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What to ask your doctor before any elective surgery
Doctor's Advice

What to ask your doctor before any elective surgery

Six questions every patient should ask before consenting to an elective procedure, written by a senior consultant.

The eight habits that actually extend healthy lifespan, according to a 30-year study
Lifestyle

The eight habits that actually extend healthy lifespan, according to a 30-year study

A long-running cohort study identifies eight modifiable behaviours that add up to a decade of healthy life — and they are not what most wellness brands sell.

Blood test can predict lung cancer 5 years before diagnosis
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Blood test can predict lung cancer 5 years before diagnosis

Suspected Ebola case in Jaipur; Ugandan national under observation
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Suspected Ebola case in Jaipur; Ugandan national under observation

Indian healthtech funding rebounds in Q4, crossing $1.2 billion
Investment in Healthcare

Indian healthtech funding rebounds in Q4, crossing $1.2 billion

After a two-year slump, late-stage rounds and a wave of strategic acquirers returned capital to Indian healthtech in the final quarter of 2025.

WHO announces $518 million six-month plan to fight Ebola
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WHO announces $518 million six-month plan to fight Ebola

Post-surgery radiation therapy lowers risk of bladder cancer recurrence, study
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Post-surgery radiation therapy lowers risk of bladder cancer recurrence, study

Paras Healthcare files papers with Sebi for Rs 1,800-cr IPO
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Paras Healthcare files papers with Sebi for Rs 1,800-cr IPO

Manipal Health takes Bengaluru hospital building on long-term lease
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Manipal Health takes Bengaluru hospital building on long-term lease

Work-life balance in 2026: what India's knowledge workers are quietly changing
Lifestyle

Work-life balance in 2026: what India's knowledge workers are quietly changing

Hybrid is over. A new pattern of structured asynchronous work is emerging in India's services sector — and it is improving sleep, marriages, and output.

Three returnees from Ebola-hit nations kept in home isolation in Chhattisgarh
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Three returnees from Ebola-hit nations kept in home isolation in Chhattisgarh

"Healthcare Isn’t Expensive, Hospital Business Models Make It Expensive": Varun Dubey
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"Healthcare Isn’t Expensive, Hospital Business Models Make It Expensive": Varun Dubey

PE giants vying for 25% stake in Cloudnine
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PE giants vying for 25% stake in Cloudnine

Unsafe food kills 1.5 mn people a year worldwide: WHO
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Unsafe food kills 1.5 mn people a year worldwide: WHO

The second opinion is not an insult. It is good medicine.
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The second opinion is not an insult. It is good medicine.

Asking for a second opinion is one of the most under-used tools in patient safety. A practising oncologist explains why.

Strength training over long-term associated with lower risk of death: Study
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Strength training over long-term associated with lower risk of death: Study

NMC warns of HIV, hepatitis risk from unsafe injections
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NMC warns of HIV, hepatitis risk from unsafe injections

Goa among most obese states in country: NFHS-6
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Goa among most obese states in country: NFHS-6

Centre to add 75k more UG, PG medical seats in 5 years: Nadda
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Centre to add 75k more UG, PG medical seats in 5 years: Nadda

PE firms circle Indian hospital chains as consolidation accelerates
Investment in Healthcare

PE firms circle Indian hospital chains as consolidation accelerates

Private equity is back at the table for India's mid-sized hospital chains, with deal sizes climbing past the $500 million mark.

Centre issues Ebola advisory, says no cases detected yet
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Centre issues Ebola advisory, says no cases detected yet

Study identifies two distinct subtypes of autism
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Study identifies two distinct subtypes of autism

NMC seeks to restore 10-year course completion window for med students
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NMC seeks to restore 10-year course completion window for med students

SC refuses computer-based test for NEET re-examination
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SC refuses computer-based test for NEET re-examination

Strength training after forty is the new non-negotiable
Lifestyle

Strength training after forty is the new non-negotiable

Cardio kept the last generation alive. Strength training will keep this one independent. The clinical evidence is now overwhelming.

Largest shortages in cancer workforce in 2050 could be nurses, diagnostic specialists
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Largest shortages in cancer workforce in 2050 could be nurses, diagnostic specialists

SC issues notice to HDFC CEO on Lilavati Trust plea against HC order
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SC issues notice to HDFC CEO on Lilavati Trust plea against HC order

Full vaccination surges from 83.8% to 87.1% as malnutrition recedes: NFHS-6
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Full vaccination surges from 83.8% to 87.1% as malnutrition recedes: NFHS-6

Sharp rise in obesity, high blood sugar levels among Indian adults: NFHS-6
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Sharp rise in obesity, high blood sugar levels among Indian adults: NFHS-6

Women bear heavier burden of pain & mental illness despite longer lives, Lancet study
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Women bear heavier burden of pain & mental illness despite longer lives, Lancet study

How to read your own blood test without panicking
Doctor's Advice

How to read your own blood test without panicking

A practical guide to reading a routine blood panel — and a reminder that a single out-of-range value is rarely the emergency the internet will tell you it is.

Hospital IPO pipeline thickens as three chains file papers with SEBI
Investment in Healthcare

Hospital IPO pipeline thickens as three chains file papers with SEBI

India's public markets are set to absorb a fresh wave of hospital listings in 2026 as multiple operators move to lock in valuations.

The quiet crisis in Indian primary care, and why no one is fixing it
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The quiet crisis in Indian primary care, and why no one is fixing it

Tertiary hospitals get the headlines. Primary care gets the patients. Until that imbalance is funded, every other reform is downstream of failure.

Ayushman Bharat crosses 90 crore ABHA accounts
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Ayushman Bharat crosses 90 crore ABHA accounts

Blood test could help detect signs of Alzheimer's disease decades before symptoms
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Blood test could help detect signs of Alzheimer's disease decades before symptoms

NEET-UG to shift to CBT mode from 2027: NTA to SC
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NEET-UG to shift to CBT mode from 2027: NTA to SC

Supreme Court pulls up Centre over food safety failures, seeks audit
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Supreme Court pulls up Centre over food safety failures, seeks audit

One day of extreme heat causes 3,400 excess deaths across India, study
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One day of extreme heat causes 3,400 excess deaths across India, study

Smaller states beat richest on healthcare spending
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Smaller states beat richest on healthcare spending

WHO identifies Ebola treatments, vaccines be tested in trials amid outbreak
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WHO identifies Ebola treatments, vaccines be tested in trials amid outbreak

SC orders nationwide overhaul of trauma care
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SC orders nationwide overhaul of trauma care

NIT-K researchers develop antimicrobial coating for orthopaedic implants
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NIT-K researchers develop antimicrobial coating for orthopaedic implants

India sends emergency medical supplies for Ebola outbreak response
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India sends emergency medical supplies for Ebola outbreak response

Govt health spending triples to Rs 3.85 lakh crore in 2022-23: NHA
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Govt health spending triples to Rs 3.85 lakh crore in 2022-23: NHA

Why we still cannot trust most online health content
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Why we still cannot trust most online health content

A decade after the search-engine revolution in medicine, the median piece of health content the public encounters online is still inaccurate. We need to do better.

Uganda national isolated in Bengaluru tests negative for Ebola
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Uganda national isolated in Bengaluru tests negative for Ebola

Duration of depression may impact severity of brain changes, study finds
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Duration of depression may impact severity of brain changes, study finds

Ugandan woman with suspected Ebola-like symptoms shifted to Bengaluru Hosp
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Ugandan woman with suspected Ebola-like symptoms shifted to Bengaluru Hosp

Ebola scare: DGCA asks airlines make in-flight announcements
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Ebola scare: DGCA asks airlines make in-flight announcements

After 50 hearings, court reserves judgement in Daiichi-Fortis case
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After 50 hearings, court reserves judgement in Daiichi-Fortis case