One tenth Kerala students suffer learning disabilities: Report
The commission recommends formation of state-level Apex Centre on Intellectual Challenge Continue Reading
The commission recommends formation of state-level Apex Centre on Intellectual Challenge Continue Reading
The Rajya Sabha passed a bill seeking to provide better healthcare for people suffering from mental illnesses as members across the political spectrum sought urgent steps to address the lack of infrastructure and shortage of psychiatrists in the country. The Mental Health Care Bill 2013, which provides for protection and promotionContinue Reading
A 26-Year-old woman lands in ICU, unable to drink, eat or speak. Never had Mala M, 26, imagined that lack of oral hygiene could prove so disastrous. What started as a simple toothache landed the employee of a premier Bschool and gym trainer in an ICU, with multi-organ dysfunction. MalaContinue Reading
Kerala’s health department has since launched a drive to bring diphtheria under controlContinue Reading
New Delhi, 14 July: Lauding India’s most recent public health achievements, World Health Organization today presented certificates declaring elimination of yaws and maternal and neonatal tetanus to the Health and Family Welfare Minister, Mr J P Nadda. “India’s focussed approach on making maternal and newborn care accessible to all andContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Around 328 children under 5 years of age die of diarrhoea every day, latest assessment by the health ministry shows. This has prompted the ministry to intensify its diarrhoea control programme to reach out to over 10 crore children with ORS solution this year from 6.3 crore lastContinue Reading
India’s peaceful tourist hotspot Kerala has become the first state in the country to impose a “fat tax” on junk food in a bid to counter rising obesity. The state’s finance minister Thomas Isaac announced a 14.5 percent tax on food including burgers, pizzas and sandwiches sold at restaurants andContinue Reading
Doctors in India have replaced a 12-year-old boy’s damaged nose with a new one which was grown on his forehead. Arun Patel’s nose was badly damaged and disfigured when he suffered from pneumonia as a baby. The infection damaged the cartilage of his nose, making it difficult for doctors toContinue Reading
Women who go to church are five times less likely to commit suicide, according to new research. Compared to the women who attended services once a week or more, those who rejected religion were more likely to take their own lives, the study found. Church attendance may lower the oddsContinue Reading
Fearing the effects of the Zika virus on their unborn children, pregnant women in Latin America increasingly have sought out abortion pills online from a nonprofit aid agency, a new study has found. The research, published on Wednesday as a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine, is theContinue Reading
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