Embracing Robotic Surgery key to improving women’s disease treatments: Gynaecologists
Mar 09, 2024, at 03:57 pm
Robotic surgery with its advantage of minimal invasion of the body, less blood loss translates to quicker patient recovery and better cosmesis has significant relevance to women in general and Indian women in particular.
India receives ‘Measles and Rubella Champion’ Award
Mar 08, 2024, at 11:17 pm
In recognition of country’s tireless efforts to combat Measles and Rubella, India has been bestowed with the prestigious Measles and Rubella Champion Award by The Measles and Rubella Partnership at the American Red Cross Headquarters in Washington D.C., USA on March 6th, 2024.
Zimbabwe extends cholera vaccination as new cases decline
Mar 06, 2024, at 10:14 pm
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday extended oral cholera vaccination in the capital Harare amid a marked decline in new cases countrywide.
Prescriptive poetry for troubled minds: Healing Words to hold a poetry clinic in Kolkata
Mar 05, 2024, at 11:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Healing Words, a Kolkata based team of poets, performing artists and mental health professionals, has undertaken a project where they are leveraging poetry as one of the instruments of healing, of comforting troubled minds.
WHO study shows more than 400 million people globally need hearing aids
Mar 03, 2024, at 11:34 pm
Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as well as stigma.
WHO alerts one in eight people on Earth is living with obesity
Mar 01, 2024, at 03:03 pm
At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study.
Kolkata's CMRI hospital achieves global first with unprecedented pediatric neurovascular surgery
Mar 01, 2024, at 05:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) in Kolkata has achieved a milestone in pediatric neurointerventional surgery.
Feb 28, 2024, at 06:31 am
Mumbai: A director at Mumbai's Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. CS Pramesh, urged Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath, who recently suffered a mild stroke to ignore any advice given by “random influencers” who lack knowledge of science.
Canada's new survey reveals frustration over shortage of primary health care
Feb 28, 2024, at 04:53 am
Toronto/IBNS: A most recent survey conducted to understand the country's views of the health system with regards to primary care, revealed Canadians' deep dissatisfaction and frustration over severe shortage of family doctors.
Feb 28, 2024, at 01:59 am
Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine will no longer need to pay tuition fees after the school received a $1 billion donor gift from a former professor.
Oxygen shortage 8 patients dead in besieged Gaza hospital, says minister
Feb 20, 2024, at 02:32 pm
Eight patients have died in a major hospital in southern Gaza's Khan Younis city after days of power outage and oxygen supply shortage due to continuous Israeli strikes on the facility, said Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila on Monday.
New treatment shows chances of improved survival rates for rare and aggressive cancer
Feb 16, 2024, at 08:33 pm
The phase 3 clinical trial, published recently in JAMA Oncology and sponsored by Polaris Pharmaceuticals, has unveiled a breakthrough in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a rare and often rapidly fatal form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure and which has limited therapeutic options.
Oregon reports rare case of bubonic plague
Feb 14, 2024, at 03:31 pm
A person in the US state of Oregon has been diagnosed with a rare case of bubonic plague.
Cholera outbreak Africa: Zimbabwe sees decline in cases, says health minister
Feb 08, 2024, at 05:19 am
Harare: Cholera cases are declining in Zimbabwe following the implementation of a raft of measures by the government to control the outbreak, the health minister said Tuesday.
Cholera outbreaks surge in African nations; 700 deaths in January
Feb 07, 2024, at 05:29 am
Cape Town/IBNS: Over 26,000 cholera infections and 700 deaths were registered in 10 African countries in January this year alone, and the risk of further spread of the disease remains high, Fiona Braka, spokeswoman for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, said on Tuesday.
UN health authorities say global cancer cases may rise 77 per cent by 2050
Feb 02, 2024, at 05:00 pm
Global cancer cases are expected to rise around 77 per cent by the middle of the century, UN health authorities said on Thursday, highlighting the growing burden of the disease.
IVI vision screening campaign to benefit 6000 Delhi underprivileged school children
Jan 31, 2024, at 10:56 pm
Over 6,000 underprivileged Delhi-NCR school children will benefit from an India Vision Institute (IVI) screening campaign.
Jan 31, 2024, at 02:37 pm
Five countries have been awarded for their efforts towards eliminating mass-produced trans fats in food, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday.
Studometry’24: Broadening the vision of optometry students and making them work ready
Jan 28, 2024, at 02:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India Vision Institute’s Studometry’24 conference was held on January 27 in New Delhi and Chennai and simulcast in Pune, Kochi, Navsari and Surat.
Study shows kiwifruit is a powerful mood booster
Jan 26, 2024, at 11:34 pm
Kiwifruit has proven itself as a powerful mood booster and new research from the University of Otago has shown just how fast its effects can be.
Kolkata's CMRI hospital introduces endoscopic bariatric surgery
Jan 24, 2024, at 04:44 am
Kolkata/IBNS: CK Birla group owned CMRI hospital in Kolkata has introduced Endoscopic Bariatric Surgery, a non-surgical breakthrough in weight loss interventions.
Over 90 percent of children vaccinated for measles, says Sri Lankan health ministry
Jan 23, 2024, at 05:30 am
Colombo/IBNS: Ninety-one percent of Sri Lankan children have received measles vaccines, a crucial step in combating a recent resurgence of the disease after eradication, Health Minister Ramesh Pathirana said on Monday.
Jan 20, 2024, at 04:55 am
Toronto/IBNS: One lot of Pediatrix Acetaminophen Oral Solution, the children’s liquid pain medicine produced by the Drugmaker Teva Canada Ltd. is reportedly being recalled as the product testing revealed that it contained too much acetaminophen, posing an overdose risk.
Over one million lives were saved in Europe due to COVID-19 vaccines, says WHO
Jan 17, 2024, at 11:03 pm
COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe – “irrefutable” proof of the power of these inoculations, the regional head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports
Jan 17, 2024, at 10:43 pm
The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported.
Study says vaccine reduces risk of long COVID-19 in children
Jan 17, 2024, at 10:37 pm
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, reduces the risk of serious acute illness in children and adolescents, a study has revealed.
Jan 17, 2024, at 03:46 pm
Biological E. Limited (BE), India's Hyderabad-based vaccines and pharmaceutical company, has announced that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to their Corbevax vaccine.
WHO says tobacco use is declining globally
Jan 17, 2024, at 03:23 pm
The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardize progress towards stamping out cigarettes and other such products, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Tuesday.
Malaria: WHO declares Cabo Verde free of deadly disease
Jan 13, 2024, at 06:53 pm
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared Cabo Verde free of malaria, hailing it as the latest success in the global fight against the disease.
WHO warns COVID-19 risk still remains high
Jan 13, 2024, at 02:44 pm
The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.