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
GlaxoSmithKline fined for unethical drug trials on infants in Argentina
Pharmaceutical giant to file appeal in apex court
Vitamin C could be panacea for drug-resistant TB
Vitamin triggers reaction which eventually kills off bacteria; could help shorten drug therapy
Breakthrough in search for new malaria cure
Scientists find a way to block malaria parasite from making itself at home inside host blood cells; research opens up possibilities of new …
In Brief
Three find their way to Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine
Their work explains the "GPS" in our brains
Guidelines released to help elderly take insulin injections the correct way
Updated guidelines say physicians should not use age as an excuse to avoid use of insulin which can delay treatment, result in complications
Delhi gangrape: is there a way to scientifically ascertain age of the sixth accused?
A look at the available technology shows no method is foolproof
Anti-malarial drug resistant parasites knock on India’s doors
Countries will have to consider the possibility of revising treatment strategy to counter drug resistance, says study
Moneymakers
Breathing uneasy
Threat from occupational exposure to pollutants, especially to young children and pregnant women, is growing rapidly. There is no time for …
Science for people
Scientists attending the 101st Science Congress discuss solutions to lift farmers, livestock owners out of poverty
India’s first centre for chronic conditions launched
The centre will conduct research into chronic diseases to find solutions and prevent their spread
In Short
Research on avian influenza virus to resume
Scientists had suspended research a year ago following public safety concerns over laboratory-modified H5N1 viruses
Highs and lows
The government's vanaspati van scheme is good news, but for it to succeed small-scale farmers and local communities have to be brought in its fold
Grow more
There is no land to cultivate medicinal plants, neither are there any legal provisions, nor market access. At present, the risks involved are …
Predicting the future
A severe shortage of medicinal plants and herbs threatens ISM. Cultivation may be the only way out. But currently medicinal plants that are …
A Himalayan Tragedy
People who have no idea about forests step in to further trade, while the indigenous herb gatherers get exploited further
Herbal heist
Hand-in-glove with the forest department, traders of medicinal plants and herbs make hay while communities who depend on herb gathering for …
SC awards Rs 5.96 crore compensation in medical negligence case
Wife of NRI doctor Kunal Saha, Anuradha, had died of complications after treatment at Kolkata's AMRI hospital in 1998
THE MONEY MAKERS
Super Market
Secretive. Exploitative. Is the market in Minor Forest Produce unmanageable? sopan joshi finds out
Most infant deaths in India occur on first day of birth
The country accounts for 29 per cent of the global deaths of newborns on their first day of birth
Cyclones, locust attacks: Climate disasters, COVID-19 pose dual challenge in South Asia
From flash floods in Pakistan to cyclone in Bay of Bengal, climate-related disasters have compounded COVID-19 crisis in South Asia