Health Tip

Achilles Tendon pain

Large tendon that runs from the heel to calf is called Achilles tendon. It leads to small tears within the tendon. These tears cause the tendon to become weak and susceptible to rupture. Tips: avoid stress on tendon, medications, and ice pack can also help.

News - India

Regulatory system for stem cell need to be strengthened

Mumbai, Tuesday, February 9, 2010: Regulatory system for stem cell treatment need to be strengthened ...

ICMR to hold 'public consultations' to evolve consensus on guidelines for stem cell research

Mumbai, Tuesday, February 9, 2010: Nearly two years after issuing the guidelines for stem cell ...

Bivalent polio vaccine launched in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi, Tuesday, February 9, 2010: The bivalent polio vaccine campaign was Sunday launched in ...

Ranbaxy arm under US FDA scanner

New Delhi, Sunday, February 7, 2010:  The US Food and Drug Administration has rapped Ranbaxy’s ...

Swine flu vaccination in India likely from Feb 19

New Delhi, Sunday, February 7, 2010: After months of wait, India is likely to start ...

RDPL inks pacts with Rajasthan govt. for generic drug stores

Jaipur, Sunday, February 7, 2010: State owned drug manufacturer Rajasthan Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited has ...

Bharat Biotech releases 1 billionth dose of vaccine

Hyderabad, Saturday, February 6, 2010: Manufacturer Bharat Biotech on Feb. 3 delivered its billionth vaccine ...

MCI proposes 300 colleges to produce rural doctors

New Delhi, Saturday, February 6, 2010: The Medical Council of India (MCI) Friday proposed setting ...

Unhappy FDA tells Ranbaxy to review units

New Delhi, Saturday, February 6, 2010: The US drugs regulator has asked Indian pharma company ...

Cabinet may clear BRAI this month

Hyderabad, Friday, February 5, 2010: The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), on Wednesday, said a draft ...

Polio cases declining in Bihar, says WHO

Patna, Friday, February 5, 2010: Special strategies being implemented for eradication of polio in Bihar ...

Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for anti-allergic drug

Hyderabad, Friday, February 5, 2010: Aurobindo Pharma today announced that it has received final approval ...

Emami signs up Dhoni, Preity Zinta to endorse edible oils

New Delhi, Thursday, February 4, 2010: FMCG company Emami today said it has signed up ...

Dignitaries, celebrities to walk for cancer Sunday

New Delhi, Thursday, February 4, 2010: Led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur ...

Drug formulations pep up sector, but contract research spoils Q3 party

Ahmedabad, Thursday, February 4, 2010: Contract Research and Manufacturing Services (CRAMS) has turned out to ...

News - International

Soft drinks may double pancreatic cancer risk

Mumbai, Tuesday, February 9, 2010: Regulatory system for stem cell treatment need to be strengthened ...

3SBio announces Nephoxil collaboration and license agreement with Panacor Bioscience

China, Tuesday, February 9, 2010: 3SBio Inc. ("3SBio" or "the Company"), a leading China-based biotechnology ...

LPC Pharma Group outsources pharmacovigilance/drug safety operations to APCER Pharma

US, Tuesday, February 9, 2010: APCER Pharma announced that LPC Pharma Group is outsourcing its ...

Biotechnology: The next medical revolution

US, Sunday, February 7, 2010: A recent article in the Scandia Journal reported that biotechnology ...

About 8% of Americans report difficulty in accessing specialty care

US, Sunday, February 7, 2010: Among the 36 percent of U.S. adults age 18 and ...

AMAG Pharmaceuticals releases safety update on Feraheme Injection

US, Sunday, February 7, 2010: AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development ...

Pfizer, DxS sign agreement to develop a diagnostic test kit for CDX-110 to treat patients with GBM

US, Saturday, February 6, 2010: Pfizer Inc. and DxS (a wholly owned subsidiary of QIAGEN ...

Porter Adventist Hospital receives certification as Advanced Primary Stroke Center

US, Saturday, February 6, 2010: Porter Adventist Hospital has received certification as an Advanced Primary ...

Bioheart initiates REGEN Phase I Clinical Trial for testing genetically modified MyoCell in CHF patients

US, Saturday, February 6, 2010: Bioheart, Inc., announced today that the company has commenced work ...

PLX cell therapy may be an effective treatment for ischemic stroke disorder

US, Friday, February 5, 2010: Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the results of a ...

New program to help the U.S. health care sector switch to cleaner, renewable energy sources

US, Friday, February 5, 2010: Health Sector in Vanguard of Clean Energy Programs Targeting Health, ...

Ipsen launches Decapeptyl LP 22.5 mg in France

France, Friday, February 5, 2010: Ipsen, an innovation-driven global specialty pharmaceutical group and Debiopharm Group ...

Promising results from Soligenix' RiVax vaccine trials against ricin toxin

US, Thursday, February 4, 2010: Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company, announced today the publication ...

Inadequate staffing, interrupted rest breaks and retirement benefit changes impact patient care and nurse safety

US, Thursday, February 4, 2010: Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA), representing more than 1,500 registered ...

Sales of Nutra Pharma's Cobroxin totaled $583,955 for fourth-quarter ending December 31, 2009

US, Thursday, February 4, 2010: Nutra Pharma Corp., a biotechnology company that is developing treatments ...

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