App to link volunteers working with stray dogs

Pune: The city-based non-governmental organization Sare Jahan se Acha Socio Eco Pol Foundation has developed a mobile application called Indies to connect volunteers working with stray dogs. Volunteers involved in…

NEET compulsory for MBBS overseas: Parents of medical students studying abroad threaten to go to High Court

After NEET was made compulsory even for students pursuing medical courses abroad, parents of nearly 100 students who are studying in Phillippines met at Maninagar on Sunday to decide on…

Disability rights crusader Javed Abidi dies at 53

NEW DELHI: India’s global face of disability rights movement, Javed Abidi, died of chest infection on Sunday. He was 53. Abidi, who founded the Disability Rights Group (DRG), and was…

After 10 yrs, woman regains sight due to rare tooth-in-the-eye surgery

By: Nitindra Bandyopadhyay A 35-year-old woman was able to see after a decade after doctors put a tooth in her eye, quite literally. This is a rare form of surgery…

Hair transplant is not primarily a surgery but an art: Dr Arvind Poswal

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dr (ex-Capt.) Arvind Poswal, Director, Dr A’s Clinic, New Delhi, to understand the challenges in hair transplant industry. Hair care Scenario Today hair care…

T Thomas, former chairman of Hindustan Unilever passes away

MUMBAI: T Thomas, former chairman of Hindustan Unilever (then Hindustan Lever), passed away on Friday at the age of 90. He started his career in 1950, as an Industrial Engineer…

NPPA Chairman paid ‘price’ for trying to Control price of treatment

New Delhi: Private Hospitals and Medical Device lobby have retaliated with a vengeance. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) chairman, who capped the price of exorbitant stent and exposed ruthless fleecing…

India based researcher gets $600000 for Lupus care

The Lupus Research Alliance has given Chandra Mohan a grant to find the Target Identification in Lupus. He is an endowed professor in the university’s biomedical engineering department. He and…

Controls On Oxytocin Production And Trade To Check Misuse

The Modi government has chosen to confine the make of oxytocin, known as the ” cuddle hormone”, in the nation and boycott its import and fare to stop the far-reaching…

Becton, Dickinson & Company appoints new Managing Director for India & South Asia

New Delhi: BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company has appointed Pavan Mocherla as the new Managing Director for its India and South Asia operations. The…