Health
- Telangana
Telangana health min warns pharmacies over medicine price, quality violations
Hyderabad: Telangana health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha has stated that strict action will be taken if any discrepancies are found in the prices or quality of medicines sold at pharmacies located within government…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad doctor who fought false ORS labelling battle receives notice
Hyderabad: City-based paediatrician Sivaranjani Santosh, who fought for eight years against the misleading ORS labelling, is now facing notices from pharma companies for allegedly making defamatory statements to gain social media followers.…
- India
Every Rs 3 spent on food by Telangana’s urban citizens, Rs 1 goes to fast food
Hyderabad: Residents of Telangana’s urban areas are spending between 28 and 34 per cent of their monthly food budget on fast food, placing the state among the highest in the country on that…
- Health
Climate action can prevent over 13.5 million deaths by 2050: Study
New Delhi: More than 13.5 million deaths due to air pollution could be avoided by 2050 under climate action that limits global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, mostly in low and middle-income…
- Telangana
Telangana aims to become model state in organ transplant: Health Minister
Hyderabad: State Medical and Health Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha held a high-level review meeting with private hospital managements at the Secretariat on Tuesday, March 10, regarding the formulation of a policy under the…
- Telangana
TIMS Sanathnagar to open on March 19, take load off overcrowded govt hospitals
Hyderabad: The Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) in Hyderabad’s Sanathnagar is set to open on March 19, with authorities planning to divert pending surgery cases from overcrowded government hospitals in the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad hospital booked over negligence after dialysis patient dies
Hyderabad: A hospital in Hyderabad was booked on Friday, February 27, for alleged medical negligence following the death of a patient who had come for a dialysis procedure. The hospital was booked…
- Telangana
Health group warns against mass cervical vaccines in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Universal Health Organisation (UHO) has raised major concerns against the statewide Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (HPV) programme to adolescent girls, which the Telangana government is preparing to launch as part of…
- India
Clean environ a right to life: SC issues pan-India directions on waste mgmt
New Delhi: Flagging the “uneven” compliance with the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules across India, the Supreme Court has said the present generation cannot afford to wait for further legislative refinement while…
- Lifestyle
Is the boring diet plan finally dead? This Hyderabad cafe says yes
Hyderabad, in all its glutonous glory, has never made dieting easy on its residents. Who can blame Hyderabadis, really? When surrounded by biryani, haleem, talawa ghosht and the likes, a man simply…
- Telangana
Telangana among states worst hit by food poisoning: Report
Hyderabad: Telangana is among the states that are worst affected by food poisoning, as one in every six deaths due to food poisoning in India is from the state. As per the…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan’s ‘detailed’ medical reports handed over to family: Pak minister
Islamabad: The “detailed” medical reports of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan had been handed over to his family, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Friday, February 6. Tarar said this…
- Health
Health impacts due to plastics may double by 2040: Lancet
New Delhi: Adverse effects on health due to emissions from the world’s plastics system, including greenhouse gases, air-polluting particles and toxic chemicals released from production, could more than double by 2040, compared…
- Health
Common viruses can lead to severe brain infections, says AIIMS Bhopal
New Delhi: Commonly found viruses such as the parvovirus B19 (PVB19) can cause serious brain infections like encephalitis, said researchers from the AIIMS Bhopal on Saturday, January 24. Parvovirus B19 is a…
- India
Lancet report outlines roadmap for universal health coverage in India
New Delhi: A new Lancet Commission report outlines a path for a rights-based, citizen-centred health system for India involving innovative financing, regulation and community engagement that delivers accessible, equitable and high-quality care.…
