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A virus carried by fruit bats claims 10 lives in KeralaTen people have died from a rare virus, named Nipah, in Kerala. Nine others infected with it are critical. Twenty-five others have been hospitalised with symptoms of the infection out...
High blood pressure is the primary culprit behind stroke and coronary artery disease in IndiaIndia is grappling with a huge hypertension burden, a large part of it, undetected. According to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, hypertension is the...
Healthcare providers in rural areas often oblivious of the importance of hand hygiene Much as the hand hygiene message may have become a vehicle in India for hand wash manufacturing companies to peddle their wares, the theme of this World...
Medibulletin takes you through how to live with asthma and live well For a parent, living with an asthma diagnosis for one's child is never an easy thing. As more and more Indian parents contend with that reality,  this World...
In the spirit of sharing of knowledge - the theme this World Hemophilia Day - we at Medibulletin have put together an explainer on HemophiliaOnce known as the Royal Disease thanks to its association of some of the prominent...
India made Hepatitis B a part of its universal immunisation basket in 2014It has been almost three and half years that India made hepatitis B vaccine a part of its universal immunisation programme after the countrywide rollout of pentavalent...
Poor cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and awareness leave patients who suffer cardiac events outside hospital settings, with preventable permanent brain damage It was a Sunday like any another when Mr Samir Ahuja (name changed), a 54 year old banker became...
Rapid ascent is usually associated with the condition but some people are more prone than others Though the CBSE retests may play spoiler, the holiday season is round the corner. And with the mercury on the rise, the cool mountains...
The recent Rani Mukherjee starrer puts the spotlight on  a little known neurological condition that is quite common in childhoodTourette Syndrome isn't progeria and Rani Mukherjee certainly isn't Amitabh Bachchan. But it is far more common and as anybody...
Neurocysticercosis is the leading cause of epilepsy Some years ago, when ace Indian tennis player Leander Paes fell ill, neurocysticercosis enjoyed a brief moment in the sun. The incidence though has not abated and in fact is on the rise...