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Last Updated: Nov 17, 2011 - 9:34:27 AM |
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Women delivers baby near lift in Noida hospital
Noida, Nov 17 - Denied admission in the emergency ward, a woman delivered a baby outside the elevator of a district hospital in Noida Thursday morning, her husband said.
Nov 17, 2011 - 10:16:33 PM
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Obesity on rise in school children: Study
New Delhi, Nov 12 - Around 15-21 percent of school children in India are obese and the number is rising with high intake of junk food and a sedentary lifestyle, says a study.
Nov 12, 2011 - 9:06:02 PM
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Over 10,000 dengue cases in India this year
New Delhi, Nov 7 - More than 10,000 dengue cases have been reported across the country so far this year, with Punjab topping the list with 2,016 cases, an official said Monday.
Nov 7, 2011 - 9:29:03 PM
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NRI doctors demands removal of 'tainted' medical council members
Kolkata, Nov 3 - A US based Indian doctor who has filed a case against several members of the West Bengal Medical Council - for criminal conspiracy Thursday demanded their removal from the council after a court issued summons to them.
Nov 3, 2011 - 11:57:15 PM
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Watch out for sexually transmitted 'superbug': Expert
New Delhi, Nov 1 - While the controversy over a 'superbug' in Delhi hospitals has not died down yet, an expert here Tuesday popped a warning against a sexually transmitted microbe which is resistant to antibiotics.
Nov 1, 2011 - 8:53:49 PM
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Panel stresses on infection control in hospitals
New Delhi, Oct 17 - Hospital acquired infections -, including those caused by the multi-drug resistant superbug, can be countered by better hygiene and safety management, the country's apex panel for hospital gradation said here Monday.
Oct 17, 2011 - 7:50:51 PM
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Healthcare cost up 22 times in rural areas, shows study
New Delhi, Oct 12 - The cost of health care has gone up by 22 times in rural areas over the last seven years, a study said Wednesday.
Oct 12, 2011 - 7:16:07 PM
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Superbug exists, but nothing alarming: Walia
New Delhi, Oct 7 - Downplaying the threat of superbug in city hospitals, Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Friday said the prevalence of the infection is 'very low' and cannot be termed 'alarming.'
Oct 7, 2011 - 4:48:38 PM
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No power problem at AIIMS: Official
New Delhi, Oct 3 - There was no power problem at the premier All India Institute of Medical Science here, a hospital official asserted Monday.
Oct 3, 2011 - 3:56:50 PM
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40 percent Indians embarrassed to ask for contraceptives
New Delhi, Sep 26 - As many as 40 percent Indians are embarrassed to ask for contraceptives, said a global survey released Monday.
Sep 26, 2011 - 7:49:17 PM
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Unprotected sex rampant, says survey
New Delhi, Sep 26 - Despite widespread campaigns to promote safe sex, close to three-quarters of sexually active people around the world don't use contraceptives, said a global survey released Monday.
Sep 26, 2011 - 7:03:13 PM
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Amar Singh may discharged in 3 days: Doctors
New Delhi, Sep 25 - Arrested Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, currently admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences - for a kidney-related ailment, could be discharged in three days, doctors said here Sunday.
Sep 25, 2011 - 6:21:58 PM
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Most cardiac deaths in India preventable: Expert
New Delhi, Sep 24 - Around 80 percent of cardiac deaths in the country can be prevented if people are made aware about heart diseases, Medanta Heart Institute said Saturday.
Sep 24, 2011 - 7:52:28 PM
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India committed to eradicate polio: Azad
New Delhi, Sep 24 - India is committed to eradicating polio from the country and several initiatives are being taken to prevent the highly infectious disease from spreading, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
Sep 24, 2011 - 7:06:36 PM
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She fights genetic disorder with art
New Delhi, Sep 24 - It is 11 a.m. on a breezy September morning. Meryl Sarah speedily moves her wheelchair towards her drawing room where several of her glass paintings grace the pale yellow walls like a palette. Her limbs cannot move properly and she cannot stand on her feet as she suffers from Pompe, a rare genetic disorder.
Sep 24, 2011 - 12:03:36 PM
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US firm dials in healthcare for seven million Indians
New Delhi, Sep 22 - A US-based technology firm will promote access to healthcare among seven million Indians in rural areas over the next three years through mobile phone applications, the UN said Thursday.
Sep 22, 2011 - 2:43:06 PM
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Families refuse polio drops in Bihar
Patna, Sep 21 - At a time when Bihar is on the verge of eradicating polio, more than 400 families here refused to immunise their children against the disease, saying the orally-administered drops cause impotency, an official said Wednesday.
Sep 21, 2011 - 8:37:36 PM
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India confirms bird flu in Bengal, PM concerned
New Delhi, Sep 20 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday expressed concern over avian inluenza in West Bengal and directed authorities to prevent it from spreading, sources said.
Sep 20, 2011 - 8:47:33 PM
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'Alzheimer's patients require love, care, medicines'
New Delhi, Sep 20 - 'Pick laundry', 'Pay maid' and notes relating to other daily chores greet you as you enter Padma Narsimhan's room, where she sits in a corner listening to morning ragas in her own voice.
Sep 20, 2011 - 8:08:03 PM
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Suspected brain disease kills five children
Patna, Sep 20 - Suspected encephalitis, a brain infection, killed five more children in Bihar's Gaya district, taking the death toll in the state due to the disease to 30, an official said Tuesday.
Sep 20, 2011 - 7:18:03 PM
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Shortage of health workers increases child deaths: NGO
New Delhi, Sep 20 - Facing a shortage of 2.6 million health workers, millions of children below the age of five in India are at risk of dying every year from easily preventable diseases like pneumonia and diarrhoea, an international NGO said Tuesday.
Sep 20, 2011 - 6:29:53 PM
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I wanted to become a nurse: Dikshit
New Delhi, Sep 20 - Inspired by Florence Nightingale during her school days, she had wanted to become a nurse. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said this Tuesday while addressing nurses here.
Sep 20, 2011 - 5:41:50 PM
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Yoga effective in treating psychiatric disorders
New Delhi, Sep 20 - Many see yoga as a fad or simply a health enhancer. But a number of scientific studies have found it effective as a therapy in treating mental and psychiatric disorders.
Sep 20, 2011 - 5:28:46 PM
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India confirms bird flu in West Bengal
New Delhi, Sep 20 - India Tuesday confirmed that there were cases of bird flu in West Bengal after samples collected from Nadia district in the state tested positive, officials said here.
Sep 20, 2011 - 1:56:16 PM
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India, others making efforts to save children, women: UN
New Delhi, Sep 20 - Countries around the world, including India, are making significant progress in efforts to save the lives of women and children who die of preventable causes, though the goal of saving 16 million lives by 2015 is still a long way off, a UN report said Tuesday.
Sep 20, 2011 - 11:34:15 AM
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Yoga effective in treating psychiatric disorders
New Delhi, Sep 20 - Yoga, whose all-round benefits are increasingly being accepted across the world, has now been found useful in treating mental and psychiatric disorders, a number of scientific studies have found.
Sep 20, 2011 - 8:22:16 AM
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Does maternal mortality make headlines in India?
New Delhi, Sep 19 - Despite the urgency of the issue and shocking facts like 20 percent of maternal deaths in the world happening in India, stories on maternal health and maternal mortality find little space in the mainstream media, a veteran journalist said Monday.
Sep 19, 2011 - 7:32:48 PM
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New way to treat heart blocks: Drug eluting balloon
New Delhi, Sep 18 - Drug eluting balloon - technology is a relatively newer and simpler way to treat heart blockages and experts say it is more effective and cheaper than drug eluting stents -.
Sep 18, 2011 - 4:30:10 PM
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Assam to get $2.5 mn from UN body for rural hygiene
New Delhi, Sep 18 - Assam has been allocated $2.5 million by a UN body to help improve hygiene in rural areas, stressing on the economic gains that would follow 'when people spend less money on preventable sanitation-related diseases'.
Sep 18, 2011 - 12:05:21 PM
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Gadkari recovers after diabetes, weight loss surgery
Mumbai, Sep 14 - Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari, who underwent a surgical procedure related to diabetes Tuesday, is likely to be discharged in a couple of days, according to an official statement here Wednesday. The procedure also leads to weight loss.
Sep 14, 2011 - 10:32:43 PM
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19 children dead in Bihar, encephalitis suspected
Patna, Sep 12 - With three more children dying, encephalitis is now suspected to have claimed 19 young lives in Bihar, an official said Monday even as the state is running short of kits to diagnose the disease.
Sep 12, 2011 - 11:51:50 AM
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Doctors call off strike in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Sep 11 - Over 3,000 striking doctors across Maharashtra Sunday evening called off their protest that began three days ago after officials ensured them of meeting their demands.
Sep 11, 2011 - 8:39:27 PM
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Doctors' strike hits Maharashtra, talks fail
Mumbai, Sep 10 - Medical services in Maharashtra were severely hit Saturday as over 3,000 resident doctors in government hospitals across the state went on an indefinite strike to press for enhanced security at hospitals, even as talks with authorities proved unsuccessful, doctors said.
Sep 10, 2011 - 9:51:53 PM
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RML Hospital's unsung heroes in Delhi blast
New Delhi, Sep 10 - They are the unsung heroes of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital - and their worth came to the fore when Delhi High Court blast victims started pouring in, carried by wailing ambulances Wednesday.
Sep 10, 2011 - 6:05:54 PM
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Southeast Asia to give health issues more priority
Jaipur, Sep 9 - Health ministers and officials from 11 southeast Asian countries Friday resolved to give higher priority to key health issues like HIV-Aids, routine immunisation and nutrition in the region, a statement said.
Sep 9, 2011 - 7:16:27 PM
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More Mumbai doctors strike work demanding safety
Mumbai, Sep 9 - Resident doctors of two other Mumbai hospitals Friday joined their counterparts at Sion hospital who are on an indefinite strike to protest aginst the assault on their colleagues by a patient's kin.
Sep 9, 2011 - 3:30:47 PM
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Two days after blast, pain and prayers continue
New Delhi, Sep 9 - More than 30 people wounded in the Delhi High Court bombing that left 13 dead remained warded in hospitals Friday, with doctors saying four were in critical condition.
Sep 9, 2011 - 2:33:26 PM
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Over 50 percent deaths from non-communicable diseases: Azad
New Delhi, Sep 8 - About 50.5 percent of deaths in India occur due to non-communicable diseases - like diabetes, respiratory diseases, cancers and cardiovascular diseases, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Thursday.
Sep 8, 2011 - 7:52:55 PM
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Blast victims' kin ask politicians to stay off hospitals
New Delhi, Sep 8 - Relatives of the Delhi High Court blast victims at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital are 'very angry' with VIPs who thronged the venue Wednesday. 'Politicians, keep off!' seems to be their message.
Sep 8, 2011 - 5:42:29 PM
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PM, wife pledge to donate eyes
New Delhi, Sep 8 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur Thursday pledged to donate their eyes -- on the occasion of National Eye Donation Day.
Sep 8, 2011 - 3:41:37 PM
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Gen Now mantra is ticking bomb for heart attacks!
New Delhi, Sep 8 - Working 16 hours a day to climb the corporate ladder, puffing away at 20 cigarettes, life condensed in a laptop, Gen Now that lives by the mantra 'work hard, party harder' is now the ticking bomb for cardiovascular diseases, experts say, noting that the age for heart attacks has reduced.
Sep 8, 2011 - 10:17:43 AM
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Azad mourns slow work on drug-resistant microbes
Jaipur, Sep 6 - Even as 11 nations of the Southeast Asian Region have committed to strengthen policies on microbial agents resistant to drugs, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday said that the country has seen 'negligible development in the field of new anti-microbial agents'.
Sep 6, 2011 - 9:08:58 PM
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Delhi poor to get funds for treatment
New Delhi, Sep 6 - The Delhi government Tuesday said it will set up a fund to provide financial assistance to economically weak suffering from life threatening diseases.
Sep 6, 2011 - 9:02:54 PM
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Southeast Asian countries to combat drug resistance: WHO
Jaipur, Sep 6 - Health ministers from 11 Southeast Asian countries Tuesday adopted the Jaipur Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance committing to preserving the efficacy of antibiotics through rational use and regulation.
Sep 6, 2011 - 6:32:24 PM
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Suspected brain disease kills nine kids in Bihar
Patna, Sep 6 - Nine children have died of suspected encephalitis, an acute brain infection, in Bihar's Gaya district during the last two weeks, a health official said Tuesday.
Sep 6, 2011 - 6:27:47 PM
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HIV positive patients seek action against doctor
Kolkata, Sep 5 - Wearing black badges, around 100 HIV positive people Monday staged a demonstration outside the West Bengal health department headquarters here demanding punishment for a government doctor whose alleged negligence resulted in an HIV positive patient's death.
Sep 5, 2011 - 9:24:29 PM
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Dutch tourist dies in Rajasthan hospital
Jaipur, Sep 5 - A 45-year old woman tourist from The Netherlands died at a hospital in Rajasthan's Ajmer town Monday, police said, adding it was suspected to be a case of drug overdose.
Sep 5, 2011 - 9:14:37 PM
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India Education
40 Indians with Philippines medical degree move court
New Delhi, Sep 5 - A group of 40 Indian students, who obtained the doctor of medicine degree from the Philippines, Monday moved the Delhi High Court after the Medical Council of India - allegedly denied them permission to practice in the country.
Sep 5, 2011 - 8:41:00 PM
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Auditor slams Lok Nayak Hospital for wastage
New Delhi, Sep 5 - Delhi government's Lok Nayak hospital carried out 'wasteful expenditure' totalling Rs.14.88 lakh, apart from Rs.75 lakh lost due to unused surgical instruments, according to the comptroller and auditor general - report tabled in the Delhi assembly Friday.
Sep 5, 2011 - 8:35:51 PM
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Indian surgeons help Nigerian woman back on her feet
New Delhi, Sep 5 - In the dim light of a conference room, 65-year-old Margaret Eremionkhale stood in a corner with the help of crutches, closely watching her old videos where she stumbled every time she tried to stand.
Sep 5, 2011 - 4:43:09 PM
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Best way to boost adult immunizations is through office-based action, study finds
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'Pep talk' can revive immune cells exhausted by chronic viral infection
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Burning more sugar drives super athleticism
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Research aims to prevent obesity by reaching parents, young children through child care
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AMD-like lesions delayed in mice fed lower glycemic index diet
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Low vitamin C levels may raise heart failure patients' risk
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Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase cardiovascular risk in women
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Study finds shifting disease burden following universal Hib vaccination
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UT study: Climate change affects ants and biodiversity
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Dirt prevents allergy
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Doctors diagnose patients within moments of meeting
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Free health screening for school children Nov 14
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Systematic bias in the assessment of UK doctors
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White children far more likely to receive CT scans than Hispanic, African-American children
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Suspected brain disease kills 51 kids in Bihar
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New rules for bio-medical waste management in India
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Delhi hospitals lacking in emergency protocols
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New device performs better than old for removing blood clots
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Gene related to fat preferences in humans found
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Cardiovascular Nursing Spring Meeting
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The effect of occasional binge drinking on heart disease and mortality among moderate drinkers
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Women delivers baby near lift in Noida hospital
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Obesity on rise in school children: Study
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Over 10,000 dengue cases in India this year
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NRI doctors demands removal of 'tainted' medical council members
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Watch out for sexually transmitted 'superbug': Expert
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Panel stresses on infection control in hospitals
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Healthcare cost up 22 times in rural areas, shows study
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Superbug exists, but nothing alarming: Walia
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No power problem at AIIMS: Official
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40 percent Indians embarrassed to ask for contraceptives
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Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost
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172,155 kidney stones removed from one patient!
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