If there are 70,000 cases in May...Mumbai is ready

'Our preparation is based on ICMR projections, whatever preparations we have to make.''If they project around 70,000 is the maximum number of hospital cases by mid-May or May 30, we are preparing......

Hadiya spoke to husband from my phone, says college dean

The long pending desire of Hadiya, a Kerala woman at the centre of an alleged love-jihad case, was fulfilled on Wednesday when she spoke to her husband over the phone. A day after she arrived in......

A homeopathic cure for HIV/AIDS?

A homeopathic medicine has been found to be very effective against HIV/AIDS during screening at National AIDS Research Institute, according to Dr N K Ganguly, director general of the Indian Council......

Indian experts to teach Ayurveda in US schools

In a bid to make alternative medicine more popular in the US, Indian experts may soon start teaching medical students about Ayurveda in some of America's best colleges. "The proposal is in the......

Tough rules for AYUSH treatment make health cover difficult

IRDA’s condition that treatment under AYUSH has to be at a government hospital or an institute recognised by the government makes insurance cover difficult. Insurance companies have started......

Modi's minimum government, maximum governance will work, here's how

Narendra Modi may discover that his admirable aim of Minimum Government, Maximum Governance would demand deeper institutional change than he bargained for, says Kanika Datta. The promise of Minimum......

Need health insurance for alternative medicine? Read this!

Many companies are yet to include this in their coverage plans because of several complexities involved Seetha, a 44-year-old IT professional was suffering from chronic back pain which developed......

A 'Nano' step

Even as biotechnology has begun displaying its prowess by facilitating the development of tailor-made products with specified genes, its complementary, albeit yet evolving, science of......