Health

The drug price regulator has slashed prices of 43 commonly used essential medicines by up to 35%, a move expected to benefit patients suffering from several critical diseases and who need expensive medicines. Some of these medicines used in treatment of diabetes, cancer, asthma, cardiovascular

Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today said that the Central Government is working on new policy initiatives to encourage private investments in climate friendly and sustainable public transport systems like Metro rail, Non-motorised Transport and other low carbon emitting systems

For the 1 st time in the country, a LNG fueled bus has been launched today by Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in the presence of Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan at Thiruvananthapuram. It has been a joint effort of Petronet LNG Limited (PLL), Indian Oil

सामाजिक चेतना का पर्याय बना सम्पूर्ण स्वच्छता अभियान जयपुर , 3 नवम्बर , 2016 चित्तौड़गढ़ जिले के बाशिन्दों ने सम्पूर्ण स्वच्छता अभियान की सफलता के लिये विविध नवाचारों से इसे सामाजिक चेतना का कार्यक्रम बनाकर प्रदेश में अनूठी मिसाल कायम की है। खुले में शौच मुक्ति अभियान के प्रति मानो जिले के गांव-गांव

Doctors from the National Institute for Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) have come up with a neuropsychological battery to study the ageing brain. Nimhans Neuropsychological Battery for the Elderly (NNB-E) is the first comprehensive and indigenous battery for the elderly in India to

Himachal Pradesh has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), making it the second state in the country (after Sikkim) to achieve the feat. The State government made the declaration on Friday at a public event in Shimla, where the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Virbhadra Singh

On the occasion of National Ayurveda Day, the Ministry of AYUSH is organizing a one day National Seminar on ‘’Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda’’ on 28th October 2016 at New Delhi. The Minister of State (IC) PMO, DoNER, DOPT, Dr. Jitender Singh will inaugurate the seminar and

This is the story of one Jai Govind Singh from Sasaram in Bihar. Jai Govind was an alcoholic for more than 25 years. He has now turned as a counsellor and runs a de-addiction centre. And this change came following Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's implementation on prohibition. Because of his drinking habits

Now a days so many patients have to use stents and orthopaedic implants that the Health Ministry too can not ignore the issue of its availability. Sometime back there was news of the prices being monitored and reduced (read http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/stents-used-heart-surgery-cost-half-215)

A MoU has been signed between the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), an autonomous institute under Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of AYUSH. The main

By now everyone must have heard of the tragic incident in Bhubaneswar where 20 patients died in a fire that occurred at the SUM Hospital. Amidst the news of deaths this TOI news has highlighted as to how a brave nurse showed courage and did her best to provide help. For about 40 minutes, Baby

So many times every day we receive request for need of blood by a patient, be it from friends, family or from unknown persons through the social media. There are even dedicated websites for this and a number of voluntary organisations in various parts of the country also help. News has come in the