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Soon, online screening test for foreign medical graduates

Friday 17 May '13

We would like to go online with the screening test as early as possible.

Rotavac could be just what the doctor ordered

Thursday 16 May '13

Rotavac development took more than 25 years from the date of isolation of the virus strain.

Plan to raise creamy layer income ceiling to Rs 6 lakh on Cabinet table

Wednesday 15 May '13

The Cabinet will on Thursday take up a proposal to make Rs 6 lakh the annual income ceiling for people belonging to other backward classes

Dip in rate of newborn deaths, Kerala tops list with lowest rate

Tuesday 7 May '13

Madhya Pradesh has highest NMR of 41, followed by Uttar Pradesh.

Artificial sweetener raises blood sugar, says study

Saturday 4 May '13

Sweetener which became popular over past decade has been found to increase blood sugar.

New brain implant can predict onset of seizures, says report

Thursday 2 May '13

What makes epilepsy such a dreaded disease is the suddenness and unpredictability of seizures. That could be all set to change

Cabinet finally gives nod to Urban Health Mission, focus now on PPP

Thursday 2 May '13

The Union Cabinet Wednesday finally approved the Rs 22,507-crore Urban Health Mission. Though the proposal is in line with the Prime Minister''s announcement

Amended JJ Act to replace word 'juvenile'' with 'child''

Thursday 25 April '13

In the wake of the Union Cabinet passing the National Child Policy that finally resolved the question of who is a child last week

After consumer goods, made in China doctors flood Indian market

Tuesday 23 April '13

Cheap courses, strong marketing; most graduates at MCI screening are from China

Cabinet to discuss new child policy

Thursday 18 April '13

After the age of consent, another heated debate may be in the offing over the definition of the child. The new National Child Policy

Experts question new TB test, say could lead to drug resistance

Monday 15 April '13

US to spot latent infection, in which a carrier does not spread the disease but can proliferate the bacteria.

Low blood pressure a myth created by doctors: Experts

Saturday 6 April '13

This World Health Day on a slew of programmes will seek to raise awareness about hypertension.

Low blood pressure a myth created by doctors: Experts

Saturday 6 April '13

This World Health Day on April 7, a slew of programmes will seek to raise awareness about hypertension

USFDA approves safer diabetes drug which acts on kidneys

Tuesday 2 April '13

A novel anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood glucose levels has been approved by the USFDA.

USFDA okays safer diabetes drug which acts on kidneys

Tuesday 2 April '13

A novel anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood glucose levels by acting on the kidneys, instead of the liver or the pancreas, has been approved by the USFDA

Kejriwal now seeks janta, not Jantar Mantar

Friday 29 March '13

It is the slum where Kejriwal in his earlier, humbler avatar of an RTI activist did most of his work.

Homosexuality open to interpretation in draft law

Thursday 21 March '13

Surrogacy bill: Whether a homosexual couple can hire surrogate mother depends on SC examining HC order

Battle won for daughter in 34-yr dowry fight

Monday 18 March '13

HC upholds conviction of Kanchanbala's husband for abetting suicide

Conflict of ages in laws that define a child

Friday 15 March '13

16 proposed cutoff in laws for rape and child protection, yet anyone under 18 will be tried as juvenile

No consensus over consensual sex consent

Wednesday 13 March '13

UPA govt needs to to overcome Krishna Tirath's resistance.

Draft manual for docs bans word 'rape', two-finger test

Tuesday 12 March '13

Health Ministry has advised doctors not to use the word rape.

Delhi gangrape victim''s brother promised seat in Rae Bareli institute for pilot training

Tuesday 12 March '13

The youth is also preparing for his engineering entrance examinations.

Draft manual for docs bans word 'rape'', two-finger test

Tuesday 12 March '13

In the first detailed manual for medical examination of rape victims, the Health Ministry has advised doctors not to use the word rape as it is "not a medical diagnosis but a legal definition"