Online OPD booking at Kolkata medical college hospitals
Mar 03, 2019, at 10:20 am
Kolkata, Mar 3 (UNI): In order to simplify the registration process and reduce the long queues of patients at government hospitals, the State Health Department has launched online ticket booking for patients visiting outpatient departments (OPDs) of the medical college hospitals in Kolkata.
Laws must protect, ‘not reject’ says UNAIDS chief on Zero Discrimination Day
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:20 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): Discriminatory laws and practices that bar access to health and other services must be changed, the United Nations agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS said on Friday, Zero Discrimination Day.
DR Congo: Insecurity and attacks mean Ebola will keep spreading, warns world health agency
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:13 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): Worsening security in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo marked by attacks on Ebola clinics have made it a “given” that the deadly virus will spread further, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Dry eye disease likely to hit 275 million people in India by 2030: says LVPEI study
Feb 28, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 28 (UNI/IBNS) Dry Eye Disease is likely to be affect the 45 per cent or nearly half of India’s urban population by the year 2030, roughly translating to a staggering 275 million people, Hyderabad-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) said in its research study report on Dry Eye Disease here on Thursday.
Feb 28, 2019, at 02:58 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik will lay foundation stone for National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) at Ghaziabad on Thursday in the august presence of General V. K. Singh, Union Minister of State for External Affairs.
Swine flu claims three more lives in Gujarat
Feb 26, 2019, at 07:53 pm
Gandhinagar, Feb 26 (UNI) Three deaths due to swine flu took place in Gujarat on Tuesday taking the cumulative figure of mortality caused due to H1N1 over 83.
Ministry of AYUSH and WHO working group meeting on benchmarks for training in Yoga from today
Feb 26, 2019, at 07:03 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): Ministry of AYUSH and WHO are jointly organizing a three days Working Group Meeting for reviewing the WHO document “Benchmarks for Training in Yoga” from 26-28 February, 2019 at New Delhi.
Carrots and cartoons could be the secret to upping kids' vegie intake: Study
Feb 25, 2019, at 05:19 pm
New York, Feb 25 (IBNS): Want to get your child to eat more vegetables? It could be as easy as peeling a carrot and sitting them in front of the TV, according to new Deakin University research.
Humble vitamin C tablet key to Deakin diabetes breakthrough
Feb 25, 2019, at 05:17 pm
New York, Feb 25 (IBNS): A new study from Deakin University has found that taking 500mg of vitamin C twice daily can help those with type 2 diabetes by lowering elevated blood sugar levels across the day and minimising spikes in blood sugar after meals.
Deakin study shows city walkability can fix disadvantage health gap
Feb 25, 2019, at 05:15 pm
New York, Feb 25 (IBNS): Promoting 'walkability' in city neighbourhoods is a key way to reduce health inequality between the rich and poor, according to new Deakin University research.
WHO Goodwill Ambassador Big B welcomes India’s hepatitis initiatives
Feb 25, 2019, at 04:21 pm
Mumbai/Kolkata, Feb 25 (IBNS): The World Health Organization and its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region, Amitabh Bachchan, have welcomed India’s national action plan for viral hepatitis which aims to reach life-saving drugs and diagnostics to over 50 million affected people across the country.
Feb 25, 2019, at 12:17 pm
Chennai, Feb 25 (IBNS) More than 300 children and 200 caregivers (parents and guardians) of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu have benefited from a vision screening initiative by Essilor Vision Foundation (EVF) in association with ARCOD and India Vision Institute (IVI).
Pregnant, nursing women can now be given Ebola vaccine, UN health agency announces
Feb 22, 2019, at 09:35 am
New York, Feb 22 (IBNS): Reversing an earlier decision, the World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends vaccinating pregnant and breastfeeding women against the Ebola virus.
Spending on health increase faster than rest of global economy, UN health agency says
Feb 21, 2019, at 09:03 am
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): Spending on health is outpacing the rest of the global economy, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:51 am
Boston, Feb 20 (IBNS): Active, middle-aged men able to complete more than 40 push-ups had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes—including diagnoses of coronary artery disease and major events such as heart failure—during 10 years of follow-up compared with those who were able to do less than 10 push-ups during the baseline exam.
Smoking habit may limit body’s ability to fight dangerous form of skin cancer: Study warns
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:08 am
London, Feb 20 (IBNS): Melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked, according to a new report funded by Cancer Research UK.
Diet drinks may be associated with strokes among post-menopausal women: Study
Feb 16, 2019, at 06:44 pm
New York, Feb 16 (IBNS): Among post-menopausal women, drinking multiple diet drinks daily was associated with an increase in the risk of having a stroke caused by a blocked artery, especially small arteries, according to research published in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Novel software offers possible reduction in arrhythmic heart disease: Study
Feb 16, 2019, at 06:41 pm
New York, Feb 16 (IBNS): Potentially lethal heart conditions may become easier to spot and may lead to improvements in prevention and treatment thanks to innovative new software that measures electrical activity in the organ.
A newly discovered gene governs the need for slumber when sick:Study
Feb 16, 2019, at 06:24 pm
Philadelphia, Feb 16 (IBNS): Humans spend nearly one-third of their lives in slumber, yet sleep is still one of biology’s most enduring mysteries.
Country origin ‘best predictor of outcome’ for children with cancer, UN experts say
Feb 16, 2019, at 10:10 am
New York, Feb 16 (IBNS):Each year, an estimated 215 000 cancers are diagnosed in children under-15, and about 85 000 cancers in those aged 15–19 years, the cancer research agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Women should be offered a choice of treatment options for miscarriage, study shows
Feb 15, 2019, at 04:13 pm
London, Feb 15 (IBNS): Women experiencing miscarriage should be offered a choice in the treatment they receive, argues a new study from the University of Warwick that compares all treatment options for the first time.
Measles cases nearly doubled in a year, UN health agency projects
Feb 15, 2019, at 09:01 am
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): A projected near-doubling of measles infections has been identified amid rising severe and protracted outbreaks all over the planet, in poor and rich countries alike, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
With age comes hearing loss and a greater risk of cognitive decline: Study
Feb 13, 2019, at 06:03 pm
Washington, Feb 13 (IBNS): Hearing impairment is a common consequence of advancing age.
Feb 13, 2019, at 09:32 am
New York, Feb 13 (IBNS): Each year, food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals cause more than 600 million people to fall ill, and 420,000 to die worldwide, prompting a call from world leaders on Tuesday for greater international cooperation to make the food chain safer.
UN guidelines unveiled to prevent rising hearing loss among young smartphone listeners
Feb 13, 2019, at 09:16 am
New York, Feb 13 (IBNS): More than one billion 12 to 35-year-olds, risk irreversible hearing loss from exposure to loud sounds such as music played on their smartphone, UN health experts said on Tuesday, unveiling new guidelines to help address the problem.
Researchers identify novel molecular mechanism involved in Alzheimer's
Feb 12, 2019, at 07:43 pm
New York, Feb 12 (IBNS): Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Health have identified a novel mechanism and potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Bandel Church in West Bengal marks `World Day of the Sick’ with healing prayers, mural
Feb 12, 2019, at 11:19 am
Bandel, West Bengal, Feb 12 (IBNS): A three-day celebration for the 27th `World Day of the Sick’ (WDS) concluded yesterday at the historic 420-year-old Marian Basilica in Bandel, West Bengal, with prayers for healing as well as anointing of some fifty sick people besides unveiling of a commemorative mural.
Feb 11, 2019, at 05:53 pm
Boston, Feb 11 (IBNS): Lightheadedness with standing, otherwise known as postural lightheadedness, results from a gravitational drop in blood pressure and is common among adults.
‘End the ongoing atrocities’ against people with albinism in Malawi, say UN rights experts
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:44 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): After a recent "savage” killing and the abduction of a one-year-old baby in Malawi, United Nations experts have urged the Government to take immediate action to protect people with albinism and “end the ongoing atrocities”.
Sleep apnoea creates gaps in life memories: study
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:23 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): People with sleep apnoea struggle to remember details of memories from their own lives, potentially making them vulnerable to depression, new research has shown.