Health News

India plans to re-work immunisation programme

India plans to 're-engineer' its immunisation programme by introducing additional vaccines for children up to the age of five years, a norm followed in 114 countries, including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Malnutrition high among Bihar children, says MPs' group

Over 58 percent children in Bihar are malnourished, said a voluntary organisation after visiting rural pockets of the state.9:00 PM on May 13

HIV-positive mother gets child custody

A smile lit up Sunita Verma's face as she got her two-year-old boy back after nearly a year thanks to the Delhi High Court which Tuesday ruled in her favour despite the fact that she is HIV-positive.8:32 PM on May 13

Forty percent of Indian kids suffer zinc deficiency

Nearly 40 percent of Indian children suffer from zinc deficiency, a reason behind the whopping malnutrition in India, a top government official said Tuesday.8:01 PM on May 13

Reed thin is unhealthy and 'un Indian', says health lobby

Ultra thin is not in. Size-zero bodies a la Kareena Kapoor may look good on Page 3 and entertainment colour spreads, but they are are pushing Indian women towards excessive dieting, and what's more, being 'un Indian', aver doctors and nutritionists.6:30 PM on May 13

Piramal starts testing of diabetes drug in Europe

Piramal Life Sciences Ltd, part of the Piramal Group of companies, has commenced the clinical study of its P1736, a drug meant for the treatment of diabetes (type II), in the Netherlands.6:00 PM on May 13

WHO releases $350,000 to Myanmar for medical aid

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released $350,000 from its emergency fund to meet the medical needs of tens of thousands of survivors of the devastating cyclone that ravaged Myanmar May 2.4:01 PM on May 13

Government hospital unlearns its lessons, shuns HIV positive baby

A girl child and HIV positive too. It has been a case of bigotry doubled for the still unnamed two-month-old found abandoned in a Chhattisgarh forest and taken to a government hospital which passed her on to an orphanage on grounds that she could infect other patients.10:32 AM on May 13

Inflation forcing 100 mn more towards malnutrition: Unicef

Nearly 100 million additional people, a significant number of them Indians, are at risk of malnutrition as food prices skyrocket across the world, the United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) has said.10:30 AM on May 13

90 percent of 'doctors' in urban slums are quacks: AIIMS

At least 90 percent of the 'doctors' in slums of Delhi and Bhubaneswar don't have formal degrees, according to a survey by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday.12:29 AM on May 13

100 million smoke bidi in India: report

An estimated 100 million people - mostly the poor and illiterate - smoke bidi in India and 200,000 tuberculosis deaths are due to these hand-rolled cigarettes, a health ministry report released here Monday said.8:32 PM on May 12

AIIMS suspends six canteen employees over theft

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday suspended six canteen employees and sacked two others employed with a private agency for alleged theft of canteen material.7:01 PM on May 12

Army to host meet on handling insurgency emergencies

The Indian Army's Northern Command is set to hold a medical conference on handling emergencies caused by counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been battling terrorism for the past 18 years.5:01 PM on May 12

Chhattisgarh issues advisory as mercury touches 44 degrees

Chhattisgarh issued a health advisory Monday as temperatures soared to 44 degrees celsius in many districts amid reports of heat strokes and jaundice cases surfacing in these areas.3:00 PM on May 12

Two arrested for food adulteration in Orissa

Police claim to have busted a food adulteration racket in Orissa's southern city of Berhampur and arrested at least two people, an official said Sunday.4:31 PM on May 11