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Glucose remains best test for diabetes diagnosis; HbA1c cannot be used as single test, says top expert

antibiotics

Govt doctors flag shortage of medicines in state hospitals

family welfare

Union Health Minister JP Nadda releases lung cancer treatment and palliation guidelines

health

Twenty-two people detected with jaundice symptoms in Indore’s Mhow, 8 hospitalised

AIIMS doctor

‘Covid vaccine not linked to sudden deaths among young people’: AIIMS Doctor on one-year observational report

brands

Health dept directs tests on eggs after rumours about detection of carcinogenic agent

cardiovascular risk

Study finds pregnancy hypertension raises women’s cardiovascular risk

cough syrup

Medical education dept too issues guidelines on cough syrup use

arrested

DCGI issues directive to states, UTs on strict compliance with drug testing rules after 20 deaths linked to Coldrif syrup

children

Health Department release guidelines on using cough syrups for children

Liver fat, not weight, predicts health risks in children with obesity, scientists say

ambulance driver

Private hospital staff divert patients from Victoria hospital

Bharamasagara

No doctor at Bharamasagara health centre, villagers vent ire

Dr Puneeth Rajkumar

STEMI heart health programme to be extended to 77 more centres in state

Earth

Gynaecologists say lunar eclipse won’t have much effect on pregnant women

allopathy

KMC shuts down Unani clinic in Koramangala as doctor was practicing allopathy

cold

Victoria hospital sees more OPD patients with change in weather

back pain

Potholed roads in Bengaluru leading to back pain among riders

alcohol consumption

Vani Vilas hospital study highlights increasing instance of heart ailments among newborns

air pollution

Bengaluru traffic a factor in heart attacks, reveals Jayadeva hospital study