Watch: Govt's sugar and oil board mandate, patient-friendly health tech, brain vs mind and liver health
In this episode of The Health Wrap by The Hindu, Senior journalists Ramya Kannan and Zubeda Hamid unpack the Health Ministry's new directive on displaying sugar and oil content in public institutions, explore patient-first innovations like IIT Madras's lightweight wheelchair and a redesigned speculum, and discuss the enduring puzzle of brain vs mind.
Dr. Vivek Shanmugam joins for a detailed conversation on liver health --why it matters, what to watch for and how to protect it.
Bindu Shajan Perappadan , Senior Assistant Editor at The Hindu, joins in our Reporter on Call segment.
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