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Minimise foreign tours: Azad
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cracked down on frequent foreign trips of the ministers, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has now decided to crack a whip on foreign tours of senior officials
Hypnosis therapy helps reduce childbirth pangs
Unlike the fearful stories that follow childbirth even after normal delivery, Pooja Choudhary came out from the labour room without any terrified reactions on her face. Thanks to the new-age hypnobirthing — also known as hypnosis therapy — provides total relaxation of the body.
CabSec steps in as JE on rise
The increasing number of cases of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has had the Cabinet Secretary stepping in.
Paracetamol combo limit 325mg
Known for causing liver toxicity, India has decided to limit the content of Paracetamol in the combination products.
TB cases continue to rise in India: WHO
Even as the number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the world showed a decline for the first time globally, India continued to be reporting higher number of cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Tapes show lack of consensus
The audio tapes released by the government on the joint drafting committee on Monday clearly indicate that a consensus on the contentious issues continued to elude both the sides.
AIIMS refuses common test
The ambitious proposal to hold a Common Entrance Test (CET) for medical students from next year seems to have run into rough weather once again.
After refusal to hold a post-graduate exam for the students across the country, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences sources say they have now told the
AIIMs may opt out of common med entrance
The ambitious proposal to hold Common Entrance Test (CET) for MBBS aspirants from next year seems to have run into rough weather, again.
After refusing to hold post graduate entrance exam for studen
Ministry tries to fix doc scarcity
In what can be said as a significant move that could help India reduce the scarcity of doctors to a certain extent, the Union health ministry has made a move to make an amendment in the present act to facilitate foreign national doctors practice in India. As of now, these doctors can come to teach or
Contraceptives increase HIV risk in women?
Women using harmonal contraceptives are at double risk of acquiring and passing HIV infections, a new study published in the renowned Birtish medical journal the Lancet has revealed.
