Month: July 2019

Non essential services will be withdrawn from 6am today to 6am Thursday The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a strike today, across the …Read more

Café Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha, who has been missing since Monday night, had reportedly written a letter to CCD staff, in which he mentioned …Read more

Use of smartphones for 5 or more hours daily increases the risk of obesity, suggests a new study presented at the recently concluded ACC Latin …Read more

Having a bigger waistline and a high body mass index (BMI) in your 60s may be linked with greater signs of brain aging years later, …Read more

(Excerpts from US FDA): In an update to its Drug Safety Communication issued on February 25, the US FDA has approved new warnings about an …Read more

Patients who have been successfully cured of visceral leishmaniasis can continue to infect hundreds of people for years, if they develop a skin condition known as post-kala-azar …Read more

Viral hepatitis is emerging as an important global public health challenge. Infectious diseases such as HIV and TB have been the hot topics for discussion, …Read more

The National Medical Commission Bill 2019 has been approved by the Union cabinet and has been tabled in the Parliament. The Bill provides for setting …Read more

Cases of a tick-borne disease “Powassan virus disease” are being reported from the United States. Two cases were reported in New Jersey in June and …Read more

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first glucagon therapy that can be administered without an injection for the emergency treatment of severe hypoglycemia in …Read more