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Doctors want a health ministry poster to be withdrawn.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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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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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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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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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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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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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 tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals