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malayalidoc
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A blog by a secondary care Internal Medicine Specialist from India about Health,Medicines,Patients,Hospitals etc
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A very \'Positive\' news from Pakistan
Cricket is the national sport in Pakistan as it is in India, but what makes the First Positive Cricket Team stand out from all the other Karachi-based clubs is that its members are all HIV positive.The team was put together a year ago by the Pakistan...
World AIDS Day 2009.A statistical update
Another World AIDS Day is here.Let me update you with the current statistics and trends.New figures released by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS estimate the number of new HIV infections have declined each year by about 17% from 2001 to 2008....
What Diabetic patients should know
Another World Diabetes day has come and gone. It was a day of free blood sugar testing,free or subsidised testing for complications of Diabetes,Run for Diabetes,Seminars and Awareness classes etc etc.In my own way I was also giving free consultation ...
Mass drug prophylaxis against filariasis
To eliminate lymphatic filariasis, the Kerala State Government Health Department has launched a mass drug administration (MDA) programme in 11 districts in the State on Novemeber 11,2009.A lot of confusion is there in the minds of many am...
H1N1 Flu 2009 - Epidemiological and Clinical data from India
The 2009 H1N1 Influenza [Swine flu] pandemic is continuing to spread in India, may be with less virulence. The Indian Health authorities have published the initial epidemiological and clinical data of this pandemic.I am publishing some of the da...
Chronic cough and Alternative medicine
"Doctor, He is coughing badly for the last 4 months." A man in his mid 20s was saying about his thin and frail looking father who was sitting slumped on my patient's chair."4 months!!! You did not take him to any doctor?" was my angry question.S...
