Towards a national health policy
The Supreme Court’s order directing the Centre to ask States to end the oppressive practice of sterilising women in large camps is a timely reminder that the country must urgently adopt a rights-base...
View ArticleThe gulf in tuberculosis care
that employed a novel strategy of using standardised TB patients — healthy individuals trained to pose as patients and interact with health-care providers — for assessing the actual clinical practice...
View ArticleThis Deserted Island In Maine Has A Seriously Sad Past
If you were to visit Malaga Island today, you’d probably assume that it’s never been inhabited by humans. However, the 40-acre island off the coast of Maine used to be home to an interracial community...
View ArticleThis Unexpected Health Benefit Of E-Cigarettes Could Be A Game Changer
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View ArticleWatch This Man Eat Peppers That Would Burn Your Face Off Like They’re Candy
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View ArticleMalady Nation: Regulating India’s regressive health insurance
Three quarters of India’s population has no health insurance. Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said in May 2016, that only about 24 per cent of the population has some form of medical insura...
View ArticleBirds falling from sky leave Boston officials baffled
Health officials are trying to figure out what caused dozens of birds to fall out of the sky onto a Boston neighbourhood. City officials say 47 grackles were found Thursday in the city’s Dorchester n...
View ArticleWoman With Anorexia Fights For Right To Live Without Force-Feeding (And Wins)
According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, at least 30 million Americans suffer from an eating disorder. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate out of...
View ArticleMom Calls 9-1-1 And Confesses To Killing Both Of Her Children
On Thursday, November 17, Brandi Worley called 9-1-1 and calmly stated, “I just stabbed myself and killed my two children.” When police arrived at her house in Darlington, Indiana, they found the dead...
View ArticleMany Women Go Through This Procedure To Have Their Babies — Here’s What It’s...
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