Doctors

Air pollution major cause of eye infection: Doctors

Air pollution in cities is emerging as the major reason behind the rise in eye allergies and conjunctivitis in people of all ages, doctors say.

Oct 10, 2015, 19:44 PM IST

'Over 90 percent suicides due to depression'

India is on the verge of becoming the suicide capital of the world with over 90 percent of deaths caused due to various types of depression including bipolar depressive disorder, doctors said on Thursday.

Oct 08, 2015, 23:24 PM IST

Dengue crisis: Delhi govt issues notice to 14 doctors

The Delhi government has issued show cause notices to 14 doctors in seven government hospitals for dereliction of duty in dealing with the dengue crisis, as the national capital faced the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the last six years.

Oct 02, 2015, 21:59 PM IST

Two Indian-origin doctors charged with fraud in Canada

Two Indo-Canadian doctor brothers, who run their own independent clinics, have been charged with fraud for billing the Ontario government for medical services they never provided to their patients.

Sep 28, 2015, 14:14 PM IST

Former SC judge favours self-regulation for private healthcare

Self-regulation by doctors in private healthcare system would ensure transparency in hospital-patient relationship, former Supreme Court judge Justice N. Santosh Hegde said on Sunday.

Sep 27, 2015, 23:14 PM IST

Government doctors in Maharashtra threaten indefinite stir

Resident doctors in Maharashtra on Saturday threatened to go on an indefinite state-wide strike from Sunday evening to press for their safety demand after three of their colleagues were allegedly assaulted by relatives of a minor boy who died of dengue.

Sep 26, 2015, 16:58 PM IST

Two questions to detect delirium in seconds

Asking just two questions may be able to help nurses and doctors quickly and easily identify delirium, a cognitive condition that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of your environment, says a study.

Sep 16, 2015, 16:43 PM IST

Doctors and engineers of Lucknow now applying for jobs of janitor

In Lucknow doctors and engineers are applying for the jobs of a peon and servants. A recent vacancy for janitor in Lucknow secretariat caused 23 lakh applications for 368 posts.

Sep 15, 2015, 21:36 PM IST

PM Modi hits out at parliament disruption, asks doctors to focus on wellness

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that he was taking the opposition's disruption of parliament, which he attributed to "some people's egos", to the people's parliament to let them decide who is trying to create obstacles in development.

Sep 11, 2015, 22:51 PM IST