New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Insulin resistance, now linked with 31 different diseases, has also been associated with higher odds of an early death in women, according to a new study.
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) The horrific rape and murder of a trainee doctor in the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has ignited a furore over the working conditions and safety of women medical personnel in India, but the same harrowing issues - leering and groping colleagues, staff, and patients, stalking, inappropriate comments, lack of respect for their capabilities, and a marked lack of dedicated amenities - afflict their Pakistani counterparts also.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The government on Sunday said that suspected Monkeypox (Mpox) has been identified in a young male patient in the country, who has been isolated in a designated hospital and was under investigation.
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) The West Bengal Health Department through a notification has sought detailed information about all resident doctors from the medical colleges and hospitals in the state.
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Amid the global outbreak of mpox, a US CDC report shows that, unlike Covid-19, the monkeypox virus (MPXV) does not easily spread through the air.
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the case of financial irregularities in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here are carefully examining certain documents that point towards a major swindle.
Kinshasa/Addis Ababa, Sep 7 (IANS) Africa is witnessing an "upward trend" in mpox cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned as it launched a joint continental response plan with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Significant changes are unfolding in India’s food consumption pattern and the share of total household expenditure on food has declined substantially in rural and urban areas and across all states and union territories (UTs) since 1947, a government paper has revealed.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed a research work spotlighting the outcome of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in ushering in hygienic conditions in both rural and urban India, pivotal in checking infant mortality across the country.
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) After suspending the former and controversial Principal of R.G. Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh on Tuesday, the West Bengal health department seems to have started acting tough on his close confidants, against whom there are complaints from the state’s medical fraternity, especially junior doctors.
