'Mental health support crucial to end copycat student suicides'
Emphasising the role of parents to provide mental health support to children, mental health experts say that their response to students is...
Fertility treatments, lifestyle changes impact pregnant mothers
Several factors such as late marriages, stress, dietary habits and lack of physical activity and sleep have led to the infertility issues among women.
Reporter's diary: Reel reference for a real social problem
One such instance was witnessed at a government hospital recently when this woman who was due for delivery suddenly started crying after being...
Plastic surgery? Head to a nearby GH
On account of World Plastic Surgery Day, Shweta Tripathi speaks to several doctors at government hospitals, who have been doing cosmetic surgery,...
‘Untreated long Covid leads to complications’
Hospitals are witnessing more admissions of long Covid especially after the recent surge in cases. Dr Subramanian Swaminathan, director of Infectious...
Health dept trying push for free booster doses using CSR funds
The health department has also asked private hospitals to not levy service charge on vaccines. Two private hospitals have agreed and have discontinued...
Covid testing in kids low but cross-infection to adults likely
As testing among children remains low, doctors identify infection among children only after they’ve it passed to their parents or grandparents....
How is marital status related to medical treatment?
Recently, a chat between scribes and some doctors gained attention over a social media platform after a doctor started a thread on why women should...