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How new medication is changing safe sex practices for India’s LGBTQ community

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“How new medication is changing safe sex practices for India’s LGBTQ community” was originally published by The News Minute. It is reprinted here with permission. Read the original article here. By Joshua Muyiwa The dating, hook-up and relationship-seeking culture in the LGBTQ community has always had its own secret set of codes that allowed its …

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Why the medical fraternity is protesting against the National Medical Commission Bill

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“Why the medical fraternity is protesting against the National Medical Commission Bill” was originally published in The News Minute and has been reprinted here with permission. Read the original article here. By Dr Nimeshika Jayachandran As the Union Cabinet gave its final nod to the controversial National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill on July 17, several …

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Detection, testing, awareness: A year after Nipah, Kerala prepared to handle outbreaks

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This article was originally published by The News Minute and is reprinted here with permission. By Dr Nimeshika Jayachandran It started with the death of three members of a family in Kozhikode, who had exhibited similar symptoms: fever, headache and respiratory issues. Soon, the state was plagued by an outbreak of the rare Nipah virus, …

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Telangana State Med Council asks govt if it has taken action against ‘quacks’

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This article was originally published by The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By TNM staff The Telangana State Medical Council has issued a notice to all state district medical officers to report the action taken against any ‘quack doctors’ practicing as medical doctors, particularly in the rural regions of the state. This comes …

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Rare blood group discovered in Mangaluru: First of its kind in India

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This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran Doctors at Kasturba Medical College and Hospital in Mangaluru recently discovered a rare blood group, the first of its kind noted in India. The patient’s blood samples had been sent to the blood bank at the hospital …

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Screening for congenital disorders at Chennai hospital

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This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran The doctors at Chennai’s Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children in Egmore will soon be implementing mandatory screening for congenital hypothyroidism and adrenal hyperplasia. “A nationwide study which was conducted by the Indian Council of …

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Cancer screening reach more in Telangana, hence spike in reported cases

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This article was originally published in The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran Telangana is seeing a drastic increase in the suspected number of cancer cases recorded in the state, particularly oral, breast and cervical cancers, new data from the National Health Profile shows. Over 9,000 new suspected cases having been recorded in the …

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Shigella outbreak fears in Kerala

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This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran Kerala is under the lens again, with reports of a shigella outbreak in parts of the state. On Monday, a 2-year-old boy was suspected to have died due to shigella infection (shigellosis) at the Kozhikode Medical College …

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Zebrafish experiments yield new hope for cancer patients?

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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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Vitamin D deficiency and diabetes linked in Indian women

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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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How new medication is changing safe sex practices for India’s LGBTQ community

Why the medical fraternity is protesting against the National Medical Commission Bill

Detection, testing, awareness: A year after Nipah, Kerala prepared to handle outbreaks

Telangana State Med Council asks govt if it has taken action against ‘quacks’

Rare blood group discovered in Mangaluru: First of its kind in India

Cancer screening reach more in Telangana, hence spike in reported cases

Zebrafish experiments yield new hope for cancer patients?

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