Youngsters are shifting towards Ayurveda saying it is a healthier alternative to chemical products. The sales of Ayurvedic skincare products have increased significantly in India with most of the consumers between 15-35 years of age. The Maharishi Ayurveda report states that the interest in Ayurvedic skincare products has increased significantly as compared to 15 to […]
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With the majority of the elderly population in the state taking unnecessary medications, polypharmacy constitutes a severe health risk. Polypharmacy poses an increased health risk among Karnataka’s elderly population as 84 percent of them practice it in the state. Experts say that this practice might potentially lead to harmful drug interaction and cognitive impairment among […]
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Health experts say that in general, people only go to doctors when the medication turns ineffective. “A few years ago, when I was in my first year of college I remember a time when one of my friends had a mild allergy and decided to take cetirizine, an antihistamine that relieved the allergy symptoms,” Jasween […]
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Cancer patients are finding it difficult to receive medication and treatment during the pandemic which is affecting their mental health too. Kolkata: It was in 2019 when Sunetra started having breathing problems. Not knowing the cause, she consulted several doctors and many blood tests later, she was diagnosed with leukaemia. After a bone marrow […]
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Unregistered pharmacy attendants dispense medicines at medical stores violating the Pharmacy Act and putting the lives of many at risk. By Shalu Chowrasia, Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Pharmacy Council has been attempting to keep a check on the number of unregistered pharmacy attendants dispensing drugs without the supervision of a registered pharmacist. The council has […]
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The H1N1 in-patient flow in hospitals is increasing. Bangalore, Nov. 22, 2018 By Samanth Lanka Doctors claim that since October, they have seen many H1N1 (swine-flu) symptom cases, allergies, and viral infections among Bangaloreans. “For a week, I was suffering from fever and after medication, it was cured. But since yesterday, I am suffering from […]
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Antibiotic consumption among Indians has shot up by 103 percent leading to the evolution of superbug bacteria which cannot be treated by antibiotics Bengaluru, Nov. 20 2018 Antibiotic consumption among Indians has increased by 103 percent from 2000 to 2015, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the […]
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Bengaluru, Oct. 16, 2018 : Patients who go to the Bowring and Lady Curzon hospital and the K.C General hospital do not get the medicines that they are prescribed due to the insufficiency of drugs in the hospital pharmacy and the generic store inside the compound of the hospital. The hospital pharmacy should give medicines […]
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