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    SURGERY_3.jpgMetros
    ‘City youth unhappy with their looks’

    Mumbai may be known for its glitz and glamour, but a study shows that 3/4th of its youth are not happy with the way they...

    7 Dec 2015 1:50 AM IST

    34 per cent adolescents in the city have sex before they hit 13Metros
    34 per cent adolescents in the city have sex before they hit 13

    Two separate city-based studies have revealed many hidden facts related to the sexual habits of Mumbaikars.

    7 Dec 2015 1:28 AM IST

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    ‘34 per cent kids of HIV moms are not tested till 18...

    A National AIDS Control Organisation (Naco) report has revealed that only 66 per cent of children of HIV positive...

    6 Dec 2015 3:04 AM IST

    Childhood bullying can lead to depression in adultsMetros
    Childhood bullying can lead to depression in adults

    Almost one in every 10 child faces bullying, but its impact can linger on into adulthood. According to doctors in the...

    5 Dec 2015 3:50 AM IST

    David Kelly with his wife, NatalieMetros
    Robotic surgery saves UK man

    A 63-year-old UK guitarist who was suffering from prostate cancer got a new lease of life through advanced robotic...

    4 Dec 2015 1:38 AM IST

    62 per cent medical consultant posts lie vacant in BMC hospitalsMetros
    62 per cent medical consultant posts lie vacant in BMC hospitals

    Despite increasing the monthly salary of specialty medical consultants to Rs 75,000 in hand, the 18 Brihanmumbai...

    4 Dec 2015 1:36 AM IST

    Boost for production of plasma drugsMetros
    Boost for production of plasma drugs

    The Union health ministry in a circular issued last week has permitted blood banks with component separation facility to...

    3 Dec 2015 3:12 AM IST

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    Fund crunch puts infants at risk

    An awareness programme aimed at helping HIV pregnant women to save their babies from contracting the infection is set to...

    30 Nov 2015 1:25 AM IST

    The poster of MARD’s campaignMetros
    HIV+ former sex worker becomes a Masters student

    Kruti Khan (name changed on request) was around 26 when she realised that she had been infected with HIV.

    30 Nov 2015 1:22 AM IST

    ‘HIV testing is primary, horoscope matching secondary’Metros
    ‘HIV testing is primary, horoscope matching secondary’

    Anita Mishra (name changed), a 27-year-old resident of Nagpur married a 30-year-old IT professional Ramesh Mishtra (name...

    30 Nov 2015 1:19 AM IST

    Blood going waste in BR Ambedkar hospitalMetros
    Blood going waste in BR Ambedkar hospital

    The cold storage centre for blood at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital has been lying unused and gathering dust for the...

    29 Nov 2015 12:45 AM IST

    The patient post surgeryMetros
    Nigerian with sickle cell stands up on her feet again

    In a rare surgery, a 33-yr-old patient of sickle cell disease from Nigeria with ulcer in both hips and dislocated hip...

    28 Nov 2015 12:54 AM IST

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