In this personal essay, I recount my lived experience of childhood tuberculosis, highlighting the physical, emotional, and psychological toll on myself and my family. I reflect on how tuberculosis care has since improved, but also how certain critical gaps persist,...
Adolescence, Netflix, Producers: Jack Thorne, Philip Barantini, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, and others, Director: Philip Barantini, March 2025, 51-65 minutes, English.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a draft guidance on clinical ethics in May 2025. This document covers education and capacity building in clinical ethics, the setting up of clinical ethics services in institutions, and the development of policies to imp...
Excess embryo generation in assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles is a common practice due to the inherent uncertainties at various stages of the procedure. The remaining embryos, after the transfer of one or two, are cryopreserved. However, ethical, legal,...
Medicines provide therapeutic benefits but also cause harm due to inappropriate use and adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ADRs may cause serious health consequences, imposing a significant burden on healthcare systems. Ensuring patient safety by minimising risk requir...
Public health professionals and researchers in India with allied health and non-health backgrounds are routinely undercompensated and not treated on par with their counterparts from a medical background. In this article, we use the practice of discipline-based wage...
Peter C Gotzsche. Is psychiatry a crime against humanity? Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom; 2024. 215 pages, ISBN: 978-87-85273-00-0.
Joanna Moncrieff. Chemically Imbalanced: The Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth. Flint Books; 2024. Pages: 336, INR 1545 (paperback). ISBN: 9780750999336
The deaths of children in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh from cough syrup adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG) have laid bare the gaps in drug regulation, from the manufacturing site down to the pharmacist. They have exposed, as hollow, the governments’ and drug ...
The stethoscope once defined the physician. Today, it shares symbolic space with something more elusive: data. Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and predictive algorithms are reshaping healthcare systems around the world. AI promises increased diagnos...