Army sensitises troops on safe food practices on World Health Day
Apr 07, 2015, at 10:50 pm
Kolkata, Apr 7 (IBNS) Underscoring the need to acquaint troops and their families in Kolkata Garrison to follow healthy practices while consuming everyday food, Station Health Organisation (SHO), Kolkata held a special interactive session in Fort William on Tuesday, coinciding with the World Health Day on the subject.
CMRI partners Kolkata Knight Riders to keep the health of its players in check
Apr 07, 2015, at 10:17 pm
Kolkata, Apr 7 (IBNS) : As Kolkata Knight Riders gear up for another nail-biting season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a team of doctors at Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI), part of the CK Birla Hospitals, will be working in tandem to ensure health and medical needs of players are well taken care of.
Kolkata hospital undertakes MICS to cure patients
Apr 07, 2015, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata, Apr 7 (IBNS): Kolkata'd Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals has undertaken the Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) with an aim at curing patients in the most effective and least painful manner possible.
Govt is working tirelessly to realise the dream of Healthy India: Modi
Apr 07, 2015, at 05:40 pm
New Delhi, Apr 7 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government is working hard to realise the dream of a Healthy India.
Significant rise in health expenditure urgently required, says the President
Apr 05, 2015, at 02:54 am
New Delhi, Apr 4 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Mid-Term Meet 2015 of the National Interventional Council of the Cardiological Society of India in New Delhi on Saturday.
Marking World Day, UN calls on businesses to commit to employing people with autism
Apr 03, 2015, at 04:38 pm
New York, Apr 3 (IBNS): On World Autism Awareness Day, the United Nations is spotlighting the unique skills of people with autism and the need to recognize their talents through an initiative inviting businesses to make concrete commitments to employ people on the autism spectrum.
WHO India honours public health champions
Apr 03, 2015, at 03:27 am
New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS): At a national consultation held on Wednesday at New Delhi jointly with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India (GoI) to commemorate the World Health Day 2015 (7 April), the WHO Country Office for India gave out awards for Public Health Champions.
Experts share best autism practices with India
Apr 02, 2015, at 07:03 pm
Hyderabad, Apr 2 (IBNS) On World Autism Awareness Day, UK experts are calling for stronger links with India to develop best autism practices that are relevant to the specific cultural and local needs of the country.
GE Healthcare strengthens 'Make in India' capability for accessible healthcare
Apr 02, 2015, at 03:05 am
Bangalore, Apr 1 (IBNS): GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, reiterated its commitment towards 'Make in India' by strengthening its R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Distribution capabilities and Education initiative.
18-year-old baby youngest patient to undergo open heart surgery
Apr 01, 2015, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi, Apr 1(IBNS) An 18 hour-old baby has emerged as the youngest patient in India to survive after an open heart surgery.
Cabinet approves amendment of the Homoeopathy Central Council Act
Apr 01, 2015, at 03:19 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave its approval for the amendment of the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973.
Kolkata's hospital operates bypass surgery of a Bangladeshi girl successfully
Mar 29, 2015, at 05:15 am
Kolkata, Mar 28 (IBNS): Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) successfully treated Rabita Iqbal, a 10-year-old girl from Bangladesh, born with a rare genetic disorder called, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH).
Mar 28, 2015, at 11:58 pm
Kolkata, Mar 28 (IBNS): Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals in Kolkata has undertook an initiative to provide a free health check-up to the Under 17 Tribal Girls Football team from Jhargram in Paschim Medinipur district.
Drinking raw cow milk increases risk for foodborne illness
Mar 26, 2015, at 06:58 pm
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS) An analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) found that the risks of drinking raw (unpasteurized) cow’s milk are significant.
Mar 26, 2015, at 07:03 am
Mumbai, March 25 (IBNS): For the first time in Asia, neurosurgeons at Jaslok hospital in Mumbai have successfully implanted the most advanced ‘Deep Brain Stimulation’ system in two patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease and Dystonia.
Ebola-affected countries need to intensify routine immunization services - UN
Mar 21, 2015, at 04:31 pm
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for the “urgent scaling up†of routine immunizations services and distribution of anti-malaria medicines in countries most affected by Ebola in West Africa to counter a growing risk of outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
Guinea reports highest weekly Ebola case total so far this year, new UN data shows
Mar 20, 2015, at 05:22 pm
New York, Mar 20 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the highest weekly number of Ebola cases in Guinea so far this year and noted that while transmission was confined to a narrow geographically contiguous arc straddling the capitals of Guinea and Sierra Leone, the population is highly mobile, thus creating a challenge "to prevent the seeding of new outbreaks."
WHO: Push back against tobacco industry to protect public health
Mar 19, 2015, at 03:15 pm
New York, Mar 19 (IBNS): The head of the United Nations health agency on Wednesday welcomed new data showing that non-smoking is becoming the new norm but urged global action to "push back hard" against the tobacco industry, saying, "We do not have the riches of the tobacco industry, but we are right and we are resolved."
'Health at very center of disaster risk reduction,' say UN agency officials in Sendai
Mar 15, 2015, at 05:50 pm
New York, Mar 15 (IBNS) The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, powerful storms in the Asia-Pacific region and ongoing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere are all stark reminders that health and stronger health system capacities must be central to the new framework for managing disaster risk currently being discussed in Sendai, Japan, senior United Nations health agency officials emphasized today.
Home, health secretaries review treatment of acid attack victims
Mar 14, 2015, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal and Secretary, Health & Family Welfare B.P. Sharma jointly convened a meeting here on Saturday with the Chief Secretaries/Health Secretaries/Home Secretaries of States and UTs to work out the details with regard to treatment of acid attack victims.
Merlin Group organizes health check-up camp for workers
Mar 14, 2015, at 10:28 pm
Kolkata, Mar 14 (IBNS): Real estate developers, Merlin Group, on Saturday initiated health check up camps for the second consecutive year to offer preliminary health check up to construction workers at their upcoming iconic shopping mall, Acropolis, at Rash Behari Connector in Kolkata.
Two UN agencies combine expertise in new partnership to reach zero Ebola cases
Mar 12, 2015, at 05:40 pm
New York, Mar 12 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesdayannounced they are combining their expertise in public health and logistics in a new partnership to bring the Ebola outbreak down to zero in West Africa.
President to inaugurate international seminar 'Swachhagraha'
Mar 11, 2015, at 07:49 pm
New Delhi, Mar 11(IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate 'Swachhagraha', a two day 'International Seminar on Clean and Capable India of Gandhiji's Dreams' here on Thursday.
Juhi bats for women's health at opening of specialty hospital for women
Mar 10, 2015, at 04:25 am
Gurgaon, Mar 9 (IBNS): W Hospital, a specialty hospital for women, opened in the presence of actress Juhi Chawla, renowned women healthcare specialist, Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma, and other dignitaries.
PM launches indigenously developed vaccine against Rotavirus
Mar 10, 2015, at 02:02 am
New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the first indigenously developed and manufactured Rotavirus vaccine: 'Rotavac.'
Swine flu: Pakistani rights group advises nationals against traveling to India
Mar 07, 2015, at 01:57 pm
Karachi, Mar 7 (IBNS): A rights group in Pakistan has advised people against traveling to India as swine flu has claimed nearly 1000 lives in the neighbouring nation, media reports said.
Swine flu toll continues to soar in Rajasthan
Mar 06, 2015, at 10:46 pm
Jaipur, Mar 6(IBNS) With nine more deaths over the past 24 hours, the swine flu toll in Rajasthan on Friday stood at 295 since January 1, 2015.
Infosys Science Foundation hosts public lecture on cancer stem cells
Mar 05, 2015, at 04:51 am
Bangalore , Mar 4 (IBNS): The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) in association with National Centre of Biological Sciences(NCBS) on Wednesday organized a public lecture by Infosys Prize Life Sciences Jury Chair Dr. Inder Verma.
WHO spotlights risks of noise-induced hearing loss
Mar 04, 2015, at 03:39 pm
New York, Mar 4 (IBNS): More than 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices such as smartphones and exposure to damaging levels of sound, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to devote International Ear Care Day to "Making Listening Safe" on Tuesday.
UN urges to stay on course to eradicate Ebola
Mar 04, 2015, at 03:29 pm
New Delhi Mar 4 (IBNS): Representatives of United Nations organizations engaged in the response against Ebola on Tuesday pledged their support to the worst-affected West African countries in "each stage of this journey; the drive to zero, the early recovery, the medium and longer term development."