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Head and Neck (HN) Cancer on rising trends in India: Experts

July 27, 2024

Second only to lung cancer in men and ranking third after breast and lung cancers in women, head and neck cancers have become more common in the cancer incidences in India. Head and neck cancer includes a range of cancers...

Indian coastal area, rice belt populations at high risk of Brain Infections during monsoon

July 20, 2024

Doctors at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad have raised an alarm about the surge of brain infections in coastal and rice belt regions of India during the rainy season. The high humidity and increased mosquito breeding in these...

Global life expectancy for males to be above 75, females above 80 years by 2050: Study

July 20, 2024

A recent study published in Lancet titled “Burden of Disease Scenarios for 204 countries & territories, 2022-2050: forecasting analysis for Global Burden of Disease(GBD) study-2021” has predicted that globally life...

WHO calls for strengthening efforts to identify unvaccinated, under-vaccinated children

July 17, 2024

The World Health Organization on Tuesday called on countries in the South-East Asia Region to further strengthen efforts at all levels to identify and immunize unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children. As per the...

Indian Patent Office rejects J&J’s application for paediatric formulation of lifesaving TB drug

July 17, 2024

The Indian Patent Office has rejected the US pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) application for a patent on the paediatric formulation of World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended TB drug...

All medical colleges to set up ‘tobacco cessation centres’

July 14, 2024

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed medical colleges across the country to set up ‘tobacco cessation centres’ to combat the adverse effects of tobacco use and promote public health. This initiative...

Negligence caused by doctor was punishable under Indian Penal Code also: Health Ministry

July 10, 2024

After the Indian Medical Association announced to hold protests against a section 106(1) of new criminal law Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which says death by negligence caused by a registered medical practitioner while...

Soumya Swaminathan appointed Principle Advisor at Health Ministry

July 10, 2024

Former chief scientist of the World Health Organization Prof. (Dr.) Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed as the Principle Advisor at the Union health ministry for the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme. She will...

NEET UG 2024 counselling likely to start by month-end

July 7, 2024

The counseling session for Neet-UG is likely to start by the end of this month. The National Medical Commission (NMC) communicated its schedule for finalisation of the seat matrix for UG and PG seats in the last week of June...

Wrong side driving with no helmet causes hypovolemic shock, doctors reconstruct face

July 7, 2024

A team of doctors at a private hospital has successfully treated a young patient who had got severe facial trauma leading to massive bleed and hypovolemic shock because of wrong side road driving without helmet. The...

Head and Neck (HN) Cancer on rising trends in India: Experts

Indian coastal area, rice belt populations at high risk of Brain Infections during monsoon

Global life expectancy for males to be above 75, females above 80 years by 2050: Study

WHO calls for strengthening efforts to identify unvaccinated, under-vaccinated children

Indian Patent Office rejects J&J’s application for paediatric formulation of lifesaving TB drug

All medical colleges to set up ‘tobacco cessation centres’

Negligence caused by doctor was punishable under Indian Penal Code also: Health Ministry

Soumya Swaminathan appointed Principle Advisor at Health Ministry

NEET UG 2024 counselling likely to start by month-end

Wrong side driving with no helmet causes hypovolemic shock, doctors reconstruct face

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