients. Read More...

 

Mar 18,2024: The AI-driven solution is analysing vast amounts of medical data swiftly and precisely, leading to earlier and more accurate diagnoses, and improved patient outcomes. Read More...

Mar 16,2024: The research, led by those at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, analysed data on bloodstream infections of nearly 9.5 lakh individuals across 29 European countries. The data was collected through routine surveillance between 2015 and 2019. Read More...

A generic drug is a medication that has exactly the same active ingredient as the brand name drug and yields the same therapeutic effect. It is the same in dosing, safety, strength, quality, the way it works, the way it is taken, and the way it should be used. Generic drugs do not need to contain the same inactive ingredients as the brand name product.

Mar 19,2024: NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo has also written to the ministry of commerce and industry and recommended that directions may be issued to all e-commerce companies to remove drinks and beverages from the category of health drinks from their sites. The commission has sought an action taken report by March 23. Read More...

Mar 27,2024: In order to increase patient access to these treatments, Cipla plans to leverage its expertise and strong network of distributors, institutions, and market outreach activities throughout India. Sanofi India will keep controlling, importing, and producing all of its CNS products at facilities both domestically and internationally. Read More...

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