Ashish Gaur TNN

Indore: Allopathic doctors here and eight other cities in India have conducted clinical drug trials for ayurvedic and herbal remedies on patients, ignoring Indian Council of Medical Research ethical guidelines. The drugs tested include ophthalmic medicine Opthacare and a novel herbal molecule.
    Two Indore doctors had carried out the trial for drug manufacturers at their private clinics in Indore while the others did it i... Read More

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India Cites Age-Old Texts To Deny Firm’s Claim On Healing Cold Kounteya Sinha TNN

New Delhi: India has foiled an attempt by a British pharmaceutical company to claim a patent on using ginger for the treatment of cough and cold.
    Nichol asJohn Larkins,London,filed a patent application (no. GB2436063), titled, “Pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of excess mucous production”, on March 16, 2006, at the British patent office.... Read More

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Rohit PS TNN

Hyderabad: The Charminar Ayurveda Hospital building is in a precariously dilapidated condition but no renovation work has been undertaken by the authorities. It is also not being shifted from the premises of the Nizamia General Hospital, which was allegedly supposed to be a ‘temporary’ location.
    Ayurveda Hospital’s dispute with its twin Unani Hospital and students of Unani College is decades old. The outpati... Read More

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Docs Raise Objections To Act Durgesh Nandan Jha TNN

New Delhi: The dentist practising in a one-room set-up across the road or the neighbourhood doctor who doles out medicines for fever and chills may be covered under a Central law soon. The Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Delhi Government, is mulling the implementation of Clinical Establishments Act 2010, to regularize clinics and diagnostic centres across the capital. The existing law, Delhi Nursing Homes ... Read More

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Former AP Minister Undergoes Yoga Therapy For Disorder Saswati Mukherjee B & Hetal Vyas | TNN

Bangalore: Are you a perfectionist, the kind who gets upset when the desk is untidy even for a while? Do you lose your temper at the slightest imperfection? Then you better get rid of the obsession: Vasanta Nageshwar Rao, 66, former home and agriculture minister of Andhra Pradesh, ended up on a wheelchair because of his penchant for perfectionism.
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