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Barkha Mathur leads health coverage for the Business Standard website. She reports on the intersection of medicine, policy, and health science, with a focus on stories that impact readers’ physical and mental well-being. When not tracking the latest developments in health, she’s often reading medical research or listening to hip-hop.
Barkha Mathur leads health coverage for the Business Standard website. She reports on the intersection of medicine, policy, and health science, with a focus on stories that impact readers’ physical and mental well-being. When not tracking the latest developments in health, she’s often reading medical research or listening to hip-hop.
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Researchers in Taiwan have created a natural serum that triggers rapid hair regrowth by stimulating fat cells, a breakthrough that could soon make baldness reversible
New research reveals that exposure to bright lights at night may significantly raise your risk of heart disease and stroke
As AI chatbots flood the mental health space, experts question whether digital empathy can ever replace human understanding, and where the line between support and therapy really lies
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