Breast Cancer & Cervical Cancer Screening Awareness Program held at CR
Nagpur News: World wide, the month of October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” while the month of January is utilized for “Cervical Cancer Awareness”. Divisional Railway Hospital, Nagpur in association with Staff Benefit Fund recently organized a “Breast Cancer...
No facility for waste removal at GMCH
Nagpur News: In a shocking show of disregard towards hygiene in a government hospital, the cleaning staff of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) simply dumps plastic bags full of waste in open spaces behind patients’ wards, as the hospital...
“My practice in general is very rewarding”- Dr. Shrikant Mukewar
Nagpur Today spoke with city- based Gastroenterologist Dr. Shrikant Mukewar, about the day- to- day experience and challenges of his popular and busy practice. Following are excerpts from the interaction: Meghna: How did you become interested in medicine? What made you chose...
MSCDA confident of 100% response to chemist strike
Nagpur News: Mukul Dubey, Nagpur Zone President of MSCDA (Maharashtra State Chemists and Druggists Association) said on Monday that all member chemists in the six districts that constitute Nagpur Division fully support the strike and will remain closed on October...
Shortage of blood donors in city highlighted at Thalassemia meet
Nagpur News: The Thalassemia Society of Central India, together with NGO Maitreyee Parivar Sanstha, organised an interaction and free distribution of medicine to Thalassemia patients at Centre Point Hotel on Sunday. BJP President Nitin Gadkari, who had contributed greatly to...
Poverty- struck sickle cell patients denied governmental benefit
Nagpur News: Sickle Cell disease is the result of a genetic condition, which greatly reduces a person’s immunity. The disease can weaken major joints in the body, which then need replacement at a very young age. A sickle cell patient...
“People who do manual labour are equally prone to diabetes”- Dr. Prajakta Deshmukh
Nagpur Health News : Dr. Prajakta Deshmukh took charge as the secretary of the Diabetics Association of India, Nagpur chapter, in September this year. In an exclusive interview with Nagpur Today, he enlightened us about...
“Nagpur city is not disable- friendly at all”-Dr.Bodhankar
Dr. Uday Bodhankar, a renowned senior paediatrician and secretary-general of the UK-based Commonwealth Association of Health and Disability spoke with Nagpur Today about current health issues in Nagpur. We bring to your excerpt from the interview. Practice Details : consuling pediatrician Stream : Allopathy Specialty : Neonatology |...
Avoid fruits with milk or meals
Nagpur News : Avoid fruits with milk or meals. To get maximum nutrients it should be taken empty stomach or 30 minutes before meals. Best time to have fruits is in morning, empty stomach as one will get maximum nutrients at...
An hour with Dr. Sameer Paltewar.
Nagpur Today in an exclusive, speaks to Dr. Sameer Paltewar about Meditrina and his Vision. Marcello Azavedo: Sir, there are so many hospitals coming up today in Nagpur, with what ideology has Meditrina come up? Sameer Paltewar: This is the...
IGGMCH refuses free medicine to Sickle Cell Patients
NAGPUR : Patients of Sickle Cell Disease (Anemia) undergoing treatment at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (Mayo Hospital) are forced to buy expensive medicine from their own pocket, since the government hospital is refusing to provide the...
Expansion project by Central India Cancer Research Institute to start shortly at Shankar Nagar.
Central India Cancer Research Institute at Shankar Nagar held a press conference at NUWJ today. The idea being the conference was to introduce their expansion programme that they will be starting shortly. This expansion is with the view of the...
Blood samples of 8 suspected Swine flu cases have been sent for testing.
Blood samples of 8 people have been sent to pune for testing whether they have swine flu or not. This should be taken as a warning and also as precautionary measure as there are a number of increasing cases of...
World Women Condom Day Celebrated at Red Light Area of Nagpur
First swine flu death of the season.
City recorded its first Swine flu death of the season and the second in Vidarbha. 5 patients have tested positive for the disease since April. The person who died was man of 25 years hailing from Butibori. He was admitted...
Tertiary Care Hospital
The primary goal of a tertiary care hospital is to provide best possible health care to the patients. In the modern era wherein, it is the right of every patient to demand best possible care in Government or private hospitals,...
ABC – Yoga for kids
A yoga teacher for over eight years, Teresa Anne Power helps children unleash their imagination while doing yoga. The poses she teaches, such as frog, swan and shark, are easy to learn and accessible to children ages 3-8. The ABCs...
Lose weight with Yoga
You can absolutely lose weight with yoga and there are enormous advantages to using yoga for weight loss over other artificial means and methods. In this 3 part series I am going to first discuss why yoga is good...
Yoga – The best medicine
Yoga (Devanagari) is a term for a range of traditional systems of physical exercise and meditation in Hinduism. Modified versions of the physical exercises in hatha yoga have become popular as a kind of low-impact physical exercise, and are used for...
