Health

NEW DELHI: The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE) has hosted a seminar to understand and deliberate on strategies and share knowledge regarding rehabilitating beggars, the homeless, and the destitute in the country.

NEW DELHI: A common diabetes drug can help reduce pain in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and obesity, as well as delay the need for knee replacements, revealed a study on Friday.

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is making great progress towards achieving its malaria-free target by the end of 2025, Prime Minister Hun Manet said.

NEW DELHI: The US may be on the brink of a major measles resurgence as vaccination rates continue to fall across several states, according to a new study.

NEW DELHI: In pursuance of its commitment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Neighbourhood First Policy, India on Friday sent medical assistance worth $2 million to Nepal for patients suffering from thalassemia and sickle cell disease in the country.

NEW DELHI: The government is continuously working towards achieving the goal of 'Malaria Free India', said Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Singh Patel on World Malaria Day on Friday.

NEW DELHI: AIIMS Raipur has successfully performed its first Swap Kidney Transplant, also known as a Kidney Paired Transplant (KPT), the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

SEOUL: SK bioscience, the biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, said on Wednesday it has achieved a "final victory" in a patent invalidation case against Moderna, the global developer of the messenger-RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine.

NEW DELHI: To enable faster, more transparent and user-friendly access to healthcare services, the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) will launch the next-generation Health Management Information System (HMIS) on April 28, it was announced on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Highlighting the issue of fire prevention and safety, Health Ministry on Tuesday said it is committed to ensure safety and well-being of patients (both outpatients and inpatients), their attendants and others at the healthcare facilities.

NEW YORK: Parents are evenly split on right age to start talking about puberty with kids, a US study said on Monday, adding that most parents agree that talking to their kids about puberty is important, but when and how to start the conversation is often less clear.

NEW YORK: Targeting an enzyme can help stop the growth of glioblastoma, the most dangerous type of brain tumour, researchers have found.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has been tasked with phasing out the use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF). This firefighting product contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which pose significant public health and environmental risks.

TOKYO: Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan on Saturday said they have found that the motion of unlabelled cells can be used to tell whether they are cancerous or healthy.

NEW DELHI: Indian pharmaceutical companies are ramping up efforts to expand their footprint in the lucrative US oncology generics market, which is currently valued at $145 billion and growing at a robust pace of 11 per cent annually, according to a new report.

NEW DELHI: Medical experts on Friday emphasised the critical link between dietary habits and liver health, saying that healthy changes today can cut liver disease risk by 50 per cent.

NEW DELHI: Boosting awareness, early diagnosis, and improving access to care is crucial to fight haemophilia and other bleeding disorders in the country, said Union Minister JP Nadda on World Haemophilia Day on Thursday.

JOHANNESBERG: The South African Department of Health has urged the public to remain vigilant against malaria as the country is seeing a slight increase in cases of the disease, particularly in malaria-endemic provinces such as Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will launch 'Ayushman Cards' for all income groups aged above 70 years by the end of April 2025.

NEW DELHI: Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumour cells may accurately predict cancer recurrence, according to a new study.

ABUJA: The death toll of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 127, public health authorities said.

NEW DELHI: People suffering from chronic pain -- or pain that lasts at least three months -- may be up to four times more likely to experience depression, according to a study.

NEW YORK: People with a certain heart valve abnormality may be at an increased risk of developing severe heart rhythm disorders also known as arrhythmias, according to a study on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Treating patients earlier with a combination of statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe could prevent thousands of new heart attacks, strokes, and death over a decade, according to a new study.

GURDASPUR: Taking immediate action in a violence took place at District Hospital Babbri (Gurdaspur) last night, a first information reports (FIR) has been registered against both the parties. Deputy Commissioner Gurdaspur Mr. Dalwinderjit Singh, IAS, SSP Gurdaspur Mr. Aditya, IPS and Civil Surgeon Dr. Prabhjot Kaur Kalsi visited the District Hospital today and took stock of the entire situation.

JERUSALEM: Israeli researchers have developed a new RNA-based blood test for detecting Parkinson's disease long before symptoms emerge.

NEW DELHI: A team of US researchers has found a new drug delivery system that showed more efficacy and improved the treatment of a rare eye cancer that spreads to liver.

NEW DELHI: India currently has 3.45 lakh registered homoeopathy doctors, 277 homoeopathy hospitals, 8,593 homoeopathy dispensaries, and 277 homoeopathy educational institutions, according to the government data.

NEW DELHI: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, in Punjab, have identified a protein mutation that can boost treatment against hearing loss in the elderly population.

MEXICO CITY: A three-year-old girl in western Mexico died after contracting avian influenza A (H5N1), becoming the country's first fatal human case of the disease, health authorities said.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda has launched a patient referral portal that will enable seamless and secure healthcare within the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) network nationwide.

CHANDIGARH: On the directions of Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Balbir Singh, the Health Department has issued a detailed precautionary measures to protect the people from the upcoming heatwave in Punjab. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a heatwave is declared in plain areas when the maximum temperature reaches 40°C or more, or when there is a departure from the normal temperature by 4.5°C to 6.4°C. This high temperature disrupts the body's temperature regulation system and can cause various heat-related illnesses.

NEW DELHI: UK researchers have found that one in 3,000 people could be carrying a defective gene that significantly raises their risk of having a punctured lung.

LONDON: A confirmed human case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in northeast England, the fourth this year, acording to British health authorities.

NEW DELHI: Punjab Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh today urged Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr. J. P. Nadda to enforce stricter regulations on e-pharmacies, specifically requesting that they be prohibited from selling psychotropic drugs without a valid prescription. This appeal aligns with ongoing efforts in Punjab to combat drug abuse and aligns with existing national guidelines under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, which regulate the sale of such substances. Punjab Cabinet Minister today called upon Mr. Nadda at Nirman Bhawan here.