New York: Want to super-size that soda? Sorry, but in New York City you could be out of luck. In his latest effort to fight obesity in this era of Big Gulps and triple bacon cheeseburgers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing an unprecedented ban on large servings of soda and other sugary drinks at restaurants, delis, sports arenas and movie theaters. Drinks would be limited to 16 ounces, which is...
09:15 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: All health insurance companies will now have to provide health insurance to citizens upto the age of 65 and settle all claims within a month. According to the new regulations by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), there will be no exit age for policy renewals and all policies will allow for treatment across India. Also, life insurers can offer products with a four-year term while non-life...
07:18 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Impressed with India's successful effort in polio eradication, Pakistan is keen to emulate the model to achieve polio-free status even as it allayed fears of exporting the virus to the Indian side. A nine-member Pakistani delegation on Thursday met India's Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and senior officials of the Ministry and took tips on the polio eradication programme. "We are learning from your country. We hope that...
10:29 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Bill Gates met Rotary International India on Thursday in New Delhi on his three day visit to the country where he is expected to meet a number of Government functionaries before heading to Bangalore for a discussion on philanthropy with India's industrial leaders. Gates met Rotary leaders " Rajendra K Saboo, Past President, Rotary International , Ashok M Mahajan, Trustee & Member, International PolioPlus Committee and Deepak Kapur,...
06:59 PM, May 31, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav earlier on Wednesday in Lucknow. The focus of the meet was on healthcare, which the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gates's office had met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh meeting. Gates reportedly presented a five-point programme that his...
06:10 PM, May 30, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday to discuss healthcare in the state. The 56-year-old Gates is likely discuss a host of healthcare programmes that the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gate's office has met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh...
03:34 PM, May 29, 2012
Lucknow: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a chargesheet in connection with the murders of former Chief Medical Officers VK Arya and BP Singh on Tuesday accusing two shooters and the person who hired them of murder and criminal conspiracy. The investigative agency in its first chargesheet in the sensational murders of two CMOs is also likely to name a former Health officer in the criminal...
10:39 AM, May 29, 2012
A young woman in her early twenties, sat across me in my office a while ago telling me she had no will to go on. ...
03:42 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: With medical students as audience members, fourth episode of Aamir Khans television show 'Satyamev Jayate' focused on health care services in our country. Aamirs guests on the show included doctors, victims and families who lost their loved ones due to negligence of doctors. The show started with the story of VS Venkatesh who had to go thorough four surgeries because of an infection in his leg. He later...
02:27 PM, May 27, 2012
CHENNAI : The city was brought under the blanket cover of an intensified anti-dengue fogging drive on Thursday, following a dengue outbreak in the southern districts of the State. Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy launched the drive by the Chennai Corporation at Varadharajapettai in Egmore.According to a health officer with Chennai Corporation, fogging will be done in the 200 wards of the city on two selected days every week.Fogging is planned...
08:27 AM, May 25, 2012
The heart cells created from patients' skin are at the same stage of development as those of a newborn baby. The study is exciting for ...
04:47 PM, May 24, 2012
Nashik: Anna Hazare, who reached Nashik as part of his tour of Maharashtra on the Lokpal issue, on Wednesday complained of fatigue and weakness and underwent a series of medical tests at two local hospitals but doctors found his condition to be normal. Cardiologist Dr Amit Sinkar, who examined the Gandhian, told reporters on Wednesday evening that Hazare came to his hospital around noon for a check-up. "We have taken...
12:00 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: A new study by UK-based medical journal Lancet has found that seven per cent of anti-malarial drugs tested in India are of poor quality and many are fake. The study goes on to say that 1 in every 3 anti-malarial drugs sold in southeast Asia are also fake. Researchers analysed data based on 1400 drug samples in five classes from seven Southeast Asian countries to reach to this...
10:11 AM, May 23, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty gave birth to a baby boy at Hinduja Healthcare Surgical Hospital in suburban Khar this morning. Husband Raj Kundra said on Twitter: "God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby are fine. I am thrilled to bits." Shilpa and Raj have been married for three years, and this is the couple's first baby. "A big thank you to my wife...
10:32 AM, May 21, 2012
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