Heart care trial sees 20 percent reduction in deaths: Research
A new research has said that a trial programme on heart attack care run in three districts of Tamil Nadu was able to reduce deaths by nearly 20 per cent over its year-long duration.
Mar 10, 2017, 22:30 PM IST
Rise in cancer cases in India, says government
As per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the cases have increased to 14,51,417 in 2016 from 12,70,781 in 2013.
Dec 02, 2016, 16:05 PM IST
5.5 lakh head and neck cancer cases every year in India: Experts
Head and neck cancers account for more than 5.5 lakh of the total cancer cases reported in India every year, putting India in the sixth place worldwide, said health experts.
Oct 14, 2016, 00:40 AM IST
Cheaper, indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMR
A Bengaluru-based company has made the new diagnostic tool for TB.
Mar 07, 2016, 05:46 AM IST
Zero Zika virus cases in India: Nadda
WHO committee called an emergency meeting in Geneva today on the response to the Zika virus and will decide whether to designate the mosquito-borne virus ? which has been linked to serious birth defects a global emergency.
Feb 01, 2016, 23:56 PM IST
DNA: Reality of private hospitals' unfavorable treatment towards cancer patients
Cancer is now a treatable disease but still hospitals are unfavorable to the the patients. Watch this video to get a detailed report on the mortality rate in India due to cancer.
Jan 18, 2016, 22:42 PM IST
Will 'dangerous' Khesari dal be back on your plate?
Amid the debate over safety of two-minute noodles Maggi, Indian authorities have cleared a pulses' variety which was deemed unfit for consumption till now.
Jan 18, 2016, 11:33 AM IST
NICED in talks with Bengal to launch cholera vaccine
The researchers wish to apply the preventive step to a particular area, such as in the Sundarbans, to assess the effect and crunch data. Cholera is endemic to Bengal.
Jan 15, 2016, 20:41 PM IST
Number of new breast cancer cases in women to double by 2030
The estimated number of new breast cancer (incidence) cases in women would be about 1,84,000 by 2030 as compared to 97,328 cases in 2014, Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda said in Rajya Sabha.
Dec 15, 2015, 23:03 PM IST
Low fat diets no better than high fat ones in the long-term!
For any weight-loss program what matters most is that more calories are burnt than what are consumed and towards this exercising regularly is the best option with restrained intake of food.
Nov 15, 2015, 10:45 AM IST
Experts urge 'comprehensive package' to fight TB
TB incidence rates in high- income countries are in single-digit numbers, these rates are still in the hundreds in many countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Oct 27, 2015, 21:32 PM IST
No new mutant strain in Delhi dengue outbreak: ICMR DG
There is no new mutant strain of dengue which is affecting people of Delhi and if citizens do their bit then the epidemic can come under control very soon, says newly-appointed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Soumya Swaminathan.
Sep 20, 2015, 09:55 AM IST
India could be hit by a tsunami of obesity!
India stares at a huge epidemic of obesity, a new study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) finds.
Sep 13, 2015, 10:47 AM IST
ICMR to set up blood disorder centre in Maharashtra
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday initiated efforts to set up a satellite centre of the National Institute of Immunohaematology in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, where genetic blood disorders are on the rise.
Sep 11, 2015, 22:56 PM IST
