New Age of Modern MedicineIndian Medical Body May Replace Doctors’ Hippocratic Oath With an Ayurvedic Oath If enforced, doctors of modern medicine will be taking an oath invoking casteist and sexist sentiments. By Saumya Kalia
Help At What CostUttarakhand Allows Ayurvedic Doctors to Prescribe Allopathic Medicines While the government says the decision can help improve health access in remote hilly areas, allopathic doctors have termed it "illegal." By Aditi Murti
Rally For ScienceIMA Doctors Launch Hunger Strike to Protest GOI Decision to Allow Ayurveda Practitioners to Perform Surgery The Indian Medical Association says the move blurs the lines between medical disciplines into a single "mixopathy." By Satviki Sanjay
Battling The InfodemicCentre Urges States to Take Legal Action Against Ayurvedic, Unani Drugmakers for Misleading Ads The directive comes after the AYUSH Ministry fielded more than 570 complaints of false advertising in 10 months. By Devrupa Rakshit
Anti-MixopathyDoctors Stage Nationwide Protest, Walk Out of All Non‑Essential, Non‑Covid19 Services Led by the Indian Medical Association, allopathic doctors are protesting the government's recent permission for Ayurvedic doctors to perform surgery. By Aditi Murti
Ayush-maan BhavaGovernment Formalizes List of Surgeries Ayurvedic Practitioners Can Perform, Drawing Flak From the Indian Medical Association "By promoting 'mixopathy,' [the government] is playing with the health of Indians," the former IMA chief said. By Devrupa Rakshit
Powdered GoldHaldi Has Become a Hot Commodity on Sri Lanka’s Black Market During the Pandemic The price of the spice has soared amid government restrictions on imports and a public desperate for immunity-boosting remedies. By Devrupa Rakshit
Ayush-maan BhavaAYUSH Disciplines Have Value in the Context of Covid19, Despite Unscientific Claims Like Patanjali’s AYUSH’s own guidelines clearly emphasize focusing on preventative care -- they are meant to accompany standard Covid19 care, not replace it. By Ranju Anthony
Hair ConditioningEverything You Need to Know About Hair‑Oiling, According to Ayurveda Turns out, coconut oil isn't the solution to everything. By Pallavi Prasad
ayurvedaThe Catch‑22 of Regulating Quality Health Foods in India The nutrition and health claims of Ayurvedic products go unverified. By Ajay Patel, The Conversation
ayurvedaMeet the Kitchen First Aid Kit You Never Knew You Had So, your 3-year-old is bawling from a bruise — what do you do? You know it’s not a big deal, but … it feels like a BIG DEAL. The size of the child you care for is inversely proportionate to By The Swaddle Team
