H1N1 claims 3 lives in 3 months
Ms Suza A., a resident of Kalyan Nagar, succumbed to H1N1 influenza at Columbia Asia Hospital on March 27. With this, the death toll due to H1N1 in 2012 rose to three in Karnataka.
The H1N1 flu, whic
Panic over swine flu: Don’t pop Tamiflu without advice
Experts in the city are worried that panic about swine flu is spreading faster than the virus itself.
Doctors have urged the media not to create hype over swine flu infection or any deaths that may oc
56 kg tumour removed from woman in Bengaluru
Fifty-five-year-old Salomi of Chennai is back to her normal life after an abdominal tumour weighing 56.94 kg was successfully removed from her body at M.S. Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru.
According t
U.S. man hugs doctors after seeing face transplant in mirror
Surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center on Tuesday detailed what they said was the world's most comprehensive face transplant - allowing a 37-year-old man to emerge from behind a mask
Madras Medical College all set for new home
The prestigious Madras Medical College is all set to move into the new building coming up at the old Central Prison premises.
The construction work, which began on the sprawling 11-acre prison land
Centre gives priority to healthcare, says Vasan
Healthcare is one of the main priorities for the UPA government, Union minister G.K. Vasan said on Sunday, referring to the significant mark-up of the Union health budget this year.
Speaking at the
The story told by their hearts
Their hearts beat as one, despite belonging to different age groups.
Having recuperated after bypass surgeries, over 600 men and women gathered at Lisie Hospital in Kochi on Sunday in a rare union t
With Rs 1,100 crore, AIIMS bags highest budget share
With Rs 1,124 crore, the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital tops the list of hospitals and research institutes with the maximum budgetary allocation.
India set to be free of polio by 2014
Finally, good news on the health front.
Next year will be crucial for India’s polio eradication programme, which appears on track with only one case reported so far this year.
According to an arti
India leads world with 25 lakh TB cases, says WHO
India has become the world hub for tuberculosis.
According to the latest World Health Organi-sation (WHO) report, India leads the world with around 25 lakh TB cases, ahead of China, which reports on