Prime Highlights Indian medical tourism sees a sharp spike as NRIs lead a 150% growth in the consumption of health insurance. Low Indian premiums and high quality healthcare attract foreign…

Prime Highlights The non-hormonal male pill, YCT‑529, is safe and acceptable in early human trials. The one-time dose had no effect on mood, sexual desire, or hormones, with no effect…

Prime Highlights WHO alerts to international outbreak of chikungunya infecting billions of people across the world. Local transmission has been reported in Europe with cases confirmed in Italy and France.…

Prime Highlights Seasonal Indian home-cooked diet holds long-term solutions for children's metabolic disorders and obesity. Traditional nutrient-rich foods have the ability to stimulate immunity, induce hormonbalancing, and ensure deeper digestion…

Prime Highlights Maharashtra to constitute a state-level committee of NGOs and health workers to implement leprosy eradication successfully. Financial support for leprosy hospitals and rehabilitation centers to be raised significantly.…

Prime Highlights India is projected to experience over 1.6 million gastric cancer cases in people born during 2008–2017. Helicobacter pylori treatment and early detection avoid up to 75% of subsequent…

Prime Highlights Novartis gets Swissmedic approval for Coartem Baby, the first malaria medication to be specifically designed for infants weighing less than 4.5 kg. Infant-friendly formulation may break down in…

Prime Highlights: The state of Karnataka has banned 15 paracetamol drugs, syrups, and injectables for failing safety and quality tests. Hospitals, doctors, chemists, and wholesalers have been instructed to stop…

Prime Highlights Harvard researchers discover that longer or unscheduled daytime napping, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., is linked to higher risk of premature death. Very short naps lasting less…