Bad Medicine
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Fake drugs can make you ill or kill you even if you don’t take them. And they’re everywhere
The manufacture and distribution of medicines is a global industry, tainted by fake and substandard products.
Srinath Perur, Mosaic
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The hype over vitamin D deficiency is causing toxic overdoses in people taking it as supplement
While vitamin D treatment still has a rare medical role in severe deficiency or those bed bound, the rest of us should avoid being ‘treated’ with this steroid.
Tim Spector, The Conversation
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Indian health ministry’s ill-informed advice on depression draws protests from doctors
Doctors want a health ministry poster to be withdrawn.
Priyanka Vora
Trending
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Covid-19: Imagine the headlines if any other religion had been responsible for Kumbh-like gathering
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Egypt says it won’t release Ever Given with 25-member Indian crew until its owners pay compensation
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Certainly got across how I felt: England spinner Bess spoke to Root about his treatment in India
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No space in hospitals, crematoriums in Gujarat: Horrific scenes from Covid-19 crisis in state
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New York stock exchange removes Adani Ports from index due to links with Myanmar military
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India and China are leading the dangerous global increase in antibiotic consumption
Total antibiotic consumption in low- and middle-income countries has increased by 114% over the 15 years.
Saleem Shaikh
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Drug resistance threat: India is failing to curb sales of unapproved antibiotics
Many fixed dose combination drugs that have not been approved by the drug regulator are still available in the market.
Patricia McGettigan, Allyson Pollock, The Conversation
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Fixing what isn’t broken: Why is Udupi’s well-run district hospital getting new private management?
The Karnataka government decided to hand the hospital over to Abu Dhabi businessman BR Shetty but Udupi residents are opposing the move.
Menaka Rao
Video
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Watch: How protests erupted across Pakistan after political party leader Saad Rizvi was arrested
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Watch: Kerala medical students dance to ‘Let The Music Play’ in new protest after Rasputin challenge
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No space in hospitals, crematoriums in Gujarat: Horrific scenes from Covid-19 crisis in state
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Watch: Madhya Pradesh shopkeepers protest against lockdown in parts of state
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Watch: Driver struggles to parallel park, Good Samaritan turns out to have been unhelpful
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When bigotry invades mental healthcare: Women, sexual minorities are most vulnerable to harassment
From being slapped to being shamed, members of marginal communities have few places to seek help for mental illnesses.
Prateek Sharma
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Why is Karnataka handing over a public hospital in Udupi to a UAE company for the next 60 years?
Public-private partnerships have failed to deliver healthcare in Karnataka over and again. What explains the state government's decision?
Akhila Vasan & Vijayakumar Seethappa
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India is discarding needles but reusing syringes – and this is spreading disease
Both HIV and hepatitis spread through the use of unsafe injections.
Priyanka Vora
The Reel
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No more fumbling-bumbling: Vijay Varma is on the up after ‘OK Computer’
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‘Star Vs Food’: Kareena Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor, Pratik Gandhi at the stove
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‘The Priest’ trailer: Mammooty and Manju Warrier in thriller revolving around mysterious suicides
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‘Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu’ trailer: Parth Samthaan plays a gangster in love
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‘Searching For Sheela’ trailer: Documentary follows former Rajneesh aide on her visit to India
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Is the corporate hospital killing small hospitals and exploiting patients?
You’ve heard the stories many times. Now two doctors confirm them in a new book.
Arun Gadre and Abhay Shukla
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Amid public feuds, a venerated medical journal finds itself under attack
A widely derided editorial, a controversial series of articles and delayed corrections prompted critics to question the direction of the New England Journal.
Charles Ornstein, ProPublica
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US TV host Bill Maher promotes HIV quackery in an interview with Charlie Sheen’s “doctor”
Dr Samir Chachoua claims to have found a cure for AIDS in arthritic goats' milk
Nayantara Narayanan
The Field
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India A tour to England postponed, Kohli and Co to play intra-squad games with expanded squad
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Covid-19: Five Indian athletes, including Olympics-bound Priyanka Goswami, test positive
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Cricket: BCCI advertises for India women’s team head coach, to also handle U-19 and India A sides
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Modern day cricketers are fearless due to the opportunities and exposure they get: Sourav Ganguly
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