Health

Panaji/New Delhi, June 9 : Former Goa Congress President and two-time Rajya Sabha MP, Shantaram Naik, died of a massive heart attack on Saturday, a party leader said.He was 76.Girish Chodankar, who replaced Naik, as state Congress president in April …

New Delhi, June 9 : Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister L.P. Shahi died on Saturday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. He was 98.Congress President Rahul Gandhi condoled Shahi’s death and said his loss will be f…

New Delhi, June 9 : Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister L.P. Shahi died early on Saturday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in here. He was 98.”He was shifted to AIIMS on Thursday after he complained of chest pain,” …

New Delhi, June 8 : Unlike the widespread defeatist perception about brain tumour, many patients of the disease can be cured with current advances in technology and early detection, doctors said on the World Brain Tumour Day on Friday.”With the adven…

New Delhi, June 8 : The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any order to stay the alleged culling of stray dogs by authorities in Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh following deaths of over a dozen children in the past seven months.As the apex court was ur…

Hyderabad, June 8 : Thousands of asthma patients on Friday took ‘fish prasadam’, which has been distributed by a family here for more than 170 years.The patients from Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and some other states queued up at Ex…

New Delhi, June 8 : Even as the country’s waste management rules call for effective recycling and have fixed a cap of 20 metres on landfill sites, Delhi’s huge un-engineered dumping grounds have grown taller by two to 15 metres in the past 12 months,…

With a surge in unhealthy lifestyles, increased cases of mental illness and NCDs in India the concept of workplace wellness has become pertinent.The market for corporate wellness, valued at (Dollar) 3.4 billion in 2015, is expected to reach (Dollar) …

New Delhi, June 7 : Google on Thursday dedicated a Doodle to honour pioneering US clinician Virginia Apgar who developed a quick health test for infants to determine if a newborn needs help breathing or is having heart trouble.The Google Doodle marks…

New Delhi, June 7 : One of the first rules of nutrition is to never mix fats and sugars because this contributes to obesity.However 70 per cent of Indian mix both in their diet, says a report by The Food Analysts.A study conducted by WhatsApp-based n…