Sep 22, 2024 • In a new study conducted in cynomolgus monkeys, researchers have shown that metformin, a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, can slow aging in multiple organs, including the brain. • Over a three-and-a-half-year period, they...
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Sep 22, 2024 New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has declared as many as 16 commonly-used medicines as spurious, after they failed the regulator’s quality and safety tests. These include Glenmark Pharmaceuticals’ Telma H, prescribed by doctors...
Sep 24, 2024 Kerala: The Kerala health department announced plans to release revised guidelines for the prevention and treatment of Mpox, a decision that came in the wake of the southern state repolting the country’s first confirmed case of the...
Sep 25, 2024 New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda on Tuesday urged the National Medical Commission to expand 75,000 medical seats by 2029. Nadda made this statement while addressing the 4th-anniversary ceremony of...
Sep 25, 2024 Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana conducted raids at a medical shop in Nagulbanda, Falaknuma, which was being operated by Mohammed Ayub Pasha without a valid drug license, and seized 23 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, antihistamines,...
Sep 15, 2024 New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has issued a new code for drug inspectors posted across the country to make their inspections, sample collections and permits uniform, predictable and accountable. In a guidance issued...
Sep 25, 2024 New Delhi: On the back of several concentrated efforts and initiatives, the prevalence of new annual HIV infections has decreased by 44 per cent since 2010, outperforming the global reduction rate of 39 per cent, Anupriya Singh...
Sep 15, 2024 Kochi: A joint inspection by excise special squad and drugs control depaltment at a medical shop at Kadavanthra has exposed the alleged sale of prescription drugs without proper documents, said officials. According to an official statement from...
Sep 23, 2024 New Delhi: The Central government is set to launch a scheme to develop 12 indigenous drugs for eight rare diseases, health minister J.P. Nadda said on Monday. The programme aims to provide financial relief to many rare...
Sep 24, 2024 To protect public health and avoid the inevitable financial drain on the national economy due to escalating chronic disease, the United Kingdom’s (UK) All-Paity Parliamenta1Y Group (APPG) on Indian Traditional Sciences intends to integrate Ayurvedic principles into...