Kolkata:17 infants have reportedly died in a Kolkata hospital in a span of 70 hours.

New Delhi: The Planning Commission task force has offered to provide universal healthcare to the citizens of India by introducing a new cess for funding.

Ahmedabad: As many as 15 out of 100 diabetic patients tend to develop foot ulcers, warn experts.

Lucknow: Encephalitis claimed 500 lives of children so far in Uttar Pradesh.

Washington: A recent survey done by Worldwatch Institute found that nearly two billion people across the world are obese.

New Delhi: Cardiovascular diseases to cause maximum number of deaths by 2020 in the country, said Health minister Gulam Nabi Azad.

New Delhi: A latest study by Confederation of India Industry (CII) found that of all the HIV infections in the country, 39 per cent are victims are women.

New York: The measles death in children globally are declining, says a recent report prepared by the United States health department.

New Delhi: Fearing polio virus threat from Pakistan, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has begun anti-polio vaccination drive at Attari land and rail border.

Ahmedabad: A recent survey conducted by a number of diagnostic clinics has shown that young people in Ahmadabad have high cholesterol levels, mainly those between the age of 25 and 45.

New Delhi: India expects to achieve the World Health Organization’s recommended norm of one doctor per 1000 population by 2028.

Gandhinagar: Gujarat is witnessing an unprecedented rise in malaria cases. More than 8000 cases of malaria have been reported over the last two weeks.

Nairobi: East Africa which is under the grip of the worst disease kala azar will get new treatment soon. A new combination of therapy has been developed called Sodium Stibogluconate & Paromomycin (SSG&PM) which is cheaper and nearly halves the length of treatment from a 30 day course of injections to 17 days.

New Delhi: The diabetes population in India is rising at a whooping rate with 30 per cent increase in the number of patients over the last four years.

New York: The United Nations Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Summit in New York is unlikely to set a target for minimum salt consumption level.

New Delhi: On the occasion of National Eye Donation Day today the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and wife Gursharan Singh pledged to donate their eyes.

New Delhi: India soon to become polio free as only one case was recorded in 2011 , that of a one and a half year old girl in West Bengal.

New Delhi: The Medical Council of India (MCI) may soon introduce a new guideline that the doctors across the country should spend more than 10 minutes with a patient and more if the case of the patient so desires to upgrade doctor – patient relationship.

New Delhi: In a welcome move, the Supreme Court (SC) has directed 10 multi speciality hospitals in the city to provide free treatment for poor.

New Delhi: Indians have the unhealthiest lungs, says a year-long study conducted in seven centers across the country.