Stakeholders meet

Code of ethics

WEALTH FOR HEALTH

Curing our medical vision

The how, why of music therapy

Traditional Indian medicinal practices now safe

Battered Lungs

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

Today's Plague

Some of the most common cancers in India are directly linked to poverty

Killer with a BIAS

There is overwhelming evidence that some of the common cancers target the poor

Healing a tradition

A low-tech online network connects traditional healers and patients in Bhopal

Tough trial

Can Indian traditional medicines transfer their ancient efficacy to the modern era?

Bitter ABS medicine for AYUSH

Manufacturers cry foul as they receive notices from state boards to pay royalty

Letter

Thought therapy

Spiritual healing is in. New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences is introducing it in its departments. Companies across USA are using …

Easy, affordable devices: Meet game changers of India's health sector

Medical diagnostics in India is set to witness a boom time as a wide array of easy-to-use and affordable devices are ready for roll-out

The hesitant growth of surgery in Bengal

Rapid strides in Western medicine and surgery relegated Indian medical systems to the back seat, especially because of brahmanical abhorrence of …

The other course

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

Can Yoga cure cancer?

As Union Minister makes startling claim, Down To Earth speaks to experts on the subject

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 …

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

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