Who would have thought that being a doctor could be dangerous? There are professions — journalism to performing stunts — that carry the threat of violence or injury at the…
Too little sleep – or too much – can be tied to problems with blood sugar levels, not just in people with diabetes but also in people at high risk…
What if I told you there was a way to reduce household out of pocket expenditure by about 70% and catastrophic expenditure by 60-70% through merely an improvement in operational…
A Thomson Reuters expose based on interviews with about 100 women in Tamil Nadu’s multi-billion dollar garment industry found all of them were given unlabelled drugs at work for period…
Each time a customer goes to a retail shop or supermarket, they pay for plastic carry bags. But do these stores have permission to do it? Under the Central Government’s…
A pungent smell hangs in the air at Peerancheruvu on the outskirts of Hyderabad as one passes through a massive dumpyard. The stench is so strong that many need to…
The Telangana government’s efforts to provide comprehensive medical care to people struggling with chronic kidney diseases (CKD) in the State appears to be yielding positive results, with nearly 40,000 patients…
The In-patient block of the Osmania General Hospital lies in shambles. Massive cracks adorn the whole building, bricks are exposed in the ceiling where the plaster has worn off and…
Gestational dormitories. Routine C-sections. Quintuple embryo implants. Brave New World? Nope, surrogacy tourism. India legalized surrogacy in 2002 as part of a long-term push to promote medical tourism. Apart from…
Islamic jury out on popping pills during Suhour as doctors give contradictory responses. Is it acceptable to pre-empt a headache and fatigue and pop paracetamol pills during suhour time to…
