Sun Pharma signs Akshay Kumar as brand ambassador for Revital H
New Delhi: Sun Pharma signs Akshay Kumar as brand ambassador for Revital H Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Monday said Sun Pharma Consumer Healthcare has signed Bollywood star Akshay Kumar…
Heart disease deaths rise in India by 34% in 15 years
NEW DELHI: The death rate due to cardiac diseases has declined significantly in the US in the last 15 years even as it continues to rise in India with cardiovascular…
Study: Diabetes raises possibility of erectile dysfunction
NEW DELHI: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a known effect of diabetes in men but patients often keep quiet on this aspect. In a survey conducted recently by a top private…
Access to cancer care is the biggest challenge today: Dr Dinesh Pendharkar
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dr Dinesh Pendharkar, President, Indian Society of Oncology, to know more about his model of cancer care (District Cancer Care Programme) and his association…
Aurobindo in last lap to buy Mallinckrodt’s US generics business
MUMBAI: Aurobindo Pharma is in final negotiations to acquire Mallinckrodt’s specialty generics business in the US—including its portfolio of opioid-based painkillers—for $850-900 million after talks resumed in May, said multiple…
Left Kidney of a 45 year old patient housed 856 Stones!
New Delhi: Doctors at Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh successfully removed 856 stones from the kidney of a 45-year-old patient. This was done by adopting minimally invasive surgical techniques. A team…
Tumour that made Iraqi kid grow faster removed
NEW DELHI: In a rare surgery, doctors at a private hospital in Faridabad recently removed a hormone producing tumour that made Hasan, a four-year-old Iraqi boy, look older — his…
Firms marketing medicines may soon be liable for drug regulation violations
CHENNAI: Companies marketing medicines in India will soon be liable for violations of drug regulations that could lead to spurious or substandard medicines even if they aren’t manufacturers of these…
Lack of attention on education, health magnified in Modi rule: Amartya Sen
New Delhi: Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen said the lack of attention on social sectors had taken a “quantum jump in the wrong direction” since the BJP came to power and…
BJP-ruled Rajasthan, Maharashtra ‘reluctant’ to opt for Modicare: Official
NEW DELHI: In a setback to the Modi government’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPS), two of the BJP-ruled states, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, have expressed “reluctance” to implement…

Raj HC quashes license cancellation of medical agency for RGHS irregularities
Aakash Healthcare registers 72 % Rise in Vaccination Volumes Post- Covid
Officials’ Apathy Allows Quackery To Flourish: Delhi’s ‘Salman Bhai’ Runs Paid ‘Herbal Cure’ Camp For Incurable Alopecia In Mughalsarai
Department Of Commerce Organizes Chintan Shivir To Strengthen India’s Medical Devices Export Ecosystem
Domestic MedTech gets shot in the arm with First Fund launched
Minor Girl Hospitalised After Allegedly Consuming Cough Syrup In Raebareli
Supreme Court declines plea to make nucleic acid tests compulsory at blood banks
Jaipur: Fraudster Arun Kumar Arrested for Extorting Medical Store Owners by Posing as Drug Inspector
India’s Medical Devices Sector Logs 4,108 Licensed Manufacturers and ₹20,658 Crore FDI Inflows Since 2018
Abbott introduces its most advanced drug eluting stent XIENCE Skypoint™ in India