WHO releases technical guidance for procurement, safe use of radiotherapy devices

More than half the cancer patients require radiotherapy as part of cancer care

Shortage of specialist doctors: DNB course can be a way forward

Training in Diplomate National Board course has helped deal with shortage of specialists in rural areas and skewed population-…

COVID-19: World scrambles to procure dwindling medical supplies

India will need at least 27 million N95 masks, 1.6 million diagnostic kits in coming months, according to GlobalData 

COVID-19: Govt’s survey exposes lack of preparedness across India

Lack of PPEs, ventilators and overall hospital preparedness reported as major concerns

Revenue targets, management staff making doctors pawns in corporate hospitals: Study

‘Corporate hospitals have reduced patients to factories’

How Indian Standards are looking at complexities in healthcare

A mushrooming medical devices market makes it vital to manage healthcare complexities 

Easy, affordable devices: Meet game changers of India's health sector

Medical diagnostics in India is set to witness a boom time as a wide array of easy-to-use and affordable devices are ready for roll-out

Mountains of Sanjeevani

The Uttarakhand government's initiative to spend Rs 25 crore on an elusive mythical herb should trigger a wider quest to identify, document and …

Can Yoga cure cancer?

As Union Minister makes startling claim, Down To Earth speaks to experts on the subject

I think, therefore I get well

Cures based on the mind-body nexus are gradually finding favour

Five Delhi hospitals to pay Rs 202 crore for defaulting on EWS services

More hospitals are expected to be penalised for failing to provide free treatment to patients from economically weaker sections

Letter

Dream cures

Unique therapy

Due recognition

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HOSPITAL CLEANING

Traditional knowledge: Let the people decide

Pulse relief

Attack migraine in its aura  

Due recognition

Mutated future?

Is gene therapy really safe? Though most say yes, no one is absolutely sure

New regulations

Treating cervical cancer

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy can halve cervical cancer deaths among women

Doctors without degrees

Popularising a science