High hopes

MONEYMAKERS

Mute no more

Walk this way

Researchers find ways to coax the paralysed to walk

Jaipur foot - Making big strides

Strengthening the fragile

Scientists have started taking osteoporosis more seriously

Mahatma Gandhi, public policy and COVID-19

The Gandhian talisman is important more than ever now in the times of pandemic to steer public policy for those who need it the most  

Gene or genie

In a bid to halt the crippling disease in its tracks, American researchers have recently experimented with gene therapy as a cure for arthritis

Neurological conditions primary cause of ill health, disability globally: Lancet study

Number of people affected by or dying from neurological conditions increased over past 3 decades; People in LMICs disproportionately …

Artificial reality

Lack of research makes prosthetics too expensive for most Indians

Easing pain

Queer cure

Unconventional, alternative therapies are now being put to test in USA

Pain relief

World Autism Day – let’s allow disability to change our societies for the better

Autism has changed. The diagnosis has changed. But have we? I have an idea — let’s let autism change us.

The Paralympics is changing the way people perceive disabilities

People with disabilities are less restricted by their own impairments than by the barriers put on them by the society

Industry wary of entering handicapped market

New, more efficient aids are being developed for the physically handicapped under a government project. The stumbling blocks, however, are the …

Disaster Risk Reduction Day: No progress in last decade to help people with disabilities cope with disaster, UN reports

Around 84% people with disabilities surveyed said they were were not informed of personal preparedness plans

Ultrafast healing

Ultrasound therapy can quicken the healing of lingering fractures

Know your onions!

Coming to grips with survival

Moulded plastic handles enable the farmers of the Tahirpur leprosy colony in Delhi to harvest high yields

Mending broken bones

A bonesetter from Old Delhi explains his popularity: Unlike doctors, he is more accountable to people

Global Burden of Diseases: Non-communicable diseases bigger burden than early deaths

New report’s findings again emphasises the fast emergence of non-communicable diseases as a global health challenge

Silk route to healthy joints

Scientists grow cartilage tissue from silkworm protein

Aching back: a family legacy

A therapy called writing