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Delhi becomes ‘a gas chamber’ as smog is declared a public emergency

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‘Delhi has become a gas chamber’ says Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, as smog in the national capital reaches critical levels and leads the Indian Medical Association (IMA) declaring a state of public health emergency. Deterioration of air quality in Delhi in recent days has caused widespread disruption. Junior schools in the city are closed until at least …

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India builds state of the art homeopathy laboratory

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India has built its first virology laboratory dedicated to finding homeopathic solutions to diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever and chikungunya. Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), presided over the opening ceremony of the state-of-the art laboratory at Kolkata’s Dr Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute …

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NGO to devise indigenous therapies for depression and autism in India

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A community-based NGO has proposed a number of indigenously developed psychological therapies for depression and autism. While autism remains a largely undocumented condition in India, depression has become a common phenomenon, particularly amongst the young. It is estimated that 70 million Indians suffer from mental health issues; many of these will have some degree of …

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Indian doctor devises new medical camera

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Expensive scans and X-rays may become obsolete if a newly devised medical camera becomes a commonly used tool in hospitals. The device, constructed by Kevin Dhaliwal – professor of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology at the University of Edinburgh – is a first of its kind method of detecting devices such as endoscopes within a …

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Three children succumb to “mystery fever”

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Three children have died due to a “mystery fever” at the Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The deaths may reinforce common criticisms of healthcare in India. As have many child deaths in recent weeks, they may generate comparisons to the circumstances of the Gorakhpur tragedy. The condition presented symptoms similar to …

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A climate of pollution in Hyderabad: Pharma to blame?

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Hyderabad’s pharma boom is having a devastating effect on the environment. Five major pharmaceutical companies have been charged with making water and the atmosphere toxic. The Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) warn that the state capital’s emerging pharmaceutical industry faces ‘stringent action’ because of pollution from pharma plants. This follows the death of 230,000 …

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Just fifty infectious disease specialists in India

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Infectious disease is one of the most common causes of death in India. It is responsible for a vast swathe of hospital admissions and can cause lifelong medical complications pushing many into poverty. However, it has recently been revealed that despite, harbouring a population exceeding a billion, India has only fifty infectious disease specialists. This …

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How the University of California is fighting proxy patent battle for expensive cancer drug in India

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The following is taken from an article originally published in The Wire. It has been reprinted here with permission from the author. The original can be accessed here. New Delhi: Xtandi is a life-prolonging cancer drug and sells at about Rs 2.7 lakh for a month’s course in India – that’s for four tablets daily. It …

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Twins conjoined at the head: First of its kind surgery in India

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Twin boys conjoined at the head have undergone surgery in an attempt at separating them. The surgery is the first of its kind in India. Due to the twins’ skulls being joined, the surgery has presented itself as a particularly complex, highly intricate procedure. Adding to the complication the twins shared veins which returned blood …

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Odisha trial finds weapon against sepsis

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A clinical trial in Odisha has revealed evidence that a cheap and simple treatment could drastically reduce child deaths due to sepsis. It is now well documented that babies born via caesarean section have an altered gut biome from an early age. This means the initial presence of symbiotic bacteria shows a difference between those …

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