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Everyday hygiene reduces need for antibiotics by 30 pc, says new paper
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): Improved everyday hygiene practices, such as hand-washing, decreases the risk of common infections by up to 50 per cent, reducing the need for antibiotics by up to 30 per cent, according to a new position paper.
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Psychiatric patients can get anti-anxiety, sedative drugs on online prescr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Making changes to its telemedicine practice guidelines, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has allowed certain anti-anxiety and sedative drugs to be purchased on a doctor's online/soft copy prescription.
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40 applications after Kerala Govt issues orders to provide special alcohol
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): A day after the Kerala Government issued orders to provide special alcohol passes on doctor's prescription to tipplers, who exhibit withdrawal symptoms, the Excise Department received 40 applications from across the state.
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Kerala to give alcohol passes on doc's prescription, to those with 'withdr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing lockdown period, Kerala government has decided to provide special alcohol passes on doctor's prescription for drinkers, who exhibit withdrawal symptoms, to purchase liquor from the Excise Department.
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Kerala's 'liquor prescription' move amid COVID-19 lockdown is 'not scienti
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Kerala chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said that the state government's decision to sell alcohol to those with a prescription from doctors for having withdrawal symptoms is not a scientific one.
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Kerala CM directs Excise Dept to provide liquor with prescription from doc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): With suicide cases being reported from various parts of the state after liquor sales were stopped in Kerala following the lockdown, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has directed the Excise Department to provide liquor to those with a prescrip
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Policy action needed for a healthy global economy: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19's public health impact, the exact opposite is needed when it comes to securing the global economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
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Dementia drug prescriptions reflect racial disparities: UK Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Jan 25 (ANI): A recent study has pointed towards the presence of racial disparities in the medical care provided to dementia patients.
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Drug prescriptions for dementia reveal racial disparities in UK
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Jan 20 (ANI): A new UCL-led study in the UK has suggested that the black and Asian people with dementia are not receiving the same quality of medical care as their white peers.
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Excessive antibiotic prescriptions harmful to children's health: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): Low and middle countries have children who are being prescribed an excess amount of antibiotic during their earlier first five years that resists their ability to fight pathogens, says study.
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Study reveals excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm the
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): While antibiotics are known for their properties to fight bacteria and are the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting the bacterial infection, a new study suggests that excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm their health
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Excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm their health: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Children in low and middle countries (LMICs) are being prescribed an average of 25 antibiotics during their first five years of life, which is an excess and could resist their ability to fight pathogens, says a recent study.
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