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Diabetics contact TB easily: Study
Daily News & Analysis High sugar levels attract the deadly tuberculosis bacteria. A year-long study conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) unearthed a harrowing co-infection trend between the poor man’s disease TB and diabetes, which is more likely to … |
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Article vs Speech: Part 2
Irish Independent Women in India, China and Eastern Europe sell their hair to escape hunger and poverty and to pay for a better education for their children. This isn’t … You see this with organ donation as well. …. Irish News · World News · Opinion · Local Papers … |
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From near death, TB patient with HIV bounces back
Daily News & Analysis In December 2012, he underwent a left lung removal surgery at Hinduja Hospital which cost him a Rs1.5 lakh. “I spend Rs1,200 daily for medicines since surgery, fifty per cent of which is reimbursed by donations from NGOs. With Sion hospital having … |
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Shameless: Liver, I Hardly Knew Her Review
Den of Geek (US) Yet, serendipitously, Sheila discovered that Sammi’s drug dealer also deals in black market liver transplants, courtesy of a local taxi driver with a medical degree from India. Makes perfect sense. Honestly, if this ridiculous scenario had been what … |
Big pharma balks at investment in TBFinancial TimesMore typical was the decision by AstraZeneca in January to shut a laboratory in India where it was conducting early-stage research into TB as well as malaria and neglected tropical diseases. The UK-bas…
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After battle with MDR-TB, they emerged winners
Times of India MUMBAI: “It is a miracle I’m alive,” said 31-year-old Borivli resident Deepti Chavan, who was given six months to live in 2004. Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) had literally eaten away her left lung and doctors were skeptical she would live … |
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TB, disease of the poor, now threatens the rich
Financial Times TB – a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs and spreads through sustained contact between people living or working in proximity – has been a scourge of humanity for millennia. Fragments of the spinal column from Egyptian mummies show … |
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Heritage panel picks holes in BMC’s Byculla zoo makeover plan
Indian Express It was built in 1861 by Agri-horticultural Society of Western India as a public botanical garden. Around 1880, 15 acres were added to the plot and a small zoo was created for holding a few animals. … The project, estimated to cost Rs 443 crore, has … |
ATS team to visit Delhi, quiz IM manIndian ExpressAccording to the ATS, during his stay at Habib Mansion in Byculla, Waqas had complained of fever and his liver was found to be enlarged, following which he was under treatment at JJ Hospital for nine da…
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APICON ’14: Scrub typhus disease a cause for concern
Indian Express He added that the disease is very uncommon in India and has no vaccination till date. “If it reaches higher stages, it can affect lungs, heart, liver and brain. Till now there is no vaccination for it but research is going in UK to develop one,” said … |