What is young-onset Alzheimer’s and how are its symptoms different?

Memory loss is often the first sign of the disease, but young-onset Alzheimer’s tends to have other symptoms, such as worse attention and behavioural changes.

Mark Dallas, The Conversation

· Jul 15, 2023 · 09:30 pm

Sitting long hours is terrible for the health. A new study suggests an easy remedy

A light stroll every half-hour can offset the harmful health effects of sitting and lower the chances of diabetes and high blood pressure.

Keith Diaz, The Conversation

· Jan 14, 2023 · 09:30 pm

The importance of affordable healthcare for all and other key lessons from the pandemic

It is important to learn from the Covid-19 crisis and transform policies and systems. Or we are destined to repeat our mistakes?

Chapal Mehra

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Lancelot Pinto

· Dec 29, 2022 · 06:30 am

Gambia recalls India-manufactured cough syrups linked to 66 deaths

On Wednesday, the WHO had issued alert against four medicines made by Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 06, 2022 · 07:29 pm

Interview: Why India urgently needs a new regulatory framework for medical devices

Former health official KL Sharma speaks about ‘Healing the Pharmacy of the World – An Inside Story of Medical Products Manufacturing and Regulation in India’.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Nov 01, 2021 · 08:30 am

American health insurers are using a popular sleep aid to spy on their customers. Why?

It is in keeping with the industry’s playbook of shifting the costs of widely used therapies, devices and tests to unsuspecting patients.

Marshall Allen, ProPublica

· Nov 25, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Bihar: Infant dies allegedly after rats bite him at government hospital, inquiry ordered

The Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital has claimed the baby died of a heart ailment.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 31, 2018 · 09:35 am

Indian pharmaceutical firm recalls drug from US after investigation into cancer-causing element

India has also temporarily suspended imports of medicines from China that contain the valsartan drug, which is used to treat blood pressure and heart failure.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 11, 2018 · 05:35 pm

Doctors, chemists can now be jailed for not reporting tuberculosis cases

The new rules issued by the Ministry of Health has provisions to imprison medical professionals for six months to two years.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 21, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Insurance policy clauses excluding genetic disorders are unconstitutional, rules Delhi High Court

Justice Pratibha M Singh said there is an urgent need to frame guidelines to prevent such discrimination.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 26, 2018 · 08:35 pm

Gurugram hospital inquiry team blames 3 after pregnant woman was denied entry for not having Aadhaar

The hospital has issued show-cause notices to the emergency medical technician, a doctor and a nurse.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 16, 2018 · 10:39 am

Gurugram: Woman delivers baby outside hospital after being denied admission for not carrying Aadhaar

However, the family of the woman have said that they do not want to file a complaint against the hospital administration.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 10, 2018 · 10:07 am