‘If a sibling uses a skin-lightening product, you may be more likely to use one too’. This was among the findings from behavioural research cited by the World Health Organisation…
Read article →Paid rankings, fake reviews, referral fees and AI-generated patient testimonials prohibited; repeated violations can lead to suspension or removal from medical register
Read article →India already has an extensive network of frontline health workers, immunisation services, school health programmes and primary and tertiary healthcare facilities. The challenge now is to connect these pieces. The goal should be to build a system in which every interaction a child has with a health worker becomes an opportunity to protect vision
Read article →Keralam government’s efforts to draft a new Bill in this regard brings the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulations) Act 2018, back into focus; the private health sector is still holding out against the Act, which aims to bring the entire health sector, public and private, under a regulatory framework
Read article →In a recent function, V.D. Satheesan had mentioned about avoiding unnecessary angioplasty. While many doctors object to the 'generalised statement,' a few agree with the CM that unnecessary procedures have become the norm. However, all agree that a person coming into the emergency with a suspected heart attack should in no way distrust the doctor. The Interventional Cardiology Council of Kerala says that public’s apprehension over “unnecessary” medical procedures should not delay life-saving treatment during an emergency
Read article →On the Nobel Prize, healthcare inequities, mental health, new research, and more (In the weekly Health Matters newsletter, Zubeda Hamid writes about getting to good health, and staying there. You can subscribe here to get the newsletter…
Read article →MRP was designed as a ceiling to protect consumers. In healthcare, it can, however, also conceal how a price is built. India needs a differential profit and margin strategy
Read article →Health Minister Aden Duale said 28 contacts have been identified and placed in isolation, as Kenya becomes the fourth country to record a case in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history
Read article →Plague is a bacterial disease that can occur in several forms
Read article →A new global analysis has highlighted the role of Epstein-Barr virus in cancer, but infection with the common virus does not mean that a person will develop cancer
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