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Prof Rama Kant, WHO DG's Awardee 2005

[हिंदी] India's health systems are already significantly overburdened with tobacco-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), a range of cancers, respiratory illnesses, diabetes, asthma, tuberculosis (TB) among others. "Tobacco diseases are preventable, avoidable, and evidence-based measures are already known to avert this public health disaster. Why are we failing to save lives? Tobacco-related diseases and premature deaths can be prevented. Tobacco kills. Why is the sense of urgency not driving our public health programmes?" said Prof Rama Kant, WHO Director-General's Awardee and former President of Association of Surgeons of India.

85% pictorial warnings and curbing selling of tobacco in smaller packs both positive for public health

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

It is an important public health development that government of India has not bowed down to conflict-of-interest riddled Parliamentary Committee recommendations to reduce pictorial warning size and from 1st April 2016 implemented the 85% pictorial warnings on all tobacco products. Not only the size of pictorial warnings remains as directed earlier 85% but also minimum size of warnings has also been prescribed, which will help in stopping sale of tobacco in smaller packs.

70th NATCON concludes: Call to improve care and control of TB and respiratory diseases

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent
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Sunday, 21st February 2016 marked the concluding day of 70th National Conference of TB and Respiratory Diseases (70th NATCON). 70th NATCON is being organized by TB Association of India, Respiratory Medicine Department of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) and UP TB Association in Lucknow (20-21 February 2016).

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

[हिन्दी] Government of India along with other governments had committed in UN General Assembly to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, one of which (SDG 3.3) is to end TB by 2030. Chest physicians from across the country and globally who are attending 70th National Conference of TB and Chest Diseases (70th NATCON) which was inaugurated by UP State Governor Shri Ram Naik, called upon ensuring that the decline in TB rates are steep enough to achieve the end TB target by or before 2030.

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

[हिंदी] [Webinar] The number of cancer cases, as well as cancer deaths in India, rose by almost 10% between 2011 and 2014, as per the state-wise cancer data of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). 44% of all people who got cancer in India succumbed to it in 2014.

Shobha Shukla, CNS

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

[CNS photos] [हिंदी] The government of India has committed with other governments in September 2015 to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, one of which is SDG 3.4, which aims to "reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through prevention and treatment..." by 2030. But if we look at the data, major NCDs are rising in UP, not declining. "UP needs to get back on track to achieve the SDGs by 2030 or earlier" said Shobha Shukla, Executive Director of CNS.

Over 100 chest physicians benefit from 4 NATCON scientific workshops

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

[हिन्दी] Over a hundred TB and chest physicians benefited from four scientific workshops held today in KGMU before the 70th National Conference of TB and Chest Diseases (NATCON) opens tomorrow in Lucknow. These 4 workshops were on TB (modern diagnostics, RNTCP, drug-resistant TB), non-invasive ventilation, sleep study (polysomnography) and pulmonary function tests (PFT).

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

[हिंदी] Dr Ishwar Gilada, President of AIDS Society of India (ASI), who was among the first clinicians to come forward when first HIV case got diagnosed in India in 1985, was the guest keynote speaker at a seminar on “30 years of HIV in India” organized by Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), ASI, People’s Health Organization and CNS in SGPGIMS on Tuesday, 15th December 2015.

ICD 10: Adoption and patient care

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a method of integrating disease diagnosis and medical and surgical procedures into codes; codes of patient’s state of health. These codes primarily allow electronic documentation of patient conditions which help physicians revisit, transfer or share unambiguous data within the health care system. Extensive debates on the need to update the ICD from its 9^th edition to the 10^th, have led to adoption of ICD-10 CM/PCS from October 1^st, 2015 throughout United States. Surprisingly though, the update has come after 35 years and has expectedly brought with it diversity and specificity that will ultimately refine and revolutionise the medical system in the United States of America.

Scrub Typhus: A neglected, but important, tropical disease in Lucknow and eastern Uttar Pradesh

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

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[Scrub typhus is a neglected, but important, tropical disease (NTD), which puts one-third of the world’s population at risk. Read this important article] Working in a tertiary care centre in Lucknow, we observed an increasing number of cases diagnosed with Scrub Typhus, from February, 2015 to August, 2015, a lesser known potentially fatal infection.

Dr Raghav Gattani, CNS Medical Correspondent

National Deworming Day is on 10th February 2015
Government of India is observing National Deworming Day on 10th February to control infections in children caused by Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) or intestinal worms, which are among the most common infections worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 241 million children between the ages of 1 and 14 are at risk of STH infection in India. These worms live in human intestines and consume nutrients meant for the human body. They are transmitted by eggs present in human feces, which contaminate soil in areas where sanitation is poor. STH infections can lead to anemia, malnutrition, impaired mental and physical development, and reduced school participation. Safe, inexpensive and effective medicines are available to control infection.