Vaccines work: We are protected together The theme of this year’s campaign is Protected Together: Vaccines Work!, and the campaign will celebrate Vaccine Heroes from around the world – from parents and community members to health workers and innovators – who help ensure we are all protected, at all ages, through the power of vaccines. […]
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Indian Council for Medical Research and the Department of Biotechnology are joining hands to promote research in herbal drugs, some of which involve new drugs from marijuana. At a one-day conference on ‘Cannabis R&D in India’, union minister Dr Jitendra Singh said the government had granted a […]
An Infant from Pakistan has got a new lease of life after undergoing an operation at a city hospital in Delhi. The baby was diagnosed with a rare condition of a giant heart. According to doctors, this is the first documented case of the largest left atrium reported at this age. The 14-month-old baby with […]
The latest health audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General states that the medicines distributed under the National Health Mission (NHM) — India’s largest health scheme so far — in 14 states between 2011 and 2016 were past their expiry dates. The report, which is the concluding part of a series on the CAG’s assessment […]
The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled has asked the Union Ministry to introduce guidelines for the disabled people to pursue medicine through the entry to medical colleges. According to the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled, guidelines proposed by the Medical Council of India are “arbitrary and blatantly discriminatory” and […]
Indian origin woman cancer expert, Dr. Sudha Sundar became the first female gynecological oncologist to be elected to the prestigious post at the British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS). She was named as president-elect of the BGCS. Currently, she is working as a senior lecturer in Gynaecological Oncology at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Cancer […]
To be successful in any field, you need to be passionate towards the job you do. It is the passion that provides you with the will to undertake any risk. And if there is a will, you’ll find a way to achieve it. The story of Dr. Ashwathi Soman, a young physician from Manjeri, who […]
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Image credits: The Better India. From staying in a slum and selling vegetables to becoming a reputed oncologist- This is the story of a woman who has seen several facets of life. Meet Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshmane, one of India’s most reputed oncologists, Vice President of Karnataka Cancer Society, and a recipient of many awards. […]
Image Credits: The New Indian Express Doctors of SRM Institute of Medical Sciences, Chennai, saves the life of a 19-year-old teenager, who lived with her vital organs outside the body. The Girl, Sauda Suleiman Amour, from Tanzania was born with a defective abdominal wall so her liver and a part of her intestine jutted out […]