Indians’ growing healthcare expenses concern WHO – Times of India
The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried about Indians’ high out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses to buy medicines.
WHO says, 3.2% Indians will fall below the poverty line because of high medical bills. About 70% of Indians spend their [...]
India on verge of eliminating syphilis
India is on the verge of eliminating syphilis, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in the country.
According to the National Aids Control Organization (NACO), syphilis, which earlier used to affect about 8% of pregnant [...]
The brain looks at the bright side of things
A recent study found that when making predictions, people tend to cling to good news and ignore the bad. Credit: istockphoto
From love and health to money matters, studies show that people tend to look on the bright side of many situations. [...]
Premature babies at risk of heart disease
A new research led by an Indian-origin scientist has found that young adults who are born prematurely show multiple biological signs of risks to future health.
The study of 48 volunteers aged 18-27 found that those who were born at 33 weeks [...]
Introducing the 2011 Nobel Prize winners
If you win a Nobel Prize in physics or chemistry, you’ll receive a medallion just like this one, in addition to fame and money. Credit: Registered trademark of the Nobel Foundation
It’s an annual tradition: Every fall, the Nobel Foundation [...]
Brain ‘rejects negative thoughts’
“Don’t worry, everything will be fine,” says the brain
One reason optimists retain a positive outlook even in the face of evidence to the contrary has been discovered, say researchers.
A study, published in Nature Neuroscience, [...]
Bhopal victims to protest at Manmohan’s residence
Survivors and victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have decided to mark 1st November, celebrated as the Madhya Pradesh foundation day, a “black day” in protest against the negligible progress made on the recommendations made by the Empowered [...]
In Thailand, an Innovative Fight Against Cervical Cancer
Maikaew Panomyai did a little dance coming out of the examination room, switching her hips, waving her fists in the air and crowing, in her limited English: “Everything’s O.K.! Everything’s O.K.!”
Translation: The nurse just told [...]
Testing for Disease, for Under a Penny, Using Bits of Paper
While other scientists successfully shrank beakers, tubes and centrifuges into diagnostic laboratories that fit into aluminum boxes that cost $50,000, George Whitesides had smaller dreams.
BIG DEAL A nonprofit company produces diagnostic [...]
Small Fixes: Patient Groups Help Share the Burdens of Living With AIDS
Rogerio Bernardo slung a black satchel over his shoulder and waited by the roadside in the morning mist for a bush taxi. In dusty wingtips, frayed pants and a gray pinstripe suit coat so big it swallowed his slender frame, he looked like any [...]
