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Blood safety or haemovigilance continues to be a problem area (Representational Image)

Blood safety continues to be a concern, say experts

Bowring Hospital only authorised nodal agency to carry out nucleic acid test.

14 Jun 2016 6:27 AM IST

REWA volunteers at a health camp in Puttenahalli on Sunday

Help a woman in need and empower a family

Women who are unable to fend for themselves have little chance of walking away from a difficult situation.

13 Jun 2016 3:10 AM IST

7-13 per cent of women experience depression during pregnancy and postpartum period

Stressed out IT City's new mothers battle postpartum blues

Depression can occur during pregnancy and following childbirth.

11 Jun 2016 7:26 AM IST

His panic stricken parents approached a local doctor. (Representational Image) (Photo: the-trumpet-online.com)

Bengaluru college boy slips into coma, wakes up after a month!

A cerebrospinal fluid analysis suggested Encephalitis which is caused by a virus and leads to inflammation of brain,...

10 Jun 2016 6:36 AM IST

Usha who underwent treatment following an accident.

Bengaluru: Government hospital puts accident victim back on her feet

To bring down the cost of the operation, the family decided to give Victoria Hospital a shot.

9 Jun 2016 3:36 AM IST

Unfortunately for brain tumour, there is no clear link to genetics or environment, so identifying it early becomes a problem.

Persistent headache? Make sure it's not a brain tumour

The classic triad of symptoms suggesting a brain tumour includes a headache, which is progressive week by week, blurred...

8 Jun 2016 3:21 AM IST

Rains bring along with them airborne and waterborne diseases as well as infections. (Representational Image)

Beware! Upper respiratory tract infections up in Bengaluru

Doctors attribute it to high humidity, chill in the air, say the ailment spreads easily.

3 Jun 2016 3:27 AM IST

Students take part in a rally on the occasion of No Tobacco Day, at Malleswaram in Bengaluru on Tuesday (Photo: DC)

E-cigarettes don't actually help in kicking the butt

Research done across the globe revealed that vaping' is no safer than smoking.

1 Jun 2016 5:50 AM IST

A recent Abnormality Report put together by Indus Health Plus, from January 2015 to April 2016, revealed that 25-30% of the people in the city under the age group of 35-40 are under the risk of oral cancer. (Representational image)

World No-Tobacco Day: Rules are in place but no enforcement?

Every day, we witness some 10-15 cancer cases which are tobacco related, says Dr C. Ramesh.

31 May 2016 2:38 AM IST

Dilip, who lived with his father in Ramamurthinagar and worked as an interior decorator, met with an accident with a four wheeler on May 24 at 9.10 pm near APNA bazaar when he was returning home from the gym. (Representational image)

Bengaluru: Driver donates brain dead son's organs

-"He was kept under observation for more than 24 hours, but his brain showed no activity,-" weeps Gopi, who lost his...

30 May 2016 6:36 AM IST

Anushka Jain delivering donations to children at NGOs.

Charity begins at home sads makes it happen

There are those whose lives we can transform through a single act of kindness.

30 May 2016 2:00 AM IST

The only way to control dengue is to control the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which spreads the disease.

Bengaluru bitten: Rain brings back dengue

June hasn't quite arrived, but hospitals across the city are already witnessing a significant number of dengue fever...

26 May 2016 3:25 AM IST