Dr O P Choudhury
Dr O P Choudhury is a founding member and the editor of MediBulletin.com. A practising doctor for the last 16 years, he has been working in the neurology department of Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals for more than ten years. You can contact him at: dr.opchoudhury@medibulletin.com
Study by Public Health Foundation of India, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine etc uses diabetes and hypertension and demonstrate effectiveness
Equipping a trained health worker with a tablet and appropriate applications can work wonders in India's fight against...
The 5th International Conference on Family Planning kicked off at the capital of Rwanda on Monday
The world may miss the Family Planning 2020 target of providing contraception access to 120 million more women by 2020.
As policymakers, governments and researchers...
Coronary calcium level is a better predictor of blocked coronary arteries at risk for a heart attack
Testing a patient's coronary calcium levels is a better predictor of blocked coronary arteries at risk for a heart attack, claims a new...
In his piece for The Lancet, WHO DG talks of inadequate political leadership
Forty years after the Alma Ata declaration that resolved to make primary health care accessible to everybody, half of the world's population still do not have access...
A common over-the-counter painkiller, paracetamol or acetaminophen causes acute liver failure at high doses
The every day paracetamol hides a sinister secret. Your go to drug from fever and body ache is also the leading cause of acute liver failure...
A longstanding sufferer of hair loss experienced significant hair regrowth while being treated for eczema
A 13-year-old patient, who has alopecia totalis - a total lack of scalp hair - along with eczema, experienced significant hair regrowth while being treated...
Nail polishes with 'n-free' labels still contain toxic compounds harmful to human health
Consumer awareness and potential health effects of nail polish has compelled manufacturers to remove potentially toxic ingredients and label their products as being free of those substances....
The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the coverage of HPV vaccine to include men and women aged 27 to 45 years
The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the recommended coverage of HPV vaccine, to include men and...
Genome sequencing could completely replace time consuming standard resistance testing in drug-resistant tuberculosisA new study published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, has shown that genome sequencing can improve tuberculosis treatment. It can replace...
American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday
American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their groundbreaking research...
