New Delhi: This is the time of the year when mosquito breeding needs to be under check, as May usually is the worst month in Delhi when it comes to malaria or dengue. It's a huge task at hand for Delhi's municipal corporation, that has just begun its anti-mosquito breeding drive this month. Dirt all around and stagnating water, unfortunately, isn't a rare sight in the capital. And with temperatures...
09:39 AM, Apr 05, 2011
Mosquito breeding if not kept under check, will lead to a spurt in cases of dengue, chikungunya and malaria. ...
08:42 AM, Apr 05, 2011
Mosquito breeding if not kept under check, will lead to a spurt in cases of dengue, chikungunya and malaria. ...
08:42 AM, Apr 05, 2011
New Delhi: The big winner at the Academy Awards this year, 'The King's Speech', has drawn everyone's attention to the emotional struggles of people who suffer from Speech ailments. Speech therapy can go a long way in improving their life. Nothing can stop five-year-old Krishna from being a chatter box! Not the fact that he was born deaf and now needs to wear a cochlear implant/hearing aid nor even the...
10:44 AM, Mar 22, 2011
New Delhi: The 5 per cent service tax on healthcare - that the Government is likely to roll back on Tuesday - would have made the treatment extremely expensive. Ever since the Government announced a new service tax on healthcare services this union Budget, pressure has been growing to announce a roll back. Noted cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty launched a nation-wide appeal - calling this a misery tax. India...
07:41 AM, Mar 22, 2011
Eating fresh vegetables and fruits may not always lead to good health as our food is being contaminated with rat poison and insecticides. ...
06:23 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: Ever since the govt announced a new service tax on healthcare services this union budget, pressure has been growing to announce a roll-back. Noted cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty launched a nation-wide appeal - calling this a misery tax. Dr Devi Shetty, Cardiologist and Chairman, Narayana Hrudaylaya said, "India spends less than 1 per cent of its GDP on health care. Less than 10 per cent of the...
08:41 PM, Mar 09, 2011
New Delhi: People people living with HIV/AIDS want to send the government a strong message. More than four lakh people on life-saving anti-retroviral drugs in India could lose access to the affordable medicines. If a proposed Free Trade Agreement with the European Union goes through. Daisy David who is living with HIV said, "Right now they have access to free ARV, they cannot afford to buy costly drugs." While annual...
08:18 AM, Mar 08, 2011
New Delhi: Even after 100 years of use, doctors across the world have no clue how aspirin exactly works in protecting against heart attack and stroke. India will now soon be part of a trial - conducted by Medanta Medicity in collaboration with Duke Medicine, North Carolina - to better understand aspirin's effect on the body. "We're going to use newer modalities to study the effect of aspirin, how the...
01:11 PM, Feb 23, 2011
New Delhi: In a pivotal finding in breast cancer surgery research a painful procedure that requires removing all the lymph nodes of a patient may not be necessary at all. Gurmeet Ajit Singh, 47, was diagnosed with breast cancer on the right side in September 2009. Her doctor was able to perform a procedure on her that was less invasive and saved her from painful after effects like pain in...
04:03 PM, Feb 16, 2011
The average weight of a newborn in India is 2.5 kilograms to 3.5 kilograms. ...
11:22 AM, Feb 10, 2011
New Delhi: It's World Cancer Day on Friday, but the grim news is one in three persons is likely to be affected by cancer by 2020. Forty four-year old Aruna Tyagi's life fell apart when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May 2006. She underwent various treatments. "I underwent an operation, took chemotherapy, radiation and then doctors offered me this therapy," said Tyagi. She agreed to an experimental therapy...
12:16 PM, Feb 04, 2011
The Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever has similar symptoms as dengue. ...
09:00 AM, Feb 02, 2011
As patients turn to the stem cell therapy, questions are being raised on its effects? ...
08:57 AM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: It's been ten years but 40-year-old Smriti hasn't given up on her mother who seems to have disowned her, for being mentally ill. After eight years of treatment, Smriti was declared fit to go home two years ago. Smriti Nath, the patient laments, "My mother has disowned me but I love her a lot and most importantly I miss her a lot". Rupali's mother even issued a legal...
09:12 AM, Jan 11, 2011
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