'We need more dedicated transplant centres in India': Dr Lalit Kumar
Only 30 per cent of needy patients are able to undergo transplant in India
By Dr Lalit Kumar December 01, 2024
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Four chronic kidney disease patients talk to THE WEEK about their struggles ...
Chronic kidney disease is on the rise in India
By Pooja Biraia Jaiswal March 02, 2025
What it means to run a helpline in India
A helpline's former head writes about navigating around the limitations of a hel ...
By Sangeeta Rege February 02, 2025
How helplines are providing comfort and clarity to people on the brink
The inside story of people who work at suicide and crisis helplines and how they ...
By Pooja Biraia Jaiswal February 02, 2025
A Maldivian, born with spinal muscular atrophy, is beating all odds to purs ...
Mohamed Raishan Ahmed was unable to sit, stand or walk. Post a surgery in India, ...
By Nirmal Jovial January 05, 2025-
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Researchers have brought the promise of stem cell therapies closer to reality
Stem cell therapies provide hope for patients with heart disease, blindness, Par ...
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'Patients with Parkinson's, schizophrenia, and addiction, will benefit from our device': Dopameter inventor Shalini Menon
Shalini Menon is associate editor, Institute of Physics Publishing
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Pleasure-seeking behavioural addictions are on the rise
Dopamine is often called the "feel-good" neurotransmitter
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'KonMari Method is not just about tidying your home but also honing your sensitivity to joy': Marie Kondo
Kondo is a Japanese organising consultant, TV presenter and author of four best- ...
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'Often, hoarding will be accompanied by other psychosomatic disorders': Dr T.S. Jaisoorya
Dr Jaisoorya has been with NIMHANS in Bengaluru since 2013
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How hoarding can become a mental health condition
There is a hoarder in all of us in some measure
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Why prevalence of bullying in India is very high
With easy access to internet and social media, it has only got worse
By Pooja Biraia Jaiswal September 08, 2024 -
Meet the youngest person to skydive solo with a prosthetic leg
Syam Kumar S.S. had his right leg amputated at age eight
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What is click chemistry? Nobel winner Morten Meldal reveals how it revolutionised the field
This is the first time the Nobel Prize is given for making something simple
By Nirmal Jovial July 07, 2024
