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Chikungunya: Causes, symptoms and prevention
Just like the most dreaded Dengue, Chikungunya is also a mosquito-borne virus. Chikungunya is mostly not fatal but its pain…
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Dengue: Causes, symptoms and prevention
Dengue: Causes, symptoms and prevention (Shutterstock Images) The mosquito-borne viral disease Dengue has become one of the worst nightmares of…
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Air pollution claiming a life every 23 seconds in India
Future of air we breathe is nightmarish. Present stats from WHO report states 1.4 million people in India die pre-maturely…
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Easy Aerobic Exercises You Can Perform at Home
The word ‘aerobic’ means ‘with oxygen’. So any physical activity that makes you move your major muscle groups(legs), in a…
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Painkillers are not advisable for dengue
Prescribed for joint pain in chikungunya cases NSAIDS, or the common painkillers, are not advisable for dengue patients because they…
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Not just cancer, smoking causes heart failure too
Thickens walls of key organ. Smoking is associated with thicker heart walls and blood-pumping difficulties that may eventually lead to…
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Fighting dengue: 4,065 positive cases recorded in K’taka till mid-Sept this year
Highest number of cases have been reported from Bengaluru. Karnataka has already recorded 4,065 positive dengue cases in the first…
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Health Weekly Roundup; India declares itself free of bird flu, 1.4m lives lost in India due to air pollution in ’13, Painkillers are not advisable for dengue
Here is this week’s aggregation of the latest news stories on health, fitness and diet. This week was packed with…
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AIIMS reports 9 dengue deaths, toll 18
The hospital said a total of 96 patients were admitted to AIIMS, of whom 56 have been discharged. All India…
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Small implanted device can fight breast cancer
A small device implanted under the skin can improve breast cancer survival by catching cancer cells, slowing the spread of…
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