How five doctors saved the life of an 18-month-old girl mid-air on Bengaluru-Delhi flightA 1.5-year-old girl, who stopped breathing on a Vistara flight from Bengaluru to Delhi, was saved by a group of five doctors. The doctors, ...
29 Aug, 2023, 03.50 PM IST
States need to boost pediatric facilities: Experts warn of a third wave dangerous for kidsThe Home Ministry had asked the committee to put together a report on the same. The report has said, “paediatric facilities — doctors, staf...
23 Aug, 2021, 02.50 PM IST
Cascade of rare complications deepen India’s coronavirus miseryAn uptick in cases across India of a dangerous inflammatory syndrome in children -- also seen in the U.S. and Europe at the height of their...
21 May, 2021, 07.20 AM IST
Kerala's first Human Milk Bank to be opened on February 5Set up with the support of the Rotary Club of Cochin Global, the milk bank is to ensure breast milk for newborn babies, who are not being b...
02 Feb, 2021, 02.01 PM IST
Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took overThe session with parents fell in the chaotic first months of Donald Trump's presidency. After an inaugural address proclaiming ``America fi...
26 Oct, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
Meet the persons of Indian origin who are a picture of American healthWhile Indian IT professionals and entrepreneurs have made a mark in the US, Indian doctors too have notched up some significant achievement...
01 Oct, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
Johnson & Johnson launches YouTube Channel amid growing baby related searchesOngoing dialogue with moms and research revealed a need-gap for millennial parents in India regarding reliable and researched baby care inf...
20 Oct, 2016, 06.40 PM IST
Indians growing taller, but fall short in world orderThe findings emerge from a massive study of human height measurements involving 1,470 earlier studies covering over 18.6 mn participants in...
14 Aug, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
Meerut girl part of US team that cracked Zika structureDevika Sirohi, 29, is the youngest member of a team of seven researchers which has determined the structure of Zika virus.
06 Apr, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
IMA to create awareness about anti-child abuse laws among doctorsThe programme, which has already been launched at the national and state level among doctors, will soon be expanded to educational institut...
07 Aug, 2015, 01.39 PM IST
Gynaecologists, Pediatricians needed in quake-hit Nepal: IMADeath toll in Nepal's devastating earthquake today jumped to 7,040 with another 14,123 people injured, according to the Nepalese Police.
03 May, 2015, 05.18 PM IST
Smartphone app detects jaundice in newborns in minutesResearchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a smartphone app that checks for jaundice in newborns and can deliver results t...
28 Aug, 2014, 05.49 PM IST
Most doctors in urban India are not MBBS: StudyIn a shocking representation of the lack of essential healthcare, the largest chunk of doctors in the country do not hold the MBBS degree.
03 Aug, 2013, 10.48 AM IST
- Working mothers an important asset for organisations: Survey
A satisfying woman at work is always a better caregiver at home, according to Timesjobs Survey on working mothers.
02 Apr, 2013, 06.28 PM IST
- Ghulam Nabi Azad's plan to ensure medical students' India return is just a quick fix
Indian politicians have a penchant for the outlandish, which gets manifest every now and then as policy statements, and at times, as policy...
12 May, 2012, 06.51 AM IST
- Maharashtra FDA takes Complan to court over 'tall' claim
Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has filed a chargesheet in the Mazgaon metropolitan magistrate's court against health drin...
09 Jul, 2010, 10.27 AM IST
- Why is nimesulide still prescribed to kids?
Banned across world for side-effects, drug is being used in India to bring down fever in children.
20 Jul, 2007, 07.00 AM IST