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IANS 14 September 2018
New Delhi, The Centre's decision on Wednesday to ban the manufacture, sale and distribution of 328 Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) drugs has brought around 6,000 prominent medicines under the radar, including some very commonly used ones.   The list of such drugs includes Piramal's...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 August 2018
According to a new pilot study by researchers in University of Surrey, published in the Journal of Nutritional Sciences, changes in breakfast and dinner time can reduce body fat.    During a 10-week study on ‘time-restricted feeding’ (a technical term used by academics to mean...

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Girija Santhanam 31 August 2018
Medical malpractices continue unabated, no matter how developed we may be. Patients have little recourse. Things are still much the same as they were decades ago. Proliferation of medical colleges across the nation and the increased availability of paid seats have resulted in a lot of...

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Akshay Naik 22 August 2018
Diabetic and pre-diabetic conditions have contributed to severe life-threatening diseases including heart disease and stroke. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in US, 100 million Americans had diabetes or pre-diabetes, in 2017. Now, a new study has found that eating white...

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Girija Santhanam 20 August 2018
Due to adverse reports about modern allopathic medicines, many people are moving towards alternative therapies and healing techniques. But have you ever wondered how effective these are? The point to be noted is that almost everyone wants to make money by exploiting the fears of others. This...

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Akshay Naik 17 August 2018
Imagine smelling something that is not there. Now imagine if these smells were always around, persisting through everyday life without any apparent reason. These ‘phantom odours’ occur when someone smells something, but there is nothing in the environment that corresponds to those, often...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 August 2018
A new study has uncovered a higher rate of dementia among older patients after the start of hemodialysis. Mara McAdams-DeMarco, PhD (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) and her colleagues analyzed information on 356,668 US hemodialysis patients aged around 66. The 1- and 5-year...

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Akshay Naik 08 August 2018
In today’s world, children spend an excessive amount of time glued to screens; there has been an increasing concern about the potential harm it can cause to their visual development. Ophthalmologists, physicians who specialise in medical and surgical eye-care are finding a marked increase in...

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Amit Kapoor (IANS) 07 August 2018
India bears a terrible burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with the lack of proper diet and safe food a major contributing factor. The country has seen an increase in the NCDs burden from 30 per cent in 1990 to 55 per cent in 2016.   The World Cancer Research Fund contends...

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Akshay Naik 04 August 2018
A recent clinical trial (Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial - DiRECT), discovered that nearly half of the participants with type-2 diabetes, who followed a weight-loss programme, experienced the remission of their condition within six years of their diagnosis. Now, a study published on 2nd...

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IANS 02 August 2018
Neem has been referred to as a "wonder herb" for the many beneficial properties it possesses. It has as many as 130 different biologically-active compounds that enhance the well-being of several bodyparts such as skin, hair and blood, among others.   This wonder herb is a cornerstone...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 July 2018
A breakthrough by researchers at the University of Birmingham has brought them a step closer to developing a revolutionary treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).    AMD is a disease that blurs the sharp, central vision you need for ’straight-ahead’ activities such as...

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I learnt my medicine at the feet of some of the great teachers in India, the UK and USA. Time was when every patient went through a detailed interview to record the history of his/her ailment and then a thorough clinical examination. Tests were done only when indicated to either confirm or...

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Girija Santhanam 20 July 2018
Curry leaves (the humble kadi patta or mitha neem) and coriander leaves are the two most underrated greens in a world where customers are aware of super-foods and super-veggies, thanks to the proliferation of digital media. In this article, we are going to look at the health benefits of these...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 July 2018
Increasingly, in the face of mounting evidence, doctors are reluctantly coming to the view that what is really bad in a diet are carbohydrates and sugar. Interestingly, this was known all along; but a combination of interests from food companies, zealous researchers and politicians had...

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Dr Rekha Bhatkhande 19 July 2018
“Immunization is prevention — you cannot wait until an outbreak to vaccinate. Reducing spread of disease in communities by a simple vaccine is a wise step. Outbreaks are expensive.”   It is well recognized that vaccination is among the most cost-effective clinical preventive methods...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 July 2018
Slowly, but surely, nutritional orthodoxy of the past few decades is being discredited in favour of age-old choices. According to new research by the University of Texas Health Science Center (Houston) (UTHealth), enjoying full-fat milk, yogurt, cheese and butter is good, after all! The...

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Girija Santhanam 13 July 2018
In this article, I am going to share with you, information about a few super-foods, and some homemade remedies, that can help in your quest for better health. A fit body will breed positivity and energy. So, along with regular exercise, yoga and meditation, it is also important to eat right....

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The Supreme Court on Monday said all private hospitals in the national capital, which were given land on concessional rate, must provide free treatment to certain percentage of poor patients.   Providing treatment to the poor was one of the clauses in the lease deed due to which land...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 July 2018
Two leading paediatricians in India have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to urgently revise its manual on classification of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI), warning that the new guidelines put children's life at risk.   This needs to be done "urgently in the...

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