China’s swine fever may spread in Asia: FAO
More than 24,000 pigs have been culled in China in four provinces to stop the disease from proliferating, the FAO shared in a statement. The first outbreak was reported at…
Antibiotics you throw away may be breeding superbugs
NEW DELHI: Tonnes of antibiotics, painkillers and other medicines are flowing down the Yamuna, and scientists at AIIMS say our habit of throwing away leftover medicines in household garbage is…
BRD hospital row: Adityanath blames ‘internal politics’ for infants’ death
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India]: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday refuted the reports claiming that 60 infants died due to shortage of oxygen at the BRD Medical College…
Nation’s most prestigious medical award to 3 Lucknow doctors
LUCKNOW: In three cheers for the medical fraternity of Lucknow, three eminent doctors of the city were conferred the prestigious BC Roy Award on Friday While SGPGI director Prof Rakesh…
Uttarakhand HC orders sealing of unregistered hospitals
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court today ordered to seal all the hospitals and clinics running without registration in the state. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and…
Hospitals which were using a clinical evidence based tools saved more lives : Shireesh Sahai
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Shireesh Sahai, CEO, Wolters Kluwer, Gurgaon, to know more about the impact of Clinical Decision Support in healthcare and how it can impact and…
Sunil Godhwani responsible for Group’s woes: Singh Brothers
NEW DELHI: Former promoters of Fortis Healthcare and Religare Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh today blamed former Religare Enterprises Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Godhwani for the group’s troubles. “The…
New drug combo shrinks tumours, halts growth
An “exciting” new cancer drug combination appears to shrink tumours and halt their growth for months, according to an early-stage clinical trial which could mean months of extra life for…
In 30 years, India will have fewer children than today
India’s population will touch almost 1.7 billion by 2050 but its child population (those below 15 years of age) is projected to come down by 20% over the next 32…
GeneXpert Edge will allow both diagnosis, treatment to happen the same day: Peter Farrell
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Peter Farrell, Cepheid, VP-India of Commercial Operations Globally, Sunnyvale, California, to know more about the launch of their latest diagnostic tools in TB and…
