Section 330 CrPC allowed conditional bail for non-violent offenders found incapable of defence. BNSS s.369 now lets courts grant bail in all cases—bailable or otherwise—so long as in-patient care is ...

Holding medical negligence during a forceps delivery that resulted in serious injuries to a newborn, the National Consumer ...

Since newborns with phenylketonuria (PKU) do not initially have any symptoms, the first step in treating PKU is timely ...

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission upheld a state consumer commission order holding a doctor responsible for ...

Crushed beneath the feet of Nataraja, the figure is symbolic of how India still struggles to define mental health ...

Mental retardation is more common in males than females in the population, assumed to be due to mutations on the X chromosome. The prevalence of the 24 genes identified to date is low and less common ...

Persons with recessively transmitted methemoglobinemia have slate-gray cyanosis. In general they encounter little difficulty although a small but significant number have mental retardation. In ...

Would God that mental retardation were so simple it could be explained with one word! The truth of the matter is that syphilis accounts for only a very small percentage of mental retardation.

An immediate implication is that this form of mental retardation is avoidable, either by prevention of the pregnancy or by induction of a lowered blood phenylalanine concentration during gestation.

Psychomotor retardation is a slowing down of thought and physical movement, often seen in severe depression and other mental health conditions.

Mental health insurance in India is a growing segment of the health insurance industry. Here is everything you need to know about it to avail it.