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Karnataka shows how COVID-19 has hit Indians’ mental health and wellbeing

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Recent reports from Karnataka encapsulate how the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the state of Indians’ mental health and wellbeing. Reports indicate that the Karnataka state government has treated almost 8,000 people with medication for mental health issues connected to COVID-19 and conducted approximately 480,000 counselling sessions since May. Those counselled and/or treated for mental health …

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Noida to become home to AIDS centre in much-needed boon

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Noida is to become home to a centre dedicated to the treatment of AIDS, one of India’s most prominent public health concerns and widespread infectious diseases. Reports indicate that the city – located in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh (GB) Nagar district – is to house a treatment centre providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) to those affected …

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Can bacterial infection increase heart disease risk?

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Bacterial infections, along with diabetes, can notably increase the risk of heart disease, claims a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. “We were able to study the association between antibiotic purchases, endotoxemia and incident coronary heart disease in one of the largest cohorts of individuals with type 1 diabetes,” said the study’s authors …

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Pranab Mukherjee and COVID-19

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Pranab Mukherjee, as Finance Minister, present at the 2009 World Economic Forum. Image credit: World Economic Forum / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) This article was originally published to Medium on August 12th. Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee announced earlier this week that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The former head of state joins a …

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Democratising healthcare: Gil Bashe talks to HII

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Often, we discuss whether or not we can afford to fund healthcare. Rarely do we discuss whether or not we can afford disease. This sentiment is expressed by Gil Bashe, Managing Partner, Global Health at Finn Partners, in his interview with Health Issues India. You can watch the interview here. Mr Bashe, a veteran of …

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Age: How it interacts with COVID-19

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India’s seniors continue to account for the largest proportion of deaths due to COVID-19 – but those in younger age demographics are far from immune to the effects of the disease according to recent figures. As reported by Sushmi Dey for The Times News Network (TNN), those above the age of sixty account for fifty …

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Gujarat High Court calls for an infrastructure upgrade

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The Gujarat High Court has taken the state government to task over the conditions of its health infrastructure amidst renewed complaints about the quality of the state’s public health system. The Times News Network reports that the Gujarat High Court has “directed the government to strengthen its health infrastructure. It has been directed to provide …

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Antibiotics abuse: India among the worst

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Global consumption of antibiotics increased by forty percent between 2000 and 2015, according to a study by researchers at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The relative consumption of “Watch” antibiotics was found to be highest in Japan, at an alarming 83 percent. India followed in as …

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Amit Shah tests positive for coronavirus

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Two of India’s leading political figures have contracted COVID-19. Amit Shah, the Union Minister of Home Affairs, and B. S. Yediyurappa, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, have both tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) or simply coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19. “I have tested positive for coronavirus,” announced Yediyurappa, aged 77, on …

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Dementia can be prevented: Lancet Study 2020

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A recent Lancet study has suggested that, through a number of changes to both government policy and to individual behaviour, approximately forty percent of dementia cases can be prevented. “Our report shows that it is within the power of policy-makers and individuals to prevent and delay a significant proportion of dementia, with opportunities to make …

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