Health

Life today is very unpredictable & nobody knows if he/she will survive the next hour or not. Due to the increasing health issues among people, life expectancy rates have declined a lot and all thanks to our poor lifestyle habits. In case you get sick or meet with an accident, you will need to spend a lot of money to overcome those issues &recover from them.

Above:  There has been a rapid increase in the rates of obesity and diabetes due to consumption of junk food in the past 15 years As nations fight against obesity and diabetes, there is an increasi...

Above: An AB-PMJAY seeker waits for the verification process to get over/Photo: twitter.com/AyushmanNHA The Prime Minister’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme is riddled with dishonest practices by hospitals ...

Above: Cyber security attacks have rendered medical devices and hospital networks inoperable/Photo: UNI An alert by India’s drug regulatory agency about some insulin pumps posing a “cyber security ...

Above: A class in a medical college. Training would-be doctors is a key component of public health/Photo: akdn.org Even as the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to ensure transpar...

Above: Medical waste lying outside a hospital/Photo: Twitter  A judge has pulled up hospitals and healthcare facilities in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad for causing 40 percent of recurrent inf...

A move to have CCTV cameras inside autopsy halls was opposed by the Delhi government in the High Court as it violates the constitutional rights of the dead By Dr KK Aggarwal The Delhi government...

Above: Former Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan interacting with a leprosy patient/Photo: UNI As the government hides data and refuses to accept the reality of leprosy cases increasing, it is ...

Above: Drug companies prefer using popular brand names for new products/Photo: justdial.com Retaining the brand name in a new formulation is misleading and harmful for patients and state drug contr...

Above: J&J office in Madrid/Photo: Luis Garcia/ Commons.wikipedia.org J&J has been told to pay Rs 25 lakh to each patient who underwent surgery due to its faulty implants. Is this enough an...