Pale and yellow
Shortage of vaccines has pushed many African countries to the brink of a yellow fever epidemic
Troubled by illness, 385,000 people committed suicide between 2001 and 2015
At least four per cent of India’s population suffers from poverty because they have to incur huge expenses for treating their illness
India's budget just declared
Prime Minister Narendra Modi declares major schemes in his post-demonetisation message on new year's eve
Here’s what people in their 90s really think about death
Death was part of life for many of the older people who often said they were taking each day as it comes and not worrying too much about tomorrow
Dengue spreads its wings
Unusual weather pattern with long dry spells in the rainy season and lack of preparedness on the part of government were to blame for the outbreak&…
Taken for a medical ride
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Healthy, wealthy and wise
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Gruelling days ahead at WHO for Nakajima
Allegations of financial irregularities are likely to be highlighted at a crucial session scheduled shortly in Geneva.
'Squeamish' attitudes hurts AIDS efforts
Third World countries warned at Amsterdam recently that even if more effective vaccines and drugs become available, they may not be afford them.
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 …
Community welfare works as a contraceptive
In Pakistan, they are controlling population growth by raising the living standards of local communities through Pasbaan, the social …
Himalayan yew to fight cancer
Taxol, an effective anti-cancer drug that was approved for use in the US last year, will soon be available in India at half the cost
Mercury thermometers coldshouldered
With health consciousness showing an upward trend, disposable non-mercury thermometers are catching on
Mode matters
A proposed injectable polio vaccine may cut down the risk of contracting the paralysing disease
Fatal syndrome
Would-be-mothers drinking themselves merry can cause serious birth clefects to the child in the womb
Cord of life
Scientists discover that the blood in the umbilical cord is a treasure trove of treatments for various diseases
Root cures
A dedicated group of botanists, ayurvedic practitioners and pharmacologists are showing rural Keralites that all the medicines they need, grow in …
Bridge across forever
A new neurosurgical technique could mean a new life for those with severed a spinal cord, which with a little guidance, can nurse itself back to …
Silent sufferers
Indifferent primary health care in developing countries could lead to mental depression taking the form of a mass illness
Bugs for breakfast
There is more to your average germ than you can digest with a straight face. These bacteria can prevent allergies and fight ulcers
Trial by fire
The Union Health and Family Welfare ministry finally accepts an Ayurvedic treatment of leukaemia
Healthy veggies
A vegetarian diet can improve the functioning of lungs and also control blood sugar in diabetics
Reviving Kottayam
The healthy city project is, if nothing else, a pointer to the direction that Indian cities need to move in
Missionary women doctors in nineteenth century Delhi
Throughout the 1860s a frail young European woman with a medicine chest was a conspicuous presence at the women's ghats of the river Yamuna in …
Health care should be cheaper and more accessible
N H ANTIA Director of the Foundation for Research in Community Health, Pune, Maharashtra is striving to promote the concept of better health care …