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Peace imperative for health
21 Sept 2018 10:39 PM ISTAsia bears the brunt of conflicts as it houses majority of nuclear-armed nations as the world pushes for denuclearisation
Replacing clinical with diagnostic medicine
16 Sept 2018 10:38 PM IST‘Medical gatekeepers’ are given to vitiating healthcare. Fearing litigations against them, doctors have turned to practicing defensive medicine
Lacunae in Ayushman Bharat
10 Sept 2018 10:08 PM ISTThe largest public healthcare scheme in India lacks provisions for the elderly
Health is not a corporate affair
31 Aug 2018 10:19 PM ISTAdvertisements on healthcare are misleading and must be banned from enticing patients. Media should refrain from endorsing unreliable claims
Rational use of drugs
6 Aug 2018 12:23 AM ISTSeveral organisations have been demanding ban on Fixed-dose Drug Combinations on the basis of evidence produced by several studies.
Rethinking the Oxytocin ban
29 July 2018 11:18 PM ISTThere is a possibility that the drug may become available in the black market. This raises fear of spurious production.
Simple prescription for peace
29 Jun 2018 6:47 PM ISTSpending on nuclear warfare must be stalled immediately – the rampant misuse of chemical weapons spells doom for civilisation.
Intriguing silence on drug prices
3 Jun 2018 10:28 PM ISTAll medicines must be brought under price control.
Beyond extracted profit
28 May 2018 12:31 AM ISTIt is an irony that healthcare has always had a back seat in the priority list of successive governments. It has not been a public agenda either....
A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
22 May 2018 6:50 PM ISTTo move towards a healthy society, the commercialisation of private healthcare must be undone and a robust doctor-patient relationship must be...
Victimising civilian health
21 May 2018 12:29 AM ISTIn case of societal and political conflict, death, disease, and destruction compromises the health of ordinary civilians – the biggest victim of war
Health is wealth
11 May 2018 9:29 PM ISTTo secure a healthy nation, the government must be active in providing affordable and quality healthcare to its entire population