Drats, there's a rat problem! but hold on to your hatsNYC's rodent infestation prompts unconventional solutions, including a proposed birth control plan using ContraPest. The city's battle agai...
04 May, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
UK launches first trial of hormone-free male birth control pill. Details insideUK trials hormone-free male pill, YCT-529, blocking vitamin A for contraception. Promising, reversible, and side-effect-free; trial ends Ju...
20 Dec, 2023, 09.07 PM IST
Sumeet Vyas gushes about director Sudhir Mishra, says working on his upcoming film ‘Afwaah’ helped him evolve as an actor'Afwaah' has been described as a quirky thriller with a message.
05 Jan, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
Abortion Pill: What is Japan debating?In such a regressive approach, Japanese women are not allowed to take birthing decisions alone as they will need their partner’s consent to...
31 Aug, 2022, 06.23 PM IST
Family planning vision 2030 to focus on men to check populationStrategies to overcome teenage childbearing, lack of male participation in awareness programmes, migration and lack of access to contracept...
28 Jul, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
Male contraceptive pill found 99% effective in miceEver since the female birth control pill was first approved in the 1960s, researchers have been interested in a male equivalent.
24 Mar, 2022, 01.01 AM IST
Molnupiravir not to be included in COVID-19 clinical management protocol as of nowThe experts of the task force cited safety concerns and argued that Molnupiravir was not of much benefit in Covid treatment to arrive at th...
11 Jan, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Covid antiviral drug Molnupiravir has 'major safety concerns', says ICMRFlagging the various health concerns surrounding the Covid anti-viral drug Molnupiravir, ICMR’s Dr Balram Bhargava said that Merck’s corona...
06 Jan, 2022, 04.23 PM IST
New male contraceptive pill is safe, and doesn't affect libidoThe contraceptive, called 11-beta-MNTDC, is a modified testosterone.
27 Mar, 2019, 05.10 PM IST
International Women's Health Day: Facial hair, acne can mean PCOSHere is what women need to know about PCOS.
28 May, 2018, 12.27 PM IST
Revealed: The truth behind the 'emergency contraceptive pill'Morning-after pills, doctors say, should be used to prevent pregnancy only in the case of an unexpected lapse such as a condom break.
11 Jul, 2016, 02.54 PM IST
One step closer towards male contraceptiveResearchers led by Gunda I Georg, of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, have taken a promising step towards creating a male c...
26 Apr, 2016, 09.18 AM IST
New research may lead to birth control 'pill' for menThe drugs are given to transplant recipients to reduce the risk that the patient's body will reject its new organ.
04 Oct, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
Government to go ahead with birth control injectionsDrugs Technical Advisory Board's recommendations are based on studies conducted by the ICMR in India for injectable contraceptives.
27 Sep, 2015, 11.03 AM IST
Crackdown on female foeticide in Maharashtra creates shortage of abortion pillsA crackdown on female foeticide in Maharashtra has, triggering a shortage of medicines used to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
07 Sep, 2012, 04.50 AM IST
- Population growth rate dips to 17%; India sees 4% decrease from 21% in 10 years
Gurgaon and Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar) are among the top five places in India that recorded the highest decadal growth rate in population.
05 May, 2012, 10.00 AM IST
- America all set to get into the 'mood'
At last the land of the Kamasutra will connect with the American male as Moods enters the US market.
22 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST