We need to scale up our capabilities and infrastructure to reach out to the larger masses : Y.S. Prabhakar
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Y.S. Prabhakar, CEO, Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd., Mumbai to know more about the trends and challenges in the diagnostic industry. Edited excerpts: How was the…
Polio virus new weapon in fight against cancer
One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has been turned into a treatment to fight deadly brain tumours. Survival was better than expected for patients in a small study who…
Obese and diabetic women in India linked to Vitamin D deficiency
New Delhi: Close on the heels of a study in America that linked Vitamin D deficiency to diabetes and obesity, another study published in British Medical Journal (BMJ) has established…
A Live Heart on a roller coaster ride from Mumbai to Delhi for Transplant
New Delhi: In a heartwarming triumph of life over death, a live heart of a dead man on June 26 travelled all the way from Mumbai to Delhi’s Fortis Escort…
Rs 50 crore international yoga institute to come up in Chennai
CHENNAI: An international institute for yoga and naturopathy will be opened on a 50-acre land at the Government Chengalpettu Hospital, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said here on Monday, four…
UK must value overseas medics: Top Indian-origin doctor
LONDON: A senior Indian-origin doctor on Monday called on the UK government to value overseas medical professionals, from countries like India, without which the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) would…
Medical milestone: US OKs marijuana-based drug for seizures
WASHINGTON – U.S. health regulators on Monday approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under federal…
Civic hospitals dangle another carrot for doctors: Quarters for family housing
MUMBAI:Considering that housing is the most vexed and, hence, the most sought-after issue in Mumbai, civic authorities are holding it out as a tantalizing carrot to rope in doctors into…
The new treatment combination (IDA) will accelerate and speed-up the elimination process of LF: Dr Gary J Weil
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Gary J Weil, Prof. of Medicine (Infectious diseases), Prof of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University, to know more about latest drug regimen (IDA) in the…
Multi-vitamins can cause you heartache: Study
NEW DELHI: In a major finding, which goes against conventional thought and prescription trend, research published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology suggests that health supplements have minimum…
