DIY shampoo, body wash and dog wash using reetha or soapnuts with Kirti Negi Bajoria

Making your own personal hygiene products are easier than you think. Kirti Negi Bajoria, a professional who is on a sabbatical makes a lot of …

A step towards health rights for women

Saheli, a Delhi-based women's organisation, has, for some time, been fighting against long-acting female contraceptives like Net-oen and Norplant-…

For a lesser God's children

A US health care programme ought to target poor mothers and children - those most likely to reap its benefits, says an expert report

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

Ode to the resurrected

Now that low-income minorities are becoming the target of AIDS, service agencies are redefining their role

A virtual takeover

A set of electronic postings on the subject of AIDS on the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) website are making AIDS researchers see red

Succour for cancer patients

Many terminally ill cancer patients have found succour in the last stages of their life at this Shanti Avedna Ashram , set up in 1978 by …

Rapid privatisation has worsened health care services in poor and middle-income nations: study

But public sector, too. needs quality improvement, say researchers from University of California

No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog

White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …

No health without wealth

The latest NSSO data shows that people are being forced to take loans and sell assets for treatment as the government healthcare system deteriorates

MONEYMAKERS

HUMANE MATTRESS

Care scare

Phantom of imagination

A simple treatment for imagined pain in an amputated limb

Computer therapy

MEDICAL RIGHTS

Menopause in a sachet

Attacking heart attacks

An enzyme displays belligerence towards cholesterol

Barefoot doctors

Backward Bihar villagers receive healthcare from barefoot 'first aid physicians'

Breast milk ban uproar

Plugging cavities in dental health policy

INDIA

Hard on the teeth

Ready to bloat

Anti-obesity drug market set to get bigger

Where's the fire alarm?

Most hospitals in India fail the fire safety test, yet they take no corrective step