Health

Lucknow, Jan 9 : Mafia don and sitting legislator Mukhtar Ansari, who is lodged in the Banda, suffered a heart attack on Tuesday, officials said.He was rushed to a medical facility in Kanpur but owing to his critical state, he is being sent to Luckno…

New Delhi, Jan 9 : Google on Tuesday honoured Indian-American biochemist and Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana, known as the first scientist to chemically synthesise DNA molecules, with a doodle marking his 96th birth anniversary.Khorana was born in …

New Delhi, Jan 9 : Google on Tuesday honoured Indian-American biochemist and Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana, known as the first scientist to chemically synthesise DNA molecules, with a doodle marking his 96th birth anniversary.Khorana was born in …

New Delhi, Jan 8 : The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of a Karnataka High Court order setting aside 2014 rules mandating that 85 per cent space on both sides of packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products carry pictorial warning on…

New Delhi, Jan 8 : In a rare case, a 14-year-old boy, whose 22 litres of blood was sucked by hookworms in his small intestine since the last two years, was cured through a deworming therapy at a city hospital here.The diagnosis was possible only afte…

New Delhi, Jan 8 : Delhi Police on Monday filed a status report in the case of Max Hospital wrongly declaring a live newborn dead — who later died — and mentioned that the time of death of the twins was missing from the hospital’s register.In its s…

New Delhi, Jan 7 : As the government continues to caution people against tobacco and e-cigarettes, a study by the North East Hills University (NEHU) has stated that Electronics Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) or vaping has minimum health and safety c…

Shimla, Jan 7 : It’s a taboo no one really talks about in remote villages of Himachal Pradesh — but could soon end.Women in many remote parts of the mountain state are virtually ex-communicated when they are menstruating.They are forced to sleep out…

Jammu, Jan 6 : The Jammu and Kahsmir government on Saturday suspended three doctors and removed the Director of the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar for violating norms.The government action followed a sting operation …

New Delhi, Jan 6 : The family of 42-year-old man from Assam, who died at a hospital here due to alleged wrong treatment by a man impersonating as a doctor, has urged the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to look into the matter and take action against th…