By Pretesh Kiran Bengaluru, Aug 12, 2023: Bengaluru’s St. John’s Medical College launched its diamond jubilee celebrations on August 12 with a minister of Karnataka state hailing the institution’s selfless service to mankind. St. John’s “is the first private medical college in Karnataka” and its “quality of selfless service towardsContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, Dec 8, 2022: Kerala is considered the healthiest Indian state, thanks to her superlative health indices. Recently, the southern Indian state added another feather to her illustrious cap on the healthcare front by bringing out an antibiogram, making Kerala the first Indian state to do so.Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Oct 12, 2022: In our daily life we ask a “mechanical question” – How are you? – and we give a “mechanical answer” – “Fine”, “I am keeping fine”, “I am doing wel.” Is our answer true? It may be true for 5 percent ofContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Nov 22, 2021: The southern state of Kerala is supposedly the healthiest among the Indian states. This reputation comprises one of the reasons why Kerala is monikered “God’s own country.” This is based on certain health indices which places Kerala on par with Scandinavian nations.Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct 8, 2020: Some Catholic nurses in Goa take time off from their busy schedule to reach out to orphanages, homes for the aged, and the poor and needy villagers in the western Indian state “Nursing is a vocation to take care of patients in theirContinue Reading
By Carlyne Remedios We all want to be healthy, get fit, prevent illness and be a better version of ourselves. But where do we even begin? It can get overwhelming; just the thought of getting on a diet plan can put us off even before we begin! Here are someContinue Reading
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh has the highest seroprevalance, or the presence of antibodies to the novel coronavirus, and Kerala the lowest among 21 States studied, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) fourth national serology survey. Though headline results of the survey were published last week, the State-wiseContinue Reading
New Delhi: Roughly two out of three Indians may have some protection from Covid-19, government experts on July 20 said, citing the latest sero survey findings that they described as a “ray of hope”, but added that a large part of the population is still vulnerable and future waves cannotContinue Reading
A student from Kerala’s Thrissur enrolled at a medical college in China, who was the first Indian to test positive for Covid-19 in January 2020 after returning to India following the outbreak of the pandemic, has been infected again, a health official said on Tuesday. She is, however, asymptomatic, theContinue Reading
By Carlyne Remedios Mumbai: Never before have we been so invested in our immunity than since when Covid hit us in 2019. The internet and the market are saturated with products, pills and shots promising to ‘boost’ your immunity and it is all enticing because who doesn’t want a quickContinue Reading
