24/7 Emergency & General Advisory
🚨 24/7 Medical Emergency
Non-Emergency Advisory
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Mon–Sat
For appointments & general queries.
Join our healthcare community
Stay updated with our latest healthcare news and your appointments.
Common questions about Health Today articles on DOCTAR
Search in Health Today
Find articles by topic, doctor name, or keyword.
Showing 12 articles
COVID-19 symptoms vary widely — from a mild runny nose and fatigue to severe shortness of breath and chest pain. Current variants most commonly cause upper respiratory symptoms similar to a cold or flu, though some people develop no symptoms at all. Knowing which symptoms to watch for, when to test,
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid up to 50–100 times more potent than morphine, and quitting it on your own — without medical support — carries real safety risks. Evidence-based treatment starts with medically supervised detox and typically continues with medication-assisted treatment (MAT), counseling
AI in healthcare has moved from experimental pilots to everyday clinical use — reading scans, drafting clinical notes, flagging drug interactions, and supporting research. The FDA has now authorized more than 1,400 AI-enabled medical devices, most concentrated in radiology, and hospitals are using A
Influenza (the flu) causes sudden-onset fever, body aches, fatigue, headache, dry cough, and chills — symptoms that typically feel significantly worse than a common cold and come on within hours. Most healthy adults recover in seven to ten days without medical treatment. However, certain groups — yo
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the Drugs Rules, 1945, to close a decades-old licensing exemption for medicinal formulations containing high levels of ethyl alcohol — think tinctures of cardamom, ginger, and similar aromatic preparations, some of which contain 80–90% alcohol by
Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are injectable prescription medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. They work by mimicking gut hormones that regulate appetite and blood sugar, producing significant and sustained weight loss in clinical trials. However, they are
The Department of Health Research has released the Draft National Health Research Policy 2026 for public comment, India's first unified framework covering biomedical, clinical, public health, and digital health research. It replaces the 2011 policy and sets targets to more than double India's resear
World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on 28 July. In 2026, the global theme is "Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down" — a call to remove the barriers that stand between people and hepatitis testing, treatment, and care. India marked the day by celebrating eight years of the National Viral Hepatitis C
India's digital health system just hit a major milestone: more than 100 crore health records are now linked to Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA). The number doubled from 50 crore in February 2025 to over 100 crore by May 2026, driven by government platforms, hospitals, and private health-tech p
India's Drugs Controller has intensified regulatory surveillance on the sale and promotion of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs — a class that includes semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy) — following the expiry of Novo Nordisk's semaglutide patent in India on 20 March 2026. With over 40
A pregnant woman in Solapur, Maharashtra, was wrongly told she was HIV-positive at a government testing centre in 2024. The report upended her marriage before follow-up tests at multiple labs came back negative. District health officials have now formed a three-member committee to find out how the e
As of mid-2026, no Indian state has received official TB-free certification under India's Sub-National Certification system. Only one union territory — Lakshadweep — and four districts have crossed the threshold since the programme launched in 2021. India also missed its own ambitious 2025 deadline
