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Statins Vs Ezetimibe: Which High Cholesterol Drug Lowers Cholesterol With Lesser Side Effects?
Both statin and ezetimibe are commonly prescribed medicines to manage high cholesterol levels. Read on as a doctor explains which one is better for you.
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Doctor Sounds Alarm on 'Predatory Pricing' In Private Hospitals: "Rs 64,000 For 3-Day Treatment"
The doctor criticised corporate hospital chains for acting as a "financial sinkhole" by inflating medicine prices and prescribing redundant tests.
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Can't Read Your Doctor's Handwriting? There Is A New Order For Them
Illegible prescriptions may soon be a thing of the past. The National Medical Commission has ordered doctors to write prescriptions clearly to improve patient safety, reduce medication errors and ensure accountability across medical colleges.
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World AMR Awareness Week 2025: Doctor Explains How Careful Prescribing Protects The Power Of Antibiotics
As antibiotic resistance rises globally, doctors warn that misuse and self-medication are weakening our most powerful drugs. For AMR Awareness Week 2025, an infectious-disease specialist explains how careful prescribing, stewardship and public awaren
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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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Statins Vs Ezetimibe: Which High Cholesterol Drug Lowers Cholesterol With Lesser Side Effects?
Both statin and ezetimibe are commonly prescribed medicines to manage high cholesterol levels. Read on as a doctor explains which one is better for you.
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Doctor Sounds Alarm on 'Predatory Pricing' In Private Hospitals: "Rs 64,000 For 3-Day Treatment"
The doctor criticised corporate hospital chains for acting as a "financial sinkhole" by inflating medicine prices and prescribing redundant tests.
-
Can't Read Your Doctor's Handwriting? There Is A New Order For Them
Illegible prescriptions may soon be a thing of the past. The National Medical Commission has ordered doctors to write prescriptions clearly to improve patient safety, reduce medication errors and ensure accountability across medical colleges.
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World AMR Awareness Week 2025: Doctor Explains How Careful Prescribing Protects The Power Of Antibiotics
As antibiotic resistance rises globally, doctors warn that misuse and self-medication are weakening our most powerful drugs. For AMR Awareness Week 2025, an infectious-disease specialist explains how careful prescribing, stewardship and public awaren
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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.
