Mumbai gets second civic-run centre for transplant of bone marrow
MUMBAI: In a few weeks, a second civic-run centre will start performing bone marrow transplants in the city. The eight-bed centre housed inside Borivli’s new super-speciality hospital will offer the…
Stem cell study may result in stronger muscles in old age
SWEDEN, 23rd February, 2018 : As we grow older, our muscular function declines. A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows how an unexpectedly high number of…
This budget is the ‘budget for health’ : Rajendra Pratap Gupta
In 1997, my mother, who was a class one government employee, died of T4 stage cancer. In the 1 ½ year of cancer treatment, we had spent all the money,…
SC refuses to interfere, NEET age cap to stay
NEW DELHI: Candidates from the general category older than 25 years and those from the reserved category above 30 will not be able to appear in NEET this year as…
Doctors work on heart pump that can be had for 5 lakh
CHENNAI: The research wing of a city hospital is working on a low-cost heart pump, which can cut the cost of the device from 1 crore to 5 lakh. Mediville,…
‘Take action against errant hospitals’
NEW DELHI : Two days after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) released its report confirming profiteering by four top private hospitals in medicine and consumable cost to patients, the…
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali made the FMCG sector better: Rakesh Kapoor, Reckitt CEO
NEW DELHI: British consumer goods maker Reckitt Benckiser’s global chief executive Rakesh Kapoor says that Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has made the entire fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry ‘better’, illustrating…
Fortis may be out of F&O if results delayed
The National Stock Exchange of India on Thursday said it will exclude Fortis Healthcare from the derivatives segment if the company fails to submit its financial results for the September…
A roadmap to empower girls and women to become economically independent
India is widely acknowledged as a key growth driver to the global economy. While the economy is making strides in the right direction, women’s workforce participation rates remain abysmally low…
Patna : New Medanta neuroscience clinic opens at Kankerbagh
PATNA: The Gurugram-based Medanta Hospital on Thursday launched a neuroscience OPD and telemedicine unit at Kankerbagh here. With the inauguration of the facility, patients from Bihar can now consult with…
