http://www.medindia.net Medindia largest health website in India. en-us Copyright 2026. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 21 May 2026 04:16:29 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/union-health-ministry-issues-new-guidelines-for-home-quarantine-200999-1.htm India has registered nearly 4 million new cases in one day. At this point of time the Union Health Ministry has is]]> medindia/healthnews/union-health-ministry-issues-new-guidelines-for-home-quarantine-200999-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/decades-old-ban-on-gay-men-donating-blood-finally-removed-by-the-fda-145195-1.htm In a major policy decision the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the USA has lifted the ban on gay and bisexual men]]> medindia/healthnews/decades-old-ban-on-gay-men-donating-blood-finally-removed-by-the-fda-145195-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/nobel-prize-2014-for-medicine-goes-to-trio-for-discovering-brains-gps-142138-1.htm The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 has been awarded with one half given to John O'Keefe and the other half]]> medindia/healthnews/nobel-prize-2014-for-medicine-goes-to-trio-for-discovering-brains-gps-142138-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/hepatitis-c-drug-to-be-offered-soon-in-india-at-only-one-percent-the-cost-of-usa-141337-1.htm Patent holder and pharma major Gilead, announced voluntary licences with seven generic drug manufacturers in India to s]]> medindia/healthnews/hepatitis-c-drug-to-be-offered-soon-in-india-at-only-one-percent-the-cost-of-usa-141337-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/will-today-be-a-red-letter-day-for-the-deceased-organ-donation-programme-in-india-88702-1.htm Finally, after many a debate and discussion, the proposed amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs Act will be ]]> medindia/healthnews/will-today-be-a-red-letter-day-for-the-deceased-organ-donation-programme-in-india-88702-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/sathya-sai-baba-dies-of-multi-organ-failure-no-miracle-happened-as-the-end-came-in-icu-84071-1.htm The world-famous god man and Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba passed away at his Sathya Sai super specialty hospita]]> medindia/healthnews/sathya-sai-baba-dies-of-multi-organ-failure-no-miracle-happened-as-the-end-came-in-icu-84071-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/test-tube-baby-pioneer-edwards-gets-nobel-in-medicine-74973-1.htm It may have come a bit too late, but a very deserving Robert Edwards has finally been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medi]]> medindia/healthnews/test-tube-baby-pioneer-edwards-gets-nobel-in-medicine-74973-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/urine-as-a-source-of-power-72497-1.htm Can urine be used to produce energy without causing pollution. The team of researchers from Bristol certainly feel this ]]> medindia/healthnews/urine-as-a-source-of-power-72497-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/man-ready-to-play-god-scientists-synthesize-artificial-life-in-lab-69211-1.htm It has happened sooner than expected. Scientists have managed to synthesize 1.08 million base pair chromosome of a modi]]> medindia/healthnews/man-ready-to-play-god-scientists-synthesize-artificial-life-in-lab-69211-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/nobel-prize-in-medicine-2009-58977-1.htm The 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine has been announced! It has been awarded to researchers Elizabeth Blackburn , her st]]> medindia/healthnews/nobel-prize-in-medicine-2009-58977-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/nobel-prize-in-medicine-all-european-affair-42670-1.htm The Nobel Prize for medicine this year has been awarded to three Europeans, Luc Montagnier, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi a]]> medindia/healthnews/nobel-prize-in-medicine-all-european-affair-42670-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/spit-may-soon-replace-blood-for-diagnosis-34672-1.htm In a breakthrough study, researchers in the US have identified all the 1,166 proteins in human saliva, a move which ]]> medindia/healthnews/spit-may-soon-replace-blood-for-diagnosis-34672-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/brits-discover-breast-cancer-vaccine-33580-1.htm British scientists claim to have developed a drug with the potential to 'vaccinate' those with a family history of bre]]> medindia/healthnews/brits-discover-breast-cancer-vaccine-33580-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/future-babies-through-frozen-eggs-33208-1.htm The first frozen oocyte pregnancy in India has been reported from the Chennai-based GG hospital Fertility Research Ce]]> medindia/healthnews/future-babies-through-frozen-eggs-33208-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/four-in-one-teenager-from-uk-wants-to-be-kidney-donor-33136-1.htm Laura Moon, 18, from Whinmoor in Leeds, has four kidneys. All of them are functional and growing naturally. She is wi]]> medindia/healthnews/four-in-one-teenager-from-uk-wants-to-be-kidney-donor-33136-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/infamous-kidney-kingpin-arrested-32755-1.htm Gurgaon based Kidney racketeer, Dr. Amit Kumar was reportedly arrested by Nepali Police today (Feb 07 2008). The Doctor]]> medindia/healthnews/infamous-kidney-kingpin-arrested-32755-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/bali-roadmap-an-anticlimax-none-willing-to-commit-on-reduction-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-30689-1.htm The much vaunted climate change conference has come to an end at Bali, Indonesia, on an almost anticlimactic note. ]]> medindia/healthnews/bali-roadmap-an-anticlimax-none-willing-to-commit-on-reduction-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-30689-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/cheap-medicines-yes-but-dont-harm-pharma-interests-says-who-chief-29009-1.htm World Health Organisation's Director General Margaret Chan has sought to send some conciliatory signals to the drug indu]]> medindia/healthnews/cheap-medicines-yes-but-dont-harm-pharma-interests-says-who-chief-29009-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/17-brands-of-compounded-asafoetida-ihingi-tested-12-fail-28687-1.htm INSIGHT - The Consumer Magazine (September-October 2007) , published by Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS),]]> medindia/healthnews/17-brands-of-compounded-asafoetida-ihingi-tested-12-fail-28687-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/al-gore-and-un-panel-to-share-nobel-peace-prize-27804-1.htm Former US Vice President Al Gore and the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will share thi]]> medindia/healthnews/al-gore-and-un-panel-to-share-nobel-peace-prize-27804-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2007-27581-1.htm The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]> medindia/healthnews/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2007-27581-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/indian-court-upholds-ban-on-pre-natal-sex-determination-test-26067-1.htm Gender-based abortions will continue to be banned in India with the Bombay High Court, in Maharashtra, a western Indian ]]> medindia/healthnews/indian-court-upholds-ban-on-pre-natal-sex-determination-test-26067-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/uk-churches-ban-yoga-brand-it-un-christian-25764-1.htm At a time when Indian yoga camps are spreading far and wide in Britain, two churches here have banned a group from condu]]> medindia/healthnews/uk-churches-ban-yoga-brand-it-un-christian-25764-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/aiims-doctors-strike-called-off-25680-1.htm Resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today called off their strike against the del]]> medindia/healthnews/aiims-doctors-strike-called-off-25680-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakingnews/55-year-old-woman-delivers-twins-in-india-25567-1.htm For a long, long time she had been longing for a child. And menopause had overtaken her. Still she would not give up. Sh]]> medindia/healthnews/55-year-old-woman-delivers-twins-in-india-25567-1.htm