London, March 25 (IANS) Humans frequently spread viruses to wild and domestic animals, increasing their risk of disease, finds a study, challenging the long-held theory that humans are a sink for viruses.
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Love your morning dose of coffee? Well, it may help you avoid the risk of Parkinson’s disease, claims a study.
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) India is seeing a significant rise in the number of colon or colorectal cancer in young adults, said doctors on Monday.
Chennai, March 25 (IANS) Erode MP A. Ganeshamurthy, who attempted suicide after allegedly consuming insecticide, at his residence continued to be on ventilator support on Monday, said his relatives here.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) An Indian-origin scientist in his research has found that reducing the risk of dementia in Alzheimer's is possible by keeping diabetes well controlled or avoiding it in the first place.
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) It was on a warm March evening four years ago when India experienced an unprecedented, total and long-drawn, nationwide health-related restriction on public movements, called 'lockdown', to combat the early fears of the Covid-19 outbreak.
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Missing cases of Tuberculosis (TB) coupled with diagnostic and treatment delays are the major roadblocks in India’s mission to end the deadly infection in the country by 2025, said Dr. Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, the former head of India’s TB elimination programme at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (as Deputy Director General – TB) on Saturday.
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The ‘Illness to Wellness’ initiative, a national campaign aimed at generating awareness on various mind and body conditions and providing holistic and broad stakeholder engagements - with the overall objective of promoting healthy living, in collaboration with the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), has embarked on a mission to spread awareness about prevention and control of mother-to-child transmission of viral hepatitis through its ‘Winning Over Mothers With Hepatitis B’ (WOMB) initiative.
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) A prominent Mumbai hospital saved the arm and hand of a two-month-old girl from Nepal who was born with medical complications after birth leading to gangrene, from amputation, officials said here on Thursday.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Even as the UN issued a red alert on climate change, doctors on Wednesday raised alarm over the significant health risks associated with increasing global temperatures.
