Knowledge Upgradation of Primary level doctors can result in better healthcare outcomes

Columns |  Views | By Savitha Kuttan | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2019

If India wants to become an economic superpower, it needs to improve the state of its healthcare industry. In a country with a population of over one billion, primary physicians play a cruc...Read more

Government must use its second term to bring real difference in healthcare delivery

Columns |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jun, 2019

An emphatic mandate from the people has given the Narendra Modi led NDA a historic second chance at the government. Most certainly, some of the last government's positive social and health ...Read more

How to keep common monsoon diseases at bay?

Columns |  Features | By Dr Prashant Borade | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2019

Monsoon provides you relief from the scorching heat. But, do you know that your immunity can go down during the rainy season? Every monsoon season, the risk of catching various diseases goe...Read more

Giving India a disease-free future through immunization

Columns |  Views | By Dr M Udaya Kumar Maiya | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2019

It has been more than five decades since vaccinations were introduced and their importance cannot be overstated. They have helped to protect the human race against infections, and even canc...Read more

Brain tumor can strike at any age, be Observant

Columns |  News | By Dr. Tejus M N Rao | 0 Comment | 07 Jun, 2019

The more knowledge we have acquired in the medical sciences; the more diseases we are coming across. While the increase in awareness has been a boon, the changing lifestyle is introducing u...Read more

Depression in Adolescents

Columns |  Views | By Tejaswi Shetty | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2019

Rhea is a 13 year old child studying in an IB school. When Rhea first came in for therapy she spoke about feeling empty and that nothing was making sense. She felt quite alone and didn&rsqu...Read more

Tobacco is hazardous to health, no matter the form

Columns |  Views | By Dr Neelesh Reddy | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2019

Tobaccos use, irrespective of its form, is a major avoidable risk factor for cerebrovascular as well as cardiovascular diseases. A generally floating misconception is that smoking is harmfu...Read more

India’s battle against tobacco addiction

Columns |  Views | By Dr Gowri Kulkarni | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2019

Be it Mumbai, Bangalore or Delhi; all metro cities in India have one thing in common – a large part of their population are regular smokers. Despite the government coming up with a sl...Read more

Don’t just keep a check on your child, HEAR them too

Columns |  Views | By Jayanthi Krishnakumar  | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2019

'H-h-h-hello', does your child take longer than usual to pronounce certain words? Or says 'nana' instead of banana? Sounds cute? Well, we might need to dig deeper. Considering the age of th...Read more

Need for the young and healthy to come forward for stem cell donation

Columns |  Views | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2019

The use of stems cells is the new frontier that is slowly changing the face of disease management. These ‘miracle’ human cells have the restorative and transformative abilities ...Read more

Understanding Hearing Loss

Columns |  Views | By Dr Dillon Dsouza | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2019

Ears anatomy and function Ears are the friends we have that enable us to collect and process sounds and transmit them to our brain. They also help us keep our balance and give us an idea o...Read more

All you need to know about Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Mangesh Kohale | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2019

If you’ve been told that you or your loved one needs a heart surgery, then you would want to know all about it right? For most of us, what may come to our mind is an open heart s...Read more

Timely intervention for allergic cough is the need of the hour

Columns |  Features | By Dr Arvind Kate | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2019

Continuous coughing can be annoying and may rob your peace.  Moreover, if you are suffering from an allergic cough then it is essential to consult your expert immediately and get it so...Read more

Myopia hitting India's youth

Columns |  Views | By Sandeep Bothra | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2019

India is one of the world’s youngest countries – with a median age of less than 29. That translates into over well over 350 million young Indians between the ages of 10 – ...Read more

Reversing Hierarchies in Healthcare

Columns |  Views | By Dr Vijay Janagama | 0 Comment | 18 May, 2019

Nurses have always been at the sharp end of care. Despite being a prominent symbol of healthcare since the history of medical sciences, nursing profession certainly hasn’t received it...Read more

World Hypertension Day: Ayurvedic herbs to fight hypertension

Columns |  Views | By Dr. Partap Chauhan | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2019

Hypertension (known as Rakta Gata Vata in Ayurveda) is elevated pressure of the blood in the arteries. The increase in blood pressure depends upon a person's age, sex, physical and mental a...Read more

High time to defeat oral cancer with timely diagnosis

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Ravi Gaur, COO, Oncquest Laboratories | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

In a country where 232.4 million adults consume tobacco daily; almost 10 per cent people smoke tobacco and 29.6 per cent men and 12.8 per cent women use chewable tobacco, the increase in or...Read more

Antibiotic abuse in an internet-fed world

Columns |  Views | By Dr Sanjith Saseedharan | 0 Comment | 10 May, 2019

In a recent Italian study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics, among 913 respondents in the lay public, 73.4% used the Internet to search for information about ant...Read more