Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among females in India. In 2022, more than 79,000 cases were diagnosed. Globally, it is the fourth most common cancer in women, with more than 600,000 cases reported worldwide in 2020.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted infection is the cause of Cervical cancer.

Want to know about Dr Katalin Kariko, the woman who gave the world's first mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine. Listen to the podcast to know her struggle, and what is mRNA (messenger RNA)

Dr. Kariko आणि Dr. Drew Weissman यांच्या mRNA (Messenger RNA) तंत्रज्ञानावरील कित्येक दशकांच्या संशोधनामुळेच जगाला कोव्हिड-19 महामारीचा मुकाबला करण्यासाठी प्रभावी लस मिळू शकली. Modenra आणि Pfizer/BioNTech या कंपन्यांनी तयार केलेली कोरोनाविरोधी लस mRNA टॅक्नोलॉजीवर आधारीत होती.

Is the sweet ‘Honey’ not so healthy for infants? Can it cause a disease? What is Botulism? Let's hear this podcast as I try to find out what the WHO, CDC and the Indian Academy of Paediatrics have to say about feeding honey to infants under age one.

भारत जगभरात मधुमेहाची राजधानी म्हणून ओळखला जातो. जागतिक आरोग्य संघटनेच्या माहितीनुसार, सद्यस्थितीत भारतात अंदाजे 77 दशलक्ष लोक टाईप-2 मधुमेहाने ग्रस्त आहेत. तर 25 दशलक्ष प्री-डायबिटीक, ज्यांना भविष्यात मधुमेहाचा धोका अधिक आहे. भारतात बहुतांशी घरात एकतरी व्यक्ती इन्सुलिन घेतो. पण या इन्सुलिनच्या जन्माची कहाणी तुम्हाला माहितेय? कोणी लावला इन्सुलिनचा शोध? ऐका या पॉडकामध्ये..

India is known as the diabetes capital of the World. As per WHO's estimate, 77 million people in India above the age of 18 years are suffering from Type-2 diabetes. And for thousands of people Insulin is a life savour. But Who discovered Insulin? When? and How? Do you know? Listen to this podcast to know the history of Insulin.

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is very common in children. This disease is not serious and self-limiting but highly contagious. To know more listen to my conversation with paediatrician Dr Amol Annadate from Maharashtra.