Health

Why Healthy Mothers Matter.

Healthy mothers give birth to healthy children who grow up to be productive adults. By contrast, women who begin pregnancy too thin and do not gain enough weight during pregna...

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Katie Couric Supports National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance.

A window display at Rockefeller Plaza this month will emphasize the lifesaving value of colorectal cancer screening, reaching almost 250,000 people per day with this important...

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WHO Issues New Guidance On Preventing And Treating Infections Around The Time Of Childbirth

Bacterial infections around the time of childbirth (peripartum infections) account for about one-tenth of maternal deaths globally. In addition to the high risk of mortality a...

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Kamal Haasan Donates Brand Endorsement Salary Of Rs 16 Crore To Help HIV-Affected Children

Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan’s first ever brand endorsement for a textile group in Tamil Nadu is out. But what has had people praising him for more than the ad itself is th...

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Condom-Vending Machines Rust As HIV Cases Increase

Guwahati: Lying unused and unstocked, the state’s condom-vending machines have found no takers. Even as the state records more and more cases of HIV/AIDS, the ambitious ...

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Avril Lavigne Launches Campaign To Fight Lyme Disease

International, award-winning musician and philanthropist Avril Lavigne has teamed up with Prizeo, a digital fundraising platform, to launch a global campaign to raise FUNDS an...

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Philips To Deploy MOM & Mobility Sanjeevini On Pilot Basis In India To Stall Maternal-Foetal Fatalities

Philips Innovation Centre (PIC) has now spurred the digital health space with its mobile obstetrical monitoring (MOM) and Mobility Sanjeevini solutions to stall maternal and f...

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Creating Real Change For Women And Children In The World's Poorest Communities Requires Innovative Partnerships-

In Kenya, one of the countries where my organization, World Health Partners, works, an average of 17 women die every day from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.Each d...

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World Heart Day: Cardiologists Insist On 85 Per Cent Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products.

On the occasion of World Heart Day 2015, cardiologists came together in Delhi demanding from the government immediate implementation of the 85 per cent pictorial health warnin...

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World Heart Day: Cardiologists Insist On 85 Per Cent Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products.

On the occasion of World Heart Day 2015, cardiologists came together in Delhi demanding from the government immediate implementation of the 85 per cent pictorial health warnin...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026

KALEIDOSCOPE: LUCKNOW BETWEEN PAST AND NOW

Cultures are never frozen in time, they keep moving, keep evolving.Filmmaker and writer ...

January 19 2026

HEALTH: WHEN CANCER GETS PERSONAL

As cancer treatment continues to rely on averages and probabilities, a breakthrough appr...

January 18 2026