Medicine
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15 Delhi govt hospitals to be upgraded; LNJP facility to get 22-storey mother-child-medicine block
India | Jun 23, 2019, 05:27 PM IST"We are seeking to boost healthcare facilities in the national capital. And, as part of a project, 15 Delhi government hospitals are to be upgraded, a top official in the Delhi health department told PTI.
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2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum from 23-25 January; Shripad Naik to inaugurate
India | Jan 21, 2019, 07:57 AM ISTThe organizers of the forum are the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, under the Ministry of AYUSH.
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Delhi High Court sets aside Centre's ban on anti-inflammatory medicine 'Ace Proxyvon'
India | Jan 07, 2019, 11:22 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Monday set aside the Centre's notification banning the manufacturing and sale of Wockhardt's anti-inflammatory medicine 'Ace Proxyvon', used in painful rheumatic conditions.
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Why should to-be-mothers avoid consuming Ibuprofen?
Health | Feb 02, 2018, 03:54 PM ISTIbuprofen crosses the placental barrier, with the foetus exposed to the same concentration of the drug as the mother.
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Heartburn pills don’t increase dementia risk, contrary to popular belief- Study
Health | Nov 22, 2017, 01:11 PM ISTA recent study has found no link between heartburn pills and dementia, disregarding popular belief.
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Three Americans win Nobel Medicine Prize for discovering internal biological clock that governs wake-sleep cycles
Oct 03, 2017, 03:27 PM ISTProblems with our body clock have also been linked to such disorders as sleep problems, depression, heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
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3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine for decoding body clock
Oct 02, 2017, 08:58 PM ISTThe discovery will help doctors understand the mechanism behind sleep patterns, hormone release, blood pressure and body temperature
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AMRIT pharmacies helping people to save crores
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‘Substandard’: Drug regulator issues ‘alert’ for Combiflam, D Cold Total, Oflox 100
Apr 21, 2017, 11:23 AM ISTCDSCO has found popular painkiller Combiflam and common cold medicine D Cold Total, manufactured and sold by Sanofi India and Reckitt Benckister Healthcare India, respectively, to be substandard.
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Here are 6 amazing ways to use onion as medicine!
Lifestyle | Apr 03, 2017, 04:12 PM ISTWe all have heard about the culinary utility of onions. But there’s more to this wonderful veggie other than being a ‘taste enhancer’.
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This country has approved the medicinal use of Marijuana!
Lifestyle | Mar 30, 2017, 10:22 AM ISTThe Argentine Senate on Wednesday has brought some changes in the law allowing the medicinal use of Marijuana. It had already obtained the green light from the Chamber of Deputies in November 2016.
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Thyroid medicine may reduce risk of birth complications, claims study
Lifestyle | Nov 10, 2016, 11:25 AM ISTThe number of pregnant women given a common drug to boost thyroid hormone levels may lead to a reduced number of still-births, early caesarean sections and low-weight babies, according to a new study. Lead author
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Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize in medicine for work on autophagy
World | Oct 03, 2016, 04:02 PM ISTJapanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the mechanisms of autophagy.
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Glenmark Pharma receives USFDA approval for Xylocaine skin ointment
Lifestyle | Sep 12, 2016, 01:32 PM ISTGlenmark Pharmaceuticals on Monday received final approval from the US health regulator USFDA for its generic version of AstraZeneca's Xylocaine ointment. The approval given by the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
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Drug for anxiety may increase birth defects risk: Study
Lifestyle | May 19, 2016, 10:26 PM ISTA recent study has warned that the drug used to treat anxiety, epilepsy, pain and other mental health disorders may increase the risk of major birth defects.
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This is how little 'origami robot' capsule can heal stomach wound
Lifestyle | May 14, 2016, 10:12 AM ISTNew York: Imagine a robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound. In experiments involving a simulation of
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Infertility medicine issue: Probe report 'against' Ramdev
India | Jan 31, 2016, 08:28 PM ISTDehradun: The inquiry committee, set up by Uttarakhand government to examine the controversial infertility medicine produced by Ramdev's pharmacy, has submitted its report which is "not in favour" of the Yoga Guru.The state government had
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Obama launches 'cancer moonshot' task force
World | Jan 29, 2016, 06:44 AM ISTWASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday establishing a first-of-its-kind federal task force in the country to carry out what was called a "cancer moonshot" to end the dreadful disease.The panel, led
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Medicines from India destroyed in Madhesi violence in Nepal
World | Nov 20, 2015, 10:18 PM ISTKathmandu: Indian-origin Madhesi protesters in Nepal today torched an ambulance and a truck carrying medicines worth over Rs two million imported from India near the border as sporadic violence returned to the Himalayan nation amid
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Homeopathy medicines don't show contents, PIL seeks cancelling of doctors' licence
India | Nov 03, 2015, 06:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: A PIL seeking cancellation of licence issued to all homeopathy practitioners was today taken up by the Delhi High Court which sought the city government's response on what action has been taken by