Health

New Delhi, Oct 11 : There has been a 40 per cent decline in knee replacement surgeries in India due to Covid, said experts here on Monday, ahead of the World Arthritis Day on October 12.The elderly have seen an increased vulnerability for Covid infec…

Panaji, Oct 11 : The National Organisation For Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), an anti-tobacco organisation, has welcomed Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s decision to withdraw from surrogate ads promoting tobacco products on his 79th birthday.The N…

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that he will look into the matter on how a hospital charged Rs 1.8 crore from a patient.In a written reply to Congress MP Manish Tewari, Mandaviya said, “I am having the matte…

Agartala, Oct 11 : A top CPI-M leader in Tripura and the party’s central committee member Bijan Dhar died at a Kolkata Hospital on Monday following post Covid-19 complications, doctors and party sources said.He was 70.Dhar, who was the Convener of th…

Bhopal, Oct 11 : A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have in a review identified the biomolecular relationships between Covid-19, ageing, and diabetes. The review, published in the journal Mol…

Chennai, Oct 11 : The Tamil Nadu health department has vaccinated 22.5 lakh people in the fifth mega vaccination drive.The drive had targeted 15 lakh people, but achieved much more than the target. According to the statement from the state health de…

Kolkata, Oct 11 : The Covid protocol went for a toss as thousands of people criss-crossed the city on Panchami night on Monday even two days before the official beginning of the pujas.If this is an indicator then it is going to be a crowded puja this…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 11 : Popular Malayalam actor Nedumudi Venu, who was admitted to a private hospital here, is reported to be in a serious condition, doctors treating him said on Monday.The 73-year-old actor, who has acted in more than 500 films…

New Delhi, Oct 11 : India on Monday reported 18,132 fresh Covid cases, the lowest single-day infections in the last 215 days, and 193 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said.The new fatalities have increased the overall death toll to 4,50,782.The reco…

Lucknow, Oct 11 : A team of experts from the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow has developed a mobile phone application that will answer all queries related to orthopaedic and trauma issues in children.Named ‘Bal Asthi Mitra’, the ap…