Inter-Ministry Coordination For Promotion Of Medical Devices Industry Should Be Done By Health Ministry: Panel

New Delhi : The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has reiterated its stand that the inter-ministry coordination for promotion of the medical devices industry should be…

Kerala Nurse Gives Rabies Vaccine To Child With Fever, Terminated

Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government on Sunday decided to terminate the service of a nurse working on contract basis at a taluk hospital in Angamally near Ernakulam for allegedly wrongly…

CDRI launches enhanced contraceptive ‘Levermeloxifene’

Lucknow : The CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Lucknow has introduced an innovative contraceptive named ‘Levormeloxifene’. The breakthrough contraceptive is notably more effective to the human body with its…

Long-Term Use Of Acid Reflux Drugs Linked To Dementia Risk

Minnesota : Prolonged use of acid reflux medications called proton pump inhibitors could increase the risk of dementia, a new study shows. Previous studies gave conflicting advice on whether the medicines…

There seems a certain Spurt of Sentiments in favor of Organ Donation in India!

Noida/ New Delhi: Appeals for cadaver organ donation which used to fall on deaf ears in India seem to working on its population. There is discernible spurt of sentiments in…

Trans-fatty acids killing 5.4 lakh a year: Govt

NEW DELHI : High intake of trans-fatty acids increases the risk of coronary heart disease, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to a Parliament question, Mandaviya said industrially…

Trial Starts In Uzbekistan Over 65 Chldren’s Deaths Blamed On India-Made Medicine

TASHKENT : A court in the Uzbek capital has opened the trial of 21 individuals over the deaths last year of 65 children blamed on an Indian-made cough syrup. The Supreme…

300 Cartoon Eskuf Cough Syrups Seized In Silchar, One Arrested

Cachar (Assam) :Cachar Police today stopped a truck coming from another state near ISBT, Silchar and recovered 300 cartons. In which there were 48 thousand bottles of Eskuf cough syrup…

Karnataka: Batch of popular beer brand recalled citing health concerns

BENGALURU :  After finding sediments in a popular brand of beer, the excise department has recalled the bottles supplied to depots and retail stores, citing health concerns. An order to recall the…

ETAILS Medanta, DLF To Launch 400-Bed Hospital In South Delhi

New Delhi : Global Health Limited will launch a 400-bed multi-super specialty hospital in Delhi in association with real estate developer DLF, the private healthcare provider said on Thursday. The super…