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Encephalitis toll rises to 221 in Bihar
22 Jun 2012 7:35 AM ISTEncephalitis toll in Bihar has risen to 221 since May this year following death of 12 more patients yesterday, official sources said.Altogether 153...
'Knee replacement not an emergency'
22 Jun 2012 7:15 AM ISTA patient has been treated as an emergency case or not cannot be decided on the basis of the doctor’s certificate always, the Central Administrative...
Govt order for hospital to serve poor stayed
19 Jun 2012 7:55 AM ISTThe Delhi High Court has stayed an order of the central government incorporating a fresh condition in 42-year-old lease deed of St Stephens Hospital...
Fight the flab this summer
18 Jun 2012 8:43 AM ISTSummers are the time when you would like to flaunt those teeny-weeny shorts and show off a toned body in some itsy-bitsy clothing after you shed all...
Patient fighting flesh-eating bacteria gets skin graft
18 Jun 2012 7:14 AM ISTA 24-year-old American woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria underwent a successful graft to replace swaths of her damaged skin, her father said.The...
AIIMS, IIT to study stress in doctors
18 Jun 2012 6:23 AM ISTThe AIIMS Trauma Centre has joined hands with IIT-Delhi to determine the stress level in doctors and nurses managing emergency cases.The study is...
Locals protest against power substation
18 Jun 2012 6:19 AM ISTExtremely concerned about health hazards caused due to a high-power sub-station close to their residence, the residents of Gaur Green City in...
Dads get baby bumps too: study
16 Jun 2012 2:44 PM ISTWeight gain by new mothers is well documented but just ahead of Father's Day a new research in the UK has claimed that dads put on around ten kgs...
Encephalitis kills 7 more in Bihar, toll 150
16 Jun 2012 2:09 PM ISTSeven more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome [AES] Friday in Muzaffarpur and Patna districts of Bihar, taking the state's death toll to 150...
10-year-old gets blood vessel from stem cells
15 Jun 2012 8:19 AM ISTFor the first time, scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher have successfully replaced a major blood vessel in a 10-year-old girl with a vein...
Pak cleric warns of jihad against polio vaccine
14 Jun 2012 8:05 AM ISTA cleric in Pakistan's Punjab province has warned that a jihad would be launched against polio vaccination teams at a time when the World Health...
3,041 deaths in 3 years at AIIMS trauma centre
14 Jun 2012 7:19 AM ISTAn average of three persons have died everyday at the AIIMS Trauma Centre in the last three years, causing up to over 3,000 deaths in the last three...