Firstpost |
Gilead to license hepatitis C drug to lower-cost manufacturers in India
Firstpost The World Health Organization estimates that about three percent of the world’s population has been infected with the hepatitis C virus and that more than 170 million chronic carriers are at risk of developing liver cirrhosis, liver cancer or both … |
Gilead to license hepatitis C drug to lower-cost manufacturers in IndiaMSN MoneyThe Foster City, California-based company has said the price is fair because the treatment offers a potential cure for the liver-destroying virus without injections of inte…
Concern over rise in liver diseasesHindu Business LineGlobal Hospitals, which specialises in liver diseases management, has expressed concern over the growing incidence of liver diseases in India, especially in the wake of lifestyle disorders. K Ravind…
Daily Mail |
‘Sorcerer’ sentenced to death in India for decapitating a baby and drinking …
Daily Mail In another area of India, a seven-year-old was murdered so her liver could be offered as a sacrifice to the gods ‘in exchange for a fertile crop’. Sarkar was reported to have been a self-taught ‘tantrik’, a practitioner of Hindu spiritual studies which … India: Occultist Sentenced to Death for Beheading Baby and Sucking its BloodInternational Business Times UK |
Times of India |
Cancer Incidence Likely To Rise Five-fold In India By 2025
Odisha Sun Times “Incidence of cancer has increased in India, especially prostate cancer in elderly men besides kidney, penis and intestine cancer,” Nayan Kumar Mohanty, director, Department of Urology, Saket City Hospital said. Manju Khemani, Head of the Department … Cancer incidence likely to rise five-fold in India by 2025: ExpertsZee News World Cancer Day: Cases of Cancer to rise five-fold in India by 2025, say expertsMicrofinance Monitor World Cancer Day 2014: New cancer cases to increase five-fold by 2025India.Com Health |
India.Com HealthWorld Cancer Day 2014: Two out of three cancer cases can be prevented!India.Com HealthThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and FSSA (Govt of India) have agreed that flavoured smokeless tobacco (SLT) products are unsafe food. There …
International Business Times UK |
India: Occultist Sentenced to Death for Beheading Baby and Sucking its Blood
International Business Times UK Last year, a seven-year-old girl was murdered by two men and her liver offered as a sacrifice to ‘gods’ for better crop yield. The incident took place in a tribal district of Chhattisgarh state. To report problems or to leave feedback about this … ‘Sorcerer’ sentenced to death in India for decapitating a baby and drinking …Daily Mail |
India.Com Health |
7 essentials every pregnant woman’s diet should have
India.Com Health Liver and poultry products are rich source of this vitamin. ‘Sprouted beans are also a best source of this vitamin. Just when the bean germinates it becomes the storehouse of vitamin B12,’ informs Deepshikha. Soya milk fortified with vitamin B12 would … |
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Editorial: Medical tourism
Financial Express While critics continue to carp about the seven star quality of India’s top hospitals, it is useful to keep in mind the huge opportunity this presents the country in terms of medical tourism—that is, patients coming in from overseas to get a bypass, a … |
Financial ExpressLiver tumours found in mice exposed to plasticFinancial ExpressLiver tumours found in mice exposed to plastic. Press Trust of India | Washington | Updated: Feb 04 2014, 21:18 IST. Print. Comments 0. Scientists have found liver … In o…