medicine
- Hyderabad
Doctors who study death ran for life: Hyderabad forensic experts hold health marathon
Hyderabad: In a first-of-its-kind event in India, autopsy surgeons took to the streets to fight preventable deaths. They spend their days examining the dead. On Sunday morning, May 10, they ran for…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Police warn parents, students against medical seat scams after NEET UG
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Police has issued a strong advisory cautioning parents and students against falling prey to fraudsters promising medical seats, especially in the wake of the NEET UG examination. City Police…
- Health
Chatbots fall short on medical accuracy, new study warns
New Delhi: An analysis of five chatbots’ responses to health and medicine questions has revealed that a substantial amount of medical information is inaccurate and incomplete. The findings, published in The British…
- India
Public advisory issued after theft of life saving insulin batch during transit
A public advisory has been issued after a life saving insulin batch manufactured by Sanofi India Limited was reportedly stolen. As per the officials, the medicine could become unsafe if it is…
- Health
Study finds anti-cholesterol drugs may reduce risk of death in diabetes patients
New Delhi: Statins, which help treat high cholesterol, may significantly reduce risk of death and major cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes, including among those considered at low cardiovascular risk,…
- Technology
Medicines alone will not solve global obesity woes: WHO
New Delhi: While obesity is growing as a global health challenge contributing to millions of preventable deaths each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in a new report on Monday, said that…
- Telangana
DCA raids unqualified practitioner’s clinic in Telangana
Hyderabad: Officials from the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) on Tuesday raided the premises of an unqualified practitioner, Gadam Manoj, in Medaram village, Tadvai mandal, Mulugu district, based on specific information. During the…
- World
Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
West Palm Beach: President Donald Trump said Sunday that he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the…
- Telangana
DCA Telangana conducts 65 seizures of medicines worth over Rs 3 lakh in March
Hyderabad: In March, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana carried out 65 seizures related to various offences involving medicines. During raids, the DCA seized stocks worth Rs 3.03 lakh and detected…
- Telangana
DCA urges pharmacies to verify drug licenses to curb illegal medicine sales
Hyderabad: The Drug Control Administration asked retail medical shops and pharmacies to mandatorily verify the genuineness of the drug license held by the wholesaler or distributor (located in Telangana) on the ODLS…
- Hyderabad
Tablets worth Rs 1.5L being sold as food products seized in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Telangana Drug Control Administration (DCA) on Friday, January 3, seized tablets worth Rs 1.5 lakh from a medical store in Hyderabad. These tablets were being sold as food products. The Alcium-D3…
- Telangana
Telangana: Illegal medicine stock seized at Chandanagar dental clinic
Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana, acting on credible information regarding the illegal stocking and sale of medicines, raided Dr. Anand’s Dental Clinic in Chandanagar, Rangareddy District, on Tuesday. Officials…
- Featured News
Blending medicine and mirth: Abid Moiz highlights doctor-writers and Urdu humour
Hyderabad: It is nothing short of a challenge to read what doctors write. Try as much as you can, you can’t decipher their writing. In most cases, one will throw up his…
- Middle East
Video: Kuwait opens its first sleep medicine center
Kuwait City: The Kuwaiti government has officially opened its first sleep medicine center, a state-of-the-art facility aimed at treating sleep disorders like sleep apnea, snoring, and chronic fatigue. The center was established…
- Telangana
Telangana: DCA seizes ayurvedic medicine for misleading claims
The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) officials in Telangana recently detected an ayurvedic medicine, MENSET Forte Syrup, circulating in the market with misleading claims on its label that it treats “disorders of menstrual…
