May 23,2024 NEW DELHI: Healthcare emerged as the most violative sector in India with respect to advertising rules in 2023-24, with majority of violations took place due to misleading claims, an annual analysis of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)...

May 20,2024 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has castigated Banaras Hindu University (BHU) researchers for “incorrectly” associating it with an observational study on the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, and asked why it should not take legal...

May 21,2024 New Delhi: Centre has asked drug controllers of all states and UTs to share a list of antibiotic combinations licensed by them for manufacturing and marketing in their respective jurisdictions. It has also asked states/UTs to monitor the...

May 19,2024 New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has alerted traders, fruits handlers and Food Business Operators (FBOs) who are operating ripening chambers to strictly ensure compliance with the prohibition on Calcium Carbide for artificial...

May 19,2024 Drug makers Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Sun Pharma, and Aurobindo Pharma are recalling products from the US market due to manufacturing issues, according to the latest Enforcement Report by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). Dr Reddy’s Laboratories...

May 15,2024 Copenhagen: Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 40 percent of deaths in Europe, the WHO said on Wednesday, urging Europeans to cut their salt intake. That amounts to 10,000 deaths a day, or four million a year, “Implementing targeted...

May 15,2024 Bengaluru: On account of ‘World Hypertension Day’, Dr Devi Shetty, Founder and Chairman, Narayana Health, emphasised the critical importance of monitoring and controlling one’s blood pressure. This year’s theme, ‘Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer’,...

May 15,2024 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said its 1995 judgement which brought the medical profession within the ambit of Consumer Protection Act needs to be reconsidered. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal said...

May 16,2024 New Delhi: Privatisation reduces the quality of care and worsens health outcomes of patients, a study published in Lancet suggests. The study analysed several studies conducted in high-income countries on the fallout of public hospitals being converted to...

May 15,2024 New Delhi, There is a need to increase the number of qualified doctors to more than 50 lakh and also add 30 lakh more hospital beds in the country in order to achieve India’s healthcare vision 2047, according...