The Union Health Ministry has released the draft National Pharmacy Commission Bill, 2023, which seeks to repeal the Pharmacy Act of 1948 and replace the Pharmacy Council of India with a national commission. The ministry put...
As per a new study by World Health Organisation, quitting smoking can lower the risk of developing type-2 diabetes by 30-40 per cent. According to a WHO statement, smoking influences the body’s ability to regulate...
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day on Tuesday, the All India Institute of Medical sciences, New Delhi, started free insulin distribution services for poor patients suffering from diabetes. The hospital said that all...
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Wednesday said that mountaineer Anurag Maloo who sustained a fall from an altitude of approximately 70 meters in subzero temperatures into a deep crevasse during his expedition...
As severely-polluted air has choked the capital city Delhi, health experts have warned people that it can cause a range of health problems, including respiratory infections, heart disease, skin allergy and eye infection. The...
The Delhi High Court has expressed “strong disapproval” on the non-compliance of its directions by doctors and police on medical termination of pregnancy of victims of sexual assault and said such lapses by the...
Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi have successfully extracted a needle embedded in the left lung of a seven-year-old boy using a magnet. The hospital said that the intricate and...
As severely-polluted air has choked the capital city Delhi, health experts have warned people that it can cause a range of health problems, including respiratory infections, heart disease, skin allergy and eye infection. The...
A study published in the BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care journal has revealed that the exposure to polluted air is associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes. The research, first of its kind in India and...
A 42-year-old man who was brought to the hospital with no vital signs has been given a second life by doctors at a hospital here. Just minutes before reaching the hospital, the patient’s heart had stopped beating due to a...
