Patients may score slightly lower on certain memory tests after undergoing surgery, a study suggests. The study published in the journal Anaesthesia involved 312 participants…
View More Surgery may affect patients” memory: New studyCategory: Health
Doctors confirm torture victim had developed renal failure
Doctors have told an investigation team that a Kupwara man who had accused the army of torturing him in custody, had developed acute renal failure…
View More Doctors confirm torture victim had developed renal failureJammu hospitals face shortage of life saving drugs, necessary items
Lack of coordination between Health department and Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited is making patients suffer in the government run hospitals in the…
View More Jammu hospitals face shortage of life saving drugs, necessary itemsPortable paper-based DNA test can rapidly diagnose diseases
A team of researchers has developed a mini, portable paper-based DNA test that can rapidly diagnose diseases as well as display results that can be…
View More Portable paper-based DNA test can rapidly diagnose diseasesExcess calcium in brain up Parkinson’s risk
While calcium helps to build and protect your bones, excess levels of the mineral in brain cells may lead to the formation of toxic clusters…
View More Excess calcium in brain up Parkinson’s riskNo home for the mentally ill
As many as 30 people who don’t need institutional mental care anymore after having undergone prolonged treatments are stuck at the Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, some…
View More No home for the mentally illEach year, six lakh newborns die within 28 days of birth in India: Study
A quarter of global neonatal deaths happen in India where nearly 600,000 newborns die within 28 days of their birth every year, according to a…
View More Each year, six lakh newborns die within 28 days of birth in India: StudyAbsence of staff at sub-centre Jumgund :Locals stage protest, Health authorities order probe
Alleged absence of staff of sub-centre Jumgund here triggered protest following which health authorities ordered an inquiry into the matter. Locals of Jumgund alleged that…
View More Absence of staff at sub-centre Jumgund :Locals stage protest, Health authorities order probeAbsence of staff quarters in DH Rajouri affects patient care
With patient care in the local District Hospital (DH) getting affected due to lack of residential quarters for staff, both doctors and paramedics, the government…
View More Absence of staff quarters in DH Rajouri affects patient careHealth sector in Jammu and Kashmir has improved considerably: Officials
Jammu and Kashmir has made a considerable improvement in health sector over the years as the state has better parameters than the corresponding national average…
View More Health sector in Jammu and Kashmir has improved considerably: Officials