India at a crossroads

Prashob K P | 10-January-2013

Apurva Shah is the Chairman of the Association of Contract Research Organisations (ACRO). His challenge is to position Contract Research Organisations (CROs) as a top level provider of comprehensive

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Interview with Dr Mohan Nair

FM News Bureau | 10-January-2013

Dr Mohan Nair is the Chief of Cardiology at St Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi, and Max Hospital, Delhi. He is also the Director of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services at Max Healthcare India, the

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Interview with Dr Epari Satish Kumar

FM News Bureau | 10-January-2013

Be active and stress-free. Today’s fast-paced life and workplace pressures escalate stress levels, taking a toll on one’s heart. We must realise that the healing power of the body decreases under

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India’s heartache

Sumithra Sathyan | 10-January-2013

Today, the average age of a person suffering from a heart attack has come down drastically, thanks to poor lifestyles. The rate of coronary heart diseases among Indians, particularly the youth, is

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Mass awareness on spinal solutions is a major challenge

Prashob KP | 17 Jan 2013

Dr Arvind G Kulkarni heads the Mumbai Spine Scoliosis and Disc Replacement Centre as a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, one of the oldest and largest hospitals of India. He has

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Introducing the da Vinci robotic system

Prashob K P | 02January2013

Dr Anshumala Shukla-Kulkarni, MD (O&G) (Bom), DGO, FCPS, is a Consultant Gynecological Laparoscopy Surgeon, Robotic Surgeon, and Urogynecologist. She had done Clinical Fellowship in Advanced

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‘Celebrated practitioners know the value of Ayurveda’

Prashob K P | 08-December-2012

Dr P K Warrier is the Managing Trustee and Chief Physician of Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal. A doyen of Ayurveda, Dr Warrier has made significant contributions to research and innovation, besides taking

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A mousetrap for cancer

Sanjeev Neelakantan | 02-December-2012

There’s a new window to understand cancer cell formation and metastasis (spread of primary tumour/cancer to other/distant parts of the body). Pioneered by Dr Jacco van Rheenen and his colleagues at

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