Rampant use of antibiotics in Indians reason
Patients who return to their home countries after undergoing medical procedures in India carry antibiotic-resistant strains with them. Hyderabad: The indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat common
Common Cold
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No child should ever be given cough syrup: Expert
Nagpur: In the wake of the high-grade fever and cough affecting a very large number of children in the city, senior paediatrician Dr Satish Deopujari has given a call to every counterpart not to prescribe
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Vitamin D pills 'could stop colds or flu'
Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim. The sunshine vitamin is vital for healthy bones, but also has a role in the
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Two swine flu cases in Surat
Surat: Two patients, who tested positive for swine flu infection, are at present under treatment at two private hospitals in the city. They were suffering from cold and cough for the last one week.
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City freezing at 1.9 deg C
Intense cold continued to trouble Delhiites as icy winds refused to subside and the minimum temperature reached the season’s lowest, settling at a chilling 1.9 degree Celsius. It is after five years that
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Chill kills 23 more in North; Hisar, Karnal at sub-zero levels
North India continued to remain in the grip of severe cold wave today, with 23 more persons succumbing to the chill in various parts of the region. Fifteen more persons died in Uttar Pradesh due to intense
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Cold wave: UP death toll touches 69
The cold wave in Uttar Pradesh snuffed out lives of seven more persons with the overall death toll due to the harsh weather touching 69 on Sunday. Two people died in Barabanki district and one each in
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Court quashes Central notification banning drug
The Madras High Court has quashed a notification issued by the Centre in February this year in so far as it related to banning of manufacture, sale and distribution of Phenylpropanolamine (PPA). The
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World weather shifts off balance
Trains, planes and cars halted by snow and ice. Gas and electricity supplies rationed. Sensitive crops ruined. Boats frozen into waterways. For weeks, images of the coldest weather for decades have filled the media across Europe, Asia and North America.
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Taming the variant
Common cold may soon have a cure a couple of sneezes, cough, a running nose and a persistent headache for a few days