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Need To Take Emergency Contraception? Check With Your Doctor First
When Kripa* decided to start using contraceptives five months ago, she turned to Google to figure out which one to buy. “I didn’t want to go to a gynaecologist bec...
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Five Little Known Diseases To Watch Out For In 2017
The phrase “emerging disease”, to describe an infectious disease that is new to humans or which is suddenly increasing its geographical range or number of cases, d...
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Medical Care Ventures Don't Have To Be In The City To Be Commercially Viable
When you traverse the streets of rural Karnataka, you are likely to encounter several girls called Vaatsalya (Sanskrit for ‘affection’). Many of them have one thin...
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Contraceptive Cruelty: How patriarchy Determines Birth Control Use In India
A month or so before her wedding, 23-year-old Rituparna’s mother suggested that they go to a gynaecologist for a ‘normal check-up’. Once there however, her m...
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‘Govt Should Promote Health Insurance Or Prepay Hospitals’
The students at National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) got an opportunity to interact with a pioneer of health care system in India. Nachiket Mor, India country director, Bil...
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Air Pollution Causes 12 lakh Deaths In India Annually
Delhi tops the list of 20 most polluted cities in the country where 1.2 million deaths take place every year due to air pollution, according to a Greenpeace India report publi...
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Report On Mental Health In Vidarbha: ‘Six-Fold Rise In Proportion Of People Seeking Depression Care’
There has been a six-fold rise in the proportion of people who sought treatment for depression across 30 villages in Amravati district of Vidarbha, which has been at the epice...
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Can Wearable Sensors Tell When You're Sick?
It may one day be possible to spot illness the same way many of us already track our exercise habits and sleep patterns: with wearable sensors, researchers say. In a new study...
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Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want a Pregnancy?
Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it at...
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India Reduces Baby Deaths But Still Hasn’t Met 2012 Targets
Of 36 Indian states and Union territories (UTs), the lowest IMRs were reported from Goa and Manipur with nine infant deaths per 1,000 live births First, the good news: 37 babi...
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