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

Watermelon reduces hardening of arteries   31 July, 2011

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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