Year: 2018

Archibald Cochrane, breast cancer screening, clinical trials, Cochrane Collaboration, conflict of interest, evidence-based medicine, Hilda Bastian, HPV, human papillomavirus, Peter Gøtzsche, pre-cancer, psychiatric medications, randomised controlled trials

Gøtzsche Affair Spotlights Challenges of Producing Good Evidence in Medicine

Kiran Kumbhar 18/11/2018

Peter Gøtzsche is one of the founding members of...

science communication, scicomm, field notes, biology, Lalbagh botanical gardens, Bangalore, Bengaluru, citizen science initiatives, citizen science, eBird, Cassia fistula, Kanikonna, flowering patterns, Vishu festival,

How Your Field Notes, Dusty or New, Can Help Science

Anisha Jayadevan 18/11/2018

More recently, field-note-taking has become more sophisticated. Citizen science...

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Hidden Failures and a Malnourished South: Health and Nutrition in Chhattisgarh

Falak Raza 18/11/2018

While the Health Index 2018 accords a favourable position...

Air quality turns severe in Delhi. Credit: Reuters/File picture

Delhi’s Air Pollution Oscillating Between Poor, Very Poor: Authorities

Delhi's air quality showed improvement on Wednesday and Thursday...

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A Vaccine that Could Block Mosquitoes from Transmitting Malaria

Wei-Chiao Huang and Jonathan Lovell 17/11/2018

Researchers have tried unsuccessfully for decades to develop a...

Poonam, a resident of Pachkol village in Chhindwara district in south-west Madhya Pradesh, belongs to the Bhariya community, categorised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. There is a 44% shortfall in the healthcare infrastructure in the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh despite the fact that, last year, the state government had left in hand Rs 4,000 crore allocated for tribal welfare. Credit: Nikhil M. Babu/IndiaSpend

Read | India’s First Comprehensive Tribal Health Report

Ayesha Marfatia 17/11/2018

The report is the culmination of years of study...

#MeTooIndia, anxiety, counsellors, Depression, DSM 5, gaslighting, internalised shame, LGBTQ, mental health, psychiatrists, psychiatry, psychoeducation, self-reporting, sexual violence, therapists

How Do You Know When Mental Healthcare Goes Awry and Causes Harm?

Ruchita Chandrashekar 16/11/2018

Questioning one’s self-worth is at the core of numerous...