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Cervical cancer kills 1 Indian every 7 minutes
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One woman dies every seven minutes of cervical cancer. Breast cancer claims one life every 10 minutes. In 2025, these cancers will kill one victim each in 4.6 and 6.2 minutes.
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India to raise malaria toll figure 40-fold
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India's new official figures for malaria deaths, to be finalized in a few weeks, could be 40 times higher than present estimates.
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Allergies, viral infections on the rise
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The increase in pollution levels accompanying winter is driving Mumbaikars up the wall. Owing to the chill in the air
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AIDS awareness campaign reaches city on wheels
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Holding a flagstick between his teeth and riding a bicycle sans seat, chain and brakes with just his hands moving the wheel.
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City lacks palliative care for dementia patients
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Kerala needs to set up a network of pain and palliative care institutions to look after people suffering from dementia, said Dr K Jacob Roy who has been selected to chair the Alzheimer’s Disease
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State sets target to bring down infant deaths to 30
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The target of bringing the infant mortality rate (IMR) down to 30 till 2017 is a daunting task for the state government.IMR is the number of deaths of babies under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
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Malaria toll 46 times govt count: Study
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Malaria deaths in India could be more than 40 times higher that what is presently estimated.
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Over 6,200 poultry culled after fresh flu in Tripura
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Over 6,200 poultry birds and ducks were culled in Tripura after reports of a fresh outbreak of bird flu, officials said here Thursday.
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State has no data on premature births
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The birth registers maintained by the state health department do not record the number of preterm babies born every year but groups them along with babies with low birth weight.
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Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India
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According to the latest Union health ministry data, Goa recorded the lowest infant mortality rate - 10 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, followed by Kerala at 13.
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Rs 2,933-cr package to treat burn injuries in 12th Plan
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With increasing number of burn injury cases being recorded across India, the Union health ministry has prepared a Rs 2,933-crore national programme to reduce its incidence.
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Mitra wants Central scheme for pregnant women in all districts
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The state government urged the Centre to introduce the Indira Gandhi Matritava Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) scheme in all districts of the state to improve the health and nutrition status of pregnant women.
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India hands over $1mn humanitarian aid to Libya
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India has handed over humanitarian assistance comprising life-saving medicines and medical equipment worth $1 million to the National Transitional Council of Libya in Tripoli.
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Now, 2-hr test to detect drug-resistant TB
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Now, diagnosing multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB) patients will take less than two hours.
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Iron particles found in iron tablets sold in state
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Ever heard of a medical iron tablet actually containing free iron particles, that too in a huge quantity? State food and drug administration (FDA) commissioner Mahesh Zagde initially did not believe it.
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Free pentavalent vaccine pulls crowds
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The government's immunization drive is peaking up in the district after 7,044 kids were given their pentavalent shots in December 2011. Before this public health drive
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NDMA planning disaster trauma care guidelines
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National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will soon come up with guidelines to integrate mental health into disaster management action plan to help people cope up with post-disaster traumatic disorders
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PHC boon for residents
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Kondra Primary Health Centre (PHC) will soon come up as a boon for poor tribal residents of the remote Naxalite-hit region, located 52 km away from the district headquarters on the Jharkhand
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Crib death horror continues at BC Roy
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Crib death continued to stalk BC Roy Memorial Hospital for Children on Monday with the death of three more babies.
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Mamata denies negligence behind crib deaths
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dismissed the opposition charge that the recent crib deaths in state-run hospitals in Malda and Murshidabad were due to medical negligence.
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Health plan for pregnant women launched
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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that the state is yet to tackle the challenges of malnutrition and infant mortality even as Assam has taken big strides in improving healthcare.
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Health minister yet to meet striking junior doctors
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The indefinite fast undertaken by six junior doctors at Gandhi Hospitalentered its sixth day on Monday as condition of three more of them turned critical with one fasting doctor already admitted in ICCU.
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Pledge to eliminate 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020
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Neglected diseases like kalazar, filariasis, blinding trachoma, sleeping sickness and leprosy, which affect millions of Indians every year, have finally got the attention they deserve.
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Different blood pressure in arms linked to heart risk
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Is the blood pressure on your right hand different from that in left? If so, you are more prone to heart disease and stroke.
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‘Need to ensure better mental health care’
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Experts of psychiatry have called for a better and constructive government initiative in mental health care. At a workshop organized by the Indian Psychiatric Society in Kochi
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