Recent News

Cervical cancer: Till what age can one take HPV vaccine?

18 Mar, 2024 8:07 AM

New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) While 9 to 14 is the right age to take the HPV vaccine, women who missed the jabs at the recommended age can still have some protection against cervical cancer, said experts on Monday.

HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine

Marathi-origin US health official to visit India for boosting health partnership

18 Mar, 2024 6:47 AM

Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Dr. Atul Gawande, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, US Agency for International Development (USAID) will start a 4-day visit to India from March 19 to move forward the US-India health partnership, officials said here on Monday.

HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine

NEWS DATE: 17 Mar, 2024


Zoho's Sridhar Vembu calls competitive exam pressure in India 'a rat race to extinction'

17 Mar, 2024 12:43 PM

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Zoho founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu on Sunday called the competitive exam pressure India "a rat race to extinction".

National HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Education Medicine

NEWS DATE: 16 Mar, 2024


Medical professors to quit starting March 25 in support of doctors' walkout

16 Mar, 2024 10:15 AM

Seoul, March 16 (IANS) Medical professors across South Korea have decided to submit resignations starting March 25 in collective action pressuring the government to seek a breakthrough in the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, a medical professors' group said on Saturday.

HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine

NEWS DATE: 15 Mar, 2024



PGI-Chandigarh starts endocrine, breast surgery clinic

15 Mar, 2024 2:08 PM

Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) The Department of General Surgery at the PGI in Chandigarh on Friday announced the launch of state-of-the-art endocrine and breast surgery clinic.

HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine

S. Korea’s Health Minister appeals to medical professors not to resign

15 Mar, 2024 5:49 AM

Seoul, March 15 (IANS) South Korean Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Friday appealed to the medical professors not to resign, amid the ongoing rift between the trainee doctors and the government over enrollment at medical schools.

HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine

World Sleep Day: India is facing a sleep health crisis, say experts

15 Mar, 2024 5:21 AM

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) India is facing a sleep health crisis, that is further soaring diseases affecting the heart and brain, said health experts here on World Sleep Day on Friday.

Science/Tech HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine

NEWS DATE: 13 Mar, 2024


418 kidney stones removed from patient at Hyderabad’s AINU

13 Mar, 2024 8:48 AM

Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) A team of expert urologists at the Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU) here has successfully removed 418 kidney stones from a patient with only 27 per cent kidney function.

HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine

NEWS DATE: 12 Mar, 2024



Navy airlifts patient from Lakshadweep

12 Mar, 2024 4:46 AM

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) In a swift medical evacuation, an Indian Navy Dornier from INS Garuda, Kochi, has evacuated a patient from Agatti Island (Lakshadweep).

NEWS POINT Health Security Defence Medicine

NEWS DATE: 09 Mar, 2024


National summit on cervical cancer held in Bengaluru

09 Mar, 2024 11:23 AM

Bengaluru, March 9 (IANS) National Summit on Cervical Cancer was held in Bengaluru on Saturday which concluded with a call to action for a ‘Cervical Cancer Mukt Bharat’ (Free India of Cervical Cancer).

HEALTH/MEDICINE Health Medicine



 

Scroll to Top