PUNE: Rising incidents of violence against doctors has brought all the medical practitioners on one platform demanding immediate action on part of the government to formulate a law which protects them against verbal and physical abuse.

PATNA: Health minister Nand Kishore Yadav on Wednesday said "deshi chikitsa" or indigenous system of medicines-cadre employees would now be treated on a par with their allopathic medicine-cadre colleagues.

By MEG HASKELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF Maine students with an interest in earning a degree in medicine will soon have a second in-state program to choose from.

By Patrick B. Massey, M.D. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit the Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, which I'd wanted to see for some time.

By A.M.I. I AM compelled to write in response to comments by Dr N.H.O. of Kubang Kerian, Kelantan ("Medical treatment: Modern medicine's approach is not symptom-driven" - NST, Jan 26) as alternative or complementary medicine is getting too much flak from allopathic doctors.