The day a healthcare professional completes their qualifying degree is not the end of their education. In many ways, it is the beginning. Medicine is one of the fastest-evolving fields in human history. Clinical guidelines change. New
The Supreme Court strongly objected to the expression “being accustomed to sexual intercourse” in medical reports for rape cases, which is cited by the accused to argue that the sexual act was consensual. “This is nothing but
The BBMP, the administrative body of the government in Bangalore, announced in 2025 a combined vaccine scheme for street dogs, integrating it with the ongoing Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV) programme. The 5-in-1 Canine Core Combined Vaccine target canine
Bengaluru is accounting for four of these deaths. The health department has recorded nearly 66849 cases of dog bite as of February 2025. Dog bites are notifiable. Reporting mechanisms have improved over the past few years. More
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 have surged by 125 % to 115,812. Postgraduate medical
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 is often called “The Captain of Death,” and it is proven
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 and medical research articles was scientific misconduct (62%), followed
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 at that time. Sanne Steenhuisen, programme secretary of the
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 front groups and have diversified into pharmaceutical and health
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 that they were trying to design a drug that
