India, Sweden sign MoU for Healthcare Innovation Centre
AMN / NEW DELHI India and Sweden have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre in New Delhi. The objective of the innovation Centre is to develop…
Parliamentary Panel suggests measures to promote Indian System of Medicine
Committee recommends a substantial increase in representation for States/UTs Recommends teaching Urdu and Tamil in colleges offering Unani and Siddha ANDALIB AKHTER / NEW DELHI A parliamentary committee has suggested…
Majority of adolescents worldwide don’t do physical activity: WHO
New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk Some of the lowest levels of insufficient activity in…
Govt approves 35 proposals for setting up of Cancer Institutes, Tertiary Care Centres
Staff Reporter / NEW DELHI The Union government has approved 35 proposals for setting up of State Cancer Institutes and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres in different parts of India. In…
13,000 more wellness Centres to be operational soon: Health Minister
Our Correspondent / NEW DELHI Nearly 13 thousand more Health and Wellness Centres will become functional by the end of March 2020. At present 27 thousand, such centres are already…
WHO: Mosquito sterilization offers new opportunity to control chikungunya, dengue, and Zika
WEB DESK A technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes using radiation will soon be tested as part of global health efforts to control diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. The…
WHO launches first-ever insulin programme to expand access to life-saving treatment for diabetes
AMN The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the start of a pilot programme to prequalify human insulin to increase treatment for diabetes in low- and middle-income countries. The decision,…
Dr Harsh Vardhan felicitates families of organ donors at AIIMS
Andalib Akhter / AMN / New Delhi Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today felicitated the families of organ donors at a function organised at AIIMS in New Delhi. Speaking…
Parliamentary panel expresses concern over rising number of cancer patients
Urges govt to expand and upgrade cancer treatment infrastructure by enlarging the network of Tata Memorial Centre TMC ANDALIB AKHTER / NEW DELHI A Parliamentary panel has expressed deep concern…
‘Eating carrots can combat pollution-related health issues’
Eating carrots can combat pollution-related health issues'