Health

New Delhi, Aug 4 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the progress of the launch of the Health Assurance scheme under Ayushman Bharat.The scheme will provide health assurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family and will cover over 10 c…

New Delhi, Aug 3 : Lauding India’s effort towards safe sanitation services, World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that Swachh Bharat Mission can avert up to 3 lakh deaths due to diarrhea and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) by October 2019….

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved incentives for doctors of the Odisha Medical Health Services Cadre.Doctors with super specialisation from medical colleges recognised by Medical Council of India (MCI) will …

New Delhi, Aug 3 : The ‘Jan Aushadhi’ scheme launched in 2008 by the UPA government to sell low-cost generic medicines was re-branded twice by the Modi government in the last three years.Now the advertising and marketing of the flagship programme for…

New Delhi, Aug 3 : The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the government for framing guidelines for caesarean deliveries in hospitals.A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice R.Banumathi and Justice Navin Sinha said the pe…

Mumbai, Aug 3 (IndiaSpend/IANS) Smokers and non-smokers now represent an equal number of lung-cancer patients, according to a study carried out by the Lung Care Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focused on improving lung health in India.An anal…

Bengaluru, Aug 3 : Turning into a Samaritan, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy helped an estranged Mysuru woman return to the state from Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, said an official statement on Thursday.”The 40-year-old ailing woman, traced …

Kharagpur, Aug 2 : IIT Kharagpur has set up India’s pioneering Bioelectronics Innovation Laboratory to develop futuristic battery-free implantable medical devices for treatment of brain, nerve, muscle or spinal cord disorders that are untreatable by …

Kharagpur, Aug 2 : IIT Kharagpur has set up India’s pioneering Bioelectronics Innovation Laboratory to develop futuristic battery-free implantable medical devices for treatment of brain, nerve, muscle or spinal cord disorders that are untreatable by …

Kharagpur, Aug 2 : IIT Kharagpur has set up India’s pioneering Bioelectronics Innovation Laboratory to develop futuristic battery-free implantable medical devices for treatment of brain, nerve, muscle or spinal cord disorders that are untreatable by …