The malefactor

Does global warming lead to more malaria in East Africa?

Ivan Illich (1926-2002)

"His thought leads out of the prison of routinized, sterile, preconceived notions"

Curtain raiser

Ways to prevent skin ulcers

Drug from waste

Chitosan can provide protection against typhoid

Wonder herb

Harde to combat cell damage induced by nuclear radiation

Large crisis

AIDS ain't so big

Number of new infections dips in 2004, but is it false relief?

A moosli mafia is at work

It has put paid to the authenticity of a wonder herb

Bytes

Natural healing

Doctors without degrees

In the making

Choking India's generics exports

Ayushman Bharat: What PM did not tell in the last I-Day speech of his tenure

There are chances that the scheme will just see a formal launch on September 25 and won’t be rolled out across the country

Scientists develop an Indian tool for autism screening

The questionnaire-based tool, Chandigarh Autism Screening Instrument, has been developed specifically for autism screening in North India

Faculty shortage continues to plague AIIMS across India

AIIMS Rajkot fares the worst, where only 40 of the 183 sanctioned posts have been filled

Odisha’s Nuapada a snapshot of how COVID-19 is affecting rural India

Nuapada distrct experiences lack of oxygen, callous staff, a swelling number of infection cases and deaths and an administration in denial as …

Antibiotics: even low use in children can have a negative impact on health – new research

Preschool children who had taken 2 or more antibiotic courses for acute respiratory tract infections in the preceding year had around a 30% …

India’s R&D expenditure has tripled in a decade

However, the composition of R&D expenditure in India contrasted sharply when compared with select developed and emerging economies

Gender bias removed in clinical research

After years of discrimination, American women have won the right of equal representation in clinical research projects.

The gender benders

A recent study gives disturbing revelations about the impact that everyday-use chemicals may have on the human sperm count and even induce sex change

Beating the hell out of death

Industrial houses and research organisations must join hands and rethink about Indian health standards

Of biome blues

Burgeoning populations notwithstanding, humankind seems in danger of being wiped out. This is the inference one draws from Our Stolen Future , …

Roach trouble

Researchers establish that exposure to cockroach allergen is a major cause of asthma in children

Supermouse

A gene which boosts the growth of muscles in mice could enhance meat production and also be a cure for cancer