Health News
- Shifting strategies needed to curb noncommunicable diseases in India An estimated 5.2 million deaths per year in India are caused by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and the number is expected to grow in the coming decades. ... Read more..
- Delamanid may be beneficial as an add-on therapy to the standard treatment regimen of multidrug resistant tuberculosis The investigational antibiotic delamanid increased 2-month sputum-culture conversion in patients with multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). This wa... Read more..
- Pilot program in Tamil Nadu focuses on acute care of ST-elevation myocardial infarction A treatment plan for the acute care of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has been launched within a large rural district of Tamil Nadu, I... Read more..
- Melinda Gates pledges $560 million for contraception (Reuters) - Melinda Gates has pledged $560 million as part of a campaign to expand access to contraception for women in some of the poorest countries in the wor... Read more..