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British Columbia, India partner to improve public health

Dec.5 : The Simon Fraser University will help India produce research pioneers and public

Contaminated ground water in Punjab causing DNA mutations in people

Nov 30 : Ground water in Punjab, India, has been contaminated to such an extent that it is now causing DNA to mutate in people who drink it, warns a research commissioned by the

ICMR unveils ‘20 Grand Challenges’ to control the most deadly diseases

Nov 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), along with several of the world’s most renowned health scientists and organizations has come out with a landmark global

Sri Lankans going to India told to get polio vaccine

Nov 18 : Sri Lankans planning to visit India have been asked to take the polio vaccine so that they don’t carry back home the polio virus that has affected 367 Indians this year alone.

India-US conference to work toward healthcare partnerships

Nov 18 : Healthcare experts from India and the United States will meet here Nov 19-20 to identify common concerns and make policy recommendations for the two countries and to

Haryana doctor jailed for sex determination test

Nov 17 : A court in Haryana’s Rohtak city has convicted a doctor for illegally conducting a sex determination test of a foetus in violation of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT)

Medical journal slams popularity of homoeopathy in India

Nov 16 : Even as homeopathy gains popularity in India, it is coming under pressure in

Hyderabad researchers debunk pancreatic stone formation theory

Nov 14 : A research conducted at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad has ruled out the role of one of the most important candidate genes for pancreatic stone formation.

Doctors reconstruct anus of two-day-old baby

Nov 13 : In a rare surgery, doctors in the capital have successfully reconstructed the anus of a two-day-old baby girl who was born without the organ.

Doctor jailed for illegal ultrasound machine

Nov 13 : A doctor in Punjab has been sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment by a court for possessing an ultrasound machine without mandatory registration.