Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday introduced the “much awaited” National Commission for Human Resources for Health (NCHRH) Bill, 2011 in the Parliament. Aimed at creating a super medical authority by scrapping all other regulatory bodies, once its passed by the Parliament, all independent bodies like Medical Council of India (MCI), Dental Council of India (DCI), Pharmacy Council ...Read More

The French government is to announce whether it will pay for 30,000 women to have faulty breast implants removed.. The implants by French firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) were banned last year after they were found to contain a non-medical grade silicone filler. The UK medicines watchdog has said the implants have no safety issues. It is thought up to 40,000 British women ...Read More

NEW DELHI: Over 900 million mobile subscribers will soon be direct beneficiaries of stringent new government norms to control harmful radiation from mobile handsets, a tacit admission that the present radiation levels are injurious to health. The government wants to enforce education of consumers about the benefits of the hands-free option and choosing SMS over voice calls or keeping mobile calls as brief as possible, with ...Read More

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered the state government to register an FIR against authorities responsible for the incident where 23 thalassemic children were found infected with HIV in September this year allegedly due to negligence of staff at the Junagadh Civil Hospital and the blood bank there. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala passed the order ...Read More

At least 20 people, including a newborn, have died following the collapse of hospital services across Rajasthan after government doctors went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday. Acting quickly, the state government rounded up around 150 doctors and decided to invoke the Rajasthan Essential Services Maintenance Act (RESMA) provisions for three months. In response, the Rajasthan Medical Association (RMA) said all doctors and nursing staff of even ...Read More

Washington: Poorer people are more attuned to suffering and more compassionate than their richer counterparts, says a study. "It`s not that the upper classes are coldhearted," said social psychologist Jennifer Stellar from University of California-Berkeley, who led the study. "They may just not be as adept at recognizing the cues and signals of suffering because they haven`t had to deal with as many obstacles in their lives," ...Read More

Washington: Vitamin E is rubbed on the skin to reduce signs of ageing and is consumed by runners to improve endurance. But scientists now have found how the powerful antioxidant helps repair tears in the plasma membrane. Daily activities such as eating and exercise can tear the plasma membrane and a new research by Georgia Health Sciences University shows that vitamin E is essential to repair, ...Read More

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Over the last two census periods, liquor consumption in Kerala has grown a staggering 140 percent. As a result, experts say, liver ailments are on the rise in the state. D. Jayakumar, hepatologist and consultant gastroenterologist at the NIMS Institute of Liver Studies on the city outskirts, told reporters that easy availability and increasing social acceptance of alcohol among all groups, including women and children, ...Read More

NEW DELHI: Brain-drain hurts the country and especially cripples its medical services, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday. Highlighting the need to check the flow of doctor's preferring to work abroad or in the private sector, the Congress leader, who heads the National Advisory Council, said medical professionals need to find a balance between the need for financial security and ...Read More

Exposure to sunlight may play a role in obstructing spread of chicken pox as it inactivates viruses on the skin, a new study has revealed. The University of London team found that chickenpox is less common in regions with high Ultravoilet levels. However, other experts assert that // other factors like temperature, humidity, and even living conditions are ...Read More