आर्थिक बदलाव के बावजूद भारत में नहीं सुधरी पोषण की स्थिति: रिसर्च

भारत में पिछले दो दशकों में सामाजिक और आर्थिक स्थितियों में बदलाव के बावजूद लोगों के पोषण की स्थिति में सुधार देखने को नहीं ...

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

Depression recovery: while some make progress, others fumble in darkness

The World Health Organization says the number of people with common mental disorders is increasing, particularly in lower-income countries

Investing in depression and anxiety treatment could yield huge economic returns

A new study makes the case for scaling up global response to these mental health disorders

Non-stick hazard

Nicotine: catch them young

Gran's a mom

Is a cure for premature menopause in sight?

The bane of Indian women

Inflicting a physician-induced ailment on women is tantamount to murder

Getting the psyche right: Mental Health Care Bill 2016

Rajya Sabha passed the Mental Health Bill on August 8, 2016. We tell you why is it revolutionary for mental health care in India

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

2050 तक हर 4 में से 1 व्‍यक्ति को होगी सुनने में दिक्कत: डब्ल्यूएचओ

डब्ल्यूएचओ की रिपोर्ट में चेतावनी देते हुए कहा गया है कि 2050 तक दुनिया भर में लगभग 250 करोड़ लोगों को सुनाई न देने ...

Medical education in India does not address larger social needs for health care

Medical education is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The government's decision to extend reservations in institutions of higher education …

Mercury failing

Caught in the Web

Is getting hooked to the Internet a distinct disorder or is it a symptom of other psychiatric illnesses?

Renal risk

From common medicine to prevent bleeding during cardiac surgery

More than half the world's population does not receive essential health care services

Under such circumstances, achieving universal health coverage by 2030 seems like an ambitious target

Zika impact: Demand for abortion up 100% in Brazil

Pregnant women from Zika-affected countries are defying national laws which restrict abortion to request abortion medications online, a new …

International Youth Day: Education needs transforming for children’s mental health

The younger generation has to be equipped with resilience and ability to handle pressures and challenges by inculcating academic excellence and …

Unhealthy affair: Book review - Make Health in India

An exhaustive analysis of the challenges India faces in the health sector

बच्चों के स्वास्थ्य को लेकर कोई भी राज्य 100 फीसदी खरा नहीं: रिपोर्ट

देश में बच्चों में खुशहाली को लेकर इंडिया चाइल्ड वेल-बीइंग रिपोर्ट 2019 जारी की गई, जिसमें 24 संकेतकों को आधार बनाया गया 

Electing India’s health transformation

The new government must convene a meeting of central and state health ministers annually, to build consensus across the political spectrum and …

Health spending increases in lower-income countries: WHO report

However, people are still paying too much out of their own pockets

English medicine

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

Trust the robot

Soon a simple robot that can learn the physical characteristics of the brain may give neurosurgeons finer control over surgical instruments …

Bad influence