It is shocking that despite losing precious segments of its population each year, discussions around its causes in the mainstream media are virtually non-existent.

We must not lose sight of the far larger issue of teenage suicides in our country in the midst of the Blue Whale melodrama

Like cardiac stents, the prices of medicines, non-coronary stents, implants used in orthopedics, eyes, ears, pacemakers and all consumables such as syringes should be capped

Switching between seated and standing postures throughout the day is not only good for energy and productivity, but for overall health

The responsibility of the state should therefore be an endeavour to cut out the middlemen rather than discourage donations.

Rajiv Nath, forum coordinator, Association of Indian Medical Device Industry, on how GST may impact the cost of healthcare in India

Well- known oncologist Dr Shona Nag on how smoking and tobacco consumption is killing millions

The bill proposes to allow only near relatives to act as surrogates, which the Government believes, will help curb the exploitation that surrogates have been reported to have undergone

Stroke has emerged as a second biggest killer in the world; even in India more people die of stroke than infectious diseases such as Tuberculosis

Last month, my mother, who is 92, fell in the bathroom and broke her pelvic bone. I live in the rural town of Phaltan in western Maharashtra