How to Avoid Medicare Fraud
Scammers often pose as Medicare experts and will ask for bank account or credit card numbers. From there, it results in a domino-effect in which victims' savings are either wiped out or credit card bills become surprisingly astronomically high.
Coordinated Civil Society Input Vital for UN Summit on NCDs
A civil society movement is growing in lead up to the United Nations (UN) Summit on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), said the Chairperson of NCD Alliance Ann Keeling, who was speaking at the WHO-wide Planning Meeting for the UN High level Meeting o
Severe Depression Can Trigger a Manic Urge to Kill
Malaysians called these people Amuco, amok meaning murderous frenzy or rage. Amok is traditionally attributed to loss of face, shame, humiliation, jealousy, or provocation. That amok is an expression of manic-depressive disorder is...
Mental Healthcare for Transgender People: An Elusive Dream?
Although far from optimal, still considerable progress has been made in providing healthcare to transgender people in many parts of the world. Yet their mental health needs remain far from being served.
Community Engagement in TB Programmes Vital to Quality TB Care
In Andhra Pradesh state of India, a doctor gulped down sleeping pills when pulled up by authorities for not doing field visits to follow up tuberculosis (TB) patients (source: The Times of India).
