Feeling sleepy during the day may trigger Alzheimer’s: Researchers

New York: In a significant finding, Johns Hopkins researchers have revealed that those who feel sleepy during the day are nearly three times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than…

Losing weight through diet, exercise in pregnancy safe: Study

New York: Pregnant women can safely limit their weight gain with diet and exercise interventions, the results of a group of trials by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)…

Supreme Court prescribes pain relief for 15 banned combination drugs

The Supreme Court told the government it could not use a technical advisory body’s report to prohibit 15 types of combination medicines manufactured in India since before 1988, said lawyers…

A new technique filters danger of impending stroke out

New Delhi: Mrs. Indira Sharma, aged 71, was at tipping point of an impending stroke. But for timely intervention through a new technique, she would have succumbed to the danger…

Health dept to monitor use of e-cigarettes

Trichy: With several reports indicating that a ban on e-cigarettes is likely to be imposed anytime soon in Tamil Nadu, the Trichy district health department has started taking steps to…

Now, steel could find new role as nano needle

VIJAYAWADA: Stainless steel, the versatile metal which has found wide applications, is now seen as the improbable candidate that can be used in brain surgeries, going by new research done…

Health ministry invites suggestions for renaming drug regulator CDSCO

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has invited suggestions for renaming the country’s drug regulator CDSCO in line with its expanded roles. In a public notice issued Thursday, the Central…

Jayalalithaa death probe commission censures Apollo for non-cooperation

CHENNAI: The commission inquiring into the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa has come down heavily on Apollo Hospitals, which treated the former chief minister during her 74-day stay…

Malvinder, Godhwani colluded to divert Rs 1,223 crore from Religare and Fortis

Shivinder Mohan Singh, the former promoter of Fortis Healthcare and Religare Enterprises, has made scathing allegations against elder brother Malvinder Mohan Singh and Sunil Godhwani in his petition filed with…

GSK Pharma in search of buyer for non-core brands

MUMBAI: British drug maker GSK Pharma’s India arm is looking to sell some of its non-core brands as the company looks to consolidate its position in the chronic and vaccine…