Health

Jharkhand At India’s Heart Of Maternal-Care Darkness.

This week, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced – quoting the World Health Organisation (WHO) – that India was free of maternal and neo-natal tetanus, the sta...

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WHO Congratulates India On Maternal And Neonatal Tetanus Elimination

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia India has achieved a momentous public health feat – the elimination of maternal and neonatal teta...

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India Has Highest Number Of Smokeless Tobacco Deaths, Finds New Study

India accounts for nearly three- fourths of over a quarter million deaths worldwide caused by smokeless tobacco while millions more have their lives shortened due to its ill h...

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India Renewing Commitment To End Child And Maternal Deaths

Aaapathyaam raksha garbhineem (may the pregnant woman and her child be saved from all dangers) is at the core of our Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Heal...

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Scientists Get One Step Closer To A Universal Flu Vaccine

LAST YEAR’S SEASONAL flu vaccine was a bit of a dud: It reduced a person’s risk of needing to see a doctor for the flu by only 23 percent. That wasn’t anyone...

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Why Antibiotics Are Precious

You need only go back 70 years to a time when a scratch and a common infection could prove deadly. Routine surgery and childbirth could be a hazardous business. Penicillin had...

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India To Host ‘Call To Action Summit 2015 – Ending Preventable Child And Maternal Deaths’

The Summit will be a platform for 24 nations and the Summit partners to deliberate upon the importance of systems, partnerships, innovations, convergence, and evidence in endi...

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The First Real Smart Drug? Researchers Say Modafinil Works

A study published this week, however, makes bold claims on the properties of one of the most well-known smart drugs: modafinil. Modafinil is a medication prescribed for sleep ...

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Meet The GynePunks Pushing The Boundaries Of DIY Gynecology

A collective of radical bio-hackers and TransHackFeminists are out to reclaim gynecological medicine for those women, and for themselves. Under the name GynePunks, they’...

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Palakkad First HIV/Aids Literate Dist in Country

PALAKKAD: Palakkad will be declared the first total HIV/ Aids literate district in the country on Monday. T N Kandamuthan, district panchayat president, said that in the last ...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: LOVE LANGUAGES GUIDE TO MOHABBAT KI DUKAAN

Discover how to express and receive love through the five love languages, nurturing rela...

October 8 2024

FESTIVALS: THE CHANGING FACE OF DURGA PUJA

Religious Fest? Reality Show? Sponsored Program? A little of all these? Monojit Lahiri l...

October 6 2024

POLITICS: GLOBAL VIOLENCE AND THE HUMAN TOLL

As wars and violence surge worldwide, this article explores the tragic human cost, globa...

October 5 2024