People Not Taking Medicine

Those who have weaker immunity or are on a medicine that affects their immune system and people with allergies must not take the Covaxin shot, vaccine-makers Bharat Biotech warned on Monday in a fact-sheet, two days after India began mass vaccinations against Covid.

Fever management: Self-medication is not a recommended practice. However, when some people do, they don't realise the importance of right dosage and therefore tend to underdose. Read here to know more important tips on fever management.

Painkiller Saridon and skin cream Panderm are among 328 fixed-dose combination or FDC drugs banned by the government to stop their "irrational use". The health ministry says the ingredients in these medicines do not markedly add to the benefits that people can get from taking them. The order immediately bans the manufacture, marketing and sale of s...

One-third adults in China suffer from a high-blood pressure condition. To add to this, a number of primary healthcare centres do not hold the required medication for the same.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people not to take antibiotic medicines without a doctor's prescription.

It has long been one of the most vexing causes of America's skyrocketing health costs: people not taking their medicine. One-third to one-half of all patients do not take medication as prescribed, and up to one-quarter never fill prescriptions at all, experts say. Such lapses fuel more than $100 billion dollars in health costs annually because thos...

A recent study on job authority and health suggests that people at the top level are not only lonely, but being in this position also takes a toll on their physical and mental well-being.

Those who have weaker immunity or are on a medicine that affects their immune system and people with allergies must not take the Covaxin shot, vaccine-makers Bharat Biotech warned on Monday in a fact-sheet, two days after India began mass vaccinations against Covid.

Fever management: Self-medication is not a recommended practice. However, when some people do, they don't realise the importance of right dosage and therefore tend to underdose. Read here to know more important tips on fever management.

Painkiller Saridon and skin cream Panderm are among 328 fixed-dose combination or FDC drugs banned by the government to stop their "irrational use". The health ministry says the ingredients in these medicines do not markedly add to the benefits that people can get from taking them. The order immediately bans the manufacture, marketing and sale of s...

One-third adults in China suffer from a high-blood pressure condition. To add to this, a number of primary healthcare centres do not hold the required medication for the same.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people not to take antibiotic medicines without a doctor's prescription.

It has long been one of the most vexing causes of America's skyrocketing health costs: people not taking their medicine. One-third to one-half of all patients do not take medication as prescribed, and up to one-quarter never fill prescriptions at all, experts say. Such lapses fuel more than $100 billion dollars in health costs annually because thos...

A recent study on job authority and health suggests that people at the top level are not only lonely, but being in this position also takes a toll on their physical and mental well-being.