Medical negligence: Shifting focus from punishment to patient safety
Medical errors are unintended mistakes that may or may not constitute negligence. Photograph used for…
Flu Season is in Full Swing. When Do You Need Tamiflu?
The flu is raging across the United States — and the Centers for Disease Control…
Doctors in Kolkata conduct successful spinal tuberculosis surgery on pregnant woman Â
Photograph used for representational purposes only A team of Kolkata-based doctors conducted a successful spinal…
What are the minimum number of tests that should be available at government healthcare facilities? ICMR releases draft list
The facilities covered under the draft includes village-level facilities, Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, primary health centre…
Doctors from 14 nations seek change in India-linked name of a hard-to-treat fungus
Trichophyton indotineae: colony growth. Photo: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Dermatologists from the India and 13 other counties, including…
West Bengal government to probe ‘lapse’ in administration of ‘expired’ saline
A woman died and four others were critical after delivery of babies at the Midnapore…
Beat the Blues with your plate: Can a fibre-rich diet fight depression?
Feeling down? What is on your plate might be playing a bigger role in your…
Health Matters newsletter: On the cusp of a demographic transition
(In the weekly Health Matters newsletter, Ramya Kannan writes about getting to good health, and…
Marburg virus: Suspected outbreak kills 8 in Tanzania, reports WHO
Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily…