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When doctors err

April 17, 2023

While medical errors are caused by a variety of factors, it’s often doctors who suffer the most when they happen Mukhtar Ahsan, a diabetic foot patient...

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Hikikomori deepens loneliness in Japan

April 10, 2023

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The term refers to individuals, usually young adults, who withdraw from social interaction and isolate themselves in their homes for prolonged periods...

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What happened to your data on Aarogya Setu?

March 31, 2023

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The app collected personal details like a person’s name, phone number and gender, along with access to their live location and Bluetooth. Aarogya Setu’s...

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Obscured by COVID-19 pandemic, Tuberculosis deaths rose globally

March 30, 2023

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The estimated number of deaths from the disease rose from 1·5 million in 2020 to 1·6 million in 2021, reversing years of decline between 2005 and 2019...

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Rising burden of dementia in India

March 28, 2023

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Nine million people in the country lived with the dementia disease from 2017 to 2020 With India surpassing China as the world’s most populous country...

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700 000 people die by suicide every year: Lancet

March 17, 2023

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Only 38 countries had national suicide prevention strategies in 2021, according to WHO More than 700,000 people worldwide commit suicide each year, and 77...

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COVID-19 pandemic affected mental health of transgenders: study

March 15, 2023

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The paper illustrates how unstable livelihood, unsupported kinship structures, and new forms of underlying stigma can worsen vulnerabilities during public...

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Global collaboration to widen equitable access to Tuberculosis tests

March 15, 2023

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Truenat is a portable, battery-operated, multi-disease, real-time PCR platform with a sample-to-result time of less than an hour Rapid Molecular Tests are...

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Mozambique faces growing Cholera outbreak amid heavy rains

March 13, 2023

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The outbreak in Mozambique is part of a larger regional trend, with neighbouring Malawi facing the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, WHO said...

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Excessive intake of salt kills 1.89 million every year

March 10, 2023

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WHO says the world is off track to reduce sodium consumption by 30 percent by 2025 The largest number of diet-related deaths, an estimated 1.89 million each...