Spurt in head injuries to women
NEW DELHI: Almost one in every five head injury case reported to AIIMS involves a woman victim and the numbers showed a sharp increase last year, data from the institute's trauma centre reveals.

60% TB dosages in India defy treatment norms
NEW DELHI: Almost 60% of dosages being prescribed to patients suffering from Tuberculosis — the world's most infectious disease — in India don't correspondent with standard TB treatment guidelines. The figure is nearly twice the average of nine other countries that have a high burden of TB

KEM brings hope to epilepsy treatment
MUMBAI: Twenty-seven-year-old Dilip Joshi is content. Ever since doctors of KEM Hospital, Parel, operated on his brain, he has stopped having seizures that disrupted his life thrice every week. "They have cured my epilepsy,'' he said.