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Government prepares draft bill allowing passive euthanasia.

Living will for passive euthanasia: The right way to go

Doctors may also be spared of any accusation of foul play or negligence in cases where patients had penned down a living...

25 Oct 2017 12:24 AM IST

For patients, radiology is changing for the better. (Photo: Pixabay)

Radiologists want patients to get test results faster

In most medical practices, radiology teams interpret medical images but aren't the ones who tell patients about the...

19 Nov 2017 12:04 PM IST

Indias primary care consultation time was two minutes in 2015. (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctors in India see patients for just two minutes: study

India's primary care consultation time was two minutes in 2015.

9 Nov 2017 1:59 PM IST

Adequate acid in the stomach helps in carrying out the function of digestion adequately and helps to lead a normal and healthy life.

Experts say people from North India prone to celiac disease

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that occurs due to ingestion of a protein called gluten which is present in...

9 Sept 2017 9:50 AM IST

Launched at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes, ANYA is an intelligent and patient-friendly chatbot trained to help patients with health-related concerns as part of their disease-management.

Lupin launches India's first chatbot for patients

Chatbot named ANYA' is designed to provide medically verified information for health-related queries.

24 Nov 2018 10:05 AM IST

$Doctors call it the \weekend effect\. (Photo: PIxabay)$ Life

People die more on weekends

Around 300,000 patients from 470 hospitals were monitored for the research.

23 Jan 2018 4:18 PM IST

Doctors confirmed it entered his body through the anus (Photo: AFP)

UK: India-born doctor jailed for 12 yrs for sexual assaulting women...

Police fear there may be other victims as Rathore was working as a GP for many years.

19 Jan 2018 11:00 AM IST

Only 14 percent across both age groups were comfortable talking to their manager about stress levels (Photo: AFP)

Efforts needed to address 'financial toxicity' of cancer treatment

Many patients face financial devastation particularly as they progress into survivorship.

23 July 2018 12:55 PM IST

Each patient used a VR headset to visit one of five virtual environments (VEs) of a cathedral, a forest, a sandy beach, a rocky beach, and a countryside scene. Sixteen sessions were monitored with feedback gathered from patients and their caregivers. (Photo: ANI)

People with dementia could benefit from Virtual Reality

VR can clearly have positive benefits for patients with dementia.

11 May 2019 3:21 PM IST

Facebooks facial recognition will work only when someone has been locked out of his/her account. (Representative Image: Apple)

Use of facial recognition tech can help continuously monitor patient...

Around 300 hours of data were analysed to find daytime images of patients facing the camera in a good body position.

4 Jun 2019 1:39 PM IST

$A poster depicts Chinese president Xi Jinping with two pointed ears underlined by the words \BAT MAN\ on a street in Stockholm. (AP)$ World

US virus patients and businesses sue China over outbreak

At least nine lawsuits have been filed in the US against China, claiming authorities there tried to hide what was...

11 May 2020 9:57 AM IST

It has been significantly rising because of changing sexual behaviour trends combined with known risk factors, like HPV virus and smoking. (Photo: Pixabay)

Survival of patients with anal cancer depends on socioeconomic status

Advances in SCCA treatment have boosted survival and cure rates, but benefits are uneven among patients of disparate...

12 March 2018 6:46 PM IST