Fortis Healthcare shares soar 24% on merger buzz
Shares of Fortis Healthcare jumped 24.5 per cent today amid reports that Manipal hospital, backed by TPG, is in advanced talks to merge the company with itself. The stock erased…
NITI Aayog health report: Kerala, Punjab outperform others
New Delhi: Kerala, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have been ranked on top in overall health index while Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh saw maximum annual incremental performance among…
Aspirin may be new Viagra for Erectile Dysfunction sufferers
New Delhi: Erectile Dysfunction (impotence) sufferers never had it so good. After Viagra aka Pfizer riser, it is now Aspirin that has been found to be an effective treatment for…
Distribution of Illicit fentanyl exploiting postal loopholes
Online sellers are exploiting the US Postal Service loopholes to deliver fentanyl to American homes. According to the new report released by a Senate investigative council uncovering how abroad medication…
Outbreak of HIV infection may escalate into a major embarrassment for India
New Delhi: We may be patting our back for being able to make fugitive of polio virus, another virus HIV, which causes fatal disease AIDS, are having a field day…
64% of antibiotics sold in India unapproved: UK study
Multinational companies continue to produce and sell unregulated antibiotics in India, worsening the problem of antimicrobial resistance in the country and impeding efforts to fight drug resistance globally, a UK…
FDA vouched Immunotherapy is really the future of Cancer Treatment
New Delhi: The realization is slowly but surely dawning on oncology world that reinforced immune system might be the best bet in fight against cancer in times to come. US’s…
Indian health activists feel Union govt needs to acknowledge quality medicinal services are non-negotiable
Medicinal services industry sees the requirement for the Union government to perceive the way that nature of healthcare conveyance is non-negotiable. The opportunity has already come and gone that the…
Delhi may be a HIVe of Quacks reusing Syringes
New Delhi / Unnao(UP): Quacks- there are 40 thousands of them in Delhi and counting. And, reusing syringes constitutes one of their main unsafe practices. Therefore 21 people infected with…
No new Pharm D colleges in Andhra Pradesh due to lack of job opportunities
A good decision has been made by the Andhra Pradesh government, as the government has decided not to allow setting up of new Pharm D colleges in the state for…
