‘Is your apology as big as your advertisements?’ SC to Ramdev

The Supreme Court on Tuesday lashed out at Patanjali Ayurveda and asked “Is your apology as big as your advertisements?’. Stressing on the protection of all consumer groups including children, babies, and women...

Study finds inappropriate medicines lead to increased expenditure in Delhi

A study has revealed that comorbidities, prolonged hospitalisation, inappropriate medicines, polypharmacy and parenteral medicines being prescribed contribute to increased expenditure on drugs in elderly patients. The study...

Center sitting with closed eye: SC tells over Patanjali ads

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday slapped an interim ban on ads of Patanjali Ayurved’s medicines. The apex court said the company can’t make claims that their medicines would treat ailments specified in the Drugs...

Not only Happy Doctors Day! We need to be more ethical, Doctors be more responsive and system more dynamic

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, the father of analytical psychology, once said that Medicines cure diseases, but only doctors can cure patients. July 1 every year is observed as National Docors Day as a token of thanks...

Why Lancet Editorial Slamming Modi Govt on COVID19 may prove torch-bearer to fight pandemic

The medical periodical in its thought-provoking editorial has held two important national events –Kumbh at Haridwar and Political rallies in West Bengal – as the super spreader for COVID 19 infection spread.   The top...