A Stitch in Time saves Spine
New Delhi: Priyanka, 21, the good looking girl from Mewat, is now raring to tie the knot with Rahul just 6 months after her spine was severely injured, thanks to…
Pharmacologist, calls for a guideline for standard quality for drugs to be formulated.
Hyderabad: The Central Drugs Laboratory and Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory are not carrying out checks to see if drugs are of standard quality (SQ) and labelling them as such. Government hospitals too…
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital bags Longest Ureteric Stone till date
New Delhi: The stone measured 22 cm in total and weighed 60gms. It turned out globally the largest ureteric stone removed till date. The length of ureter is approximately the…
Govt plans to specify a unique colour code for generic medicines
The central government is favourably considering an amendment to the decades-old Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, to specify a separate colour code for generic medicines, from branded medicines. A generic is…
Govt considering ban on over 150 combination drugs: Report
NEW DELHI: The government could ban over 150 combination drugs after an expert panel found that those have no therapeutic justification, Mint reported. The Chandrakant Kokate-led expert panel, which was…
Online medicine apps stay away from J&K due to frequent internet blockade
At present there are about 60 online pharmacies operating in India which provide home delivery of medicines through websites and apps. However, no such app is functional in J&K as…
Home Healthcare: The Missing Cog of Universal Healthcare
New Delhi: Ayushman Bharat is for sure the best foot forward towards Universal Health Coverage except a few gaps. Given the fact that most of the empanelled hospitals are in…
Heart Care Foundation of India issued Health Sutras on World Health Day
New Delhi: High blood pressure, blood sugar and blood cholesterol can remain silent for up to a decade. A pulse rate of less than 60 or more than 100 is…
New weight loss therapy injecting tiny beads into the stomach
An experimental obesity treatment that involves injecting tiny beads into the arteries of the stomach may help some people lose weight and keep it off for at least a year,…
Closed Reduction for Fracture Treatment
When outside forces such as direct blows or falls are applied to bone, it has the potential to break. Fractures occur when bone cannot withstand those external forces. Fracture, cut,…
