MediBulletin Bureau
A team of experienced and committed journalists. Working under guidance of Dr. O. P. Choudhury. You can reach us at: bureau@medibulletin.com
The Indian health ministry is looking at making it mandatory for all tobacco products to mandatorily carry the number of the National Tobacco Cessation QuitLine-1800 227787. This comes a year and half after the notification making it mandatory for...
Not that Delhiites needed reminding but the sight of Sri Lankan cricketers on the Feroz Shah Kotla cricket field with masks on has once again driven home the dangerous air quality conditions that Delhi is grappling with.
At 3 pm...
One day after a private hospital in Delhi declared a living baby dead, inviting government inquiries and threats of licence cancellation, the Indian Medical Association has issued a detailed advisory on when to pronounce death due to hypothermia.
Hypothermia is...
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) on Friday unveiled a even-year National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS and STI, 2017-24. The two pillars of the plan are reaching the global 90-90-90 and elimination of transmission of HIV and Syphilis from...
Months after adopting a World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline of treating all HIV+ patients irrespective of their immune status, with a special drug combination, India has registered 50,000 new patients, taking the total number of patents currently receiving anti-retroviral...
Bacterial capacity to develop resistance to ampicillin may predate its use in humans and may actually be traced back to the antibiotics use in animals, according to new research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Molecular analysis of historical samples...
If you are less than 40 years obese and your friend is balding, your friend may have a higher risk of heart disease.
Male-pattern baldness and premature greying are associated with a more than fivefold risk of heart disease before...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against giving bone treats to pets after receiving multiple reports of illnesses related to bone “treats”. According to Carmela Stamper, a veterinarian in the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at...
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Zydus have tied up to launch new diagnostic kits, for detection of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) in mosquito vectors; and the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in sheep, goat and cattle. The kits...
By Dr O P ChoudhuryA new global malaria report has sounded warning bells about possible massive under-reporting of malaria in India - to the tune of more than 90%. This after years of malaria having been given the status...
