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Mohalla clinic doctor tests positive for Corona, patients being isolated

DELHI: Mohalla clinic doctor tests positive for Corona, patients being isolated

NEW DELHI: The coronavirus scare has reached the Delhi Mohalla Clinic after a doctor developed symptoms of COVID-19. The authorities have asked the visitors to go for 15-day home quarantine. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Shahdara, has ordered that all those who visited or were present at Mohalla Clinic in Mohanpuri …

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Pune’s MyLab gets approval for COVID-19 diagnostic kit

After the coronavirus pandemic taking a toll on India with minimal testing facilities, several labs all across India applied to the Pune-based National Institute of Virology to get their testing kits vetted. However, MyLab from Pune is the very first manufacturer to receive approval from the institute for the deployment …

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Covid-19: The bitter truth about using hydroxychloroquine as a preventive drug

With hopes going high as ICMR recommends the use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus prevention, very few are aware of the bitter truth related to this drug. This drug has currently been prescribed for the ones that are at the highest risk of being infected with the coronavirus like the doctors …

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Hantavirus Explained: Causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and prevention

Amidst the corona outbreak, a man belonging to the Yunnan province of China dies of Hantavirus. After declaration about the new virus, more panic has been added to the global situation when the world is still trying to create ways to stop coronavirus that came from Wuhan.  Causes: This virus …

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Image of Covid-19 testing kit passed off as vaccine on social media

Fact Check: Image of Covid-19 testing kit passed off as vaccine on social media

Researchers and scientists, all across the globe, are working day and night to develop a much required vaccine for curbing out the coronavirus. The deadly virus has already claimed the lives of more than 14,000 people all over the world and infected around 3 lakh people globally. However, some users …

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Coronavirus in India: Over 30 new patients take Covid-19 tally past 400; Maharashtra cases at 89

As India locks down most of its parts, suspending all of its inter-state passenger trains and buses till March 31, new positive Coronavirus cases have raised the count to a total of 400 in the country.  By Monday morning, India has 30 new cases of the deadly virus increasing the …

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Five Ways to Manage Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Five Ways to Manage Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A person having irritable bowel syndrome mostly has belly discomfort along with bowel habits trouble. This condition usually affects people in their late teens to their early 40s and women are more prone to this syndrome than men. One of the common-most symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome is a different kind of …

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What is 'Modicare' Scheme, its promises and How does it work

What is ‘Modicare’ Scheme, its promises and How does it work?

The government’s new healthcare scheme, famously called Modicare, is set to completely redefine how healthcare works in the country. National Health Protection Scheme will provide cashless treatment to patients. Alongside the Wellness Centers, which will provide primary care to patients, it will adjunct to the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. However, since …

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Green Tea- Is it really an elixir for your heart ailment

Green Tea: Is it really an elixir for your heart ailment?

Yes, it may be, if recent research is to be believed. A complex molecule found in a few varieties of natural green tea might assist in recovering against atherosclerosis– a common cause of heart attacks and stroke globally. We all know that Atherosclerosis is an illness of the arteries which …

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