Amid the recent rise in new Covid-19 infections in the country, two new variants of coronavirus – NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 type – have emerged responsible for the surge, as per the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium...
With the national capital Delhi recording 23 active COVID-19 cases, the Delhi government has issued an advisory mandating all hospitals to prepare for availability of beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccine. The government also...
In view of recent reports highlighting an increase in Covid-19 cases in Singapore and Hong Kong in the last few weeks, the Director General of Health Services on Monday held a review meeting with experts from National Centre...
Delhi based Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has treated Parkinson’s tremors with non-invasive MRgFUS technology, claiming that it is for the first time in north India. Mrs. R., a retired schoolteacher, had been silently suffering...
Yashoda Medicity has introduced the Elekta Unity MR Linac, an advanced radiation therapy system combining Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with a Linear Accelerator (LINAC) and Integrated CMM for the first time in India....
In a major stride for rare disease diagnostics, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, have developed a powerful new method for diagnosing Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), a rare and often...
India has made impressive progress in its bid to eliminate malaria. Reported cases have plummeted, mortality has fallen dramatically, and global health agencies have lauded the country’s public health push. But behind the...
Dr VK Paul, Member, NITI Ayog on Health, on Sunday inaugurated a workshop on ‘Capacity Building of Physicians on salt Reduction and Low Sodium Salt Substitute’. The workshop was held by Delhi Medical Organisation in...
In a landmark study that could transform osteoporosis management, researchers from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, have found that the probiotic Bacillus coagulans can significantly reverse...
The centre on Wednesday said indigenously developed HPV diagnostic kits for screening of cervical cancer were ready for roll out and will prove to be a cost-effective method for carrying out tests for the second most common...
