Health

According to the just released SRS bulletin (2016), India has shown impressive gains in reduction of Maternal Mortality with 22% reduction since 2013. Nearly one thousand fewer women now die of pregnancy related complications each month in India. Maternal Mortality Ratio of India has declined from

Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Mansukh L. Mandaviya, launched the ‘JANAUSHADHI SUVIDHA’, the Oxo-biodegradable Sanitary Napkin, under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), on Monday. The affordable sanitary napkins will

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken a decision to vaccinate all healthcare workers who are at an increased risk of acquiring Hepatitis-B infection such as those involved in conducting deliveries, giving injections and exposed to blood or blood products.Hepatitis B vaccination is

Four years ago, she was born with a double whammy - a hole in her heart and one of the rarest blood groups - in an Odisha village. Now, as Iteeshree Nayak from Chandpur village, Kankadahad block of Dhenkanal district plays with her sisters Rani and Pree-tishree before going to school, her parents

Sobhan Mukherjee of Bansdroni has been breaking many stereotypes. Since last year, the postgraduate student of geography at Asutosh College been spending over Rs 11,000 a month to stock up sanitary napkins at public toilets to promote menstrual hygiene. Till now, he has stocked up 30 toilets with

On the occasion of World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Monday, two government schools - Rajkiyakrit Jamshedpur Balika Uchcha Vidyalaya in Sakchi and Madhya Vidyalaya, Tangrain in Potka - launched sanitary pad banks in their cradles to help girl students get used to the napkins during periods. "It is a

In a move likely to set new pricing standards for medical procedures in the country, the government-sponsored National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), popularly known as Modicare, will offer common treatments such as coronary bypass, knee transplant and C-section at a rate which is around 15-20%

Improved coordination between donation, retrieval and transplantation has led to a 10-fold increase in heart transplantations in India since 2016. There have been nearly 300 heart transplantations across India in two years, according to data provided by the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation

In at least 7-8% cases out of all asthma patients, the symptoms do not improve despite strong medications. Such patients have a new hope. A novel therapy that involves mildly heating the walls of the windpipe using radio-frequency heat waves treat the condition without the side-effects associated

Doctors at AIIMS-Delhi have successfully performed a hip joint replacement surgery using a 3D printed medical implant. A multi-disciplinary team of doctors, including orthopaedic and vascular surgeons and critical care specialists, replaced the right hip joint of 40-year-old Amit Bahnot using 3D

Students at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have developed a new wound-dressing material using a graphene-based component that will be useful for people suffering from diabetes. The research at the institute has been carried out with the aim to help diabetic patients as they suffer

In a major boost to the expansion of healthcare infrastructure in the country, the Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) beyond 12 th Five Year Plan to 2019-20. The financial outlay for this purpose is Rs 14,832 crore. Under this scheme, new