Health

The Government of India under the National Health Mission (NHM) is implementing following interventions across all States and UTs of the country to improve the health of newborn babies and their mothers:- 1. Promotion of institutional…

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Bhubaneswar, 02.12.13: Odisha will be made free from AIDS by 2015. All-out endeavours are being undertaken by the Health Dept. towards achieving this objective, announced Dr. Damodar Rout, Minister, Health & Family Welfare. Speaking…

Bhubaneswar, 12th November, 2013: As part of the initiative to reposition family planning for addressing maternal and child health outcomes, department of health and family welfare has undertaken comprehensive measures in order to improve…

The Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) has opposed the Odisha government's move to enhance the retirement age of the doctors from 60 to 62 and threatened to resign en masse if the decision is not revoked. However, 50 other doctors…

‘World Asthma Day’ is being observed today in order to improve awareness and care for asthma across the world. The theme for this year is "You Can Control Your Asthma". According to World Health Organisation (WHO), it is estimated that…

In a recent development, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation offers $100,000 to anyone who can come up with a viable proposal, for a next generation condom to reduce unwanted pregnancies and control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases…

Having boys could shorten a mother's lifespan as they put more strain on their mother's body during pregnancy, suggests a study. The study found that son producing women lived about 8.5 months less as compared to the women, who gave birth…

Rourkela: More than one thousand five hundred patients who are suffering in various critical and chronic diseases were extended free medical consultancy by super specialist doctors in two days free medical camp held on Saturday and Sunday…

“436 lives were lost in the country last year during clinical trials of drugs” intimated Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Lok Sabha. He further informed that while the number of such deaths was 438 in 2011, in 2010…