Category Archives: Health
The back end of 55
I’ll admit it up front: I don’t like procedures. I’m fine doing them to other [...]
Oct
The estimates highlight how much health loss could be avoided in each area
) Limiting global warming to around 1.8 degrees Celsius, instead of allowing it to reach [...]
Oct
TANKER Foundation invites nominees for annual award
The TANKER Foundation, a non-profit charitable trust, has invited nominations for its annual awards for [...]
Oct
DR Congo Ebola vaccine trial to begin within weeks: WHO
The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine is expected to begin in the Democratic [...]
Oct
The World Health Organization’s postnatal care guidance sets a minimum of four contacts
The scene is familiar. Five days after a caesarean section, a woman in one of [...]
Oct
translating rights into care — Towards an age-ready Keralam
The Government of Keralam’s initiative to introduce this first-of-its-kind legislation in the country is a [...]
Oct
unnecessary interventions are offered to some, while many others still lack essential primary
Modern medicine has never been more capable than it is today. Yet, the same system [...]
Oct
Two Assistant Professors, two PG students suspended for medical negligence at Kakinada GGH
Two gynaecology Assistant Professors and two postgraduate students have been suspended for one month on [...]
Oct
Health Department refers medical negligence case against hospital to Karnataka Medical Council —
In a case of alleged medical negligence involving a 14-month-old boy who suffered brain damage [...]
Oct
Microbiota research has also pointed to links between imbalances in gut microbiota
Food, from the moment it’s in the mouth until it’s excreted as poop, goes through [...]
Oct