TodayThe world’s largest study on babies with brain injuries has been launched in India to help prevent epilepsy. Leading experts from the UK and Indian universities will conduct the study. To try and reduce the number of epilepsy cases following perinatal brain injury, the Imperial College, London will lead the Prevention of Epilepsy by reducing […]
The world’s first injectable male contraceptive is getting ready to make its launch soon. The Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) has completed the clinical trials of the world’s first male contraceptive. It has been sent to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for approval, according to researchers involved in the project. The contraceptive is […]
India is one of the countries which has the highest incidence of TB in the world, leading to an over 60% reduction in usage of the medicine. Now, to curb the existing scenario, a new, simple and more affordable treatment for latent tuberculosis are on the way! A Mumbai-based pharma company Macleods pharma is all set to become […]
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh has raised the upper age limit for senior resident doctors from 37 to 40 years from the next academic session. The governing body approved the proposal for increasing the upper age limit for the appointment of senior resident doctors from 37 to 40 years after […]
An advisory issued by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry to the states to delay administering potentially life-saving drug oxytocin to women has baffled the health specialists. The advisory sent to health officials in all states and Union Territories calls on obstetric staff to delay the drug Prophylactic Oxytocin be given to women only […]
A Bengaluru-based scientist’s medical invention gets the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Centre for Devices and Radiological Health’s ‘breakthrough’ tag. The USFDA has designated the invention as a “breakthrough device” in the treatment of liver, pancreatic and breast cancers. “We are pleased to inform you that your device and proposed indication for use meet […]
Assaults on the doctors and other healthcare professionals have become a trend in our society. Not long before, a young intern of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata suffered skull damage after a brutal attack in June. Now adding a new case to this trend, a postgraduate medico at Minto Ophthalmic Hospital […]
In what can be considered as a path-breaking development, The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) recently announced the conclusion of a six-month exercise of conducting a “whole-genome sequence” of 1,008 Indians. The genome project may result in path-breaking developments in the fight against rare diseases. The sequencing was done as a part of […]
India has secured a place in a rank list prepared by the International journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine for doing randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the researches by doctors from across the globe. The doctors of the pediatric department of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, have been ranked among the top […]
While researchers continue their studies on the effectiveness of stem cell therapy in treating diseases, a new case has shown stem cells saving a man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). For the first time, a 26-year-old patient from Lucknow has survived DMD by regularly taking stem cells for the last five years. Usually, the children […]