Tag: Diseases
“ECHO aims to help expand India’s medical care reach-out capacity”
In an exclusive joint face to face interaction with Dr Arvind Lal, Founder and Chairman, Dr Lal PathLabs; Dr Sanjeev Arora, Founder and Director, Project ECHO; and Dr Kumud Rai, Head, ECHO India, the BioVoice tried to understand the efforts behind Project ECHO, an initiative to increase and extend the medical care capacity to far off and rural areas. Read on:
India’s health status improving, but major inequities exist between states
India’s health report card is a result of an exercise initiated in 2015 by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.....
California Walnut Commission organizes scientific & health research meeting in New...
The meeting has set the momentum to explore new areas of study, discuss health concerns, and the role walnuts can play in a healthy lifestyle within the Indian population..........
Omega-6 fats may help prevent type 2 diabetes!
A simple change in diet might protect people from developing type 2 diabetes, reveals the study by the George Institute for Global Health........
Govt to intensify Mission Indradhanush, target full immunization coverage by 2018
In the past it has been seen that the increase in immunization coverage had slowed down and it increased at the rate of 1% per year between 2009 and 2013...........
GNH India clears audit to trade ‘Orphan Drugs’ with UK
With this new development, GNH India becomes one more pharma wholesaler among few to have forayed into the United Kingdom market as a legal distributor of rare and life-saving drugs..........
Researchers find cholesterol link to tackle drug resistance
The scientists at te Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have come out with a finding that the entry of disease-causing microbes into human cells can be cut down significantly by reducing the level of cholesterol.....
Vaccination & deworming combine offers better TB Protection, suggest scientists
The scientists at the National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai found that latent TB patients with worm infestation had lower numbers of immune cells called B-cells that secrete antibodies which keep TB under check..........
Experts deliberate over all time relevance of an HIV-AIDS vaccine
While the India’s HIV epidemic is slowing down with a 32 percent decline in new infections during 2015, experts feel that the development of vaccine is still very important............
BioVoice eMag February 2017 Issue-9 Volume-1
BioVoice eMag February 2017 Issue-9 Volume-1:
This edition of BioVoice in its detailed cover story highlights the gains and pains of the budget 2017. The...






























































