Health & Life

Blood: The Elixir Of Life And The Flawed Healthcare System In India

By Pranjal Pathak: Blood is an irreplaceable fluid fundamental to every human being’s existence. It is something required in considerable amount to treat patients suffering from diseases like thalassemia, cancer, leukaemia, renal diseases, burns and patients undergoing major surgeries, especially in case of emergencies due

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Rural Health Scenario: In Need Of Particular Attention

By Reeti Mahobe: Gandhiji rightly said that if one wants to know India, one must visit her villages. This remark still holds good even decades post independence. Rural India has a population of more than 800 million and there are around 6 lakh and 40

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“Go See A Doc”- Blind Reliance On Medical Care Unit?

By Shaifali Agrawal: “Go see a Doctor!” These four words sound familiar, don’t they? That’s what you say to your friend who is suffering from fever, someone who has been coughing since morning, someone who had a minor fracture, or just someone who has been

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Organ Donation: A Bestowment Of Life

By Karthik Ganesh: The measure of one’s life is not its duration, but its donation. In the modern world it’s easy to make a buck but a lot tougher to make a difference in people’s life. The only true gift in this world is a

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Child Malnutrition: Save The Child Before Its Birth

By Soumya Kundra: We, the people of India boast of the rise in the standard of living that has happened over the years. The scintillating and mesmerizing malls that attract our sight, the food courts where we throng and hang out with our friends, Dominos’,

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Life Ball ’12: Europe’s Largest And Craziest Charity Event To Fight Against AIDS

Report by Maria Kamptner and Mathias Haas, Vienna, Austria: "Fight the flames of ignorance" was the slogan and theme of this years 20th Life Ball in Vienna. It is one of the craziest charity events around the world. Every new year thousands of people try

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Drug Rehabilitation System In India

By Indrani Chanda: The very first reaction that comes with the term "drug" is never an appreciable one, rather a terrifying notion and a question mark on how to cure its addiction. India with all its glorifying victories and discoveries also has under its carpet,

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Cancer- A Fight Within Oneself

By Sonakshi Madan: Cancer, the world’s deadliest disease is characterized by out-of-control cell growth. There are over 100 different types of cancer. Cancer harms the body as damaged cells divide uncontrollably and form tumours. According to a study published in British Medical Journal (BMJ), a

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