Category: Health

Rising prevalence of chronic back pain, degenerative joint conditions and posture-related musculoskeletal disorders are subtly redefining how households approach everyday health as preventive care increasingly takes precedence over reactive treatment. What was once viewed as an inevitable by-product of modern living is now recognised as a modifiable health risk, driving a shift towards early, home-based interventions. […]

Cervical cancer kills nearly 80,000 women in India each year. Most cases are detected late, and low awareness, limited screening and low HPV vaccination leave the disease largely preventable. Cervical cancer remains one of India’s deadliest yet most preventable cancers, claiming nearly 80,000 lives every year, a toll higher than any other country, according to estimates […]

Once seen as a last resort, bone marrow transplantation is now being viewed as a potential cure for several rare blood disorders. What has changed and why doctors say early referral can make all the difference. Read here Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is gaining renewed attention as a curative option for patients with rare and life-threatening […]

The three-day conference is looking at how governments can more effectively regulate traditional medicine, while using new scientific tools to determine which treatments are safe, effective and suitable for inclusion in modern healthcare systems. The World Health Organization (WHO) opened a major conference on traditional medicine in New Delhi on Wednesday, making the case that modern […]

Public health experts say the current wave of H3N2 influenza is being fuelled not just by colder temperatures but by a complex mix of environmental stressors, immunity gaps following the Covid-19 pandemic, low influenza vaccination uptake and sustained exposure to hazardous air pollution. India is witnessing an unusually sharp surge in H3N2 influenza cases this winter, […]

The FDA is planning its strongest safety alert for Covid-19 vaccines as debates over risks, including myocarditis in young males, intensify, according to a report The US FDA is preparing to add a “black box” warning — its strongest safety alert —to Covid-19 vaccines, according to a CNN report, citing people familiar with the plan. A […]

In the US, an estimated 20 million adults suffer from depression. They now have a reason to cheer. Soon, many of them will be able to treat themselves at home with the help of a new headset. The first-of-its-kind device got a nod from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is ready to be […]

A critically ill 58-year-old Iraqi patient with just 15% heart function and multi-organ failure recovered after a high-risk double TEER valve repair, avoiding a heart transplant through advanced minimally invasive intervention. A 58-year-old Iraqi man suffering from critical heart failure and multi-organ dysfunction has survived one of the most complex cardiac interventions performed in India. On […]

At Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Intensive care unit consultant Dr Karim Fouad Alber had a few questions when he and his colleagues were asked by his hospital to start washing their hands less. “I had multiple questions,” he recalled while speaking to The Telegraph. The first sounds pretty reasonable. “Whether (not handwashing) was going to be clean […]

The UK’s National Health Service faces record hospital admissions as a highly contagious H3N2 “super flu” surges, compounded by staff shortages and strikes, prompting urgent calls for vaccination and responsible healthcare use. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is confronting an escalating flu crisis this December as a highly transmissible “super flu”, largely linked to the […]