| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| New treatment for antibiotic resistant b | Birmingham, Mar 31 (IBNS): A study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, describes a new treatment pathway for antibiotic resistant bacteria and infectious diseases with benefits for patients and healthcare providers. | 31-Mar-2017 |
| Prostate and male hormone deficiency com | Ghaziabad, Mar 30 (IBNS): With increase in average life span there is a significant population of elderly people. In this group of people, symptoms like mood swings, anxiety, nervousness, loss of libido, fatigue tiredness, sexual dysfunction, sleep dysfunction, sleep disturbances could be because of age related androgen deficiency. | 30-Mar-2017 |
| Decoding the causes of foot problem in d | CMO, Swami Parmanand Chikitsalaya Yoga Avam Anusandhan Kendra, Dr Thampi decodes the cause of foot problems due to diabetes. | 30-Mar-2017 |
| Sanofi and Regeneron announce FDA approv | Mumbai/Kolkata, Mar 29 (IBNS): Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Dupixent (dupilumab) Injection, the first and only biologic medicine approved for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies, or when those therapies are not advisable. | 29-Mar-2017 |
| Oncology surgeons from North East India | Guwahati, Mar 28 (IBNS):The Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute based in Guwahati saw an unusual rise in footfalls last week. | 28-Mar-2017 |
| Mental health care bill passed in Lok Sa | New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS): Mental health care bill that decriminalises any suicide attempt was passed in Lok Sabha, on Monday. | 27-Mar-2017 |
| A little vigorous exercise may help boos | London, Mar 25 (IBNS): As little as 10 minutes a day of high-intensity physical activity could help some children reduce their risk of developing heart problems and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, according to an international study led by a researcher at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. | 25-Mar-2017 |
| Tata Trusts and People For Animals to la | Mumbai, Mar 25 (IBNS): Tata Trusts in partnership with People For Animals have announced on Saturday their collaboration to build a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty veterinary hospital and emergency clinic that will serve the needs of all domestic and farm animals at accessible and affordable rates, an official release stated. | 25-Mar-2017 |
| Private sector should be involved to eli | Jaipur, Mar 24 (IBNS): Against the backdrop of renewed efforts to control tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, the need to ponder upon the improved methods to estimate the public health impact of TB programs is quintessential. The nation has stepped progressively in 2017 but, after 50 years of TB control activities, the disease still remains a major health challenge in India. Tuberculosis falls under the category of curable and eradicable diseases. Yet, despite a drastic decline in the disease burden of TB in the past decade the disease continues to affect a sizable section of population in rural and urban belts of the country. On account of World Tuberculosis day, The IIHMR University Jaipur shares important insights and its contribution in TB prevention and control at national and regional level. | 24-Mar-2017 |
| DLF Foundation installs second CB-NAAT m | Gurgaon, Mar 24 (IBNS): The state government’s efforts to move towards a ‘TB free India’ got a shot in the arm with the installation of Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CB-NAAT) machine, ahead of World TB Day at Wazirabad Primary Health Centre on Wednesday. | 24-Mar-2017 |
| President of India urges all to work for | New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee has called upon all stakeholders to redouble their efforts for an early achievement of the goal of TB elimination on the eve of World Tuberculosis Day. | 23-Mar-2017 |
| Chicken pox strikes seven Bihar district | Patna, March 23 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Chicken pox, a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus, has struck Bihar in a virulent form at this time. | 23-Mar-2017 |
| Potential early warning signs of osteopo | Surrey, Mar 23 (IBNS): In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey examined bone resportion (the breakdown of bone tissue by osteoclast cells) in over 370 pre and post-menopausal South Asian and white Caucasian women in the UK. | 23-Mar-2017 |
| Potential early warning signs of osteopo | Surrey, Mar 23 (IBNS): In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey examined bone resportion (the breakdown of bone tissue by osteoclast cells) in over 370 pre and post-menopausal South Asian and white Caucasian women in the UK. | 23-Mar-2017 |
| India’s research efforts should focus | New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): Reiterating its commitment to the theme Unite to End TB on World Tuberculosis Day, the Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) believes there is a need for a greater focus on research in multi-drug resistant TB (MDR- TB). | 22-Mar-2017 |
| Stigma attached to mental disorders lead | Coimbatore, Mar 21 (IBNS): More than 100 million people in India-over 10 percent of the population – suffer from mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, but the society's views about these are clouded by several misconceptions, with exorcism and magic still considered a part of treatment in rural India and even some urban areas, said experts assembled at Amrita University for a three-day workshop on global mental health. | 21-Mar-2017 |
| Link between vitamin D treatment and aut | London, Mar 21 (IBNS): Giving vitamin D supplements to mice during pregnancy prevents autism traits in their offspring, University of Queensland researchers have discovered. | 21-Mar-2017 |
| Protein could prevent brain damage cause | London, Mar 21 (IBNS): A small protein that could protect the brain from stroke-induced injury has been discovered by researchers from The University of Queensland and Monash University. | 21-Mar-2017 |
| End-of-life planning talks often fail to | London, Mar 21 (IBNS): Too few older adults plan ahead for end-of-life medical decisions. | 21-Mar-2017 |
| South-East Asia countries adopt Call for | New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Health Ministers from countries in WHO South-East Asia Region which bear half the global TB burden, and WHO on Thursday signed a Call for Action for Ending TB, pledging to scale-up efforts and implement adequately funded, innovative, multisectoral and comprehensive measures to achieve the global target to end the disease by 2030. | 16-Mar-2017 |
| Union Health Minister Nadda apprises Lok | New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS): Union Health Minister JP Nadda said on Thursday that the National Health Policy proposes raising public health expenditure to 2.5 per cent of GDP in a time bound manner. | 16-Mar-2017 |
| Columbia Asia Hospitals Pune highlights | Pune, Mar 14 (IBNS): With changing lifestyles, more women entering the urban workforce and shifting reproductive behaviors, the health concerns being faced by women have also witnessed a shift in recent years. | 14-Mar-2017 |
| India TB Caucus launched to accelerate e | Kolkata/New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): Over 30 members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assembly came together for the launch of the India TB Caucus, a network of elected representatives committed to end TB in India. | 10-Mar-2017 |
| New research finds infants are more expo | London, Mar 9 (IBNS): Babies in prams accompanying older siblings on the school run are twice as likely to be exposed to harmful air pollution in the morning than in the afternoon, a new study has found. | 09-Mar-2017 |
| When robots ease the pain of women’s h | New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS): In India, the medical community has been boldly embracing a revolutionary surgical option to help women conquer an increasing range of gynaecological maladies. | 09-Mar-2017 |
| Research into palliative care top priori | London, Mar 9 (IBNS): In the first ever study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey with funding from the UK Oncology Nursing Society surveyed cancer patients and nurses to help identify priorities for future research into oncology nursing and how it should be delivered. | 09-Mar-2017 |
| Army organises Anaemia Awareness Campaig | New Delhi, Mar 8 (IBNS): Anaemia is a common ailment among women which effects up to 60% of women and 80-90% preschool children in our country but a majority of these cases are preventable or can be treated easily, improving the quality of life of the women and children in the society. | 08-Mar-2017 |
| Robotic surgery joins the fight against | New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): As Women’s Day approaches, women’s countless courageous battles and stories of their successes make headlines. But there’s one battle that women wage that is getting increasingly skewed. | 08-Mar-2017 |
| Eastern region's first successful NGS pr | Guwahati, Mar 7 (IBNS): In a remarkable development in the field of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF or test tube baby), and giving a hope to many couples suffering from childlessness, Guwahati-based Institute of Human Reproduction (IHR) has successfully undertaken a latest method in IVF to deliver a healthy baby. | 07-Mar-2017 |
| Industry hub Pune looks to add robots fo | Pune, Mar 7 (IBNS): India’s leading automobile and manufacturing hub Pune and no stranger to shop floor robots, will soon see city hospitals add surgical robots in their operation theatres to bring succour to cancer patients. | 07-Mar-2017 |
| Early periods associated with risk of ge | Queensland, Mar 6 (IBNS): The age at which girls start menstruating could flag a later risk of diabetes during pregnancy, according to a University of Queensland study. | 06-Mar-2017 |
| The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 | Geneva, Mar 6 (IBNS): More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of are attributable to unhealthy environments. | 06-Mar-2017 |
| West Bengal Assembly passes Clinical Est | Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS): The West Bengal Assembly on Friday passed the West Bengal Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Bill, 2017. | 03-Mar-2017 |
| New TB drug candidates developed from so | Washington, Mar 3 (IBNS): A new treatment for tuberculosis (TB) is set to be developed using compounds derived from bacteria that live in soil - according an international collaboration of researchers, including the University of Warwick. | 03-Mar-2017 |
| New study reveals air pollution can alte | London, Mar 3 (IBNS): Researchers from the University of Leicester have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution - increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment. | 03-Mar-2017 |
| Contaminated PHD potable water supply bl | Bhubaneswar, Mar 3 (IBNS): In Odisha, contaminated potable water supplied by the Public Health Department (PHD) has been allegedly the major cause of jaundice outbreak in Cuttack, according to media reports. | 03-Mar-2017 |
| Kolkata: Apollo Gleneagles CEO Rupali Ba | Kolkata, Mar 2 (IBNS): President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)-Eastern Region of Kolkata's Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Rupali Basu, resigned from her post on Thursday, amid prolonged controversy over the death of a patient, reports said. | 02-Mar-2017 |
