Unsafe abortions still rampant among women in India
Lack of awareness on how to safely terminate a pregnancy can prove detrimental HEALTH DESK / New Delhi Latest Estimates indicate that a large majority of women, even in urban…
UN chief highlights importance of technology to help people living with autism
World Autism Awareness Day UN NEWS UNITED NATIONS United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has underscored the importance of technology which helps people living with autism “achieve their full potential”. In…
Government notifies Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules 2019
Staff Reporter / New Delhi Health and Family Welfare Ministry have notified the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 with an aim to promote clinical research in the country. The…
India achieves 84 % reduction in TB deaths among HIV patients: UN
HEALTH DESK India has achieved an 84 per cent reduction in tuberculosis deaths among people living with HIV by 2017. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on the UNAIDS,…
Diabetes is a massive economic and health burden
Type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of acquiring heart disease HEALTH DESK People with diabetes are at a higher risk of death from heart diseases. Almost 58% of deaths…
TB day observed at AMU
Aligarh The Department of Tahaffuzi wa Samaji Tib (Preventive and Social Medicine), Faculty of Unani Medicine, AMU, today observed TB Day on the occasion of World TB Day as an…
Govts working hard to make India TB-free by 2025: PM Modi
AMN / NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Centre and various State Governments are working hard to make India TB-free by 2025, ahead of 5-years global…
WHO issues new guidelines to improve treatment of TB
HEALTH DESK Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s top infectious disease killer, claiming 4 500 lives each day. Since 2000, 54 million lives have been saved, and TB deaths fell by…
‘Drugs Laboratories’ get prestigious ‘Ayush Premium Mark’
Our Correspondent / NEW DELHI Another feather has been added in the cap of ‘Drugs Laboratories’ as it got the prestigious ‘Ayush Premium Mark’. Now it has become the first…
Govt reduces price of 390 anti-cancer drugs up to 87 PC
AMN / NEW DELHI The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers today put out the list of 390 anti-cancer non-scheduled medicines with Maximum Retail Price…