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Health Decoder: Making Sense Of Medical Prescriptions And What Doctors Write
Between mysterious abbreviations, chemical names, and hurried handwriting, understanding prescriptions can feel impossible.
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Doctors Object To Maharashtra's Move To Register Homeopaths In Medical Council
Urging the Maharashtra government to withdraw an order that would allow homeopaths to prescribe modern medicines after completing a six-month course in pharmacology, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
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Fake Odisha Doctor Killed, Buried Over Witchcraft Suspicion, 8 Detained
A man was allegedly killed by a group of villagers and buried in a forest on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Odisha's Gajapati district, police said on Thursday.
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No Brand Names, Prescribing Generic Drugs Should Be A Must: Supreme Court
Doctors should only prescribe generic medicines and not any particular brand, as has been ordered in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court remarked today while hearing a petition seeking regulation of unethical marketing practices by pharmaceutical companies.
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Congress MLA Treats Patients In Doctors' Absence In Odisha
With Odisha assembly elections barely six months away, Congress MLA CS Raazen Ekka was on Thursday found treating patients and prescribing medicines at a community health centre (CHC) at Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district.
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Doctor Orders Healthy Food For Patient. What Happens Next Is Hilarious
The patient said the doctor prescribed him medicines and ordered some healthy food for him. Read on to know what happens next.
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UP Teen Dies After Taking Medicine Prescribed By Local Doctor
A 19-year-old youth died after consuming a medicine prescribed by a doctor in Allahganj area of the district, police said on Sunday.
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Viral Photo: Doctor Writes Prescription In Hindi, Uses Shri Hari Instead Of Rx
Dr Sarvesh Singh in Madhya Pradesh's Satna prescribed five different types of medicines to a patient with their names mentioned in Hindi.
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Doctors Gave Dolo After 1,000-Crore Freebies, Supreme Court Is Told
Pharmaceutical companies giving incentives to doctors for prescribing their medicines should be held accountable, says a petition filed in the Supreme Court.
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Prescribe Generic Medicines, Uttarakhand Official Tells Government Doctors
Stern action will be taken against doctors in government hospitals in Uttarakhand if they prescribe branded medicines to patients coming to hospitals instead of generic drugs, Director General Health Tripti Bahuguna said today.
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Uttarakhand To Allow Ayurvedic Doctors Prescribe Allopathy Medicines
The ayurveda-versus-allopathy debate has taken a new turn with the Uttarakhand government deciding to allow ayurvedic doctors prescribe select allopathy medicines to patients in cases of emergencies.
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Ayush Doctors Can't Prescribe, Advertise Covid Medicines: Supreme Court
Ayush doctors and homeopaths cannot prescribe or advertise medicines for the deadly coronavirus, which has so far affected over 99 lakh people in India, the Supreme Court said today.
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Aadhaar, Test Results Must For Key COVID-19 Drugs In Maharashtra
Amid complaints of shortage of key medicines prescribed to coronavirus patients in Maharashtra and black market rates going as high as Rs 50,000, the state government has tightened rules for purchasing these drugs. People will now have to show their Aadhaar card, COVID-19 test certificate, doctor's prescription and phone number to get their hands o...
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Australian study: Aspirin Doesn't Reduce Heart Attack Risk
Head of Monash University's Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, John McNeil said that the trial was long overdue and he hopes that the results will help inform prescribing doctors who have long been uncertain whether to recommend the drug to otherwise healthy patients.
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Prescription Without Diagnosis Leads To Culpable Negligence: High Court
Observing that prescribing medicines to patients without diagnosis amounted to culpable negligence, the Bombay High Court has turned down the anticipatory bail pleas of a doctor couple booked for the death of a woman patient.
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Health Decoder: Making Sense Of Medical Prescriptions And What Doctors Write
Between mysterious abbreviations, chemical names, and hurried handwriting, understanding prescriptions can feel impossible.
-
Doctors Object To Maharashtra's Move To Register Homeopaths In Medical Council
Urging the Maharashtra government to withdraw an order that would allow homeopaths to prescribe modern medicines after completing a six-month course in pharmacology, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
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Fake Odisha Doctor Killed, Buried Over Witchcraft Suspicion, 8 Detained
A man was allegedly killed by a group of villagers and buried in a forest on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Odisha's Gajapati district, police said on Thursday.
-
No Brand Names, Prescribing Generic Drugs Should Be A Must: Supreme Court
Doctors should only prescribe generic medicines and not any particular brand, as has been ordered in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court remarked today while hearing a petition seeking regulation of unethical marketing practices by pharmaceutical companies.
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Congress MLA Treats Patients In Doctors' Absence In Odisha
With Odisha assembly elections barely six months away, Congress MLA CS Raazen Ekka was on Thursday found treating patients and prescribing medicines at a community health centre (CHC) at Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district.
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Doctor Orders Healthy Food For Patient. What Happens Next Is Hilarious
The patient said the doctor prescribed him medicines and ordered some healthy food for him. Read on to know what happens next.
-
UP Teen Dies After Taking Medicine Prescribed By Local Doctor
A 19-year-old youth died after consuming a medicine prescribed by a doctor in Allahganj area of the district, police said on Sunday.
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Viral Photo: Doctor Writes Prescription In Hindi, Uses Shri Hari Instead Of Rx
Dr Sarvesh Singh in Madhya Pradesh's Satna prescribed five different types of medicines to a patient with their names mentioned in Hindi.
-
Doctors Gave Dolo After 1,000-Crore Freebies, Supreme Court Is Told
Pharmaceutical companies giving incentives to doctors for prescribing their medicines should be held accountable, says a petition filed in the Supreme Court.
-
Prescribe Generic Medicines, Uttarakhand Official Tells Government Doctors
Stern action will be taken against doctors in government hospitals in Uttarakhand if they prescribe branded medicines to patients coming to hospitals instead of generic drugs, Director General Health Tripti Bahuguna said today.
-
Uttarakhand To Allow Ayurvedic Doctors Prescribe Allopathy Medicines
The ayurveda-versus-allopathy debate has taken a new turn with the Uttarakhand government deciding to allow ayurvedic doctors prescribe select allopathy medicines to patients in cases of emergencies.
-
Ayush Doctors Can't Prescribe, Advertise Covid Medicines: Supreme Court
Ayush doctors and homeopaths cannot prescribe or advertise medicines for the deadly coronavirus, which has so far affected over 99 lakh people in India, the Supreme Court said today.
-
Aadhaar, Test Results Must For Key COVID-19 Drugs In Maharashtra
Amid complaints of shortage of key medicines prescribed to coronavirus patients in Maharashtra and black market rates going as high as Rs 50,000, the state government has tightened rules for purchasing these drugs. People will now have to show their Aadhaar card, COVID-19 test certificate, doctor's prescription and phone number to get their hands o...
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Australian study: Aspirin Doesn't Reduce Heart Attack Risk
Head of Monash University's Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, John McNeil said that the trial was long overdue and he hopes that the results will help inform prescribing doctors who have long been uncertain whether to recommend the drug to otherwise healthy patients.
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Prescription Without Diagnosis Leads To Culpable Negligence: High Court
Observing that prescribing medicines to patients without diagnosis amounted to culpable negligence, the Bombay High Court has turned down the anticipatory bail pleas of a doctor couple booked for the death of a woman patient.
