Malaria and the wrath of God
Forest Malaria in Southeast Asia Edited by V P Sharma and A Kondrashin Price: Not stated Community Participation in Malaria Control Edited by V …
Health care needs state control
AN INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PLANNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Andrew Green Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK Price: Rs 475
Malaysia recovers palm oil sales
Malaysian palm exports to the US have increased dramatically after Malaysia retaliated against attempts to portray the product as being dangerous …
Taxol-producing fungus found in Montana woods
A new species of fungus, which can produce taxol, the drug used to treat ovarian cancer, promises to be a boon for women all over the world.
New cholera strain strikes India
A cholera epidemic in the Indian subcontinent is nothing unusual. But now, another bacterial strain that can cause the disease has surfaced.
Promoting the fight against medical malpractice
Several voluntary organisations have started taking up cases of medical negligence, even as the debate over the liability of doctors continues.
From miracle cures to holistic development
A doctor whose aim once was to treat poor patients, now helps Soliga tribals to assert their rights and choose their own way of development.
Behavioural changes is the way to curb AIDS
Doctors and social workers advocate awareness as the best way to prevent AIDS, a disease that has no vaccine or cure, from spreading.
AIDS increases TB death risk
People infected with the AIDS virus are more susceptible to tuberculosis, and this further reduces their chances of survival.
Biopesticide delay plagues malaria control plan
As scientists debate which of two new pesticides should be used in the fight against malaria, the toll in the disease slowly rises.
Cheaper vaccine to check hepatitis B
WHO's immunisation programme is expected to receive a tremendous boost thanks to the low-cost vaccine developed through genetic engineering
The ethics of genetic combinations
The 17th International Congress of Genetics highlighted the role that genetic technology could play in shaping our world.
English medicine
PUBLIC HEALTH IN BRITISH INDIA: ANGLO INDIAN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (1859-1914) Mark Harrison Cambridge University Press Rs 395
Life strife
A recent encyclical from the Pope bolsters resurgent anti-abortionist "pro-life" groups in the US
Scuttling scabs
The days when the word leper was almost an invective, and the disease itself considered a scourge, are over. Patients, voluntary workers and …
Access denied
Doctors are withholding HIV therapy from some patients fearing their irresponsibility could harm others
Pills that kill
DRUG SUPPLY AND USE, TOWARDS A RATIONAL POLICY IN INDIA·Anand Phadke·Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1998·Rs 165
Green gold
Grown only in a few developed nations till now, the nutrient-rich spirulina algae comes to India
The killer unveiled
Scientists find out how anthrax kills. It may not be very long before we have an antidote to the dreaded bacterium
Pepped up by peptides
A follow-up to an earlier report on how experts are targeting blood vessels that nurture cancers
Nature's second course
Do not lose sleep over insomnia, says the physic. Resort more to behavioural changes and less to pills. The rest is zzz...
Is institutional racism for real?
A recent review of editorial boards of ten leading international psychiatry journals has revealed almost nil representation from developing countries
AMR, flu pandemic again top WHO’s list of health challenges for 2020
UN body also lists newer challenges related to adolescents, emerging technologies and food among others
India's Health Crisis
Insufficient allocation for the health sector pushing 7% of Indians below the poverty line and about 23% of the sick can't afford healthcare
Scientists work towards inducing human hibernation to treat diseases
With this, suspended animation may become ubiquitous in modern medicine sometime in the near future