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No topical steroid creams without prescription, says Centre

Topical steroid creams can no longer be sold over the counter in India. This is per a notification issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), banning the sale of fourteen topical steroid creams and ointments without prescription. The ban comes after dermatologists raised concerns that overuse of such creams is leading to …

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Health minister Choubey tells AIIMS doctors to turn Bihar patients away

Ashwini Choubey, a health minister from Bihar, has accused Bihari patients of overcrowding the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi – and says doctors should turn them away. A ‘BJP veteran’ appointed in September, Choubey has been roundly criticised for remarks allegedly made at the launch of Mission Idradhanush, an immunization drive earlier …

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

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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