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- Read more about Outdated policies increase drug-resistant TB: Survey
Outdated tuberculosis (TB) policies and practices are risking the further spread of drug-resistant TB globally, warns a 24-country survey, urging a phase-out of mandatory hospitalisation and re-treatment regimens that contribute to drug resistance.
- Read more about Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad inaugurates ‘Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship’ to make universal healthcare a reality
(NewsVoir); Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad inaugurated the ‘Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship’, an interdisciplinary center focused on making universal healthcare a reality. The Center was inaugurated by Sri K.T. Rama Rao, Hon'ble Minister for IT & Panchayat Raj, Telangana in the presence of Mr. B V R Mohan Reddy, Chairman, Board of Governors of IIT, Hyderabad, Mr. Avi Nash, Mr. Raj Mashruwala and Prof.UB Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad.
- Read more about Henk Bekedam appointed new WHO representative to India
Senior public health specialist Henk Bekedam has taken charge as the World Health Organisation representative to India, an official statement.

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- Read more about Losing one gram fat from pancreas can reverse diabetes
Researchers have shown that Type-2 diabetes is caused by fat accumulating in the pancreas and that losing less than one gram of that fat through weight loss reverses the condition.
- Read more about Almonds healthier than earlier believed, say experts
Almonds contain 20 percent lower calories than originally believed, claims a study released.
- Read more about Novel therapy could cut hepatitis C prevalence by 80 percent
Recently approved antiviral medications for hepatitis C could reduce the prevalence of the blood-borne infection by more than 80 percent, researchers have estimated.
- Read more about AIDS programme to continue as central scheme: Nadda
Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday announced that the National AIDS Control Programme will continue as a central sector scheme, following concerns over the ability of some states on contributing their share to the programme.
- Read more about Homely remedies to tackle Psoriasis
Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, can be easily deal with by homegrown solutions.
- Read more about Asthma may lead to chronic migraine
Pre-existing asthma may be a strong predictor of future chronic migraine attacks in individuals experiencing occasional migraine headaches, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) in the US.
- Read more about Roche and Upsher-Smith joined to develop novel VAP-1 Inhibitor
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. (Upsher-Smith), through its wholly-owned UK subsidiary Proximagen Ltd. joined with Roche for the further development of a novel, oral small molecule inhibitor of Vascular Adhesion Protein 1 (VAP-1), a cell-adhesion molecule that may be effective in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. The VAP-1 inhibitor is currently in phase II clinical development.