'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......
More than 400 patients were evacuated to safety after a major fire broke out in PGIMER-Chandigarh's Nehru Hospital block late last night, officials said on Tuesday. IMAGE: A policeman inspects the......
According to medical practitioners, the treatment is especially useful in controlling disease among those who have not received the vaccine or got only one shot and also the high-risk contacts of a......
A stressful workplace may dramatically change gene expression in your immune system and significantly impact your health, a new study suggests. The research shows that chronic stress changes gene......
Blood cancer patient Alka Tiwari, who had grabbed headlines after appealing to a court in Kanpur to either ask the government to bear her medical expenses or allow euthanasia, has died. Alka, 21,......
Fortis Healthcare has joined hands with technology solutions provider TotipotentRX Cell Therapy Pvt Ltd, to set up centres of excellence offering cellular therapies and stem cell clinical trials,......
Indian Hotels is set to acquire a hotel in New York, vice-chairman R K Krishna Kumar said late on Wednesday."While I cannot name the hotel because the acquisition formalities are not yet to be......
In March this year, Bangalore-based Stempeutics Research received clearance from the Drug Controller General of India to conduct human clinical trials to develop drugs using stem cells. With this,......
Bone marrow transplant - Rs 800,000, cancer treatment through chemotherapy - Rs 300,000, kidney transplant - Rs 150,000 onwards. . .The costs at corporate hospitals are skyrocketing, but if your......
India's first private cord blood stem cell bank, 'Lifecell' has been launched in Chennai. With an investment of Rs 12 crore (Rs 120 million), this bank is a joint venture between Asia Cryo Cell Pvt......
Dean Jones' admission of fathering a child outside his marriage has cost him the Victorian Father of the Year title, which the former Australian cricketer won in 2007. Jones was stripped of the......
This interview was first published on Rediff.com on December 28, 2003. It is being republished in remembrance of Dean Jones, a fine cricketer and a cricket guru who sadly passed into the ages in......
Professor Sid Watkins, who stepped down as Formula One's medical head on Thursday, leaves behind a far safer sport than the one he entered 26 years ago.No Grand Prix driver has died on the track in......
Former Australian batting star Dean Jones finished a 31 day walk from Sydney to Melbourne on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test. He covered 1,100km and helped raise a million Australian dollars......