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Bible of psychiatry unveiled
Reuters
The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterised by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality disorder" and "voyeuristic disorder" to "delayed ejaculation," "kleptomania" and "intermittent explosive disorder"), each limning the potential woes...
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Docs hail Jolie surgery   15 May, 2013
Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer may have stunned fans of the Oscar-winning actress, but doctors say her choice is shared by many other women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer.Jolie, who described her surgery and three-month recovery at length in an opinion piece in an American newspaper on Tuesday, says she hopes her experience will...
Get a grip   07 May, 2013
FOR SOME children, nothing is funnier than getting diarrhoea. Juvenile creativity in the schoolyard has given way to a nearly endless catalogue of jokes and rhymes dedicated to this most unwelcome bodily function. But, for many families, it is a serious and potentially fatal issue. Diarrhoeal disease is one of the leading causes of child illness and death worldwide. Experts estimate that it...
Blinding influences   07 May, 2013
Do you think you are always unbiased in your decisions? Most likely, you are not. And most certainly you do not even know that, because all of us have bias we cannot see. You have heard of people having ‘soft corner’, but this much-talked about book deals with ‘blind spots’—the unseen influences that cloud our judgment about others. The authors, psychologists...
Vanishing act   23 April, 2013
Dinesh Verma could not believe that he had suffered a heart attack. He was a teetotaller, non-smoker and was physically active—one hour walk twice a day. In fact, as a radio jockey with a private FM station in Jaipur, the 43-year-old used to dole out health tips to the listeners of his morning show. Following changes in his ECG that were indicative of a heart problem, the cardiologist...
Remote control   23 April, 2013
'Baby born with HIV cured'   04 March, 2013
Young warriors   01 March, 2013
There are not enough qualified doctors   01 March, 2013
Antibiotic from human sweat   25 February, 2013
Leave no mark   11 February, 2013
Prescription for improvement   24 January, 2013
Sweet cut   24 January, 2013
A pill a day...   09 January, 2013
Namaste, Spock   09 January, 2013
The mind’s eye   09 January, 2013
Walk it off   09 January, 2013
Cuts, bruises, scrapes...   12 December, 2012
Eye-catching treatment   06 December, 2012
Dance with the demons   21 November, 2012
To do or knot to do   21 November, 2012
In search of relief   21 November, 2012
Not just lip service   16 November, 2012
The big picture   30 October, 2012
Break free   09 October, 2012
Class test   09 October, 2012
When the heart breaks   19 September, 2012
Home sickness   22 August, 2012
Scan before cut   22 August, 2012
Go robot!   11 August, 2012
Beat that pain   22 August, 2012
The big leap   11 August, 2012
Signals and no system   11 August, 2012
Shot at survival   11 August, 2012
Brave art   01 June, 2012
Ills of smoking   25 May, 2012
Block buster   01 June, 2012
Killing interference   24 May, 2012
Sound system   24 May, 2012
A heartbeat away   24 May, 2012
Not made in India   03 May, 2012
Pain in the neck   03 May, 2012
Who cares for them?   25 April, 2012
A second chance   25 April, 2012
Call it quits   25 April, 2012
Let’s make up!   27 March, 2012
Seeds of obesity epidemic sown in babyhood   09 November, 2011
Winter blues? Go for light therapy!   01 November, 2011
Mouth bugs, gum disease linked   31 July, 2011
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Obese more vulnerable to flu   31 July, 2011
Watch what you eat this Diwali!   24 October, 2011
Beware of aromatherapy's polluting effects   24 October, 2011
Found! Brain tumour culprit   24 October, 2011
Breast cancer cases set to go up   23 October, 2011
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