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A tiny transmitter will soon help doctors keep a tab on life before birth

Walk this way

Researchers find ways to coax the paralysed to walk

Bubble gum therapy

Fight against cancer goes on

Music for words

Electric eyes

Transmitting images directly to the retina may one day help the blind 'see'

Liquor and liver

Slow, but sure

A gentle therapy for patients undergoing chemotherapy

No laughing matter

Get my goat

The killer tracked

The Maoists mean business

So does government, in a rush for profits from a medicinal herb

Curcumin shield

Why India has the world's lowest rate of Alzheimer's disease

‘Konkan’s rich biodiversity has lured poachers to its pangolins’

Vishwas Katdare is the founder of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra, a non-profit operating for the last 26 years, mostly in Maharashtra's coastal Konkan …

Fake medicine from the sea

That terrestrial species like the rhino and tiger are targeted for use in Traditional Chinese Medicine is well known. What is not is that this …

Research on fundamental cell process wins Medicine Nobel 2019

William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza had described how a cell senses and adapts to the level of oxygen available

AI throws the patent system into turmoil

Artificial intelligence is overturning the conventional idea of intellectual property rights, especially in drug discovery

Bedaquiline patent win is a half victory

India’s ability to eliminate its huge TB burden by 2025 will be a test of both its patent laws and healthcare policy

Malnutrition among tribal children

Malnutrition is unacceptably higher among India’s tribal population than other communities. Among tribal children under five, 51.1 per cent …

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here's why

The symptoms of 'schizophrenia' are very real, but experts are looking for a better way to define them

Why India's local health traditions need to be formalised

Traditional healers need to be brought into the public health systems as they function in a resource-strained ecology

Scientists test ancient remedy to fight drug-resistant kala-azar

A low dose of the compound called Mahanine killed more than 90 per cent of the parasites within 48 hours

Rise in medical education fees on the cards

Prompted by a financial crunch, the ministry of health is considering raising fees in medical colleges to recover costs

Healthy yoghurt

A new kind of fibre-rich yoghurt not only tickles the gourmet palates, but also promises boosts to healthcare

Sharp eye for breast cancer

In some breast cancer cases, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides clearer images than X-ray mammography