Postpartum Haemorrhage is commonly defined as a blood loss of 500 ml or more within 24 hours after birth. PPH is the leading cause of maternal mortality in low-income countries.

When Mary Poonen Lukose returned to India in 1916, she took up the post of an obstetrician at the Women and Children Hospital, Thycaud in Thiruvananthapuram. She also assumed the role of the superintendent of the hospital.

There is very little research on breast cancer in Puerto Rico. This study was a collaboration to help researchers understand why rates there are lower in Puerto Rico than in the rest of the U.S.

A Chinese woman killed herself after her in-laws did not allow her to have a caesarean operation. The 26-year-old woman jumped from a hospital window. A doctor at the hospital told a Chinese newspaper that the woman had left the ward twice, and had told her family that the pain was unbearable. She had wanted […]

Medical marijuana has been a controversial topic over the last few years. In the US, the benefits of medical marijuana are accepted and that is the reason behind their government legalising it in almost 26 states. In India, marijuana was legal until 1961, when the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs banned it along with other […]

The most famous nurse in history, Florence Nightingale was born on this day 197 years ago. The founder of modern nursing, also, known as  ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ – she played a significant role during the Crimean War between 1853 and 1856. She nursed wounded soldiers at night while carrying a lamp along with […]

A recent WHO report revealed that almost 31 percent of those who claimed to be allopathic doctors in 2001 were only secondary school graduates. 57 percent of the doctors did not have any medical qualification whatsoever. The report also suggested that 67 percent of the female allopathic doctors actually had a degree, as compared to the […]