Month: June 2018

Work hour limitation has been a topic for discussion for quite a long time including in medicine. Doctors who work long and continuous shifts are …Read more

Infertility is a growing problem in India and factors causing infertility are not just clinical. Rapid urbanization has brought about significant changes in lifestyle, which …Read more

When we talk of affordable health care, we need to have value for money for both masses as well as classes. The economically weaker section …Read more

 Rheumatic heart disease is a major cause of mitral stenosis, particularly in developing countries. Rheumatic mitral stenosis is a gradually progressive disease and in due …Read more

A ‘battery’ action is an action for a “touching” to which the patient did not agree i.e. touching without permission. So, even if the procedure …Read more

Adolescence heralds a period of physical and psychological changes in the body. Such is the multitude of these transitions, including an expression of sexual behaviors, …Read more

Last year, there was a campaign “Sexual privacy is my fundamental right” with the message that doctors cannot ask “Are you married?”, unless this question …Read more

The US FDA has recently banned the use of artificial trans fats (partially hydrogenated oils) from American restaurants and grocery store food items. The FDA …Read more

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that the cost of medical expenses of senior citizens in case of emergency is to be borne by the …Read more