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| The Morning-after Pill |
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With the lack of awareness amongst doctors about the morning-after pill, is it really going to be a boon when it does arrive in India...
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| Yellow Fever |
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It looks a lot like dengue haemorrhagic fever and is transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes.
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| Tetanus |
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The range of injuries and accidents that can lead to Tetanus is huge - from a pin prick, skin abrasion and ulcer, to burns, bites and stings, unsterile surgery, intra uterine death, bowel surgery, dental extractions, and eye and ear infections.
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| Plague |
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The fact that plague is transmitted by rodents and fleas has been known since ages. And, the drugs needed to fight the disease are easily available. Yet, over the past 20 years, the global fatality rate has been 9 per cent annually.
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| Leprosy |
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Probably the oldest disease known to mankind, leprosy, known as kustha rog in Hindi, is attributed to a curse.
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| Japanese Encephalitis |
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Fumigate your house and nearby areas to stem breeding of mosquitoes. Like dengue and yellow fever, encephalitis is also transmitted by mosquitoes and takes about 5 to 15 days to disappear.
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| Hydatid Disease |
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Be careful when you are playing with stray dogs. You could get infected and you would not even know about it. Its symptoms may take anything between five and twenty years to appear.
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| Typhoid |
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It can be prevented by disinfecting the house regularly and maintaining personal hygeine.
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