Medical devices to be treated as medicines; Approval mandatory

Kochi: All devices used as part of medical treatment are soon to be treated as medicines ..

Watch your weight before 40, else face cancer risk

Anaemia a health problem in all states except Kerala

Walking patterns could identify dementia types

Here comes a device to regrow hair on bald head

New York: There is good news for people experiencing hair loss as researchers have developed a wearable device that harnesses energy ..

Scolded by doctor, female nurse with heart ailment collapses during duty at PHC

Neyyattinkara: A female nurse at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Olathanni near here suffering from a heart ailment collapsed after ..

Medical mistakes cause 2.6 mn deaths yearly: WHO

Geneva: More than 138 million patients are harmed every year by doctors' errors, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned, just ..

Nipah: Centre urges Kerala to establish Virology lab

Kozhikode: The Union Ministry of Health has directed Kerala to establish a permanent Virology centre in the state. The direction was ..

Rare balloon therapy to cure breathing difficulty conducted at Alappuzha Med College

Ambalappuzha: Cardiologists of Alappuzha Medical College the other day successfully completed a rare balloon therapy to cure breathing ..

Sanitary napkins to be sold for Re 1 at Jan Aushadhi stores

New Delhi: In a massive push for women hygiene, the government will slash price of sanitary napkins sold from its Jan Aushadhi Kendras ..

This is how your brain senses an itch

New York: Researchers have discovered how neurons in the spinal cord help transmit itch signals to the brain. Their findings, published ..

Vehicle pollutants up risk of common eye condition

Taipei: Long term exposure to pollutants from vehicle exhaust is linked to a heightened risk of the common eye condition - age-related ..

Flood cess increases price of cancer medicines; patients in dilemma

Thiruvananthapuram: Cancer patients in the state are struggling due to the implementation of flood cess. The financially insecure patients ..

Flood havoc: H1N1 alert issued in state

Thiruvananthapuram: An H1N1 alert has been issued in the state following the flood havoc. The health department issued the warning ..

Centre appoints drug inspectors to ensure quality of medicines

Kochi: The centre has strengthened action to assure quality of allopathic medicines in market. As part of this move, 108 drug inspectors ..

Docs remove toothbrush from man's belly that was swallowed 20 yrs ago

Beijing: Doctors from a southern Chinese hospital removed something unusual from a man's intestines: a 14-centimetre-long toothbrush ..