For Matloob Hussain’s family in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district, the central government’s healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat sounds nothing more than a hollow claim. While the scheme aims at making interventions in primary, secondary and tertiary care systems, covering both preventive and promotive health, to address healthcare holistically, Hussain’s family had to run from pillar to […]
The Indian Council of Medical research has ordered terminating two clinical trials on baby foods funded by Nestle for violating the Indian law. This is the third Nestle-backed research study stopped by ICMR after violations were brought to the Union Health Ministry’s notice by an NGO, Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, which monitors compliance to […]
A report on a 60-year follow-up of a clinical trial suggests that receiving BCG vaccination during early childhood is associated with reduced risk of subsequent lung cancer development. The results were published in the ‘Journal of the American Medical Association'(JAMA). The study, “Association of Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination in Childhood with Subsequent Cancer,” was led by […]
India will soon see a definition and regulations for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, two years after considering a proposal regarding the same.The new law will have a separate schedule and stringent regulations on quality, advertisement and pricing of such drugs. OTC drugs can be brought by the customer directly, not like prescribed medicines which cannot be […]
A small study using the electromagnetic waves approach has shown some encouraging results in the ongoing efforts to control and treat Alzheimer’s disease. A medical device company based in Phoenix, AZ have developed a wearable device that, according to their recent open-label clinical trial, can significantly reduce memory loss in Alzheimer’s by disaggregating toxic protein […]
The doctors in India have cautioned the general public about the presence of human carcinogen called NDMA, or N-Nitrosodimethylamine in Zantac and its generic forms and asked for an urgent advisory by the Indian drug regulator. Earlier, the drugmakers and global public health regulators claimed to have taken steps to remove supplies of a popular […]
The government will soon introduce a National Medical Register to maintain a complete record of all medical professionals, Indian and foreign origin, practising in hospitals or holding teaching and research assignments in medical colleges in India. The centre has framed part-rules under the newly-enacted National Medical Commission Act. Two sets of rules have been framed […]
Recent research has found that a new blood test that looks for circulating tumour cells could significantly improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer and avoid unnecessary biopsies and treatments. According to the research by the Queen Mary University of London, combining the new test with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) results can yield a diagnosis of aggressive […]
New research finds that babies born by caesarean section have different gut bacteria to those born vaginally. The most comprehensive study to date on the baby microbiome showed that babies born vaginally pick up most of their initial dose of bacteria from their mother, while C-section babies have more bugs linked to hospital environments, including […]
PGI neurosurgeons have developed a guideline on how to endoscopically manage and treat brain cysts in children below the age of 5 years for the first time in the world medical literature. Before this, the doctors used to decide the type of surgery based on hit-and-trial. Hence, the health of the kids would take a […]