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Sexually Transmitted Diseases – you could have one!

October 3, 2012

We often receive queries of a sensitive nature which people aren’t comfortable about discussing with a doctor. “Hi. My name is Amit and I am 23 years old. I have an active sex life. Recently I have noticing a white discharge …

Tags: AIDS,HIV+,HIV/AIDS,Sex,Sexual Health,Sexually Transmitted Disease,Sexually transmitted infection,STD,STI

Tattoos a source of bacterial infection?

September 8, 2012

If you end up with a rash on a new tattoo, don't brush it off as an allergic reaction or a normal part of the healing process, says a study. A recent study documents many cases in the Rochester, New York area, of tattoos …

Tags: AIDS,Antibiotics,HIV+,HIV/AIDS,Mycobacterium chelonae,Skin ailments,Tattoos

Intellectual property board hears Bayer vs compulsory licencing case, verdict awaited

September 8, 2012

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in Chennai has concluded the hearing of Bayer’s appeal against the Indian Patent Office’s compulsory licencing case. The German drug giant had appealed against the Patent …

Tags: Bayer,Big Pharma,Cancer,Cancer drugs,Cancer Treatment,Cipla,Compulsory licencing,Generic drugs,Gestinib,Herceptin,HIV+,Indian Patent Office,MabThera,Natco,Natco Pharma,Nexavar,Sorafenib

Delhi’s state health scheme to cover more people

August 29, 2012

The Delhi Cabinet decided to expand the umbrella of people who come under the popular Delhi Arogya Kosh, a health scheme which provided financial aid to the poor for medical treatment. Earlier the annual family income limit for …

Tags: AIDS,Delhi,Delhi state government,Healthcare,HIV+,HIV/AIDS,Sheila Dixit,Thalessemia

New compound that makes the HIV vaccine more effective

August 27, 2012

A new study has found a compound that could boost the efficacy of HIV drugs. The compound has also shown to boost the effect of vaccines against flu and the herpes virus in mice. Research by an Oxford University team, along …

Tags: Flu,Herpes,HIV+,Infection,PEI,Polyethyleneimine

Reported HIV cases down 56 percent in India

August 25, 2012

Minister of State for Health S. Gandhiselvan said that based on HIV estimations 2010, it is estimated that India had approximately 1.2 lakh new infections in 2009, as against 2.7 lakh in 2000. The number of new annual HIV …

Tags: HIV cases decline,HIV India,HIV+,HIV/AIDS

There’s still hope: An introduction to India’s healthcare initiatives

October 3, 2012

Over the post-independence years India has launched several health programs. In this article we highlight a few such programs that have improved or have the potential to improve the health of India’s populace. National Rural …

Tags: AIDS,Bachelor of Rural Health Care,BRHC,Drugs,Ghulam Nabi Azad,HIV+,Independence day 2012,Kerala,Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,NACO,National AIDS Control Organization,National Rural Health Mission,Neonatal mortality,NRHM,Primary Health care

Healthcare achievements of post-independent India

October 3, 2012

Health is wealth. In recent years, India appears to have finally internalized this old adage to apply the much-needed and long-awaited focus on the health of its citizenry. In 2005, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated “We …

Tags: Birth expectancy,Cholera,Gapminder: Health Statistics,Health in India Since Independence,HIV+,Independence day 2012,Infant mortality,Leprosy,Malaria,Malnutrition,Maternal Mortality,National Centre for Disease Control,National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme,Neonatal mortality,TB,Tuberculosis

Ghulam Nabi Azad declares 56% decrease in HIV infection rate

August 17, 2012

According to the Union Health Minister, Gulam Nabi Azad, the last decade has shown a 56% decline in the rate of HIV infections in the country. The health minister was attending the International HIV Vaccine Symposium in New …

Tags: AIDS,AIDS drug,Antiretroviral drugs,Generic drugs,Ghulam Nabi Azad,Health Minister,HIV Cure,HIV in India,HIV+,HIV/AIDS,NACO,NACP,National AIDS Control Organisation

Cipla launches Qvir, a four in one HIV drug for Rs 158

August 15, 2012

Cipla, India’s second largest pharmaceutical has launched Qvir – a combination of four HIV drugs in one single strip – which can be used for a single day’s treatment. The four drug kit contains Tenofovir, Emtricitabine, …

Tags: AIDS,Atazanavir,Cipla,Drugs,Emtricitabine,HIV medicine,HIV+,HIV/AIDS,Qvir,Ritonavir,Tenofovir

Hepatitis B: All you need to know

October 3, 2012

Key Facts Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease. The virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person. Two billion …

Tags: Hepatitis,Hepatitis B,HIV+,Viral hepatitis,Viral Infection,WHO,World Hepatitis Day,World Hepatitis Day 2012

Can tigers contract AIDS?

August 7, 2012

Is there any evidence of HIV/AIDS in lions and tigers, asked an MP in August 2010. Two years later, the environment ministry has come out with its verdict: "No evidence." The question was posed by Tufani Saroj, a Samajwadi Party …

Tags: HIV+,HIV/AIDS,Jairam Ramesh,Lion,Lok Sabha,Tiger,Widlife Institute of India

Blood donation myths busted

October 3, 2012

Blood donation is something that we all want to do but never get around to it either due to fear or a number of myths surrounding it. Here we attempt to bust some of the most common myths associated with blood …

Tags: Anaemia,Blood donation,Blood groups,Blood Pressure,Diabetes,HIV+,Needle prick

Gilead Sciences inks deal with Ranbaxy and others to provide low-cost generic HIV drug

August 4, 2012

In a path-breaking move that will help bring HIV medicine to the masses, drug giant Gilead Sciences signed deals with three Indian firms, including Ranbaxy Laboratories to collaborate on providing low-cost generic versions of its …

Tags: AIDS,Compulsory licence,Emtricitabine,Generic drugs,Generic medicine,Gilead Sciences,HIV drugs,HIV+,HIV/AIDS,Ranbaxy,Strides Acrolab,Tenofovir Disproxil Fumarate

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