Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: What Killed Ustad Zakir Hussain

'It's almost like the tissue of the lung has a cancer spreading to it, which is causing scarring and rapidly progresses.' Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

AQI Spike Triggers Health Crisis

'Many of these patients arrive at emergency departments in distress, struggling to breathe and requiring immediate medical intervention.' IMAGE: Women walk on a road near India Gate as the sky is......

'Air Pollution Leads To Type 2 Diabetes'

'Pollution acts as an endocrine disruptor.''When it acts as an endocrine disruptor it has an effect on the endocrine system of the human body and the effect on the pancreas is an important......

Odd-even on anvil as Delhi's air quality dips close to 'severe plus'

Delhi's air quality has deteriorated further and now stands closer to the "severe plus" category, a stage which might trigger the implementation of the odd-even car rationing measure in the......

Cipla launches swine flu drug

Leading pharmaceutical company, Cipla Ltd has announced the launch of Antiflu to treat H1N1 swine flu virus, a top company official said. "We have launched Oseltamivir brand, called Antiflu, which......

Health benefits: Medicare's costly doughnut hole

For many older Americans, this is a bitter time of year with a deceptively sweet name: the "doughnut hole." It's not a treat from the local bakery, but rather a coverage gap in the three-year-old......

Glenmark gets $15mn from Forest

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received a milestone payment of $15 million from US-based Forest Laboratories as part of the drug development agreement for its lead molecule Oglemilast (GRC 3886),......

Ranbaxy launches first branded product in UK

Leading pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories on Friday announced the launch of its first branded prescription product, Visclair, in the United Kingdom.The brand will be promoted to health......

WADA adds cortisone to monitoring programme

The World Anti-Doping Agency has added out-of-competition use of glucocorticosteroids that include powerful anti-inflammatory medication cortisone, often taken as injection by injured cricketers,......