Colistin Ban is highly demanded by the Doctors
Infectious disease experts are forcing the central government to put a ban on the use of colistin, an antibiotic widely used to promote growth in fish and animals. Recently study…
Service to Rural Areas should be mandatory for fresh doctors
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu said that Rural posting should be mandatory for new doctors as it could be a good solution to tackle doctors shortage in rural areas. Rural…
First Home Sperm Test device launched in India
First time in India, home sperm test device to count moving sperm has been approved by FDA. A Los Angeles based company Medical Electronic Systems (MES) which has specialization in…
Smuggled Phensedyl Seized from Beltola
Recently, allegedly imported 568 cartons of smuggled Phensedyl have been seized by Basistha police from Beltola. According to the Beltola police, these cartons brought from Ahmedabad and smuggled to Guwahati.…
It was a bitter ‘Modicine’ Doctor Community had least expected
New Delhi/ London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit Indian doctors’ community as hard in his UK sojourn as popular actor Amir Khan had done in his acclaimed TV Program Satyamev…
For diabetics @ dead end of medication, stem cells are elixir
New Delhi/ Chandigarh: It may take a while before stem cell therapy becomes the first line of treatment in diabetes management but end stage diabetic patients becoming resistant to medication…
A smart phone based health App is all set to help screen diabetics
New Delhi: An innovative smartphone-based health app pioneered in NSW (New South Wales) could help millions of the world’s poorest to access lifesaving diabetes screening and care for the very…
Orchid Pharma’s lenders reject Union Quimico’s bid
Lenders to bankrupt Orchid Pharma have called for a second round of bidding for the drug maker after they found the offer from the only eligible bidder in the first…
Over-the-counter sale of 14 steroid creams has been banned by the Health Ministry
The Indian health ministry made amendments to certain rules of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 and put 14 steroid-based creams and ointments under the Schedule H category. This step…
AIOCD urges health ministry not to penalise chemists for failing to report TB cases
The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists Association (AIOCD), a representative body of 8.5 lakh chemists in the country, has urged the Union health ministry not to penalise chemists…
