Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know
It’s conventional wisdom that there are “good” and “bad” hospitals — and that selecting a good one can …
Stress pass
Ayurvedic formulations have been found effective in countering the stresses of living in high altitudes
Gene blues
What determines a person's behaviour through the vicissitudes of life: genes, environment or both? There are many who believe that genetic …
Bittersweet medicine
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Inducing cell death to fight cancer
Some scientists claim tumours might be formed because cells refuse to die -- and not because they multiply at a high rate.
Foetal tissue can cure terminal diseases
Tissue taken from aborted foetuses and implanted into the bodies of patients suffering from several incurable diseases has shown encouraging results
AIDS drug trial leaves bitter taste behind
AIDS victims the world over are dismayed by the discovery that taking azidothymidine as soon as HIV infection is confirmed does not delay death …
Caffeine could fight cancer
Research shows that the once-dreaded caffeine can be used in the battle against certain cancers
The good that smoking does
Studies suggest smoking protects against diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, but many scientists and funding agencies are not convinced.
Cocktail aid
An exorbitant wonder 'double-drug' developed for improving survival chances from AIDS may elude needy patients in Africa and Asia
A matter of the mind
Mind-body medicine: in the realm of the possible but wholly inexplicable, this loose curative system has more takers every day
Is HIV harmless?
A group of scientists believe that HIV does not cause the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Medicine malady
A new study indicates that microbes can develop resistance even if the intake of antibiotics is minimised
Curbing nicotine dependence
The cure for problems like drug addiction and Parkinsons disease can be found but not before some unknown ingredients in cigarette smoke are isolated
Sweet smell of sugar
Researchers have developed a painless technique for diabetes patients to regulate their glucose levels
Cancerous route
Better cancer drugs may be on the anvil with researchers finding a cell protein that helps cancer spread
From the blurbs
Medical Negligence and the Law in India, Duties, Responsibilities, Rights by Tapas Kumar Kole, OUP, Rs 950
'Privatisation can be a major threat to medical research'
Robin Fox, 54, the editor since 1989 of the premier international medical journal, Lancet, was in New Delhi recently for the Lancet Grand Round …
Almost half of doctors in US from lower-income countries
India has spent around $1,850 million on 53,000 medical graduates practicing in the US
A new birth
A respite to the heart
Doctors can create channels in human heart to relieve chest pain
Molecular solutions
Nurr-1, a key harmonal protein, might lead to a therapy for Parkison's disease
Skin Culture
Stress and miscarriage
Foetal cure
