MHA prescribes visa care for foreign patients
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs has eased visa procedures for travellers to India who need medical treatment to reduce the inconvenience involved. Foreigners with long-term visas of six…
What is Janeway Lesion? | Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
In simple terms, Janeway lesion is a collection of pus within the tissues of the body with marked localized death of living tissue and inflammatory filtrate not involving the epidermis.…
Dissolve hospital panels which have less than 25 transplant cases: Bombay high court
MUMBAI: Hospital-based organ transplant authorisation committees that have conducted less than 25 such surgeries in the previous year will have to be dissolved, Bombay high court has ruled. A division…
AbbVie CFO Chase stepping down, to retire by mid-year 2019
AbbVie Inc said on Friday that Chief Financial Officer William Chase is retiring in mid-2019 and named its controller, Robert Michael, his immediate successor as CFO. Michael, 48, will report…
Pharmacist who wouldn’t fill miscarriage drug is out
PETOSKEY, Mich.: A Michigan pharmacist accused of refusing to fill a prescription to help a woman complete a miscarriage no longer works for the Meijer retail chain. Meijer spokeswoman Christina…
Insurance companies and the government can come forward to take genomics to the next level : Dr Vivek Jain
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dr. Vivek Jain Child Neurologist & Epileptologist, Santokbha Durlabhji Hospital, Jaipur to know more the role of genomics in pediatric neurology and the challenges…
Sanofi drug Dupixent wins U.S. FDA approval to treat asthma
France’s Sanofi SA said on Friday eczema drug Dupixent was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an additional maintenance therapy in patients with two types of asthma.…
Vitamin E overlooked by 90% of the nation
New Delhi, 18 October, 2018: Merck Consumer Health India – a leader in Vitamin E in India – announced the publication of the country’s first handbook that highlights the hitherto…
In India there is a great opportunity for healthcare models that are consumer centric : Prashant Tandon
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Prashant Tandon, Founder, CEO, 1 MG to know his views on the role of technology in healthcare and how he drives his digital platform,…
Breast milk found to reduce antibiotic-resistant bacteria in babies
Washington D.C. [USA]: Breastfeeding seems to protect babies from bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to a study. The researchers at the University of Helsinki found that infants who were breastfed…
