Modern Medicine

Prosecute Ramdev for statements mocking modern medicine, IMA urges health ministry

The yoga guru is doing this 'so that he can sell his illegal and unapproved so-called medicines and make money at the cost of the public', the IMA alleged

Arun Shourie on his book Preparing For Death, and the possibility of meeting our end with equanimity

If we think about death all the time, we won't do any living at all, said Arun Shourie, discussing his new book 'Preparing For Death' at Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest.

Medical reforms in India, part-II: NMC Bill legalises quacks; ill-trained AYUSH doctors will further compromise rural healthcare

The proposed six-month bridge course in the NMC Bill, allowing AYUSH and homeopathy practitioners to prescribe modern medicines, is a devious attempt to propagate its nationalistic propaganda

Big data analytics in healthcare: Fuelled by wearables and apps, medical research takes giant leap forward

Big data analytics has decreased the time required to double medical knowledge by half, thus compressing healthcare innovation cycle period

Ayurveda practitioner appointed Maharashtra Medical Council's registrar

The government needs a pliant council that they can manipulate to suit their needs and appointing this new registrar to the medical council is one such move