The scheme awaits cabinet nod but states have already flagged these issues in the two-day consultation
In their addresses at the End TB summit on Tuesday both prime minister Narendra Modi and health minister J P Nadda spoke at length...
The insurance/assurance scheme for 50 crore people, the largest Govt programme in the world, could be a game changer
In less than a month the most ambitious health scheme India - and perhaps the world - has ever seen, will...
The judgement means passive euthanasia with the patient's consent will now be a reality in India
In a landmark judgement on Friday the Supreme Court allowed advance directives - a "living will" - that allows people to decide in advance...
The British physicist lived with the debilitating disease for more than 50 years
Stephen Hawking changed the way we looked at creation. He also showed what it is like to live with a debilitating disease.
Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral...
In a bid to help dairy farmers, the agriculture ministry recently wrote to all states to include milk in the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme, asked the department of food and public distribution to consider inclusion of milk in the...
Vaccines are not just for babies; as life expectancy rises, senior citizens too need to take these shots
Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Adults, including seniors need them too. As people get older, their immune systems tend to weaken over...
They clog your arteries and make your heart vulnerable. But not all cholesterol is bad. Medibulletin takes you through bad and good cholesterol
The terms bad and good cholesterol are used in every conversation theses days. Cholesterol tests, also called...
The recent Rani Mukherjee starrer puts the spotlight on a little known neurological condition that is quite common in childhoodTourette Syndrome isn't progeria and Rani Mukherjee certainly isn't Amitabh Bachchan. But it is far more common and as anybody...
Rapid ascent is usually associated with the condition but some people are more prone than others
Though the CBSE retests may play spoiler, the holiday season is round the corner. And with the mercury on the rise, the cool mountains...
The death of yesteryear Bollywood charmer Shashi Kapoor a couple of days ago was a grim reminder of how a large number of Indians are falling prey to kidney diseases. Kapoor had been on dialysis for several years.
The 2016...
