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Covid: India reports 1,134 new coronavirus cases, 5 deaths; active cases climb to 7,026
NEW DELHI: India recorded 1,134 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 7,026, according to the Union Health Ministry Data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,30,813 with five deaths with one each reported…
Strong Evidence That Covid Jumped From Animals To Humans, Claims Report
The samples for the study were taken from the Huanan Seafood market.
A new analysis of samples taken from a market in Wuhan, China during the early days of the pandemic are the strongest evidence yet that the Covid-19 virus jumped from…
World Down Syndrome Day 2023: History, Significance & Everything You Need to Know about this…
World Down Syndrome Day is observed on March 21 every year
The first World Down Syndrome Day was observed on March 21 in 2006. The uniqueness of the triplication of the 21st chromosome, which produces Down syndrome, is symbolized by…
New Study Suggests Long Covid May Cause Face Blindness
Face blindness is a "neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces".
Long COVID-19 infections may cause some people to develop prosopagnosia, otherwise known as "face blindness", according to a new study.…
Malwa region of (M.P.) is witnessing alarming spike in H3N2 cases: Dr Naresh Purohit*
Bhopal: Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh is witnessing alarming spike in H3N2 cases, a viral flu which is long lasting and causing severe congestion which last for more than two weeks said Dr Naresh Purohit- Principal Investigator for the…
हरियाणा में बढ़ रहे कैंसर के मरीज, राज्य सरकार की चिंता, चंडीगढ़ से पीजीआई करेगा पढ़ाई
विस्तार : हरियाणा में कैंसर के मरीजों की बढ़ती संख्या को देखते हुए हरियाणा सरकार ने इसे गंभीरता से लिया है। कैंसर बढ़ने के कारणों को जानने के लिए अब हरियाणा सरकार एक अध्ययन कराएगी। पीजीआईएमईआर चंडीगढ़ से यह अध्ययन कराने के लिए जल्द ही…
Weight Loss: Know the Best Sources of Dietary Fiber
Chandigarh: Roughage, or dietary fiber, is the indigestible component of plant-based foods. Numerous health benefits of fiber include a lower risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes are…
Thousands Of Orphans Will Get Opportunity To Study At DU Free Of Cost
New Delhi: Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Saturday said that thousands of orphan children, including those who lost their parents to COVID-19, will get an opportunity to pursue higher education free of cost with the…
Preventable Cervix Cancer snatches 77,000 precious lives among women annually
New Delhi: A decade back, deaths due to cancer of the uterine cervix and maternal deaths were both pegged at around 72,000 per year. However, cancer cervix currently has rapidly surpassed maternal mortality and has become the second common…
Major thrust to medical education, innovation and research in Budget ’24: Dr Naresh Purohit
Jabalpur/New Delhi: There is a major thrust to medical education, innovation and research in the Union Budget 2023-24. This year, the centre has hiked its allocation for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to Rs 89,155 crore, up by Rs…
India has the highest burden of Leprosy in the world .
New Delhi: According to WHO about 208,000 people worldwide are infected with leprosy, most of them in Africa and Asia. It is a chronic infectious disease that causes severe disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms, legs and skin…
Dr. Naresh Purohit: CPR training needed to save lives from sudden cardiac death
Hamirpur (HP): With the significant rise in the number of sudden cardiac deaths in the hill state there is an urgent need for widespread cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training that would save lives, said Dr Naresh Purohit, the…
India unveils world’s first intranasal Covid vaccine iNNCOVACC
New Delhi: Indian government on Thursday unveiled indigenously made, world's first intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNNCOVACC here.
The vaccine was launched by Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, in the presence of Union Minister of…
Cancer has grown disproportionately over the last decade in Kashmir
Since Health of citizens is one of the important tasks for a healthy nation, and Cancer being one of the largest killers in the world, our regular contributor on Health issues, Dr. Naresh Purohit*, speaks to our Correspondent on Cancer…
NICE Skymed India, organizes Medical Seminar in Bangladesh
Dhaka: NICE Skymed organized a medical seminar and Continued Medical Education (CME) series along with Fortis Hospital, India at Gulshan Club in Bangladesh on Jan. 21.
NICE Ltd. in association with GTI Infotel, India, has a vision “To…
Fatty liver is an epidemic in India: Sarin, ILBS Director
New Delhi: "Fatty liver in India is so common that it can be designated as an epidemic in our country, about 30-40 per cent people have fatty liver. Whether it be blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancers, they…
Today’s Doctor Is in a Predicament.
New Delhi: Today's doctor is in a predicament. Medicine is a science which has many probabilities and possibilities. A patient places what is most valuable to him-his very life, in the hands of the doctor. It increases the responsibility of…
India needs to expand healthcare in the public-private partnership mode
Jabalpur: Times today are very different from what they were when welfare states arose and cemented. Business interests in healthcare apart, the massive strides achieved in technology, the vistas and choices they have opened, and their…
Recent Covid-19 relaxations in China take a toll of 20 leading scientists
Beijing: Reports of Covid-19 latest variant BF.7 having engulfed many scientific and engineering institutes in China, show at least 20 prominent scientists and engineers have died in the last two weeks from December 15 to January 2023. …
India is fully prepared to deal any Covid eventuality: Mandaviya
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said the country is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, if the Covid cases increase once again in the country. The Minister who visited Safdarjung Hospital to review the…
