Legislation introduced for Veteran Affairs to hire foreign health professionals on H-1B visasIf signed into a law, the legislation would make it easier for VA (veteran affairs) and State Veterans Homes to hire foreign employees on H...
26 May, 2023, 10.32 AM IST
Matthew Perry 'grateful' to Jennifer Aniston for reaching out the most during his addiction strugglesPerry shot to fame for his portrayal of the socially-awkward Chandler Bing in 'Friends'.
26 Oct, 2022, 10.00 AM IST
Reduce Tobacco Harm: Not Letting The Excellent Be The Enemy of Good18 Oct, 2022, 05.20 PM IST
India prime destination for darknet traded drugs in South Asia: ReportThe Vienna-headquartered International Narcotcis Control Board (INCB) has published its annual report for 2021 putting spotlight on the Sou...
11 Mar, 2022, 04.52 PM IST
Big central bankers have big problemsThe Fed and ECB are being forced to act, even if it won’t do any good.
10 Sep, 2019, 10.13 AM IST
Indian-origin doctor gets 9 years jail for health care fraud in USJain previously entered guilty pleas in February 2016 to one count of unlawfully dispensing a controlled substance and one count of health ...
11 May, 2019, 11.31 AM IST
Aurobindo in last lap to buy Mallinckrodt’s US generics businessMallinckrodt has the world’s most diverse line of bulk medicinal controlled substances including fentanyl, methadone, hydrocodone, hydromor...
10 Jul, 2018, 07.04 AM IST
Opioids can make your pain worse, says studyThe researchers said that the recent escalation of opioid prescriptions in humans may be a contributor to chronic pain.
31 May, 2016, 02.20 PM IST
India to set up SAARC centre against drugs abuse menace: Hasmukh AdhiaThe proposed regional forum called the South Asian Regional Intelligence and Coordination Centre on Transnational Organised Crime was moote...
15 Mar, 2016, 03.57 PM IST
- Punjab losing battle against drug addiction, says study
Punjab has lost the battle against drug addiction even before it has begun, a study by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Del...
08 Feb, 2016, 11.41 AM IST
AIIMS to start permanent centre for opiate addiction treatmentThe initiative would slash down the treatment cost nearly half of the therapy currently being followed country-wide to treat such patients.
05 May, 2013, 01.26 PM IST
Michael Jackson died of lethal levels of potent medicines and drugsJackson was on a diet of deadly cocktail potent enough to have killed a normal person instantly but his body had developed a tolerance. All...
11 Jul, 2009, 01.16 PM IST
- Pharmaland: sometimes it’s all in the name
India will have to get its entire healthcare and pharma sector regulatory structure in place
08 Sep, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Rangarajan talks condoms & licensing of HIV drugs
As chairman of a pan-Asian commission studying HIV/AIDS,Chakravarti Rangarajan has been meeting sex workers across the continent.
01 Dec, 2007, 12.02 PM IST
- Beijing reports first death from AIDS
Beijing has reported its first death from AIDS amid a sharp rise in the spread of the deadly disease in the Chinese capital especially amon...
26 Aug, 2006, 10.23 AM IST