Lata Mishra
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Why Mumbai is wheezing and coughing more this winter
Mumbai's air quality index has remained 'very poor' the last two months. Here’s a look at why doctors are seeing a five-fold rise in patients complain → Read More
Why WHO says even a peg or two a day can kill you
India News: With the World Health Organization busting the old myth of a peg or two a day being good for your health and flagging alcohol as grade-1 carcinogen, → Read More
'Doctors don't trust all medicine made in India'
India News: Public health activists Dinesh Thakur and Prashant Reddy on why we are likely to see more such tragedies take place, unless India undertakes sweeping → Read More
How bad mobile habits are killing your neck
India News: The neck carries the weight of our brain and skull, which is around 5kg. Bending the neck by 60 degrees due to bad posture increases the weight on it → Read More
How India made it safe for HIV+ couples to have kids
India News: In Maharashtra, the risk of a baby born to an HIV-positive woman could soon be zero. This is the story of how this remarkable feat was achieved → Read More
Popping an antibiotic after unsafe sex can prevent infection, but…
India News: Unchecked use of antibiotics may lead to patients developing resistance to drugs. And that is not good news for those suffering from sexually transmi → Read More
Is that heartburn or a sign of heart attack? Doctors explain
India News: It was probably the confusion between symptoms of acidity and signs of an impending heart attack that prevented celebrated singer KK from seeking medi → Read More
Why IVF babies start slow but catch up fast
India News: Research shows that babies, who are conceived through assisted reproductive technology, grow differently, and take two years to level with naturally c → Read More
How, in her death, this six-year-old gave life to four
India News: Overcoming the shock of their daughter being shot dead, Rolly Prajapati’s parents donated her organs, saving four lives. Now they seek justice for her → Read More
How Covid has triggered a blindness crisis in India
Best of the Week News: With a sharp drop in the number of cataract surgeries, especially in rural areas, India is faced with a mountain of backlog. In a lot of cases, there → Read More
How Covid has triggered a blindness crisis in India
India News: With a sharp drop in the number of cataract surgeries, especially in rural areas, India is faced with a mountain of backlog. In a lot of cases, there → Read More
Explained: Everything you need to know about monkeypox
India News: Two reasons mainly. One, cases outside Central and West Africa, where it is endemic, is a big red flag. Two, very few of the recent cases had relevant → Read More
covid: Is Covid causing diabetes too? Doctors think so
India News: New studies and top health experts from Mumbai find that at least 40% patients, who required hospitalisation after contracting Covid, are reporting wi → Read More
How a Mumbai hospital is trying to avert a disaster in Lanka
India News: The Tata Memorial Hospital-led National Cancer Grid has launched a drive to raise funds to send medicines to Sri Lanka where thousands could die if he → Read More
Why heart failure is killing more women
India News: Lifestyle changes and evolving social roles have rendered women as vulnerable to coronary artery diseases as men. Here’s what they can do → Read More
The dangers of popping anti-allergy pills on your own
India News: With high pollen in the air, spring can be a treacherous time for people to develop severe allergic reactions. But that’s no excuse to treat your symp → Read More
cancer: Hundreds of kids with cancer are smiling today because of this non-profit
India News: St Jude Childcare, which was set up in 2006 to provide free accommodation and support to children undergoing cancer treatment at Tata Memorial Centre → Read More
How an IIT-B innovation put a face to an unclaimed body
India News: Together with IIT Bombay, doctors in a Mumbai hospital’s forensic odontology department used an advanced forensic technique and helped the police spee → Read More
Is multitasking making you forgetful?
India News: Newly-opened ‘Memory OPD’ at Mumbai’s KEM Hospital is flooded with patients in their early thirties. And there is one thing common between them – they → Read More
Story of Mumbai’s first heart transplant and a wedding
India News: In 2015, Anwar was tethered to a ventilator, his heart functioning at 5 per cent of its capacity and his weight down 30 kgs to just 40 kilos. Today, h → Read More