New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Canadian experts will speak on the diagnosis and management of haemophilia at a two-day symposium here from Saturday, with India recording over 14,000 patients of the bleeding disorder since 1983. The international symposium is bein...More

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday is holding a review meeting to discuss ways to check the rising number of dengue cases in the national capital ahead of the Commonwealth Games, an official said. 'With the outbreak of dengue c...More

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) About eight percent of households in India are pushed to below the poverty line due to heavy medical expenses, said a new report on the Indian health sector Thursday. 'India Health Report 2010' by the Confederation of Indian Industr...More

Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd is in talks with Parkway Holdings of Singapore to set up more hospitals in West Bengal via their existing joint venture, a top official said here Thursday. 'Our agreement is for West Be...More

Aizawl, Sep 2 (IANS) The United Nations (UN) will support Mizoram in prevention of HIV/AIDS and in management of prisons in the northeastern state, an official said here Thursday. Cristina Albertin, representative of the New Delhi-based United Nations Offi...More

Guwahati, Sep 2 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been declared fit, nearly a month after he underwent three critical heart surgeries in Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute. He is expected to be discharged Friday and arrive here Sep 8. An Assam govern...More

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Britain Wednesday issued an advisory to its citizens travelling to New Delhi, saying the capital was currently experiencing a 'seasonal outbreak of dengue fever'. 'New Delhi is currently experiencing a seasonal outbreak of dengue fe...More

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The national capital reported 54 new cases of swine flu, taking the total number of patients infected by Influenza A (H1N1) virus this year to 980, an official said Wednesday. 'Out of the 54 new cases - 12 are children. No deaths ha...More

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) India's apex planning body, the Planning Commission, is interacting with and getting suggestions from the ground-level health workers and is incorporating these in policies to tackle malnutrition in the country. Speaking to reporte...More

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Delhi reported 77 more cases of dengue Wednesday, taking the total number of infected people by the mosquito-borne disease in the city this year to 980, an official said. 'Delhi reported 77 cases of dengue today (Wednesday)... altho...More