June 20,2024 New Delhi: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it has received a warning letter from the US health regulator for its Dadra facility over violation of manufacturing norms. The warning letter by the US Food and Drug...

June 21,2024 Geneva: The World Health Organisation and drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co are warning people to be wary of fake versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes medicines. WHO said Thursday that it has fielded several reports of fake semaglutide...

June 19,2024 New Delhi: An expert committee is likely to meet soon to deliberate on a contentious proposal to assess the feasibility of allowing generic substitutions for prescription drugs, said people familiar with the matter. The proposal has become a...

June 17, 2024 Mumbai : The FSSAI Western Region office has suspended the license of an ice cream manufacturer in Pune after a 26-year-old doctor from Malad West alleged that he found a human finger in an ice cream cone...

June 15,2024 There is a common belief that food cooked at home is not processed & healthier and that food cooked in an industrial kitchen is processed and unhealthy. This is not true. As the food cooked in an industrial...

NEW MASTER CIRCULAR issued by IRDAI repeals 55 previous circulars. Major reforms FOR health insurance policies – especially beneficial for Sr Citizens. Insurers have been advised to move to 100 % cashless claim settlements – and empanel all categories of...

June 12,2024 New Delhi: Exposure to heat was found to stress the heart of adults by increasing the blood flow to the organ’s walls, according to a new study. The researchers also found evidence of obstructed blood flow induced because...

June 12,2024 Copenhagen: The WHO on Wednesday blamed four major industries — tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuel and alcohol — for 2.7 million deaths a year in Europe, accusing them of obstructing public policies that could hurt their profits....

June 11,2024 New Delhi: Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health India in collaboration with researchers from Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (Nagpur), and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) have conducted a survey shedding light...

June 11,2024 New Delhi: Sildenafil, commonly known by its brand name Viagra, the wonder drug for men suffering from erectile dysfunction, can also help people prevent problems related to memory. A recent study has found that the drug increases cerebral...