Thiruvananthapuram, Mar. 25, 2019: In order to accommodate patients suffering from pulmonary diseases and airborne diseases, cough corners will be established in every hospital across the state. Cough Corners will be made mandatory in every hospital to prevent spreading of diseases like Tuberculosis. Private hospitals have also been asked toContinue Reading

Thiruvananthapuram: A group of doctors came up against the ceremony of offering the holy communion to the Christian devotees on tongue. Dr PA Thomas, former plastic surgeon in Thiruvananthapuram Medical college, submitted a letter to the health secretary demanding government’s action to end this system. Qualified Private Medical Practitioners AssociationContinue Reading

The first rays of the sun hurry down to Kunnanthanam to wish good morning to the good souls there, but find most beds of the village empty. Where’s everyone? They are all up already, preparing to go to the yoga class! Individually or in groups, they head to the villageContinue Reading

For oncologists worldwide, India can look like a puzzling outlier when it comes to cancer. For one, despite reporting more than 1.5 million new cases every year, India’s cancer rate remains lower than, say, the economically advanced US. That’s about 100 cases per 100,000 people compared with 300 in theContinue Reading

With increasing evidence that childhood obesity is a “global epidemic”, affecting even the poorer nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines on how trained professionals can better identify youngsters in need of help. India has the second highest number of obese children in the world after China,Continue Reading