Indian Parliament passes Mental Healthcare Bill
AMN Parliament has passed the Mental Healthcare Bill,2016 with the Lok Sabha approving it today. The bill seeks to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness…
Ensuring affordable & quality healthcare is priority for govt: Nadda
Health Minister JP Nadda has said that ensuring affordable and quality healthcare to the people is a priority for the government. Addressing a function in New Delhi, on the occasion…
How much iron needed in body?
Many doctors are quick to prescribe iron supplements when they suspect a patient is iron deficient. But is taking an iron supplement a good idea? British researchers recently issued a…
Scientists developed blood test to accurately predict ASD
Scientists in the United States have developed a blood test to accurately predict whether a child has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The advancement opens the door to early diagnosis and…
Environmental pollution kills 1.7 million children each year: WHO
AMN Environmental pollution takes lives of more than 1.7 million children each year across the world. Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke,…
NPPA notice to 24 hospitals for overpricing stents
AMN /New Delhi India’s drugs and medicine price regulatory body, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) Thursday issued notice to 24 leading hospitals in the country including Lilawati Hospital, Mumbai,…
New drugs urgently needed to fight 12 superbugs: WHO
World Health Organization, WHO has said that New drugs are urgently needed to fight 12 superbugs. The WHO published in Geneva its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” –…
India shows improved sex ratio, decline in IMR
AMN / India’s latest official Health survey showed that country’s health index has made a notable improvement over the last decade. Sex ratio at birth improved from 914 to 919…
Lack of exercise, excessive weight may increase heart failure risk
Researchers have warned that lack of exercise and excessive weight may increase the risk of a type of heart failure that is particularly challenging to treat. Heart failure is a…
634 drugs suspected to be non-compliant with ceiling price: NPPA
Six hundred and 34 drugs of various strengths produced by firms are suspected to be non-compliant with ceiling prices as notified by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). In its notification,…