AROUND 5 KG DRUG SEIZED AT CHENNAI AIRPORT
Chennai – Air customs seized 4.5kg ketamine worth more than 10 lakh from a passenger who was about to board a Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur at Chennai airport.…
India may soon get treatment for Hepatitis C
WASHINGTON – A latest breakthrough treatment for the deadly Hepatitis C virus could soon be available in India as 11 Indian firms have been given licenses by its American manufacturer…
SHIFT OF ADDICTS TOWARDS PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS : NCB
New Delhi – Drug Addicts in Punjab are shifting to pharmaceutical drugs like Tramadol and Buprenorphine, Home Minister Rajnath Singh was informed by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) DG Rajeev Rai…
SC NOTICE TO CENTRE AND CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE ON INFANTS DEATH BY DIARRHOEA; CAUSED BY ROTAVAC VACCINE
New Delhi – Supreme Court issued a notice on Tuesday to Centre and CMC, Vellore on a PIL demanding complete information on clinical trial results of Rotavac, an anti-diarrhoeal vaccine…
1.7 LAKH BOTTLES OF TABLETS RECALLED BY LUPIN & DR. REDDY’S
New Delhi – Drug majors Lupin and Dr. Reddy’s are recalling over 1.7 lakh bottles of two different tablets, used in the treatment of blood pressure and acidity, in the…
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VITAMINS
New studies and claims about vitamins are published daily, and many seem to contradict each other. What does an average consumer really need to know about vitamins? “The fairly simple…
E-CIGS MAY DAMAGE CELLS IN MOUTH
Many people think electronic cigarettes are a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes, but a new study suggests that’s not the case. In laboratory experiments on cultured cells, researchers from the…
Doctor arrested because of ignorance
KOTTAYAM – The police have arrested Sr. Jessy M. Antony, gynaecologist at the SH Medical Centre, in Kottayam town for medical negligence under IPC Section 336 (endangering life or personal safety…
ICMR releases quality standards of Indian medicinal plants
Bengaluru – The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants, Volume 14. Its Medicinal Plants Division has provided adequate scientific information that can…
Cataract surgery resulted in blindness
Hyderabad – Seven patients at the government-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital (SDEH) in city have suffered complete loss of vision in one eye after undergoing a botched-up cataract surgery .…
