New report by a global coalition that includes UNICEF and the World Health Organization highlights the challenge in reducing infant deaths the world over
Nearly 30 million babies are born too soon, too small or become sick every year and...
Study in The Lancet shows lowering alcohol limits for driving don't reduce road traffic accidents
Reducing the blood alcohol concentration limit for driving is not associated with a reduction in road traffic accidents.
These are the findings of an observational study...
At Partners' Forum meet in Delhi, prime minister expresses satisfaction about the global plaudits for Mission IndradhanushDescribing Mission Indradhanush as a programme "close" to his heart, prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his satisfaction at the vaccination campaign...
The new scanner EXPLORER can capture a 3-D picture of the whole human body at once
The world's first medical imaging scanner, EXPLORER that can capture a 3-D picture of the whole human body at once, has been unveiled.
EXPLORER combines...
Under new curriculum students will have clinical exposure right from the first yearNext academic year onwards, undergraduate medical students in India will have clinical exposure right from the first year.
This marks a major shift in the undergraduate medical education...
A smartphone app can diagnose anaemia by analysing the colour of a person’s fingernails in a photograph
Anaemia is a condition in which people do not not enough healthy red blood cells or low levels of haemoglobin. And it affects...
The baby was born with a condition called transposition of great arteries
Like any other parent, Mrs. Meena and Mr. Vinod were delighted after the birth of their son, but their joy didn’t last long. The baby, was diagnosed with...
Aster CMI Hospital scores a point with revision bariatric surgery on morbidly obese Sudanese womanAster CMI Hospital in Bangalore has conducted bariatric surgery on a 51-year-old Sudanese woman who weighed 207 Kgs. She was treated under Dr. H V Shivaram,...
Kids who spend more than two hours a day on screens got lower scores in thinking and language testsThe US government has launched a study of adolescent brain development and the way it is impacted by excessive use of...
In post menopausal women with high BMI high body fat is associated with increased breast cancer risk
High body fat levels could increase breast cancer risk. A study led by researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has reported this...
