All posts tagged "AIIMS"

30-minute sunbath a week can make infants Vitamin-D sufficient: Study

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]-By Bhavya Khullar Exposing 40 per cent of baby’s body to the sun for 30 mins a week will make infant Vitamin-D sufficient within 6 months...

Rajiv Kumar appointed vice-chairman of NITI Aayog

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Will replace Arvind Panagariya at government policy think-tank Dr Rajiv Kumar, the former head of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), has been...

Bihar health minister says ‘Virgin means Unmarried Girl’, kicks up row

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The minister, Mangal Pandey, had said there was nothing wrong in Patna-based Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) asking doctors to declare their virginity and...

India’s first trauma registry raises hope for accident victims

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Dinesh C Sharma Over 1.4 million lives are lost in road accidents in India every year and, for every death, many more are severely injured...

Blood test possible to diagnose liver fibrosis: new study

By Bhavya Khullar Doctors have long been using biopsy to diagnose liver fibrosis. A new study says it may be possible to diagnose the liver disease...

New way found to improve efficacy of TB treatment

By Bhavya Khullar At a time when a global report on tuberculosis treatment found India’s plans inadequate, there is some welcome news from home. Indian scientists...

Gujarat’s Nishita Purohit tops AIIMS

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of nearly 3 lakh candidates, close to 5,000 qualify The All India Institute of Medical Sciences has announced the results of its MBBS entrance exam after...

Research scholar commits suicide at IIT Delhi campus

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The body of the woman, Manjula Devak, was found hanging at her flat around 7.38 pm New Delhi: A 27 year old Ph.D final year student...

AIIMS Treatment may get dearer after FM asked to review user charges

PM Modi addressing a rally in Bhatinda