India’s medical education infrastructure has seen extraordinary growth: the number of medical colleges has increased by 81% from 387 in 2013-2014 to 702 in 2024-2025, while MBBS seats
In India, for the majority, vaccination is almost synonymous with the vaccination of children. However, among the older population, mortality due to pneumonia is so common that it
Academic article retraction mainly results from inadvertent errors or mistakes, non-replicable findings, research misconduct, and redundant or duplicate publications. In 2020. The most common reason for retracting biological
In 2006 the Dutch burns foundation invited patients to help set their research agenda. It learnt that the group’s main concern was itching, which wasn’t a research priority
Even when publishers, authors, and universities are willing to restrict ties to the industry, evidence indicates that they struggle to identify funding sources because tobacco companies have funded
The FNDR (Foundation for Neglected Disease Research, a not-for-profit organization biotech R & D organization, brought together domain experts to discuss developments. Dr Shridhar Narayanan, CEO FNDR, explained
We no longer need to reinvent the wheel of content creation in most subjects-effective curation is the new key for the 21st-century educator. The 5 C digital curation
Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritise self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterised by false or misleading information, deviation form best editorial and publication
An argument for retaining industry funding for continuing medical education, especially in low and middle income countries, is that funding for this activity is otherwise unobtainable. This rationale
Dr Devi Prasad Shetty states that healthcare in the future will be delivered to the global population on a mobile phone on the move and not in hospitals
