Have you ever been prescribed inert medication by your doctor? But wait, you would probably not even know, right? Except you might respond to it as you would to regular treatment. The Placebo Effect, as the phenomenon is termed, is now an accepted medical practice known as 'measured deception'. But is it ethical? And how does it work?
Are you a shoe aficionado? Or a frugal shoe-girl or guy? If recent surveys have it right, in any case, you would accquire three new pairs of shoes this year. Ok, that adds up to quite a few pairs for the globe does it not? Yes! Find out more with GT:
Hydraulic fracturing—an extremely polluting, resource intensive method of oil and gas extraction—has raised an overwhelming public outcry in the United States. Do we in India need to worry?
Are Indian hospitals and health institutions grappling with the issue of medical waste disposal or are they simply ignoring it? As hospitals, nursing homes and clinics spring up by the dozen, the amount of medical waste generated is on an all time high...
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