Editorial: Say no to TB blood tests
Published in The Hindu on July 29, 2011 The World Health Organisation recently issued a recommendation against the use of
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Distinguishing naturally occurring thyroid cancer from those caused by radiation
The frequency of papillary thyroid carcinoma occurrence in young people is about 1.5 per million a year. But following the
Read MoreEditorial: A shockingly unethical trial
Published in The Hindu on May 16, 2011 The question whether all human clinical trials undertaken in India are conducted
Read MoreEditorial: Threat from chronic diseases
Published in The Hindu on May 10, 2011 Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory diseases account for 63 per
Read MoreEditorial: What ails public health research?
Published in The Hindu on May 2, 2011 Why has the incidence of tuberculosis in India remained around 170 per
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Superbug NDM-1 found in sewage, drinking water samples in India
The discovery of the New Delhi mettallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) in 51 of 151 sewage samples and two of 50 drinking water
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Superbug NDM-1: 2010 results confirmed by others
If the first paper on NDM-1 superbug published last year created an uproar in India, the second paper published on
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NDM-1 superbugs found in sewage, tap water in India
Gram-negative bacterial strains with NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1) gene, also called the superbug, have now been detected in drinking water
Read MoreEditorial: BMI and risk of death
Published in The Hindu on March 10, 2011 That obesity is a causal factor for many lifestyle diseases such as
Read MoreFor more accurate BP readings
Published in The Hindu on February 10, 2011 Hypertensive patients, why, even normal people, sensing their blood pressure rising as
Read MoreEditorial: Promising microbicide
Published in The Hindu on August 12, 2010 Half of the 33 million people living with HIV worldwide are women.
Read MoreEditorial: Revolutionary test for TB
A new test developed for diagnosing active tuberculosis is set to revolutionise treatment of a disease that kills 1.8 million
Read MoreEditorial: The threat of lifestyle diseases
Published in The Hindu on October 16, 2010 No longer can it be said that non-communicable diseases like diabetes and
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