Zika virus threat to India real; curb travel to Americas: Experts
New Delhi| The mosquito-borne Zika virus - a pathogen which was virtually unheard of till some days ago - is spreading so fast that it can infect nearly four million people in the Americas in...
Notice served to AIIMS for removing faculties without disciplinary procedure
New Delhi| Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) has issued notice to the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) over the removal of two senior faculties without proper inquiry in an alleged case of misbehaving and...
Child Obesity- one in four children is overweight in Delhi
New Delhi, 28 January/ Ekta Purohit
According to study done by AIIMS in adolescent school-going children age group between 14-16 years in Delhi, one in four children was obese or overweight. An Public lecture and...
Blood Pressure can control by text messaging
London| Text message reminders can help reduce people's blood pressure by encouraging patients to collect and take their medication and educate them about hypertension and its treatment, a new study has found.
Researchers from the...
Dalai Lama to undergo treatment in US
New Delhi| HL Correspondent
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will undergo treatment in the US later this month for a prostate problem, his office said on Tuesday.
"His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, is scheduled to...
Nadda urged ICMR to endorse India’s traditional medicinal system
New Delhi| Agency
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda has urged the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) to endorse India's traditional medicinal system and boost research on the subject.
"We have a vast traditional knowledge and this...
40 swine flu cases in Delhi this year
New Delhi| HL Correspondent
Delhi has seen 40 swine flu cases this year till Tuesday, a city government health official said.
"This year, we have witnessed 40 swine flu cases from various parts of the city,"...
Padmashree Awardee bariatric surgeon Dr. Chowbey honoured by the Japanese society
New Delhi| Sandeep Dwivedi
Bariatric surgeon and Chairman of 'Max Institute of Minimal Access Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery' Dr. Pradeep Chowbey has been hounoured by the Renowned Japanese society of Endoscopic Surgeons for his contribution in...
Indian origin psychiatrist allegedly kills patients by over prescribing drugs, arrested
Washington| Agency
A US based Indian origin psychiatrist has been arrested in the US capital for allegedly over prescribing medicines, resulting in the death of 36 of his patients.
Narendra Nagareddy, who after the incidents has been tagged as...
India will fight Polio across borders
New Delhi| HL Correspondent
The government is conducting polio vaccination at India's international borders to counteract the possible spread of the virus by foreign travellers, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said on Saturday.
"We are conducting...
