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Pain that persists after healing needs specialised care, say experts

As September is observed as Pain Awareness month, the Karnataka Chapter of the Indian Society for Study of Pain has launched a public awareness…

Diet-exercise combo most effective for lasting weight loss: ICMR-NIN

Tribal children’s deaths in Balaghat: CJP’s Dipke mocks Madhya Pradesh government with resignation letter

Abhijeet Dipke said in his satirical letter that he was resigning as “my conscience does not allow me to continue occupying this chair after…

Unqualified practitioners found treating patients, prescribing allopathic medicines in Hyderabad

Archibald V. Hill and Otto Meyerhof’s Nobel-winning work on muscle metabolism

Their studies of heat production, oxygen use and lactic acid helped establish how muscles generate and recover energy

Preparing for egg retrieval? What to eat in the weeks before the procedure

No particular food guarantee better eggs or a successful IVF outcome. Nutrition can, however, influence the metabolic and physiological environment in which the body…

Health Wrap Episode 50 discusses healthy ageing, longevity and racquet sports

The episode discusses how food, physical activity, sleep and other aspects of lifestyle can influence health over the long term, while emphasising the need…

Health Wrap | Episode 50 | Longevity and racquet sports

In the 50th episode of The Health Wrap by The Hindu, Ramya Kannan, Health Editor, The Hindu, speaks to Dr. Navin Gnanasekaran, Longevity Physician…

Telangana wants its next generation of doctors trained in robotic surgery, plans six-month training for PG students

August Krogh’s Nobel winning discovery of oxygen supply to muscles

August Krogh’s research showed how capillaries regulate blood flow to meet tissue oxygen needs

PCOS name change to PMOS to lead to a holistic approach, involve more disciplines: Prof. Terhi Piltonen

Professor Terhi Piltonen on why PCOS is being renamed PMOS and what the change could mean for how the condition is diagnosed and treated

Social media opening doors to child marriages?

On September 4, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 27 as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced…