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  1. `Dry day’ during monsoon

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    / June 12, 2012 /
    Monsoon is the season to get wet but authorities in Hyderabad want you to observe a `dry day’ once in a week. Lest you get it wrong, this is an effort to check the mosquito menace and the spread of malaria this monsoon. The state health department wants everyone to...

  2. Kerala bans gutka, pan masala

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    / May 25, 2012 /
    Sale and consumption of gutka and pan masala is now banned in Kerala. The Kerala government has passed the order under which violators of the law can be imprisoned for up to six years and fined up to 5 lakh rupees. A special team will enforce the order in each...

  5. Carry on Doctor

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    / April 1, 2012 /
    When you turn 57 and move towards the next day, a system that performed well all these years can begin to send signals. The wild and the adventurous overlook a calendar at their own risk. All machines have a lifetime. Some stand by their warranty, some outlast, some succumb. So...

  6. In defence of the humble physician

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    / March 23, 2012 /
    I have been observing a trend. It has become fashionable for most consultants and technologists to blame the physician for all that is wrong with the healthcare industry.They have been accused of not adapting to new technology, being resistant to change and ensuring that healthcare as an industry remains unproductive....

  7. Kumble with Yuvraj

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    / February 27, 2012 /
    Even as the Indian team plumbs to new lows, Yuvraj Singh found someone to cheer him up in the US. Anil Kumble surprised Yuvi, who is undergoing treatment for cancer and Yuvi tweeted : “It was so nice of jumbo to surprise me ! Great motivation and a happy day...

  8. Armstrong motivates Yuvi

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    / February 14, 2012 /
    Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has thanked cycling legend and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong for the words of encouragment and support. Armstrong had sent this message to Yuvraj, at present in a US hospital. “I want you to know that the entire LIVESTRONG team is here for you. We say it all...

  9. Breastfeeding vs Rotavirus Vaccine?

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    / January 21, 2012 /
    The scientists responsible for this study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20442687 ) argue in favour of interfering with the process of breastfeeding to allow the Rotavirus vaccine. The authors say : “”The lower immunogenicity and efficacy of rotavirus vaccines in poor developing countries could be explained, in part, by neutralizing activity in breast milk consumed...

  10. Hospitals in the ICU

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    / January 2, 2012 / 4 Comments
    The police escort was in the line of a verbal firing. I was at Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad, in the RMO’s room, where a convict brought in from Chanchalguda central prison for a medical check-up was bewildered, looking on in total confusion over what the fuss was all about....

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