Health

New Delhi, June 2 : Attempting suicide is no more a crime in India and there will be no more electric shocks for mentally ill children, as per the new Mental Healthcare Act 2017 notified by the Health Ministry on May 29, a year after it was passed.”N…

Thiruvananthapuram/Kozhikode, June 2 : Indian Medical Association (IMA) President Ravi Wankadekar on Saturday said Kerala need not worry about the Nipah virus as the state is absolutely safe from it now.State Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran s…

Kozhikode (Kerala), June 1 : With two more deaths in the past two days in this Kerala district, the death toll from Nipah virus has risen to 16 as state Health Minister K.K.Shailaja on Friday warned of a possible second outbreak.Noting that all those…

New Delhi, June 1 : Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India and Netherland-based research and development organisation for vaccine technologies Intravacc have signed a deal to jointly develop bioneedles, a novel delivery system for vaccines.About the …

New Delhi, June 1 : In a major initiative to improve healthcare for women and children in low and middle-income groups, 100 innovators in developing nations, including 17 in India, will receive a seed grant of 100,000 Canadian dollars each, it was an…

New Delhi, June 1 : Green tea and black tea are common, but how about trying the blue tea? This variant not only gives you a good taste but provides plenty of health benefits too.Kausshal Dugarr, Founder and CEO of Teabox.com, lists down health benef…

New Delhi, June 1 : Actress Lisa Ray, who calls herself a “cancer graduate”, says she values time much more than before.”Time is a measure of precious moments of our lives.As a cancer graduate I value time much more than before. Time is the most prec…

In 2008, during a transition period between jobs, I attended a Team in Training meeting as part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to learn more about running a half-marathon and raising funds for society.On an impulse I decided to enroll with the en…

New Delhi, May 31 : Delhiites will be able to access around 40 government services, ranging from getting a water connection to caste certificate, at their doorsteps by the end of July, an official said on Thursday.The Delhi government had in November…

New Delhi, May 31 : The Delhi government on Thursday, while issuing a health advisory for the Nipah virus, said that no incidence of the infection has been reported in the national capital as of now.In the advisory, the Directorate General of Health …