English medicine

PUBLIC HEALTH IN BRITISH INDIA: ANGLO INDIAN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (1859-1914) Mark Harrison Cambridge University Press Rs 395

On the pollutant hunt

Regular and planned monitoring of air quality in India started with the national ambient air quality monitoring (naaqm) network, launched by CPCB …

It's all in the air

Monitoring air quality in India seems to have finally got a headstart. But what is of concern is the manner in which the process will be regulated.…

The fag end

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Official volte-face

What an irony!

Life-span differences

Sleepy concern

Indiscriminate use of melatonin is being debated by the public health authorities in the US

Clicking the blues

Are you depressed? The chances are high if you regularly surf the Internet

Doesn't gel

Potent killer

Sleepless in USA

Americans wake up to a vital need of the human body: sleep

Bookworms beware

Wonderdrugs!

Misconceptions about steroids and the real reasons for their bad reputation

New age ad

Advertisements need to be sensitive about health and environment issues

Fudged AIDS of USA

In the soup

Check it!

Medical products leach out toxic chemicals

Cell off

Effects of cellphone radiations

Fighting shy

Pentagon evades green laws

Hard blow for soft drinks

Acid attack

Unregulated lead extraction from used batteries cannot be ignored

Foul air

Shortens life by two years in Europe

Sneaky leak

The body factory

Sayantan Bera photographs the no-nonsense obsession with muscles