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Karnataka Hamlet Is India?s 1st Smokeless Village

Until last month, Thimmakka had to blow her lungs out even to make a cup of coffee. And this had been her ritual for 40 years now. Not any more. Her kitchen is now fit...

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In India, IBM?? Watson Will Aid Cancer Care Where Doctors Are Scarce

IBM and a?large hospital system in India have partnered to?diagnose and treat cancer care in a country of 1.2 billion residents who often cannot access oncologists, leaving...

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HIV Cases Dip, High-Risk Groups Still A Worry

HIVAIDS epidemic.? The first 29 years were marked with victory as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) metamorphosed from being the deadliest word in public health to jus...

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Asia's Aids Epidemic Needs Urgent Action To Prevent Even More Deaths

At a time when HIV is in retreat globally, new infections are on the rise among some groups of adolescents in the Asia-Pacific region and globally.
This increase is la...

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Mumbai: MARD Starts Drive In Favour Of Pre-Marital HIV Testing

To encourage pre-marital testing in order to avoid sexually transmitted diseases, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (Mard) has decided to run a one-...

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A Training Transformation In Reproductive Health

There is no question that many women live better lives thanks to expanded options for planning for healthy families. Yet, too frequently, the brightest possibilities elude ...

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63L Toilets Made In 8 Months: NSSO

A recent sample survey carried out by the government on the usage of toilets seeks to disprove the notion that access to toilets may not automatically change attitudes of p...

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Poor Healthcare Could Stunt India’s Growth

I come from a place in India where many people prefer to visit a traditional healer or a god-man when they fall ill. You may argue that people are uneducated or ignorant, b...

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3D Printing Helps Surgeons Plan Life-Saving Operation

A 3D-printed model of the blood vessels inside a woman’s brain has helped surgeons practise life-saving surgery. The surgeons needed to operate to correct a weakness,...

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Artificial Patients, Real Learning

The patient’s blood pressure had reportedly crashed in the ambulance; a gunshot wound had damaged the heart. In the operating room, a medical resident, Dr. Dan Hashim...

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