‘Public health should take precedence over curative medicine’

December 26, 2022

A former head of the Department of Cardiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Prof. K. Srinath Reddy is an Honorary Distinguished Professor at the...

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‘Intimacy, healthy lifestyle key to better sex life, not superfoods’

December 21, 2022

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Dr Tanaya Narendra, or Dr Cuterus as her Instagram account is known, is an Indian doctor-influencer who is leading the conversation about sex and sexual health...

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Less than 10% of global organ donations happen in Asia

December 6, 2022

In an exclusive interview with HealthLEADS, Dr (Colonel) Avnish Seth, Head – Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Manipal Organ Sharing...

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Doctors can help build trust in healthcare

October 12, 2022

Has the problem of mistrust in healthcare increased over the past few years? Yes, and COVID-19 made it worse, admits Dr Karan Thakur, Vice President, Public...

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World Mental Health Day: Addressing the elephant in the room

October 10, 2022

Dr Samir Parikh, Consultant Psychiatrist and Director, Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Fortis Healthcare, India, underscores the need...

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Heart attack and cardiac arrest are not same

September 30, 2022

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have now become the leading cause of mortality in India. According to the Global Burden of Disease, nearly a quarter (24.8...

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Cancer care: When evidence is the backbone of informed decision-making

August 12, 2022

In another decade, we will truly be able to call India developed as far as cancer care is concerned, says Dr Sameer Kaul, Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology...

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Remarkable, premature: Director TMH on cancer cure

June 11, 2022

‘To consider something a miracle cure, you need much larger numbers of patients being treated, being followed up for a much longer time, and results analyzed,’...

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Outcry over racist Monkeypox coverage

June 6, 2022

The Foreign Press Association, Africa has registered its displeasure against media outlets using images of black people alongside stories of the monkeypox...

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9 million deaths each year caused by pollution: Lancet report

May 26, 2022

Ninety two percent of pollution-related deaths, and the greatest burden of pollution’s economic losses, occur in low-income and middle-income countries...