-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Indian Psychiatric Society has launched its first-ever campaign to assert that homosexuality is not an illness amid concerns that sections of the public and Physicians continue to mistakenly believe it can be treated. Senior members of the IPS plan to address conferences open to the public and use social media platforms to argue that homosexuality and lesbianism are just variations in sexual orientation and provide science-driven guidance...

-The Telegraph 300,000 indians to be checked for high blood pressure in global drive New Delhi: A nationwide public health campaign will seek to screen more than 300,000 people across India for high blood pressure this month as part of a second global initiative to detect undiagnosed hypertension, a disorder doctors often call a "silent killer". The campaign, called May Measurement Month 2018 and launched on Wednesday, will highlight the need for timely...

-The Economic Times UNNAO: The father of the Unnao rape victim died in judicial custody even as jail officials and doctors kept exchanging letters over five days without giving him any treatment, a correspondence accessed by ET has revealed. The correspondence revealed that the rape victim's father had serious injuries on April 4 evening when he was first sent to Unnao jail from the district hospital. The jail doctor, a basic MBBS doctor...

-The Indian Express Verdict on living wills does not take into account socioeconomic realities. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India has legalised passive euthanasia and permitted the “living will”. A person making such a will can state that medical support be withdrawn when he or she becomes terminally ill. The verdict has been hailed for its far-reaching impact on Indian society. Though the five judges differed on the matter,...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The father of an eight-year-old boy who died in a private hospital in Gurgaon last year from dengue complications said on Thursday the hospital had refunded the full billed amount of about Rs 15 lakh after appeals by an MP and the health ministry. Public health activists said the refund had been made on condition that Gopendra Parmar withdraw the police complaint of overcharging he had filed against...