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Prevalence in India was also higher among people in rural areas, most likely because of underdiagnosis of the risk factors contributing to dementia
Read article →Chaired by the Prime Minister with Union Ministers as trustees, all donations qualify for 100% deduction under the I-T Act, and count as CSR expenditure under the Companies Act, yet the Fund remains ‘outside the ambit of the RTI Act, parliamentary scrutiny, and audit by the CAG’, RTI activists say
Read article →Doctors say myths when it comes to reproductive health do more than spread misinformation: they often delay medical evaluations, increase emotional distress and reinforce gender stereotypes around infertility
Read article →The latest National Commission for Indian System of Medicine circular reinforces the legal status of registered AYUSH practitioners and seeks to prevent their public mischaracterisation while affirming their place in India’s healthcare workforce
Read article →Why NCISM says Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Sowa-Rigpa doctors cannot be called “quacks”
Read article →The Union Health Ministry has urged people to monitor alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels as an early indicator of liver injury. Experts explain what ALT measures are, who should be tested, and why both high and normal ALT levels require careful interpretation
Read article →When did the outbreak start? What is the progress on the vaccine?
Read article →The World Bank says extreme heat should no longer be treated as a seasonal emergency, warning that rising temperatures threaten livelihoods, productivity and long-term economic growth across the region
Read article →Kerala has reported 49 deaths—30 confirmed to be due to leptospirosis and 19 suspected cases—in the month of July, 2026 alone. There have been 1,381 confirmed and 922 probable cases of leptospirosis so far in 2026 with total deaths of 115, including 52 probable leptospirosis deaths
Read article →India, which has a long history of addressing the challenges of undernutrition, has to pivot to attack the curious phenomenon of overnutrition that evolving lifestyles have now laid at its…
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