CDSCO issues sampling guidelines to ensuring quality and efficacy of drugs, cosmetics
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued new guidelines for effective surveillance for quality and efficacy of drugs and cosmetics available in the market by adopting uniform drug sampling...
Study highlights need to include Endometriosis under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
A recent study has highlighted the need to improve early diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis to reduce its impact on women and their partners’ lives. Endometriosis is a painful gynaecological condition that affects 10...
IT industry employees on risk of developing chronic diseases: ICMR
In a study to examine the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) risk factors among the employees of the IT industry in India, it has been revealed that 44% are overweight, 16.8% are obese, 88.5% sit for 8 or more hours a...
New paper-based platform to detect antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Researchers have developed a paper-based platform that could help quickly detect the presence of antibiotic-resistant, disease-causing bacteria. One of the greatest challenges facing the world is the rise of...
Despite center’s guidelines, hospital’s director occupies two key positions
Despite health ministry’s clear-cut guidelines that the Central Health Service (CHS) doctor cannot hold multiple administrative posts, the national capital Delhi’s top hospital’s director is sitting on two important...
Why including HPV vaccine in national program is waste of public fund, explains top epidemiologist
After the central government’s push in the budget for vaccination of girls in the age group of 9-14 years to prevent cervical cancer and the Union health ministry’s plans to include HPV vaccine in the Universal...
Gender disparity in organ transplant: Center says to Lok Sabha
As per the data, over 80 per cent of the total 36,640 organ transplants done from dead and living donors between 1995 and 2021 were performed on men. In response to a question on the gender disparity in organ transplant in...
About 1 in 5 people develop cancer in their lifetime: WHO
The World Health Organization in its latest estimate on the global burden of cancer has estimated that about 1 in 5 people develop cancer in their lifetime, approximately 1 in 9 men and 1 in 12 women die from the disease. In...
Food disruption during Covid led rise in malnutrition among children: Study
The disruption of India’s food systems during the Covid-19 pandemic was associated with a steep rise in malnutrition among children as the lockdown impacted their nutritional status, according to a study. Researchers...
Rare eye-cancer treated via Innovative Therapy at Fortis Gurugram
In a significant medical achievement, a team of doctors at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, successfully treated a 31-year-old woman with a rare and malignant left eye tumour, known as Choroidal Melanoma. This...
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