Mandela’s condition serious but improving: President Zuma
byCape Town, June 17 (IANS) Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalised for over a week, continues to get better in…
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Apollo Hospital offers senior citizens only OPD
byNoida, June 16 (IANS) An exclusive OPD service, complimentary pick up and drop facility and discounted consultation fee are among the latest offerings for…
New mental health bill bans electric shocks, gives right to treatment
byNew Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The right of mentally-ill patients to decide their mode of treatment, decriminalising suicide for them and a ban on…
Caution: Eating Goan frog legs could cause cancer
byPanaji, June 16 (IANS) Smoking cigarettes is not the only way to contract cancer. If one believes the Goa Forest Department, eating frog meat…
Veganism catches fancy of health-conscious Indians
byNew Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Meenu Nageshwaran, 53, felt she had been handed a life sentence when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes…
80 fall ill after having food in China temple
byBeijing, June 16 (IANS) More than 80 villagers in China’s northwest Shaanxi province were hospitalised after they ate at a temple gathering, authorities said….
India, Britain ink pact on technical cooperation in health
byNew Delhi, June 15 (IANS) India and Brittain have signed an agreement on strategic and technical cooperation in the health sector. The memorandum of…
Assam town protests blood bank’s HIV ‘mistake’
byGuwahati, June 15 (IANS) Assam’s Mangaldai town witnessed massive protests Saturday over the allegation that four people contracted AIDS after undergoing blood transfusion at…
‘Collaboration key to addressing problems of disabled’
byNew Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Collaboration of health care professionals, academics and interest groups working for the disabled is necessary to sensitise the public…
Mumbai gets special cancer centre for women
byMumbai, June 15 (IANS) Maharashtra’s first integrated centre for cancer to cater exclusively to women was launched here Saturday. The privately-run B. Nanavati Hospital…