The Doctor Only Knows Economics
This could be the UPA’s worst cut to its beloved aam admi. Healthcare has virtually been handed over to privateers. India is taking firm steps to a certain health disaster. All of 80 per cent of healthcare
Amba Batra Bakshi
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The Shadow Of The Crab
Catching Them Young - 55,000 children diagnosed with cancer every year in India Worldwide, the annual figure is 2 lakh; in the US, 12,500 Studies show a direct link between increased urbanisation
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With A Pinch Of Doubt
The introduction last month of double fortified salt (DFS)—containing an iron supplement in addition to the usual iodine—brings a new edge to the fight against malnutrition. The use of iodised salt has
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Too Much Of A Good Thing
Doctors are waking up to the dangers of taking vitamin supplements in excess What Overdosing On These Can Do • Vitamin A Eczema, respiratory tract infection, blurred vision, ringing in the ears, insomnia,
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A Lancet To Puncture Your Pocket
The alarming new trend of asking patients to undergo surgery they could do without With the burgeoning of hospitals, medical malpractice has only grown. While in the past, doctors were known to prescribe
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Off The Shelves
In the last six months, the Union health ministry has suddenly adopted a proactive tack to banning drugs. After facing quite a lot of criticism internationally for the easy availability in India of suspect
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Policing The Ratio
Correcting The Skew... Among suggestions made for checking prenatal sex determination are: Police presence outside suspect ultrasound clinics and hospitals An online complaint forum to allow people to inform on erring clinics Mapping of districts, identification of problem regions and analysis of data to determine causative factors Tracking sex ratio through data collectio
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Image Therapy
Stronger, more revulsive images, it is hoped, will discourage tobacco use even more In January, the Supreme Court ordered that all cigarette packets and tobacco products must carry pictorial warnings that are stronger than the current ones.
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Deep In The Miasma
The nation, it seems, is in the sickroom this monsoon. Hospitals in Delhi are overcrowded with dengue cases, running into a few thousands, and last week, more than 75 cases were detected on a single day. Outbreaks of chikungunya have been declared over the last two months in as many as 14 states. Doctors in Mumbai are worrying over a major malaria epidemic.
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Soft Targets
<p>HIV-positive cases in children on the riseIt’s an alarming fact that has made the Union health ministry sit up and take notice: data from across the country is showing a rise in the number of paediatric HIV cases. Of the 2.5 million people with HIV in India today, four per cent are below 15 years.