Editor’s Word on World Tuberculosis Day
March 24, every year is observed as the World Tuberculosis Day. This international observance is aimed at promoting public health awareness on the deadly Tuberculosis epidemic, worldwide, that claims about 1.7 million More...
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...
Cancer diagnosis seldom deters smokers
A research team led by Elyse R. Park, PhD, MPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, in its recent report, suggested that a significant number of patients don’t quit smoking More...
Wockhardt gets US FDA’s consent for Fluticasone nasal spray
US Food and Drug Administration recently gave its final approval to drug firm Wockhardt for marketing of generic Fluticasone nasal spray, in the American market. Fluticasone nasal spray is generally used for treating More...
DOTS – Plus programme to be launched at Aundh Hospital, Pune (India)
In view of the recently reported multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR – TB), the Maharashtra state (India) is planning to launch a DOTS – Plus programme at the Aundh General Hospital in the last week of January. More...