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Suicides on an uptick, as pandemic adds fuel to the mental health crisis fire

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Mental health issues are a long-standing issue – and the problem has been exacerbated during the pandemic, with mounting rates of suicide since its onset. This is in addition to other issues such as social inequality, severe poverty, and the plight of those working in agriculture. The trend has been exemplified by recent news from …

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Rare disease diagnosis programme unveiled by Takeda

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An Indian company, part of a broader group of firms under the Takeda, banner has announced a new diagnostics programme aimed towards rare diseases. The “ILLUMINATE” programme, independently run and managed by PerkinElmer and sponsored by Baxalta Bioscience India, aims to improve diagnosis rates of patients with Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSD). Raredisease.org defines LSDs …

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Oral cancer awareness a concern

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New research highlights a disturbing trend of low oral cancer awareness in Assam. The Dr B. Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) flagged the alarming statistic on the basis of a survey of 250 people, with 26.8 percent unaware of screening for oral cancer to detect the disease in its nascent stages. Explaining the findings, associate professor …

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Study unveils the costs of oral cancer

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The Tata Memorial Centre has recently published the findings of a first-of-its-kind study, researching the cost of illness and treatment of oral cancer in India. The study, headed by Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi set out to conduct a cost of illness analysis that would provide invaluable information for policymakers that make appropriate allocation of resources …

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Targeting NCDs to prevent pandemics

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Following millions of deaths worldwide as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have been left to scramble to find ways to combat, and even prevent, future pandemics. Targeting noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) may seem counterintuitive when discussing infectious diseases, but the rationale for this approach may be the key to addressing the issue. In …

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Elder abuse takes many forms

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Veneration of our seniors is often considered the norm in India, but elder abuse certainly occurs. According to some estimates, the problem is growing. Down to Earth reported earlier this year of the worrisome trend. The report by the publication cited the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, which found that five percent of India’s seniors …

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New Alzheimer’s medication approved by FDA

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease — the first of its kind for twenty years. What does this mean for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease in India? Aducanumab, from the company Biogen, is a monoclonal antibody that aims to slow the gradual progression …

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Tobacco control: What we’re missing

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The latest data has shone a spotlight anew on one of the foremost global public health menaces: tobacco use. Focusing on tobacco control is vital. Published in The Lancet ahead of World No Tobacco Day – observed May 31st – the research posits the number of deaths due to tobacco use in 2019 alone at …

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Is mental health linked to cardiovascular disease?

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Mental health issues are a prevalent issue among the Indian population – and the situation only continues to grow. As with many other health problems, mental health crises have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant isolation due to lockdown measures, bereavement, and loss of earnings due to unemployment. A question which …

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Long working hours are bad for your health

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Long working hours are detrimental to your health and may even cost lives. This is according to a recent assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), which attributed long working hours to 745,000 deaths due to stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016 alone. According to the ILO/WHO analysis, …

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