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Study finds inappropriate medicines lead to increased expenditure in Delhi

A study has revealed that comorbidities, prolonged hospitalisation, inappropriate medicines, polypharmacy and parenteral medicines being prescribed contribute to increased expenditure on drugs in elderly patients. The study...

Despite declared ‘Polio Free’, Why India needs to sustain efforts to prevent reintroduction of virus

A nationwide Pulse Polio Immunization drive to administer polio vaccine to children below the age of 5 was conducted in all districts across the country on Polio Day on Sunday. The nation had detected the last case of wild...

Why including HPV vaccine in national program is waste of public fund, explains top epidemiologist

After the central government’s push in the budget for vaccination of girls in the age group of 9-14 years to prevent cervical cancer and the Union health ministry’s plans to include HPV vaccine in the Universal...