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Mooting over Marijuana

The Union Women and Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi recently suggested that the government legalize the use of marijuana, which sparked off a debate on the pertin...

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Niki Taylor: What World Blood Donor Day Means To Me

I celebrate it every year in honor of blood and platelet donors – modern day superheroes – who volunteer to roll up a sleeve and provide a lifesaving gift for p...

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Human Rights

Casa Rana: Tamil Nadu's Foster Home For HIV-Positive Kids

India has always struggled with providing facilities for the terminally ill. Whether for the aged or mentally unwell, palliative care is an arena in which we are sorely lac...

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Health

Statins Could Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer Deaths By 38%, Research Shows

Chinese research shows statins associated with reduction in death Analysis prompts calls for further clinical trials of cholesterol-reducing drugs Statins – drugs tha...

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Health

Medical Inflation, Lifestyle Diseases Make Critical Illness Insurance A Must: Here's How To Buy It

A serious illness, like most calamities, often arrives unannounced. And much like a natural disaster, takes a grievous toll: physical, emotional and financial. Worse, the d...

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Health

India Reports Its First Cases Of Zika Virus

India has reported its first three cases of the Zika virus, including two pregnant women who delivered healthy babies.Health Ministry officials said Sunday that the three p...

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Multidrug-Resistant Tb Will Rise In India, Says New Study

A month after the Health Ministry set itself the target of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, a new study in the medical journal Lancet says that India’s TB crisi...

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Health

Cancer Ravages Health As Well As Personal Resources In India

"You have cancer."
These terrifying words resonate in the ears of someone diagnosed with the dreaded disease. And for their family, the first thoughts are about the af...

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Health

India Wants To Be TB-free By 2025, But Patients Suffer Due To Stigma, Lack Of Counselling

Yasmeen (name changed) was freshly out of teens when her marriage was fixed with Shameem—a tall and handsome boy, just like she had imagined for herself. Elated and e...

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Govt Of India Launches New Multi Media Campaign #IndiavsTB

DDB Mudra North has partnered with the Indian government for creating a campaign which would galvanise the nation towards the mission of ending TB. The campaign is titled &...

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