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Coronavirus update: Asymptomatic cases not drivers of infection, says WHO

Spurt in several Indian states

COVID-19: Future of pandemic will depend on India’s response, says WHO

Shutdowns only buy time, massive scale up of testing required

With training and incentive, ASHAs can help address lifestyle diseases: Study

Study finds that ASHAs feel overburdened

Problems detected in WHO’s post-vaccination philosophy

It does not address children's safety, say critics

How ageing affects the way we make decisions

The saying goes, with age comes wisdom, but is that really true?

Maternal aerobics

Oxygen mask unmasked

Communication gain

Quick fat remedies

Manufacturing drugs to fight obesity may become easier after the discovery of a protein

Counteractive drugs

Researchers say that obesity drugs are harmful for health

Dental stroke

Swinging moods

Deviations in sleep patterns trigger mood swings in healthy individuals, says a new study

The enemy within

Is suicide in your genes?

Losing teeth over money

Mayor's watching

Universal Health Day: Inefficient services affecting health coverage in developing nations

Lancet study says high-income countries generally have higher utilisation rates of health services than low-income nations

Mosquitoes genetically modified to combat dengue

For the first time mosquitoes have been engineered to fight all 4 known types of dengue 

15 million newborns in India are not breastfed in the first hour

This is happening when 80 per cent of deliveries are taking place in health facilities, says a report

The status of mental health care in India: Interview with Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel is a psychiatrist, professor of international mental health and senior clinical research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and …

Progress report on promises made to improve South Africa's health services

In a bid to improve health care in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has made several promises in the last three years. Some have …

Alternative care

Report>> Global health watch, an alternative world health report • by People’s Health Movement, Medact, Medico International and …

Knocking strange doors

The study of sleep patterns in environments as wierd as outer space and underwater could be beneficial to public health in general

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