Dealing with fetish

Purposeless preoccupations of the mind like the constant worry of the well being of loved ones can be treated by effective behavioural treatment

Hands shackled

Repetitive work done by hands can lead to serious nervous disorders, from numbness in fingers to permanent nerve damage

Disguised depression

Feelings of anxiety and alienation must not be taken lightly as most of the cases of depression go unnoticed and hence uncured

Sleep well, old pal

The greatest truths for remaining healthy are evident but mostly ignored. Two new studies stress on one of them -- exercise

Science and Technology - Briefs

Diabetes plan staggers

National programme to combat the disease is inadequate  

Why India remains malnourished

Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …

Plants have proteins

A case for producing less meat

Anti dose

Antibiotics lose favour with the pharmaceutical industry

Weak shield

Chickenpox vaccine fails to work in most children

Age no bar

Mercury can affect even adolescent brains

Drug resistance

How the gene responsible acts

Poorly nursed

Most Himachal mothers breastfeed for just two weeks

Mouse model

To study Down syndrome

Biased air pollutants

Increases due to global warming, claims study

Immunity divide

New vaccines against TB of little help in developing countries

Fungi fight malaria

Especially helpful against mosquitoes resistant to pesticides

Fish test

...for diabetes

South Asia

Cancer, who cares!

Warnings, pictures showing ill effects of tobacco on packets have not worked

Has the free market economy added to India’s increasing PCOD burden?

About 9.13% of menstruating women in south India and Maharashtra suffer from PCOS, while 22.5 per cent have PCOD, according to UNICEF

World Breastfeeding Week 2023: Supportive workplaces needed to reach global breastfeeding targets

Rate of breastfeeding at 48%, up by 10 percentage points over past decade, say WHO & UNICEF

Premature scheme

Gujarat's plan to increase institutional deliveries among expecting mothers has fallen flat

Burden of birth

Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased

Bonded motherhood

Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill doesn’t protect surrogate mothers’ rights: Planning Commission