The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed by the United Nations on the 3rd of December every year since 1992. It aims to promote understanding of disability and to support persons living with disability. “Breaking the wall of silence “ Dr Meenesh Juvekar ENT surgeon of international repute. He is attached to Bombay […]

New Delhi, December 1st, 2022: India’s leading healthcare provider, Max Healthcare (MHC) today said it has entered into an agreement with Georgia’s largest healthcare provider Evex Hospitals to set up Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) program at two of its hospitals in Tbilisi, Georgia. As per the agreement, this program involves setting up a fully functional

17880 Mumbai citizens died due to heart disease in 2021 Mumbai- According to data provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) showed that in 2019, a total of 5,849 patients lost their lives to heart attacks in Mumbai. This dropped slightly by 3.6 percent when in 2020, 5,633 patients succumbed to the disease. But, to

Observing World AIDS Day, 2022, Mankind Pharma Limited’s brand Manforce Condoms, has launched an initiative #MakeADifferenceWithManforce to create awareness around asymptomatic HIV infection. The objective of the campaign is to increase public awareness about the asymptomatic stage of HIV, which can take years to develop into AIDS, and in which case, people usually neglect the

Mumbai, November 2022: Inspired bythe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,Quick Heal, the leading cybersecurity service provider through its CSR initiative donated ‘Arogya Yan’, a fully equipped medical van, to the rural community in Barpeta, Assam. In collaboration with Srijan Ek Soch, a local NGO, this initiative aims at making basic treatment and necessary testing accessible

In India, of the approximately 2.35 million people living with HIV (PLHIV), only 1.78 million know their status.[i],[ii] Important gains made in HIV testing nationwide have also been threatened over recent years, with people facing obstacles to accessing diagnostics during the pandemic. Bridging India’s testing gap is essential to strengthen the nation’s infection response and

November 2022, Bangalore: One of the more important signs of the development of a nation is measured in infant mortality. A UN report says the current infant mortality rate for India in 2022 is 27.695 deaths per 1000 live births. Thankfully the number of neonatal (newborn) mortalities and morbidities have decreased significantly. One reason is

Mumbai/Hyderabad/Kochi November 2022: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting about 60 lakh people in India. In 70 % of these patients, seizures can be controlled with medical treatment. However, 30 % of patients, (approximately 16 lakh patients in India), have drug-resistant epilepsy which is a severe form of epilepsy that does

By Soumita Biswas, Chief Nutritionist, Aster RV Hospital Negative calorie food refers to those items that consume more energy during their digestion, in comparison to the amount of energy they give to the body. We can say that the calorie cost of digesting the food would be greater than its energy content. These foods are

By: Dr S K Pal, Urologist, Apollo Spectra Delhi, Nehru Enclave Delhi – Prostate cancer is one of the common cancers that men tend to suffer from. Though, ones suffering from prostate cancer may rarely showcase any symptoms at an early stage. But there are a few red flags that you need not miss, and