Tomorrow's Science For Today's Clinician
Dr.K.S.ShajiProf of Psychiatry (Retd), Dean (Research), Kerala University of Health Sciences Mental health has never got recognition in India as…
Even as we come to terms with the aftermath of the COVID 19 pandemic and continue to face the uncertainty of a third wave; the tragedy and the lessons of the second wave in Apr-May are fresh in our minds.
Vaccination or immunization is the injection of small amounts of weakened or killed bacteria and viruses, or their parts, to trigger an immune response and produce antibodies against that particular pathogen.
WHO is calling on stakeholders to increase uptake of evidence-based interventions with point-of-care quality improvements, particularly during childbirth, with a focus on several priorities as far as maternal and newborn care is concerned.
Awake craniotomy is a robust, excellent and versatile addition to the existing range of high-tech methods that are available for…
Indian clinical investigators may be tempted to use patient-reported outcomes for research. But cultural differences with the west may pose…
The first epilepsy surgery in India was performed at Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1952 by Prof Jacob Chandy. Sixty-nine years later, it is quite disappointing that only 2 in 1000 eligible epilepsy surgery candidates get operated on every year in India today, creating a huge surgical treatment gap.
For a significant proportion of people, COVID-19 leads to medium- to long-term effects that can have a significant impact on the quality of life. Some symptoms may linger or recur for days, weeks or months following initial recovery, while some patients develop medical complications that may have lasting lifetime health effects.
Be always prepared for discouragements and disappointments that can pull you down in this profession. One should be aware that there are traps all around you, especially at a time when the organisational, social and political systems often turn hostile to committed services and endeavours.
India has followed a policy of price control of pharmaceutical products for long, and in recent times it has extended the ambit to include certain devices as well.