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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

Match sickle cell status, not horoscopes before marriage, say experts in Odisha

One can endure the excruciating pain caused by the disease, but it is far more difficult to overcome the stigma associated with it, says…

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

‘Vaccines: Armour Against Infectious Diseases’ webinar to be held on September 27

The webinar will discuss childhood and adult vaccination, catch-up doses and how immunisation needs vary with age, health conditions and other risk factors

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

U.S. FDA approves AbbVie's drug for Parkinson's disease

The ⁠drug tavapadon, which AbbVie gained access to through its $8.7 billion acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics ‌in 2023, comes as a once-a-day pill

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

Health Ministry orders crackdown on nicotine pouches, citing health risks, letter shows

Nicotine pouches remain illegal and unapproved, with a government ⁠source saying they are often smuggled into India for sale online and through local tobacco…

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to two new health zones

The newly affected zones are Bulu in Sud Ubangi ‌province and Dungu in Haut-Uele province, which borders South Sudan

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

Focus should be on preventive health screening: Prathap C. Reddy

He stresses the need to prioritise women’s health

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

Researchers document first human deaths by Caspian cobra in India

A case report in Epidemiology International documents the first confirmed human deaths from Naja oxiana, also called the Central Asian cobra, with two deaths…

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

‘Funding for TB is in crisis,’ says John Green, author of Everything is Tuberculosis

John Green on the difficult campaign to eradicate a deadly disease

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

Webinar on developments in diagnosis, treatment of heart disease to be organised

The webinar will be held at 11.30 a.m. on Monday, September 28

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

Why does male contraception still lag so far behind?

Contraceptive choice forms part of one’s reproductive agency. A safe male pill or long-acting reversible method would add, not subtract, choices. Giving both partners…

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

Why is everything linked to inflammation now?

Inflammation has become the universal language through which the Internet talks about modern life, ageing, food and the body

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India · The Hindu — Health · 1 month ago

How Haryana’s village health centres are screening heart patients and helping save lives

A tele-ECG project implemented by the government in partnership with a startup has made ECGs available at primary and community health centres across Haryana.…

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