In a move that will bring down the healthcare costs, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has directed doctors to prescribe drugs with generic names and called for rational prescription.

Nearly eight months after the parliamentary standing committee on health observed that many drugs in India are being sold without having undergone clinical trials to check for their safety, the Drug C

Even as the number of deaths due to measles decreased by 71 per cent between 2000 and 2011 globally from 5,42,000 to 1,58,000, an estimated 20 million children worldwide did not receive the first dose

After concerns have been raised on the safety and efficacy of a widely known anti-depressant — deanxit (Flupenthixol+Melitracen), the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked the manufacturer

In major relief for aspiring civil servants, the Union health ministry has recommended that diabetic, hypersensitive and pregnant women be allowed to join the services. A number of candidates who clear the initial selection process are rejected on medical examination.

India is all set to complete two years without any case of polio on January 13, 2013.

Juveniles guilty of heinous crimes may not be able to get away with the paltry punishment of three years. Moved by the recent case of 23-year-old who was gang raped by six men including a juvenile who unleashed extreme cruelty on the victim, the Women and Child Development is considering to make a major change in the Juvenile Justice Act by which any juvenile caught in heinous crime may be tried as an adult.

The ministry of women and child development plans to recommend death penalty/life imprisonment for all the six accused, including the minor offender in the recent Delhi gangrape case.

His voice choked over the phone as he began talking about his “Didi”, the 23-year-old woman who was brutally gangraped by six men in a moving bus in south Delhi on the night of December 16.

The condition of the 23-year-old gangrape victim, being treated at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, deteriorated further on Friday evening. A medical bulletin issued by the hospital around 8.30 pm IST Friday evening said, “As of 9 pm (Singapore time) on 28 Dec, the patient’s condition has taken a turn for the worse. Her vital signs are deteriorating with signs of severe organ failure.”