AI-enabled healthcare presents exciting opportunities for better healthcare outcomes in India. The governance of any emerging technology can take multiple forms; mitigating risks while incentivising applications will require various policy instruments. Understandin...

A recent publication in an Indian journal stated that "Charak is known as the dad of Ayurveda (or) the dad of Ayurvedic medication.” Such inappropriate terms used in science communication are called “tortured phrases”. The use of such phrases could suggest deeper i...

Processing payments (reimbursements or honoraria) to study participants by researchers working in institutional setups can raise ethical concerns, as the institute’s administration and finance departments control the procedural mandate of this issue. This commentar...

Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease with no curative remedy available. Largely affecting those in the vicinity of industrial sites, this branch of pneumoconiosis is one of the most pervasive occupational health hazards. Despite its ancient origins, little progress...

The cost of healthcare became an intense political issue with the systematic analysis of multinational pharmaceutical corporations and their track record. Medicines and their cost, and affordable access to healthcare, were too important to be left to doctors in big...