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Reconsidering Dengue as a Neglected Tropical Disease

Reconsidering Dengue as a Neglected Tropical DiseaseIndia is in the midst of a severe dengue outbreak. This year, Karnataka has reported over 9,000 cases, and other states are also seeing a significant increase. The WHO has documented over 7.6 million dengue cases, globally, in 2024, with 3.4 million confirmed cases, more than 16,000 classified as […]

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Conquering Cancer- Early Screening holds the key !!

Whenever the word “Cancer” is mentioned, it immediately evokes feelings of fear, panic and despair. Cancer is always considered synonyms to death among general population. With great scientific advancements, it is very much possible to accurately diagnose and treat many forms of cancers successfully, especially, at Stage 1 and 2; more over the survival rates

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COVID 19 and Asthma

26th January 2023 What is Asthma ?                                                                                                                Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs, making it harder to exhale. It is basically a condition in which one’s airways narrows and swells which might result in extra mucus being produced. This can make breathing

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Regular Medical Care During Covid 19

(Dr. Dilip Vaswani -14th April 2020) To ensure optimal utilisation of resources to provide care to novel coronavirus patients, the Union Health Ministry has proposed classification of health facilities into three different categories.Dr. Dilip Vaswani,  HABF clinician in Mumbai is our Corona warrior. He continues to provide services to his patients in Mumbai and ensures that

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World Health Day

(Dr. S N Misra, 7th April 2020) The theme for this year, 2020 is ‘Support nurses and midwives’. This coincides with the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The essential contribution of nurses and midwives to improving the health outcomes of individuals, families and communities cannot be denied. Nurses and midwives play

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Boost Your Immune System To Avoid Colds, Influenza, Flu And Deadly Viruses

(Satyanarayan Mohapatra, 30th March 2020) We need to understand our body own immune system before washing our hands or keeping social distance or precaution before sneezing. We have our skin, snot, (mucus in the nose) microbiome and helpful bugs (gut bacteria) which compete with pathogens for food and space. These in totality makes antimicrobial products &

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COVID 19 and ECMO – Mixed Results for use in severe cases

(Dr. S.N. Misra – 17th July, 2020) Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is an extracorporeal technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life. ECMO was developed in the 1950s by John Gibbon, and then by

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