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The latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that India hosts 66% of all leprosy patients in the world. India officially...
23 Aug 2019 Health
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Free Medicine Scheme of Rajasthan
The flagship free medicine scheme of Rajasthan government has bagged 1st position amongst 16 states, in the monthly rankings issued by the National...
23 Aug 2019 Health
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The Union Health Ministry to prepare itself for the implementation of the common final year undergraduate medical examination (NEXT) which will come...
21 Aug 2019 Health
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Compulsory Rural Service for Doctors
The Supreme Court has suggested the Union Government and the Medical Council of India to have a uniform policy regarding the compulsory service to be...
21 Aug 2019 Health
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Biosimilar Medicine for Cancer
Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd has launched ‘Versavo (bevacizumab)’, a biosimilar of Roche’s Avastin in India. The...
20 Aug 2019 Health
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Karnataka has amended Poisons (Possessions and Sale) Rules 2015 by notifying nicotine as Class A poison. The move aims at strengthening the...
20 Aug 2019 Health
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National Essential Diagnostics List
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has finalised the country’s first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL). India has become...
17 Aug 2019 Health
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More than Half Allopathic Practitioners are Quacks
According to Union Health Ministry’s data, 57.3% of personnel currently practising allopathic medicine do not have a medical...
14 Aug 2019 Health
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The Big Picture - National Medical Commission Bill
The National Medical Commission Bill, 2019 has been passed by the Lok Sabha. The Bill aims to replace the existing Indian Medical Council Act, 1956...
13 Aug 2019 Health
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India is planning to launch its first Human Genome Mapping project. Project involves scanning of 20,000 Indian genomes (in the next five years) in...
05 Aug 2019 Health
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National Medical Commission Bill
This article is based on “National Medical Commission is no cure-all, many important questions remain” which appeared in The Indian...
02 Aug 2019 Health
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Growing Human Organs in Animals
Scientists in Japan have received the permission of the government to try growing human organs in animals. The research led by Hiromitsu Nakauchi,...
02 Aug 2019 Health
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Policy Watch - One Nation One Ration Card
One Nation One Ration Card Scheme which will allow portability of food security benefits will be available across the country from 1st July, 2020....
01 Aug 2019 Health
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Diet Management and Cancer Treatment
The study, published in the journal Nature, found that diet management could help in the treatment of cancer. It has been found that restricting...
01 Aug 2019 Health
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Incidence of Cancer in Children
A recent study conducted by Lancet pointed out that 82% of cancer cases among children comes from poorer countries. According to the report,...
31 Jul 2019 Health
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Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district administration’s project Kan Sikul, Kan Huan (My School, My Farm) has been made the model for all schools...
30 Jul 2019 Health
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The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (the professional organization representing practitioners of obstetrics and...
29 Jul 2019 Health
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New Tool to Reduce Maternal Mortality
The use of Non-pneumatic Anti- Shock garment (NASG) controls blood loss due to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), thus saving the lives of new...
29 Jul 2019 Health
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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on global tobacco epidemic, launched in July 2019 makes a special reference about mCessation...
27 Jul 2019 Health
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Government’s Efforts for Rural Healthcare
According to the latest bulletin of the Sample Registration System, government’s efforts to provide better healthcare to people in rural areas...
26 Jul 2019 Health
