I still remember meeting a young man of 26 who ate only once a day, to save money to pay for his mother's cancer drugs. ...
03:45 PM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi/Mumbai: The Cabinet is expected to take a decision on the proposed pharma price control policy on Thursday, which has been in discussion since 2007. But five years, two GoMs and a Supreme Court deadline later, drug experts say there are major loopholes in it. The question is whether the new policy will cut down drug prices or will medical bills go higher up in the long term. The...
08:50 AM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: A ministers panel, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, on Thursday finalised the pharma pricing policy under which 348 essential drugs will come under price control of the government. The Group of Ministers (GoM) will be sending their recommendations to the Cabinet within a week for approval to bring drugs in National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), that have a total sales of around Rs 29,000 crore, which...
10:41 AM, Sep 28, 2012
London: Antibiotics can replace invasive surgery for the treatment of acute appendicitis involving the removal of the organ, as it could be just as effective, a new study has found. The study also found that patients who are treated with antibiotics are at lower risk of complications than those who undergo surgery. "Some patients are so ill that the operation is absolutely necessary, but 80 per cent of those who...
05:31 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Coimbatore: The community of Ayurvedic practitioners here have reacted strongly to a report published by US health researchers a few days ago claiming documented evidence of lead poisoning risks among pregnant women who took Ayurvedic medicine. While they admitted that the Ayurvedic medicines did contain lead compounds - widely criticised by the US health researchers - the Vaidyas said that these compounds were present in miniscule quantities and served medicinal...
12:07 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Agra: A retired Army doctor says he has perfected a simple and affordable technique to allow the hearing impaired to hear. "I have developed a simple yet innovative approach in a family practice for age-related hearing loss (presbycusis), without the need for any hearing aid or surgical intervention," Lt Col (retd) Rajesh Chauhan said. "After treating dozens of senior citizens, I am reasonably sure that we might be on the...
03:21 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has now set its eyes on pushing tourism centred around ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine and well-being, to the next level by promoting its curative and cosmetic properties. "Beaches, backwaters, hills and ayurveda are the four pillars of tourism in Kerala. We realise there is still a large potential within ayurveda to attract people to our state," says state Tourism Secretary Suman Billa. "So far, when...
12:49 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: To make health care more affordable, the government proposes to launch an initiative for free supply of essential medicines in public health facilities. "The government proposes to start an initiative for free supply of essential medicines in public health facilities in the country aiming to provide affordable health care to the people by reducing out of pocket expenses on medicines," Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad...
05:05 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Islamabad: A huge scam involving purchase of drugs worth Rs 100 crore has been unearthed in Pakistan's Sindh province, Geo News reported. An audit report for the 2012 financial year revealed that district governments in Sindh bought medicines that were not verified by the central or provincial drug laboratories. A notification issued in 2006 by the health department of Sindh stated that no medicine could be purchased without obtaining a...
12:36 AM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Drug major Cipla on Tuesday said it has launched 'Qvir', a four-drug kit priced at Rs 158 per kit to be used for treating HIV/AIDS. The kit consists of two tablets packaged together in one strip which represents a single day's treatment, Cipla said in a statement. Commenting on the introduction Cipla Chairman and Managing Director YK Hamied said: "While we are committed to making drugs affordable and...
05:37 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Patna: Bollywood star Aamir Khan has urged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to make available generic medicines in the state widely. Aamir had first highlighted the issue on his TV show 'Satyamev Jayate'. An official in the chief minister's office Friday said Aamir had written a letter to Nitish Kumar in this connection. "I urge you to work towards bringing about this dynamic revolution of making generic medicines easily available...
12:08 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Bangalore: From pain killers to antibiotics to insulin vials, they are available but at half the price at this unique shop which has been doing brisk business, selling medicines worth Rs 8,000-10,000 per day. The first of its kind, the generic drug shop at the Victoria Hospital has proved to be a blessing in disguise for many suffering and poor patients from the city and even neighbouring districts. Since its...
01:27 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Bhopal/New Delhi: As the government has called a high-level meeting on Wednesday to draw up a code of conduct for doctors and pharmaceutical companies, CNN-IBN has accessed documents that show that pharmaceutical companies fund foreign trips for doctors and their families in return for pushing their products. The documents also show that the doctors prescribe drugs without proper clinical trials. The documents consisting travel details of a group of 11...
10:03 AM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: Less than a week after the monsoon hit the national capital, scores of cases of dengue and malaria have already been reported. More than 86 cases of Malaria and five cases of dengue have been reported, which is almost double the number of cases reported in 2011 till early July. But health authorities say there is no cause for alarm. MCD Health Officer NK Yadav said, "There is...
01:40 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Mumbai: India has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs stands to cut Big Pharma out of the windfall. From city hospitals to tiny rural clinics, India's public doctors will soon be able to prescribe free generic drugs to all comers, vastly expanding access to medicine...
07:58 AM, Jul 05, 2012
Paper I Section-A Human Anatomy Gross and microscopic anatomy and movements of shoulder, hip and knee joints; Blood supply, nerve innervations of hand, Lymphatic system; Karyotyping, medical genetics; Electron microscopic structure of glomerulous and muscle; Gross and microscopic anatomy and blood supply of lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, testis and uterus; Gross anatomy of pelvis, perineum and inguinal region. Cross-sectional anatomy of the body and mid-thoracic, upper abdominal, mid-abdominal and pelvic...
01:29 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Puducherry: Expressing concern over the quality of medical education, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said a "credible regulatory" mechanism should be put in place and a "serious look" given at the curriculum. "There is a perception of deteriorating quality. We cannot allow this situation to continue. We must put in place a credible regulatory and institutional mechanism to help develop standards in our medical education", he said in his...
11:20 PM, Jun 30, 2012
London: Suicide has become the second leading cause of death of young people in India, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, according to a study published in Lancet. "Suicide kills nearly as many Indian men aged 15-29 as transportation accidents and nearly as many young women as complications from pregnancy and childbirth," said the study's lead author Vikram Patel, of London School of Hygiene &...
09:59 AM, Jun 22, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Aamir Khan on Thursday appeared before a Parliamentary panel examining FDI in pharmaceuticals sector and pitched for generic medicines, saying companies will continue to make profit if they sell cheap drugs to the poor. The 47-year-old actor, who recently highlighted the issue of malpractices prevalent among doctors and sale of medicines in his TV show "Satyamev Jayate", was invited to appear as a witness before the Parliamentary...
04:18 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Hyderabad: A stampede took place in Hyderabad at the venue of annual 'fish medicine' event on Friday. One person died and over 20 others including women were injured in the stampede as thousands of people rushed for fish 'prasadam' (fish medicine for asthma patients) at the annual distribution at Katedan stadium. A 70-year-old man died of a heart attack as scores of people had queued up to collect the medicine-that...
02:11 PM, Jun 08, 2012
