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Probiotics Useless

Probiotics provide no relief to children with stomach virus

Two studies conducted in Canada and U.S. cast shadow on the effectiveness of popular products Children with stomach viruses or gastroenteritis are often given probiotics...
child, asthma, education

Obesity may increase kids’ chances of getting asthma

Study shows a strong correlation between childhood obesity and asthma Ten percent of pediatric asthma cases could be avoided if childhood obesity were eliminated. This...
A hospital in rural India

Real time health data in seven states, at the click of a mouse

Union health ministry launches ambitious online platform for monitoring health situation Government of India, late on Sunday evening did a soft launch of an ambitious...
Mitral valve

First time in India, Fortis docs repair leaking heart valve without surgery

Doctors led by Dr Ashok Seth avoid open heart surgery by using the catheter based procedure Mitraclip   For the first time in India, a team...
Modi, Modicare, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Nerendra Modi

PM Narendra Modi to give keynote speech at child health meet

The Partners' Forum will meet in Delhi next month with delegates from 192 countriesPrime minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address when India...
Human kidney transplant, nephrosis

Kidney disease is in your genes, no less than 35 of them

Identification of genes causing kidney disease may open new treatment vistas in future An international study lead by University of Manchester scientists has discovered the...
Lungs, respiratory disease, COPD

Dealing with patients’ anxiety crucial in chronic lung disease

Study shows nurses can teach patients to deal with anxiety Teaching patients to reduce anxiety can help alleviate chronic lung disease symptoms. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)...
Cancer

Living with cancer is not easy; many choose death

Study finds that cancer patients are 20 percent more likely than others to commit suicide Patients diagnosed with cancer are at a higher risk of...
cannabis, marijuana

Cannabis based drugs could be next gen painkillers

Indian scientists work on drugs using weed based chemicals; clinical trials to start soon Earlier this year at an event, world renowned oncologist and author...
polio vaccine, polio virus contamination, polio II virus

Polio lessons lost, India to study vaccine hesitancy again

Government of India has commissioned a study on vaccine hesitancy India, it seems has forgotten the lessons of the pulse polio programme. So much so...