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Fluorosis is a defect of tooth enamel caused by too much fluoride intake during the first 8 years of life. Although fluorosis can be cosmetically treated, the damage to the enamel is permanent. The cases of dental fluorosis are rising due to the drought in Maharashtra, as people have to dig deeper to gain access […]
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People in Mumbai and Maharashtra are leading stressful lifestyles and have to deal with work pressure, cut-throat competition, isolation, and depression on a daily basis. In a survey carried out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation during a period of two years, from October 2015 to September 2017, it was revealed that 1,74, 379 patients sought […]
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From September 5 to 20, the state health department will conduct a leprosy detection drive in 22 districts. The primary aim of the drive is to find out ‘hidden cases’ of leprosy in the high endemic 234 blocks in these districts under the National Leprosy Eradication Program. The fight against leprosy, it seems, is far […]
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A study published in Indian Journal of Community Medicine has shown that the prevalence rate of Leprosy is more in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. The study states that burden of leprosy prevalence rate is more in Vidarbha region followed by rest of the Maharashtra and Marathwada. In Vidarbha, districts of Amravati, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, […]
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When a 16-year-old Rupali Pawar came knocking the doors of doctors at JJ Hospital, doctors were sure to treat her to their best. For the past five years, Pawar had been carrying a tumour in the right side of her neck that weighed half a kilo. Pawar hails from Parbhani district in Marathwada. And since […]
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