Cuttack: The Pipili gang rape victim, whose condition had moved Orissa High Court, was on Wednesday shifted to SCB Medical College in Cuttack for treatment by specialists. The 19-year old Dalit girl, who is in coma since the incident on November 28 last year, has been admitted to the central ICU of the hospital ...Read More

Kolkata: Two days after a woman died giving birth to twin babies on a pavement in the city, causing public outcry against medical negligence, West Bengal government has claimed that no state-run hospital refused to admit her and that she had actually died at her residence. Rebutting charges of medical negligence in denying Usha Devi admission in Sambhunath Pandit Hospital on Friday night, Director of ...Read More

An untainted glass of milk is hard to find in India. Safety regulators were stunned to find much of the country’s milk is either diluted or contaminated with chemicals, including bleach, fertilizer or detergents, reports Reuters. Other milk samples were found to be adulterated with skimmed milk powder and, more dangerously, hydrogen peroxide. Milk was also found to have been watered down. "Consumption of milk with detergent may cause ...Read More

A 70-year-old paralysed man on ventilator in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a government hospital here was allegedly attacked by rats who nibbled on his ears, nose, lips and cheeks while hospital staff slept, hospital sources said. The authorities at the government hospital have launched an investigation into the incident. The man, whose identity was withheld, was unable to move due to paralysis when the ...Read More

Dubai: Five-year-old Satvik Vashisht, who took upon himself the task of creating awareness among smokers about health benefits of quitting, has been honoured by the Public Health and Safety Department of Dubai Municipality for his efforts. Vashisht, who was featured by Gulf News when he started the campaign last year, reached out to more than ...Read More

PARIS — A drug discovered nearly four years ago that builds muscles in lazy mice may also prevent heatstroke, according to lab research reported on Sunday. If further tests work out, the compound could help athletes or soldiers who are so sensitive to heat that they could die from exertion on a hot day, its authors say. In 2008, a drug known as AICAR became dubbed the ...Read More

From grandma’s home remedies for cough, cold and other ailments, ‘tulsi’ (Indian Basil) is now being tested by Indian scientists for treating people exposed to harmful radiations and initial tests have shown some positive results. Scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have developed a tulsi-based herbal medicine for treating people exposed to radiations. ...Read More

Jaipur: There is a need to increase the share of healthcare in GDP to 2.5% from present level of 1.0%, said Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India in his inaugural Address at the Seminar on “Health and Wellness : Partnering with the Diaspora”. The seminar is being held as part of the 10th ...Read More

London: Scientists are carrying out what they claim is the first clinical trial of an injectable vaccine for HIV which causes AIDS. A team from Imperial College, Hull York Medical School, Medical Research Council Clinical Trial Unit and Infectious Disease Research Institute is evaluating whether the vaccine is safe for use in human volunteers. The vaccine contains ...Read More

London: A deep voice, which is typically seen as a sign of supreme manliness and found to be attractive by women, can also be a sign of lower sperm count, a new study has found. Leigh Simmons, Marianne Peters and Gillian Rhodes from the University of Western Australia say that while men with deep voices may ...Read More