New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The health ministry will spend Rs.9.2 billion this financial year for promoting Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) - the Indian systems of medicine ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Blood tests to detect diabetes are likely to be made compulsory at health centres across India following the internationally followed "opportunistic screening" norm. The scheme was in ...

London, Nov 20(ANI): Human placenta therapist Mariana Kovacevic, who helped cure a host of Premier League stars, including Arsenal striker Robin van Persie and Liverpool defender Glen Johnson, could be put ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Four swine flu deaths, three of them from Rajasthan, were reported Wednesday, taking the total toll in India to 534, health authorities said here. As many as 200 ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Taking serious note of the fact that basic health facilities were not reaching the poor in rural areas, the Delhi High Court Wednesday in a ...

By Shweta Srinivasan New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Got questions about pregnancy, puberty or plain simple facts about the birds and bees? If you have such queries on your mind and are afraid ...

Taipei, Nov 14 (DPA) Thousands of Taiwanese Saturday marched in the capital Taipei to protest against the end of a six-year ban on the import of some types of US beef products ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Child malnutrition - a serious issue facing India today - is a gender issue because it is mostly related to women, said health experts and government officials ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) With 45 new dengue cases, the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the capital Wednesday reached 672, health officials said. "There were 45 fresh ...

Bhopal, Nov 11 (IANS) All seven medical colleges and hospitals in Madhya Pradesh would be connected by close circuit TV (CCTV) network with the state health ministry, an official said Wednesday. The decision ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Indian capital reported 42 new dengue cases Tuesday, taking the number of patients to 627 on a day when the union health ministry admitted that the ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The government Tuesday said imposing a ban on tobacco cannot check the increasing number of users in the country, and called for providing alternative job opportunities to ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Seventeen swine flu deaths, 15 of them from Rajasthan, were reported Monday, taking the country's toll to 502, health department officials said here. While one death was ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) To provide better health services to people in rural areas, the health ministry Monday said it was launching a web portal to provide health related information. The ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The central government Monday said that morning after pills or emergency birth control pills will continue to be sold over the counter (OTC). The decision to allow ...

Kiev, Nov 9 (RIA Novosti) The swine flu toll in Ukraine has risen to 155, the health ministry said Monday. Most of the deaths occurred in the western regions of Lvov and Ivano-Frankovsk, ...

Jakarta, Nov 9 (DPA) One person was killed and 82 people were injured when a powerful earthquake struck Monday off Indonesia's Sumbawa island, officials said. Many houses and other buildings were damaged in ...

Jakarta, Nov 9 (IANS) At least 38 people have been wounded and scores of houses, school buildings and a health clinic have collapsed after a quake of 6.7-magnitude on the Richter scale ...

Dubai, Nov 6 (IANS) Swine flu treatment is now available at all government-run and private hospitals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), WAM news agency reported Friday. The announcement was made by the ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Three swine flu deaths were reported in the country Friday, taking the toll to 489, health authorities said here. Apart from two in Kerala, one death was reported ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Smokers beware! Ticket examiners and Railway Protection Force (RPF) assistant sub-inspectors have been authorised to take action against those found smoking in trains and on railway ...

New Delhi, Nov. 6 (ANI): Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday underlined the need for higher investment in health sector. Azad said that the present health care system put a heavy ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Whistle blowers who pass on information about illegal drugs will be rewarded up to Rs.25 lakh (Rs.2.5 million), the union health ministry said Tuesday. "The reward of maximum ...

Beijing, Nov 1 (IANS) The Chinese health ministry said Sunday that more than 3.78 million people in the country have been vaccinated against swine flu as of Saturday with no reports of ...

Rio de Janeiro, Oct 31 (EFE) Brazilian military sources have said that at least nine of the 11 people on board the Brazilian air force plane that disappeared over the Amazon Thursday ...

Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi Friday said that many health parameters in India are close to that of sub-Saharan Africa. Addressing a seminar at the Health ...

Jammu, Oct 26 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir will soon get two air ambulances to move seriously injured and critically ill people to speciality hospitals in New Delhi or Chandigarh, according to official ...

Dubai, Oct 23 (IANS) The health ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has published a booklet on medical check-ups to be undertaken by couples before marriage, WAM news agency reported Friday. The ...

By Azera Rahman New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) After much persuasion and a mass protest, Law and Justice Minister Veerappa Moily said he will discuss the latest draft of the HIV/AIDS bill with ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Seven swine flu deaths were reported in India Wednesday, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 427, a health ministry statement said here. Three deaths ...