Tamil Nadu: Doctors warned, Chronic Kidney Disease Becoming Rampant

Doctors in Madurai shared their concerned and said Around 65,000 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are reported in Tamil Nadu and around 15,000 patients out of them need advanced care…

Illegal Making of Medical Devices, 45 Units under CDSCO scanner

Orthopedic implants were manufactured illegally without any regulatory license or approval. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO) team has raided 45 medical device facilities across the country for illegally producing…

SOG busts Interstate Drug Smugglers, Six held

Major success has been achieved by the J&K Police‘s Special Operations Group (SOG) by seizing 2,214 bottles of banned drug codeine phosphate and about 3.5 kg of high-quality charas in…

Tougher regulatory watch soon be endorsed on Domestic API producers

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) producers in India, soon going to face tougher stringent quality checks and frequent site inspections in the coming days as poor bio-available products of dubious origin…

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Early Signs And Symptoms To Watch Out For

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disorder where a person’s immune system attacks their joints, causing them to become inflamed. What are the early signs of this condition? RA affects small and…

Kerala launched a new initiative “PROUD” for Proper Disposal Of Unused Drugs

WHO (World Health Organization) study report that points at the damage caused to soil and water bodies due to unscientific disposal of unused or expired drug has made Kerala people…

Inculcating Culture of Quality in Indian Hospitals & Labs

New Delhi: Quality of care may be a scarce commodity even in hospitals having quality certifications from globally acclaimed agencies. Because accreditation tag should not be an end in itself,…

A Global Indian Physician in Canada on a mission to make his native country healthy

New Delhi: His heart aches to find his native country in the vice like grip of chronic diseases born out of life style going haywire. It is sickening to him…

3 In One: a rare case of Kidney Donation and Transplant

New Delhi: While even one donated kidney is a long wait for a large number of Kidney patients waiting for transplant in India, a Delhi woman was fortunate to be…

Healthcare Community questions Medical Devices being notified as Drugs

New Delhi: In a recent development, the Union Health Ministry notified 8 more medical devices categories including the entire range of implantable devices as drugs— all implantable devices, MRI equipment,…