WHO says India tops MDR-TB cases in South East Asia
As per recent World Health Organization estimates, India has recorded about 63,000 cases of notified multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2010, the highest in the South East Asia region. The prevalence More...
12 Swine Flu cases have been detected in Pune, India
About twelve Swine Flu cases have been reported over a fortnight in Pune, Maharashtra, India, which has led to an alert among the health authorities. The critical condition of patients admitted to the local hospitals More...
Indian company acquires rights to copy generic cancer drug
Indian pharmaceutical company, Natco Pharma, has been authorized to manufacture an expensive anti-cancer drug originally developed by Bayer Corporation. This move, although undermining the Bayer’s patent, is expected More...
India moves resolution on mental disorders at WHO summit
New Delhi, India: India has insisted the world into joining hands to fight against mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Foreseeing depression as the leading cause of More...
Herbal drug for Leucoderma
Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) introduced Lukoskin – a herbal drug developed for treatment of leucoderma, in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. The drug development process for Lukoskin More...
What you should know about Human Papillomavirus
New Delhi, India: Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a virus associated with cervical cancer in women, has been suspected to cause head and neck cancer, upon being sexually transmitted. Recent studies and clinical findings More...
Combination drugs for Diabetes and BP
Jaipur, India: Free drug distribution centres in Rajasthan’s government hospitals will soon, make available – combination drugs for diabetes and blood pressure. This would facilitate their treatment for the More...
MRI- compatible pacemakers, now in India
On Tuesday, St. Jude Medical said that it has released an “MRI-conditional” pacemaker in India. This pacemaker would enable patients with the implants to undergo some full-body MRI scans. As per the More...
War against Bird Flu declared: Odisha
Following a central directive, the state officials of Odisha (India), ordered a mass culling of poultry birds in Khurda district’s Keranga area on Thursday, January 12, 2012. This is to prevent the spread of avian More...
An over 2 kg weighing ovarian tumor of teenager removed
In a maiden ovarian surgery conducted in India, a senior surgeon at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) – run LTMG Hospital at Sion in north-central Mumbai removed the largest-ever benign tumor, weighing More...