An 18-year-old youth undergoing treatment at Government Medical College Hospital here has tested positive for acanthamoeba, one of the free-living amoebae (FLA) known to cause the rare but often fatal disease, amoebic meningoencephalitis. ...
The Ministry of Ayush is participating in the 'Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan', a national women's health campaign planned to be launched by the Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 75th birthday, which falls on September 17, an official said on Sunday. ...
Gujarat has reported a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 51 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023, according to the latest Sample Registration Syst...
The United Nations has said that more than 4.7 million women and children in Afghanistan urgently require malnutrition treatment as drought, economic collapse and reduced aid would lead to nation facing deeper humanitarian crisis, local media reported on Friday. ...
The Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy has conducted a Capacity-Building Training Programme to enhance regulation and quality of Ayush drugs, the Ministry of Ayush said. ...
The Union government has relaxed the rules for opening Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) by rolling back the minimum-distance requirements in metropolitan and “million-plus cities", according to a media report. ...
AIIMS New Delhi has installed the da Vinci Surgical robot by US-based Intuitive to equip surgeons and care teams with the skills and technology training in robotic-assisted surgery. ...
More than 1 million Australians are projected to have dementia by 2065, a government report said on Friday. ...
J&K Health Minister, Sakina Itoo, said on Friday that keeping up its commitment to improve the healthcare sector by providing hi-tech facilities, the Omar Abdullah-headed government has allotted Rs 124.83 crore for the upgradation of this sector. ...
Love to binge on cheeseburgers and fries? Beware, just four days of these fatty foods can rewire the brain's memory hub -- leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction, according to a study. ...
