New Delhi: Max Healthcare Institute Ltd has announced expansion plans, intending to invest over Rs 5,000 crore to significantly increase its bed capacity to over 8,000 beds within the next four to five years. The Chairman and Managing Director, Abhay Soi, disclosed that half of this investment will be allocated to Uttar Pradesh (UP), emphasizing the […]
Mumbai: Cipla Limited has announced that Cipla Health Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary and consumer healthcare arm of the Company, has signed a business transfer agreement (“BTA”) for purchase of the distribution and marketing business undertaking of cosmetics and personal care business (“Undertaking”) of Ivia Beaute Private Limited, India (“IVIA”) including IVIA’s brands namely Astaberry, Ikin […]
New Delhi- The examination section of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has informed about the addition of 3 more seats for the DM Nephrology candidates appearing in the Institute of National Importance Super-Specialty Entrance Examination (INI-SS) for admission to DM, MCH and MD (Hospital Administration) courses for July 2024 session. As per the […]
Pune: The authorities of B J Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) have initiated a probe into the ragging complaint filed by a 24-year-old junior resident doctor. According to a recent report by HT, officials were informed about the incident after the Junior Resident Doctor, studying in her first year of Doctor of Medicine […]
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has launched India’s First ‘medical devices calibration facility on wheels’. This has been developed by IIT Madras under its ‘Anaivarukkum IITM’ (IITM for all) Initiatives. Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, launched this facility at the campus on 15th April 2024 in the presence of Prof. R. […]
A recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association discovered that managing cholesterol levels from childhood could significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood. The study spanned through several decades and followed participants from childhood through to their 40s to assess how variations in non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non–HDL-C) levels affect […]
Mexico: SITA-PLUS hospital trial published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications has shed light on the safety and efficacy of sitagliptin with basal-plus (BP) insulin regimen versus insulin alone in non-critically hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study revealed that the sitagliptin and BP regimen combination is safe and more effective […]
India: A recent in vivo study published in Frontiers in Nutrition has shed light on the effect of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa W.) flour supplementation in breads on the lipid profile and glycemic index (GI). The study showed that quinoa-incorporated bread possessed a low glycemic index (42.00 ± 0.83) compared to the control (69.20 ± 1.84) […]
A recent research identified a potential breakthrough in diagnosing a novel form of asthma in children known as Chest Tightness-Variant Asthma (CTVA). CTVA is characterized by chest tightness as the primary symptom and presents a diagnostic challenge due to its atypical nature. However, a recent study published in the recent edition of Respiratory Medicine journal […]
WASHINGTON: A third of the nearly 20 million women who participated in a national health survey report migraines during menstruation, and of them, 11.8 million, or 52.5%, were premenopausal. The analysis was conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and Pfizer, Inc., which makes a migraine medication. Because of the underuse of medications to […]