Health

Dharamsala, Jan 31 : Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday said he was in perfect health, though feeling fatigued owing to old age.”I’m in excellent health.Of course, I am an 82-year-old person. So, year by year, the feeling of tired…

Kolkata, Jan 31 : Doctors at a private hospital here have successfully placed a kid-sized metallic stent across the narrowed part of the oesophagus of a 10-year-old- boy who was unable to swallow his own saliva, leave aside food and water, after gulp…

Kolkata, Jan 31 : Doctors at a private hospital here have successfully placed a kid-sized metallic stent across the narrowed part of the oesophagus of a 10-year-old- boy who was unable to swallow his own saliva, leave aside food and water, after gulp…

New Delhi, Jan 31 : Four-year-old Aashirvaad Kumar has had the hole in his heart fixed by the doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the country’s premier government-run research and referral hospital, but he is still trying …

New Delhi, Jan 30 : Women in the age bracket 16-30 years comprise the largest chunk of those affected by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which also increases the risk of cervical cancer, revealed a report on Tuesday.According to the study, SRL Analy…

New Delhi, Jan 30 : The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of AIIMS has urged Union Health Minister J.P.Nadda to set up a high-level inquiry into the alleged foul play in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for post-graduate courses, he…

Mumbai, Jan 30 : In a significant decision, the Maharashtra government approved a plan to provide sanitary napkins to women in rural areas at subsidised rates to promote hygiene and reduce school absenteeism, an official said here on Tuesday.The deci…

New Delhi, Jan 30 : An eight-month-old baby, sexually assaulted by her cousin, has undergone a three-hour-long surgery to repair the tears in her private parts at the city’s Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, said doctors on Tuesday.According to a d…

New Delhi, Jan 30 : A team of surgeons from Medanta: The Medicity, Gurugram, last year successfully implanted a 3D-printed vertebra in a 32-year-old woman — helping her walk again after a bout of disabling spinal tuberculosis.The 10-hour-long surger…

New Delhi, Jan 30 : The current year should see the elimination of leprosy as a “public health problem” — a status prevalent in only one country — but a lot remains to be done to restore the rights and dignity of the affected persons, says Yohei Sa…