It Is A Matter Of Time Before India Faces Zika's Deadly, Mutated...
T Jacob John, 81, a professor emeritus of the Christian Medical College, Vellore, and one of India's most experienced...
More Than One Million TB Patients Lack Adequate Nutrition
Puni Garasia (right) sits with her mother in Sirohi, southwest Rajasthan. Puni, 14, a tribal, weighed barely 20 kg when...
Indians, Alert To Dangers Of High Salt Intake, Are Modifying Their Diets
Indians aware of the dangers of excessive salt intake are modifying their diets unlike other international communities...
Eat A Billion Bacteria A Day For Better Health
Probiotics--good gut bacteria typically found in enriched foods--have shown immense potential to fight diarrhoea, a...
How Delayed Pregnancies Beat Sterilisation As A Family Planning Tool
In 2007, Tanaji Jadhav (left) signed up for the Second Honeymoon Package, a conditional cash transfer scheme piloted in...
How Incurable Japanese Encephalitis Threatens Emerging India
Jayanta Potshangbam, a junior resident medical officer at the Shija Hospital & Research Institute, Imphal, Manipur,...
1 In 7 Indian Drugs Revealed As Substandard
Substandard medicines could be three times more prevalent than the government says, two new studies show. These...
How India Tackles Adverse Drug Reactions--By Ignoring Data
A 17-year-old Kolkata boy was prescribed Dapsone, an antibiotic, for a skin problem, and developed severe, potentially...