The long pending common quality and research facility project of the Confederation for Ayurvedic Renaissance Keralam Pvt Ltd (CARe-Keralam), the joint initiative of the Kerala Government and the ayurveda industry, will soon see the light of the day as the Department of Ayush has cleared the project under Ayush Industry Cluster Development Programme.

The health department of Tamil Nadu is in a dilemma over whether to stick to the revised strategy of conducting the immunization programme at the Public Health Centres or to revert to the earlier practice of holding rural camps at the villages for giving the shots.

In an effort to support India's growing number of senior citizens, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore has launched the first of its kind privilege card 'Apollo Gold Card' under the 'Apollo Healthy Citizens Club' initiative.

A consortium of real estate developer Indu Projects, US-based healthcare major John Hopkins and Hyderabad-based CARE Hospital is setting up a 2,000-bed health city in Nagpur.

After dilly dallying on the issue for a long, the Department of Ayush has finally approved the use of additives, preservatives, antioxidants, flavouring agents, sweeteners, chelating agents, etc. in Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU) drugs.

The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has asked the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to take 'appropriate punitive action' against drug manufacturers whose products have repeatedly failed in the sample testing conducted by the FDA during the last three years.

In a major effort to reduce pain and recovery time for cardiac patients, Apollo Hospitals performed a 'Mini Bypass Surgery' or 'Minimally Invasive Heart surgery'.

An Indian woman who sparked a nationwide debate by demanding a late-term abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with a heart defect has delivered the baby stillborn, her husband said Thursday.

India's second largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor India Ltd has initiated a satellite-linked mobile health clinic with telemedicine facility covering 20 villages near its Irrugattukottai plant near Chennai, a company statement said Wednesday.