Why do Indian medical institutions produce so few research papers?

Science and service have retreated under the onslaught of the market.

Sanjay Nagral

· Nov 16, 2017 · 04:42 pm

Where healthcare comes floating on a boat once a month

For millions on Brahmaputra’s shifting islands, the only source of health services are boat clinics.

Devjyot Ghoshal

· Nov 16, 2017 · 04:29 pm

How a small clinic in Coimbatore grew into one of the biggest charitable eye hospitals in India

Sankara Eye Foundation began as a clinic in 1977. In 40 years, it has performed more than 1.5 million free eye surgeries.

Shivakami Kumaramangalam

· Nov 16, 2017 · 03:42 pm

How an IIT student's simple device helps combat the spread of tuberculosis in India

A student and his professor are attempting to help patients to stay the course of their tuberculosis medication.

Mridula Chari

· Nov 16, 2017 · 03:39 pm

When newborns arrive, hospital maternity rooms turn into photo studios

With new parents willing to pay for professional photographs of their infant children, maternity hospitals are offering in-house photo shoots

Priyanka Vora

· Nov 16, 2017 · 03:29 pm

How Bangalore scientists are slowly cracking one of the toughest cancer mysteries – the glioblastoma

Glioblastomas are the most prevalent among brain tumors and the most aggressive of all cancers.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Nov 16, 2017 · 02:11 pm

How induced death by cooling saved a two-year-old boy's life

Kochi doctors used the novel surgery technique of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, the science of which the global medical community is still figuring out.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Nov 16, 2017 · 01:35 pm

Doctors may not show empathy all the time, but it is a goal they must aspire to

Medical professionals have begun focusing too much on the wonders of medical technology and too little on bedside manner.

Fazlur Rahman

· Nov 16, 2017 · 01:23 pm

Interview: How fluid dynamics is helping understand heart disease

A Bangalore chemical engineer has developed a model to predict progress of cardiovascular disease based on the nature of blood flow within arteries.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Nov 16, 2017 · 01:02 pm