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...
Adequately spaced pregnancies can significantly improve maternal and child health outcomes, Union minister Anupriya Patel said on Friday, underlining that this also reduces risks and empowers women to make informed choices...
In a new and significant development, ‘Mothers Against Vaping’, a united front of concerned mothers combatting the promotion of New-Age Tobacco Devices such as e-cigarettes, vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems,...
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...
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...
Amid the growing clamour for cancellation of the controversy-ridden NEET-UG exam over alleged malpractices, the Centre and the National Testing Agency told the Supreme Court on Friday that scrapping it would be...
In a significant step forward in the fight against metabolic disorders, India and France have joined hands with the inauguration of the Indo-French Node for Liver & Metabolic Disease Network (InFLiMeN). The initiative...
In view of some reported cases of Zika virus from Maharashtra, Dr Atul Goel, Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued an advisory to States highlighting the need for...
About 67 per cent of cancer patients getting treatment in private hospitals and 33 per cent availing treatment at government hospitals sought a second opinion to find if their treatment is on the correct course, a survey has...
Amid the alleged irregularities in the conduct of competitive tests including NEET-PG exam, the representatives of the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association met Union health minister J P Nadda to discuss key...
