Popularising a science

CHINA

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 …

Needle effect

Acupuncture can help athletes perform better

The slippery killer

It is going to require something more than just drugs to deal with HIV, say scientists

Stakeholders meet

Code of ethics

WEALTH FOR HEALTH

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 

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

The other course

Traditional curative systems like ayurveda, homoeopathy, acupuncture... are being revived as alternative medicine. But in India and the Orient, …

South African doctors are bound by many rules. Criminal charges for mistakes may have unintended consequences

Criminalisation of medical judgment may interfere with appropriate medical decision-making

Curing our medical vision

How Indian Standards are looking at complexities in healthcare

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

Ayurvedic cure

A proposal to set up ayurvedic centres in hospitals across the country to treat cancer patients is on the anvil

The how, why of music therapy

Kenya: Ruto proposes insurance reforms for universal health coverage; evokes mixed responses

The proposal will replace the current contribution system with a flat rate of 2.75 per cent of contributors’ gross salary

Roots

Worldwide, traditional medicinal systems are in the process of being modernised. Besides health care and conservation of medicinal plants, the …

AI can dangerously misinform patients: WHO calls for policies for its safe, ethical use in healthcare

Unsafe use of AI can lead to people losing faith in the technology, thereby undermining its benefits 

Turmoil in academia

Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move

Spare change

Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems

Agony of the waiting

There is a strange calmness in the oncology department of government hospitals though it is more crowded that most other sections. Everybody waits.…

Fair sex, unfair pay: Women in healthcare paid 24% less than men, highlights WHO report

Gender pay gap despite women comprising 67% of global health & social care workforce, specialties still dominated by men

Traditional Indian medicinal practices now safe

Battered Lungs

Lung cancer is a result of the deadly cocktail of smoking, air pollution and poverty