Social media is abuzz with reports of two famous Bollywood actors announcing their diagnosis of cancer. The stories have elicited emotional outburst all across the country and again brought to light India’s tough battle with cancer. First Irrfan Khan — star of over fifty Bollywood films and numerous international box office hits — announced in …
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Unlicensed and unrecognised groups have abused state mechanisms to allow hundreds of illegal quack doctors to claim they practice medicine legally, reports suggest. News of a bill proposed in the Lok Sabha that would allow practitioners of ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (AYUSH) to practise allopathic medicine has sparked fears in the Indian …
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This article was originally published in The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran As millions are being spent on cancer research efforts, one study being undertaken at Hyderabad’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has the potential to significantly change the way cancer treatment is developed. Scientists at the centre …
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This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran It has been estimated that around 49% of the world’s diabetes cases are reported in India, with an estimate of 72 million cases being reported in 2017 alone. Given this, findings from a new study conducted by the All …
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Migraines could be a signalling risk factor associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) claims a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). With kidney related disease almost doubling in the last decade in India, could this new data prove to be an effective warning sign that could allow preventative treatment to take place? Migraines and …
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This article was first published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran The government has decided to push the date on banning the manufacture and sale of Oxytocin to September. It was earlier announced that a ban on the manufacturing and sale of the drug for domestic use by …
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A new technique developed in India that could revolutionise chronic kidney disease (CKD) detection. Around 200,000 more people in India require kidney dialysis every year. Kidney problems, if detected early, can be dealt with often through dietary changes. This highlights the need for adequate detection methods. Researchers of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research …
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Tamil Nadu film star Vijay has found himself in a spot of legal bother over tobacco. The 44-year-old actor tweeted a promo for his upcoming action thriller Sarkar earlier this year. The poster depicted him smoking a cigarette, a flaming lighter in hand. The promo drew the ire of Tamil Nadu health officials. The Public …
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When Kerala experienced an outbreak of the Nipah virus in May, many panicked. The outbreak arrested global headlines. Some feared an epidemic on the scale of the Ebola virus. However, public health officials responded swiftly. The affected Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in Kerala have since been declared Nipah-free. “The recent Nipah virus outbreak in India …
In August 2016, a tribal man in Odisha walked ten kilometres from the hospital where his wife died. He carried her body with him – in the presence, no less, of his twelve-year-old daughter. He was forced to do so because the state hospital could not provide an ambulance. The incident served as a graphic …
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