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Doctors want a health ministry poster to be withdrawn.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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In visuals: Protesting wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat detained by Delhi Police
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‘Who will stage the inaugural walkout?’: Cartoonists chuckle over India’s new Parliament building
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New Parliament building seeks to legitimise Hindutva victory over India’s multicultural past
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Modi’s new parliament could see Hindi belt gain, South lose power at the Centre
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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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: Director forgets scroll after winning Palme d’Or at Cannes, Jane Fonda throws it at her
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Watch: Climate activists storm rugby field, scatter orange powder, disrupt match
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Watch: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar plays volleyball with police personnel in Dehradun
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Watch: Excavator falls into sea with operator inside during embankment construction in Kerala
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Eco India: How can the practice of agroforestry boost food security in Meghalaya?
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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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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs
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‘2018’ review: A heart-tugging Kerala story
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‘Agra’ isn’t for the faint-hearted – and director Kanu Behl won’t have it any other way
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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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In visuals: Protesting wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat detained by Delhi Police
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