Around 7.4 per cent of Indians aged 60 and above are affected by dementia.This number is expected to rise from the current 8.8 million to 17 million by 2036, marking a 97 per cent increase. Kindly......
'Healthcare is not an industry.''The government is only encouraging insurance as they are not able to provide healthcare to people.''Opening new medical colleges is not what is needed.''You have to......
'Thirty per cent of the world's deaths in young people, due to heart disease, are Indians.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind......
Under the guidance of Dr Rajeev Gupta, head of medicine and director, research at the Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, a study was undertaken among the urban population in India on hypertension.......
“If India truly wants to be a superpower,” Dr Abhijit Vaidya tells Kangana Pandiya, “48 per cent of our people cannot be malnourished. We need to ensure health for all.”......
Global pharma majors such as Novartis, Roche and Pfizer have secured 392 medicine patents in less than three years of India changing its patent laws to allow product patenting system for drugs in......
For the past few years, the Centre for Science and Environment has tested pesticides in bottled water and then colas, then trans-fats in edible oil, antibiotics in honey and, most recently,......
The central government is planning to mandate biometric identification for clinical trial volunteers in the country to bring in global standards and to weed out unethical practices in the industry,......
India has been ranked in the bottom half among 134 countries in terms of gender equality, in WEF's latest ranking that assessed the distribution of resources and opportunities among males and......
Yoga, wellness, meditation, Ayurveda, software and toothpaste -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has successfully merged business with spirituality, reports Nikita Puri. IMAGE: Art of Living now offers......