Around 10% doctors’ prescriptions carry unacceptable deviations
Around 10 per cent of prescriptions from tertiary care and teaching hospitals analysed had “unacceptable deviations” such as inappropriate prescription of medications or more than one diagnosis. The overall...
Sir Ganga Ram hospital celebrates 69th Founder Day
City’s top charitable hospital Sir Ganga Ram on Saturday observed its 69th Foundation Day in presence of Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Additional DG, Ministry of Health. The hospital on the occasion also announced to start a...
Lady Hardinge starts radiation therapy treatment at hospital
The first radiation therapy treatment of a cancer patient at Lady Hardinge Medical College was done using a sophisticated Brachytherapy (Internal Radiation) equipment, in its newly constructed Radiation Oncology Block on 9th...
Majority of supplements in India falls on quality test: Study
In a first of shocking study, the analysis of the most popular protein powders sold and consumed in India has shown that the majority of these supplements fall on the quality test and do not have the supplements as per...
ICMR transports mid-surgery tissue sample via drone for advanced testing
As part of ICMR’s trial run, a tissue sample was transported mid-surgery from a peripheral hospital in Karnataka for advanced pathological testing at a tertiary setting for deciding if the resected tissue was...
Cancer catching Indians at very early stage: Study
The average age for cancer diagnosis in India is much lower than to other nations like U.S., U.K., and China. The average age of diagnosis of breast cancer in India is 52 against 63 in the U.S. and UK, while for lung cancer...
SC rejects apology: Baba Ramdev gave non-existing flight ticket to avoid appearance
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the second apology filed by Patanjali Ayurved and its Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna in the contempt case over the publication of misleading medical advertisements. The bench...
Over 3500 people die daily from hepatitis viruses: WHO
Over 3500 people die every day globally due to hepatitis B and C infections and the disease has emerged as the second leading infectious cause of death globally, as per the World Health Organization Global Hepatitis...
Include funding support for rare disease in Poll Promises: Advocacy group to PM
Advocacy groups for rare disease patients have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP manifesto committee head Rajnath Singh for including sustainable funding support for such patients in the party’s Lok Sabha poll...
Prostate cancer cases to be double in 20 years
Prostate cancer cases are expected to be double, while deaths are expected to increase by 85 per cent between 2020 and 2040, according to The Lancet Commission on prostate cancer. The low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)...
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