Oct 24, 2024 Chandigarh: Two organ donations, facilitated by four green corridors spanning four locations across the country over the span of two consecutive days, have given the ‘gift of life’ to eight terminally ill organ failure patients, a PGIMER…

Oct 24, 2024 Kolkata,: Despite the complexities of poliovirus that make it difficult to stop from spreading, an expert on Thursday said that the disease is “gasping” and is on the verge of eradication from the global map. Heaping praise…

Oct 17, 2024 New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl spoke about new projects and achievements in public health and highlighted a significant advancement in tuberculosis (T B) diagnosis: a new handheld X-ray device…

Oct 24, 2024 London: Britain will ban single-use vapes from next year, a government minister said on Thursday, seeking to crack down on the environmental harm and rising usage levels among children. Health authorities have raised concerns about the use…

Oct 23, 2024 New York: Most U.S. states do not currently cover highly sought after weight- loss drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly in their Medicaid health programs for low income people, citing cost as a key factor, according…

Oct 21, 2024 Wellington: Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense. For the tiny babies cared for in these wards, any infection could prove fatal. Great care is taken to prevent the…

Oct 24, 2024 In 1893, the American Journal of the Medical Sciences reported on ten patients whose large and hitherto incurable cancers had been injected with bacteria taken from skin infections. In every case, striking improvement was seen, marking the…

Oct 24, 2024 New Delhi: A study has uncovered a biological process in which thyroid hormones and proteins in the liver work together to regulate cholesterol, an imbalance of which is considered common in neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers said the “previously…

Oct 24, 2024 New Delhi: It’s terrifying to imagine a scenario where one falls ill but has no effective medication for treatment. While it could seem a little far-fetched in today’s modern, tech- advanced world, this is happening almost daily…

Oct 23, 2024 New Delhi: Risk of death due to a sudden heart attack could be four times higher for patients of schizophrenia, a new study has found. For those having other types of mental illness such as depression, death…