Broccoli- The super food for you!

Broccoli- The super food for you!

Broccoli may not be your favorite food, especially kids who run just by the name of this vegetable. But a number of researches have suggested that this vegetable can be considered a ‘Super Vegetable’ with all its qualities which sends your health soaring, from boosting immunity to strengthening your skeleton and joints to cutting cancer […]

China punished 10,000 over food safety since 2011

China punished 10,000 over food safety since 2011

 China has prosecuted over 10,000 people in last three years since 2011 for production and sale of substandard and poisonous food, Chinese Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) said here Friday. According to statistics from SPP, the highest agency at the national level responsible for both prosecution and investigation in the People’s Republic of China, prosecutors also […]

Super speciality wing, emergency block at Safdarjung hospital

Super speciality wing, emergency block at Safdarjung hospital

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday laid the foundation stone for a super speciality wing and an emergency block at the Safdarjung Hospital here as part of its redevelopment project. One of Delhi’s oldest and among the first hospitals, it is visited by hundreds of patients every day. The infrastructure upgradation of the hospital is […]

New vaccine added to Universal Immunisation Programme

New vaccine added to Universal Immunisation Programme

 A new vaccine has been included under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in the past three years, parliament was informed Friday. “Based on the recommendation of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), one new vaccine – haemohilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine as Pentavalent vaccine combination (DPT+Hib+Hepatitis B) has been included under UIP […]

Over 400 Chinese students infected with norovirus

Over 400 Chinese students infected with norovirus

Over 400 students in Chinese province of Zhejiang have been infected with norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis, authorities said Wednesday. The students belonging to several schools in Haining City and Haiyan County, including Kindergartens and middle schools, are receiving treatment in local hospitals, Xinhua quoted the municipal government of Jiaxing City, which administers […]

Wedlock dreams: Cancer survivors fight stigma

Wedlock dreams: Cancer survivors fight stigma

 Ekta and Ajay had begun interacting with each other at a conference in Mumbai for cancer survivors in 2007. Thereafter the two, who had successfully fought off the dreaded disease in childhood, were engaged in a common battle of looking for a life partner. After an unsuccessful and long hunt for a suitable match, the […]

Northeastern lichens may yield drug against breast cancer

Northeastern lichens may yield drug against breast cancer

Abundant in the lush hills of northeast India, a variety of plant-like organisms called lichens may hold the key to a potential drug against breast cancer that affects one in 28 women in India, according to a discovery by scientists here. Attached to rocks and tree trunks and seen on the ground, these dual organisms […]

11 new genes affecting blood pressure identified

11 new genes affecting blood pressure identified

Suffer from high blood pressure? Probably your worries would wane with a new, more effective treatment. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered 11 new DNA sequence variants in genes influencing high blood pressure and heart disease. The researchers believe the findings would eventually influence the development of new treatments. Discovering these new […]

Vegetable heart mosaic in India sets Guinness record

Vegetable heart mosaic in India sets Guinness record

A heart-shaped mosaic measuring nearly 5,166 square feet has entered the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest vegetable heart mosaic, organisers of a health event said here Friday. The mosaic was created from different vegetables during the 69th annual conference of the Association of Physicians of India (APICON). “The mosaic created here broke the […]

Modern Family Doctor gets additional venture funding

Modern Family Doctor gets additional venture funding

. Set up here in 2011, MFD has now 25 clinics, including 22 across Bangalore and three at Pune with the promoter’s seed capital and $2 million (Rs.10 crore) from first round of funding by the Saama Capital in its earlier avatar as Silicon Valley Bank. “We plan to expand our operations by setting up […]

1 43 44 45 46 47 50