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“So we have written to the government”: Doctors fight back against Big Tobacco

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One of India’s leading cancer specialists has called for an investigation into the country’s tobacco lobby; its influence over the government; and efforts to derail the country’s tobacco control efforts. A full-scale inquiry Kailash Sharma – academic director of the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai (and a member of an NGO anti-tobacco coalition) – wrote …

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Social caste and genetic disease

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Many millions of Indians are descended from groups of fewer than a hundred people. As a result, they are more prone to some inherited diseases, according to a new study described in Nature. India is currently the second most populous nation in the world, with a population exceeding 1.3 billion. In such a large population, …

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Zika virus in India: Fourth case spotted by university project

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Fears that the Zika virus could continue to spread in India are increasing. A fourth case of the virus has been detected in the state of Tamil Nadu. What’s noteworthy – and perhaps concerning – about the case is that the infected individual was uncovered not by national surveillance programmes, but by a Manipal University …

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Hospitals breeding mosquito-borne disease

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Hospitals are home to some of the most vulnerable in society: the sick and the elderly. What if these hospitals are putting these vulnerable people at risk of potentially more deadly conditions than they arrived with? This is currently the case in many hospitals in Lucknow, where the hospitals themselves have become breeding grounds for …

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Marijuana for medical use: a possibility in India?

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Medical marijuana is now a real possibility in India. The country’s first ever research and development (R&D) licence to cultivate cannabis and study its medicinal properties has been granted to the Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO). The two organisations will collaborate on a project examining the potential …

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Breastfeeding could save 100,000 child lives a year in India

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The lives of almost 100,000 Indian children could be saved every year, with better breastfeeding practices. This is according to a new report by the Global Breastfeeding Collective, released to mark Breastfeeding Awareness Week (August 1-7). The report claims 830,000 deaths of children under five years could be averted globally each year if countries scaled …

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Marketing to doctors: Pharma faces crackdown

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Drugmakers could face new marketing restrictions in India, should new rules come into force. A set of marketing rules would limit the amount drugmakers can spend on gifts and trips offered to doctors and pharmacists to Rs 1,000 (US$15) per gift. The proposals propose stringent penalties. Violating the rules would result in a marketing suspension …

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Cash for colleges: BJP bribery scandal in Kerala

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The BJP faces accusations of institutionalised corruption in yet another scandal involving medical colleges. As controversy over the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh continues, a similar issue has arisen in Kerala. Allegations this time say approval for medical colleges by the Medical Council of India (MCI) is being obtained through bribes. This is according to …

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C-sections on the rise in India: Profiteering to blame?

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Caesarean sections are on the rise in India, provoking concerns that doctors are performing the procedure excessively. The rate of caesarean sections in India has risen sixfold in the past twenty years and doubled in the last decade, reports The Wire. “In some states like Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal, Kerala, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil …

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No one questioned the Chief Minister: Double standards in Vyapam scam corruption case?

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The Vyapam scam rocking the medical community in Madhya Pradesh implicates the Chief Minister in corruption, according to the Indian National Congress – who are calling for him to stand down. Shivraj Singh Chouhan – who has been Chief Minister since 2005 – is facing heat in the wake of the scandal, which has led to …

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