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BioAsia back to in-person format, lines up top experts

BioAsia back to in-person format, lines up top experts

Hyderabad: After two long Covid pandemic-infested years, the 20th edition of BioAsia, the marquee healthcare and life...

12 Jan 2023 12:42 AM IST

Dr Palanki Satya Dattatreya, oncologist (Photo: DC)

Docs call for awareness to beat cervical cancer

Hyderabad: On the occasion of cervical cancer awareness month, observed every January, oncologists called for increased...

9 Jan 2023 12:19 AM IST

Music is like a necessity in my life, just like breathing. I listen to it for several hours, which does not mean I am depressed. It is like therapy for me. (Photo: DC)

Netizens rally against theory equating music interest with depression

Hyderabad: Experts said a popular social media theory, which states that listening to music for several hours can be a...

8 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

G20 Presidency apt opportunity to showcase India-'s health...

NEW DELHI: Public health professionals believe India's G20 Presidency for the year 2023 is a great opportunity for...

7 Jan 2023 4:58 PM IST

An air passengers undergo gives sample for the COVID-19 tests at the airport, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Covid variant â€˜Krakenâ€™ spreading in Telangana, but nothing to...

Hyderabad: With three cases of the 'Kraken' XBB.1.5 Covid variant detected in Telangana by genome sequencing,...

5 Jan 2023 12:03 AM IST

A coronavirus theme based model on a road during the intensified lockdown due to surge in COVID-19 cases, in Chennai. PTI photo

Thanks to New Year gatherings, Covid-19 cases to surge: Doctors

Hyderabad: Doctors are expecting Covid-19 cases in the city to surge, propelled by the large gatherings that took place...

1 Jan 2023 11:52 PM IST

ICDS is processing necessary documents of such kids and their parents for the aid scheme. (Representational image: PTI/ Shahbaz Khan)

Effect of Covid in children not clear, say doctors

Hyderabad: The effect of Covid on children is still relatively unknown because not many children were affected in...

28 Dec 2022 11:31 PM IST

among all childhood vaccines, measles is one of the most effective vaccines and two shots of the measles vaccine to a child reduces the risk of disease that is close to negligible. (Representational Image/AP)

Fourth Covid vaccine unwarranted right now but increased surveillance...

NEW DELHI: Several countries are administering a third and even fourth Covid booster shot but India, where many fully...

28 Dec 2022 10:30 PM IST

Artists of Red Cross society wear coronavirus helmet to spread awareness about the pandemic in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Doctors: Ignore all Covid -'news-' on social media

Nothing worrisome for Indians, say experts

25 Dec 2022 11:28 PM IST

Passengers wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus wait to get tested for COVID-19 at a railway station in Mumbai. (AP)

New Omicron sub-variant is mild: Doctors

We can be mask free post February, doctors say

24 Dec 2022 12:02 AM IST

As days are shorter in winters, melatonin is produced earlier and also initiates sleep earlier. However, it can only make people sleep early but not make them sleep well, the doctor said. Representational Image/ANI

Sleep patterns depend on weather, say docs

Dr Charan Teja, a consultant neuropsychiatrist, also stated that people sleep longer in the winter but â€œdeeper and...

23 Dec 2022 8:50 AM IST

Endocrinologists in the city asserted that women do indeed require more sleep than men. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Women need more sleep than men

HYDERABAD: Not many people are aware that women need more sleep than men, said doctors from the city. According to an...

20 Dec 2022 1:57 AM IST