Tobacco use kills more than 7 million people every year
GENEVA|HL Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever WHO report, reduce large-scale...
NHRC asked government to report on step taken on generic medicine
New Delhi| HLive
National Human Rights Commission has taken a serious account of Media reports that India has given ‘private reassurance’ to US- India Business Council. And asked government to respond on the reports ,that...
New indigenous drug for the treatment of prostate cancer
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
Carban (cabazitxel injection), high quality indigenously oncology product was launched by Panacea for treatment of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Prostrate is the second leading site of cancer among males...
Liquid culture drug susceptibility testing key to timely diagnose drug resistance in TB patients
New Delhi |HL Correspondent
About one-third of TB cases India are not accurately diagnosed, and it leads to rise in MDR/XDR cases of TB as discussed at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis emerging as a...
Ten year old kid from Mathura had Bypass surgery
New Delhi |HL Correspondent
A boy from Mathura, suffering from cholesterol disorder Homozygous Famillial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) went through a bypass surgery in just age of 10 years.
He had a genetic problem which causes a...
As an ‘Add on’ online PG Applications for all Medical Colleges
New Delhi |HL Correspondent
Union Health Ministry introduced an online procedure of receiving application from medical colleges on Monday.
It is an attempt to start post- graduation courses or increase...
ICHR- App empowering parents regarding child vaccination and growth
New Delhi|HLive|Ekta Purohit
India’s first ever digital platform, integrated Child Health Record (iCHR) to keep a child’s health record has been launched on Friday.
Just on one click of a button it can be available. It...
IMA demands release of surgeon arrested in egypt
New Delhi| Lending support to the World Medical Association (WMA), the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded release of Egyptian vascular surgeon, Dr Ahmed Said, alongside four others.
"IMA, the largest organization of doctors in...
