In Fitness, pilates expert Yasmin Karachiwala, personal trainer of celebrities like Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, shows some basic exercises that provide a complete workout to your body. ...
10:53 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Mumbai is one of the few cities to see a surge in organ donations. Not only do they save lives but they are also generating a lot of funds. Experts say the healthcare sector could get richer by Rs 5,000 crore. ...
09:32 AM, Jan 17, 2013
There was an urgent need to overcome the male-biased sex-ratio in the country through a combination of strategies, including new laws and advocacy, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Wednesday. ...
12:46 AM, Jan 17, 2013
The former wife of author Salman Rushdie said she never skips breakfast and also takes on green tea every time. ...
01:57 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Cervical cancer can be fully prevented if there is the required awareness. The tragedy, however, is that because of lack of knowledge and an it-cannot-happen-to-me attitude, it is the most common kind of cancer in India today. ...
04:26 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The United States is in the grip of a flu epidemic. Over 100 deaths have been attributed to the disease with 24 states and New York City reporting high levels of flu activity, according to CDC's flu advisory report for December 30 through January 5. That's down from 29 states the previous week, Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC was cited as saying by CNN. ...
11:07 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Five fitness trends to watch out for - child obesity, women going toe to tow men, boot-camp training, senior citizen-specific activities and stay-at-home workouts. ...
10:57 AM, Jan 12, 2013
If you have been feeling like a bit of a couch potato, sitting in front of your TV sets, there are ways you can give a fresh start to your mornings. Here are some fitness tips by celebrity trainer Leena Mogre for a complete body workout. ...
10:17 AM, Jan 11, 2013
If you have been feeling like a bit of a couch potato, sitting in front of your TV sets, there are ways you can give a fresh start to your mornings. Here are some fitness tips by celebrity trainer Leena Mogre for a complete body workout. ...
10:17 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The ghastly and brutal gang-rape and murderous assault on a 23-year old by six men in New Delhi last month has shaken the national consciousness ...
12:31 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Cheers, a standing ovation and a gag gift of protective headgear greeted US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she returned to work on Monday after a monthlong absence caused first by a stomach virus, then a fall and a concussion and finally a brief hospitalization for a blood clot near her brain. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 08, 2013
Watch the panel discuss the next phase of health care. ...
10:45 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls, will undergo cranial reconstructive surgery within weeks as part of her long-term recovery, doctors treating her at a United Kingdom hospital have said. Yousafzai, 15, was shot in Pakistan in October, 2012 and was later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for specialist treatment and where she is currently...
11:24 AM, Jan 04, 2013
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been under the weather ever since December 10, 2012 when she cancelled a planned trip to North Africa and Middle East due to flu. She later had a concussion and then was being treated for a blood clot near her brain before being discharged on Wednesday. ...
11:06 AM, Jan 03, 2013
The Centre would permit overseas Indian doctors to practise in the country without undergoing screening tests, Union Health Secretary P K Pradhan said on Wednesday. In what is viewed as the first major impact of the ongoing Global Healthcare Summit, Pradhan said the Centre was ready with the bill to amend the Medical Council of India (MCI) Act and allow overseas Indians to practise in their homeland as demanded by...
02:20 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday defended the government's move to shift Delhi gangrape survivor, who is battling for her life, to Singapore and refuted allegations that the decision was political. "The decision to shift (the survivor) was not political. We had consulted doctors," said the home minister. ...
05:54 PM, Dec 28, 2012
With 1,30,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed every year in the country, India accounts for nearly a third of all new cases in the world. What's worse, in another decade, more than 2.3 lakh new cases of this preventable cancer might be diagnosed annually. Yet, doctors in this campaign found that awareness for cervical cancer is extremely low. 95 per cent of women who turned up for screening had...
05:49 PM, Dec 27, 2012
As 2012 comes to an end, CNN-IBN takes a look at the key health issues of the year - from the fight against polio that India can take pride in to the dismal malnutrition figures that shame the nation. ...
09:22 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Breaking his silence on the Delhi gangrape issue amid continuing protests, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday night said the public anger is "genuine" and "justified" but appealed for peace while promising all steps to ensure safety of women in the country. ...
11:27 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Facing stinging criticism over the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl on December 16 in a moving bus in Delhi and the police crackdown on protesters demanding justice for her, the Central Government assured of strictest action in the case. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh while talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai said, "Fast-track courts will be set up with day-to-day hearing. The case will be started in...
10:50 PM, Dec 23, 2012
