Health

New Delhi, Oct 16 : A three-year-long study involving nearly 28,000 adults has shown that a smartphone app and a connected monitor were able to help them significantly lower their blood pressure.The programme, called Hello Heart, let people track the…

New Delhi, Oct 15 : The public health education system should not just be at par with the international level, but it should also be able to respond to public health issues at local levels in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said …

New Delhi, Oct 15 : The Congress on Friday demanded an apology from Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for clicking a picture while visiting former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in AIIMS.”Everything is a ‘Photo Op’ for BJP.Shame on Health Minister, wh…

New Delhi, Oct 15 : There is a global need to focus on expanding primary Covid vaccination coverage before booster doses, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday.”There is more than enough evidence now to sho…

New Delhi, Oct 15 : The national capital on Friday reported 26 fresh Covid cases, taking its total tally to 14,39,337, as per the Delhi Health Department bulletin.However, no fatality has been reported in the city for the last five days.The city’s de…

Kochi, Oct 15 : Kerala’s first artificial heart implantation was successfully performed at a private hospital on a 61-year-old woman patient.The cardiothoracic surgical team at VPS Lakeshore hospital implanted the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15 : Kerala’s daily Covid tally continued to fluctuate with 8,867 people turned positive on Friday from 79,554 samples tested in the past 24 hours, and the test positivity rate at 11.14 per cent, said a statement from Chief Mi…

New Delhi, Oct 15 : Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s health condition is improving, said AIIMS here on Friday.An AIIMS official told IANS that Singh’s health condition was ‘improving now from the infection caused by fever’.The official said: “F…

New Delhi, Oct 15 : The severe outbreak of Covid-19 in Delhi this year showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it can infect individuals previously infected by a different strains of the virus, accordin…

New Delhi, Oct 15 : Google has introduced some new accessibility features on Chromebooks, including making its Select-to-speak tool more fluid and easier to understand.For people with dyslexia, low vision, those learning a new language or people who …