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14 ARTICLES
How dangerous are influencers peddling supplements?
Short answer: Fairly. But it doesn’t look like they’re going to stop anytime soon.
17 Jun 2023
Three things that medical doctors can learn from ayurveda and homeopathy practitioners
A huge margin separates medical science and pseudoscience, but it gets blurred at a single point: patients.
25 Apr 2023
In search of the ‘real’ chyawanprash
A group of eight rare but potent herbs are missing in most commercial brands of the ayurvedic paste. Now, there are efforts to bring them back.
01 Apr 2023
Baba Ramdev’s sermons on Patanjali’s cure-all drugs are flirting with the law
The yoga tycoon’s endorsement of Patanjali products as cures for chronic conditions raises ethical and legal questions.
04 Mar 2023
The government won’t do anything about ayurveda’s heavy metal problem
India wants to go big with ayurveda exports. But it’s not willing to prove that the medicines are safe.
16 Feb 2023
India’s unexplained push for homeopathy
Countries across the world are withdrawing state support for homeopathy. In India, public funding for it has more than doubled in the last decade.
04 Feb 2023
The silent healthcare crisis when doctors overprescribe
Doctors themselves often forget the basic tenet of prescribing anti-infectious agents to patients—that antibiotics work against bacteria, not viruses.
24 Jan 2023
The rise of misleading advertisements in India
We accessed six years’ data from India’s ad regulatory body. The findings show some worrying trends.
07 Jan 2023
Bad science or medical practices: Who’s really responsible for the Gambia cough syrup deaths?
The unfortunate, and preventable, deaths of around 70 children in the impoverished West African nation are largely attributable to poor drug regulation in India.
25 Oct 2022
Free pass to AYUSH industry a looming threat to India’s biodiversity
A joint parliamentary panel’s report reveals how the industry pressured the government into diluting its biodiversity law.
07 Sept 2022