‘BhasmAsuras’
An article ‘‘Heavy metal content of ayurvedic herbal medicine products’’ in the December 2004 issue of JAMA had surely set the alarm bells ringing, not only in India, but across the global community which has come to rely on this system of medicine for its preventive and health care needs.

Prescribing ills need healthy overhaul
There should be continued efforts of research to study and understand the behavioural aspects of drug use, particularly the beliefs and
motivations of providers and consumers, says Anantha Naik Nagappa and Kalyan Mahip Verma