SC gives Centre six weeks to file response on illegal clinical trials

Around 2,000 people who underwent clinical trials in India have died since 2008

India’s diabetes burden likely to increase

First phase nation-wide study finds diabetes prevalence highest in Chandigarh

WHO releases first-of-its-kind patient safety rights charter ahead of Patient Safety Day

Outlines core rights of all patients in the context of safety of health care

COVID-19 pandemic impacted blood supply in Africa: WHO

There was a shortfall of 329,0289 units of blood in 2020

Risk of diabetic women delivering abnormal babies quantified

They have a seven per cent chance of having babies with birth defects

Three-in-one offer

The foetal consequences of pollution

Hearty activity

Exercise increases life span, proves study

Cherished loss

Through yogurt

Chikungunya virus assumes epidemic proportions

How the disease became an epidemic

ICMR to get more funds, power

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World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi

At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine

AIIMS surgeon enters Limca Book of Records

Conducted maximum joint replacements at highest altitude

New equipment makes it easier and quicker to prevent damage after stroke

Cooling gel pads are now easily available in the Indian market

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Choking link

Ultrafine pollution particles can penetrate very deep into the lungs

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What exactly is this US patent on the cow urine-antibiotic combination?

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AIDS may rise in Pakistan

Mizoram’s malignancy

Cancer gnawing at the northeast state

Pox permit

WHO allows genetic modification of smallpox virus

Prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves may not be safe

A new antibiotic discovered that quells resistance

New antibiotic may work where others have failed

Promising anti-malaria vaccine tested