Category: Research Articles
December 08, 2023
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Melvin Mathew Thomas
December 07, 2023
The current climate crisis has had a significant negative impact on human health across the globe including India. Climate change is leading to global heating, rising sea levels and more severe extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones and droughts. These events have direct and indirect det...
Anandita Pattnaik, Manjulika Vaz
November 29, 2023
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Amendment Act, 2021, contains some progressive changes. However, survivors of rape will continue to go through mental as well as physical trauma to secure an abortion. We argue that the MTP Amendment Act, 2021, fails to address the rights of rape survivo...
Manika Kamthan, Ruksana Akhtar
November 27, 2023
The landmark judgment in the case of Indian Medical Association v VP Shantha in 1995 brought the medical profession under the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Consumer Protection Act, 1986, was later repealed and replaced by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. This article delves i...
Bhavika Vajawat, Damodharan Dinakaran, Omprakash V Nandimath, Arpitha H C, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Chethan Basavarajappa, Suresh Bada Math
November 22, 2023
The increase in the number of cases of antimicrobial resistance has gained attention worldwide. The main drivers of this situation are the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials for human and animal health. The imbalance between ensuring appropriate use of antimicrobials and providing equal access ...
Isha Sinha, Sonal Dayama
November 18, 2023
Background: In recent years, there has been a big push to register trials, but there are a number of problems with the data in public clinical trial registries. Here, we describe a cross-sectional study of the classification of the primary sponsors of all Phase 2, Phase 2/3, and Phase 3 interv...
Jaishree Mendiratta, Mounika Pillamarapu, Gayatri Saberwal
November 14, 2023
This is a reflection on the nature of language used by psychologists in the contexts of referrals and assessments. Through an example of a brief referral, I attempt to unpack the “clinical” language that may dehumanise and pathologise individuals. Further, I attempt to reframe it through a langua...
S V Chetan
November 11, 2023
Background: Professionalism has long been recognised as a core competency for clinical teachers as role models and educators. The present study aimed to evaluate the adherence to professionalism of clinical teachers from the perspectives of resident doctors and undergraduate medical students.
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Fatemeh Keshmiri, Mehran Haerizadeh, Yaser Ghelmani
November 07, 2023
Alzheimer's Disease is the most common form of dementia which affects 55 million people worldwide. Not surprisingly, it is a key focus of research involving huge funding. Scientific fraud has inevitably surfaced in this research area. This essay discusses a report of alleged fraud and its implica...
Bindu T Desai
November 03, 2023
Despite its ancient roots and prominence in India as an accepted alternative to modern medicine, Ayurveda’s growth has been hampered by an inability to carry out clinical studies of its effectiveness and safety using modern scientific methods ― while preserving the core of Ayurveda, which is pers...
Arani Chatterjee, Swaminathan Subramaniam, Sankaranarayanan A