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India, facing a high TB burden, is considering BCG revaccination for adults and elderly as a cost-effective strategy. Although the long-term Chingleput trial showed minimal benefit in adults and...
26 July 2025 5,337 3 View
"Given reports such as the rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths in countries like Australia post-vaccine rollout (post-Feb 2020), is it time to reconsider how vaccine hesitancy is framed in...
17 July 2025 8,073 6 View
Despite high vaccine coverage, Japan saw record excess deaths post-2021. COVID-19 cases surged during Omicron waves—even among the vaccinated. Is there a link between mass vaccination and rising...
15 July 2025 567 3 View
We have witnessed recent COVID-19 Pandemic. The virus mutants still persist and increasing in recent times. What i see the virus mostly uncontrollable and infection will occur once it is outside...
19 June 2025 7,621 1 View
With increase in recent accidents including Air, Rail, Road accidents increasing. Latest Data reveals still Air is far safer than RTA, Road traffic accidents (about 400 people die of RTA daily in...
15 June 2025 5,763 5 View
1.In a situation with Rabid Dog bitten by Cow and people in a village consumed milk(Possibility of raw milk consumption), Should Anti rabies be given? 2. Should Anti rabies be given for Domestic...
15 June 2025 7,527 1 View
We are witnessing rise in COVID-19 cases, but the Epidemiological profile of cases seems to have clinical presentation of Common cold only and with very less mortality that too in comorbid...
07 June 2025 687 3 View
WHO Pandemic treaty is based mainly on Vaccine and Pharmaceutical equality. It also suggests Pathogen access and Virus sharing for research in vaccine, therapeutics and diagnostics. However, the...
01 June 2025 126 2 View
It has been observed from various research revealing advantages of fasting or intermittent fasting(IF) on health especially lifestyle diseases and cancers through various phenomenon like...
28 March 2025 835 7 View
There is rapid surge of dengue cases in Southern parts of India. However there are no cases till now in the setting I work in Northern India. Besides dengue surveillance and local preventive...
15 July 2024 3,042 2 View
If we get a unsatisfactory water report from water supply from a locality? What preventive measures should be taken in already scarce water situation?
28 April 2024 936 0 View
We are witnessing silent epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency in India. Any solution to problem of RO water and loss of minerals?
11 April 2024 4,815 0 View
We are witnessing rising incidence of mumps . Adults are also getting complicated mumps in form of orchitis. Any reasons to explain?
08 April 2024 9,068 0 View
How to increase citations in our published articles?
10 February 2024 9,234 2 View
In a close setting of community, a case identified as mumps. As we know mumps can be transmitted through subclinical case. with large incubation period. What strategy should be followed for close...
28 September 2023 1,473 1 View
Chicken pox often seen as seasonal disease with cases in spring and in Paediatric population. Presently we are seeing cases throughout the year , with large number of cases of adult population in...
24 September 2023 9,146 0 View
What is the appx time of snakebite to reach vital organs like Heart , brain for upper limb and lower limb bite?
05 May 2023 8,877 1 View
WHO has initiated the zero draft policy in Pandemic prevention . However The COVID-19 has disproportionally affected the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its...
13 March 2023 2,776 0 View
In resource poor setting is it ideal to change intradermal regimen to intramuscular regimen in rabies prophylaxis?
15 February 2023 8,913 4 View
60 year old male known case of depression for 6 years on sertaline and olanzapine . He presented with generalized weakness gastritis like symptoms and malaise. On evaluation found to have Hb =8...
16 October 2022 6,582 3 View
Recently , 6 cases de-inductee from endemic area for malaria admitted .All the case were having anaemia. One case had severe anaemia (Hb of 6gm%) and required blood transfusion . A total of 2/6...
02 October 2022 7,894 1 View
If we assume a person is taking mefloquine weekly in Sudan for malaria prophylaxis and stopped after de -induction. Is there any use of restarting the chemoprophylaxis that too if same drug is not...
12 September 2022 9,288 6 View
In a real scenario if group of people coming from highly endemic area for malaria have discontinued mefloquine after de-induction with some of them turned positive. Should the same drug be...
10 September 2022 2,949 1 View
There are incidences of Falciparum malaria cases in my working place who have been de-inducted recently from South Sudan. According to the patients they were using Mefloquine prophylaxis weekly ,...
09 September 2022 7,534 4 View
How much efficient is the thick in thin smear in surveillance of malaria particularly if the high-risk individual is asymptomatic?
09 September 2022 6,839 2 View
Is it difficult to put Ryle tube with tracheostomy tube in situ or it is a normal procedure
08 September 2022 4,499 4 View
Besides checking for Hep B lab reports etc, what are medical aspects should be checked for certification. Also what should be an ideal method of disposal of used blades?
22 August 2022 5,924 2 View
Should an Scientific essay includes illustrations , subheadings and flow charts? What should be the ideal method/ pattern of going about writing it in a better way?
27 July 2022 2,356 6 View
Any scientific evidence of ideal time of consumption of water near meal time . Also whether fruits ideally should be consumed after meal or before meal?
14 July 2022 9,466 3 View
There is a SESS score for snake bite , and ASV is given only to moderate and severe category . Any comments /literature on the validity of the score
28 June 2022 2,632 0 View
Literature suggest avoid co-administration of Cholera and yellow fever vaccine and there should be minimum gap of 3 weeks between them . What may be the reasons?
12 June 2022 3,527 3 View
As per GLOBOCAN 2018 most common cancer among males in India is Lip/oral followed by Lung , However as per latest National cancer registry program (2020) which was conducted in 28 PBCR(Population...
03 May 2022 2,640 7 View
we know cluster sampling is done for large population with in naturally occurring clusters . It is mostly used in evaluation of health services . In India for assessment of UIP ( Universal...
28 April 2022 2,260 3 View
We know classical prospective cohort study is an analytical study . But can a cohort study be there without any comparison group and what would be the strength of association in this case?
21 April 2022 9,615 2 View
Berksonian bias occurs due to differential rate of hospital admission or cases may be similar to control(Blunting of effect)which may lead to decrease generalizability . Methods to reduce the bias?
19 April 2022 6,154 2 View
We know in cross -over trial , there is washout period and new drug / intervention is given to opposite group. Why then it is included in RCT. What is the purpose of randomization here?
17 April 2022 4,121 3 View
In most of the literature , we find design effect taken as 2 while calculating sample size in cluster sampling technique? Any specific reasons for taking the value?
14 April 2022 2,174 3 View
What is the relevance of superiority margin/ clinically meaningful margin / least relevant margin in randomized control trial for sample size calculation?
12 April 2022 9,426 3 View
We know maximum haemodilution in pregnancy occurs during second trimester....Why the cut off for anaemia is 10.5 gm/ dl of haemoglobin while it is 11 gm/ dl for first and third trimester
07 April 2022 9,377 1 View
Literature suggests cutoff for Pre-eclampsia being 0.3 gm/24hrs while it is more 0.5gm/24 hrs for Chronic hypertension with superimposed with pre-eclampsia . Any justifications?
04 April 2022 1,007 4 View
Per protocol analysis is a method used in RCT...are there any disadvantages of Per protocol analysis over intention to treat analysis?
03 April 2022 929 2 View
Viral hepatitis is an important public health challenge. What is the protective effectiveness of Hepatitis A Vaccine? What should be the role of immunoglobin in prevention? Is there any herd...
01 January 1970 8,780 4 View
Recent literature suggest that Vitamin D pre infection deficiency associated with Severe COVID outcome .Role of Vitamin D has already been proven beneficial in various autoimmune diseases and the...
01 January 1970 4,105 6 View
Antigenic drift with typical 'ladder-like' phylogeny has been observed with multiple lineages in Influenza(Flu) which makes it more predictable and aids in vaccine development on a yearly basis...
01 January 1970 3,844 1 View
In India Navratri celebration are done for 9 days in which people do fasting (different patterns) , however the effect of fasting on health during Navratri has not been explored , with different...
01 January 1970 9,295 1 View
It is known that selecting control is the most critical and difficult part while conducting a case control study design. For getting true association , it is imperative that controls should...
01 January 1970 4,627 4 View
What precautions should be taken if a patient is admitted as a case of dengue and malaria in hospital setting. Is giving mosquito net to the patient desirable to prevent further spread?
01 January 1970 5,680 4 View
We normally interpret chi square test with p value and CI ... however can we use Cramer V test in measuring strength of association while using chi square test and highlight it in our study
01 January 1970 7,443 11 View
We aim at achieving SDG. Simplicity to lifestyle if adopted may help to achieve goals. Jealousy, greed, competition may exploit the resource. If each person in the world thinks of using resources...
01 January 1970 1,855 0 View
Vitamin D deficiency seems to be an unnoticed and underrated global health problem, with 35% of adults in the United States estimated to be vitamin D deficient whereas over 80% of adults in...
01 January 1970 1,533 1 View
Can anyone suggest good open access free journal for the topic?
01 January 1970 4,314 1 View
Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women worldwide, accounting for 1 in 4 cancer cases. Is it time to focus on novel Personalized approaches to prevent breast cancer with focus on...
01 January 1970 9,132 1 View
As Aedes is a day biter, it is very difficult to ascertain whether Dengue occurred near the home or at place. With limited resources it is dilemma to whether focussing Anti dengue measures at...
01 January 1970 8,174 1 View
Animal bites including Snakebite and Scorpion bite are preventable public health hazard .Still animal bites are significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with World health...
01 January 1970 2,528 4 View
Rise in Mumps cases in some part of India, Should MMR vaccine be initiated?
01 January 1970 5,154 0 View
COVID-19 Testing for JN.1 Variant: One cup of water in a yard of fire!!- With most of cases being mild / asymptomatic , iceberg phenomenon of disease, limited sensitivity and specificity of test,...
01 January 1970 9,110 0 View
While checking water supply in field setting , the residual chlorine should last how many hours after supply from source with chlorine added
01 January 1970 5,563 2 View
Presently there are many tools / apps available describing/ answering various scientific, research-based queries in split of seconds. What is the future of various online platforms including...
01 January 1970 5,532 2 View
With Children and teenagers getting myopia due to near work, watching tv, gadgets etc. Is myopia an important reason? Any way out
01 January 1970 9,200 2 View
SNS is a feeding tube device provides babies supplemental feeding , it helps in inducing and maintaining lactation by triggering harmonal release. Any practical experience about the nursing system?
01 January 1970 1,901 3 View
In modern scientific forums, how can we ensure that ideas, data, or products are examined through a truly holistic lens—evaluating both strengths and limitations, identifying biases or propaganda,...
01 January 1970 5,220 1 View
The current academic climate exerts immense pressure on researchers, educators, and students to publish rapidly, turning research into a numbers-driven pursuit. This “publication race” often...
01 January 1970 9,758 3 View
A recent investigation by a news agency in India revealed alarming findings—105 mothers' breast milk samples from Jodhpur contained traces of pesticides, detergents, and even urea, raising serious...
01 January 1970 4,389 2 View
With no or limited natural immunity for such diseases, should focussing on vaccination a preferred strategy for TB and malaria. If natural infection not gives immunity for tuberculosis and...
01 January 1970 3,884 4 View
The concept of fasting and intermittent fasting has spiritual roots. However sceintific literature suggsts fasting helps in healing the body by virtue of autophagy and helps in clearing infections...
01 January 1970 5,418 5 View
With the increasing focus on privatization of healthcare and the expansion of hospital bed capacity in urban centres, is the healthcare system neglecting the rural majority that resides in...
01 January 1970 4,400 1 View
"Is a One Health Institute the Future of Disease Prevention — or Just a Bureaucratic Burden?" Establishing a One Health-level institute can promote integrated action against zoonotic diseases by...
01 January 1970 6,054 3 View
The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) has recently witnessed significant challenges relating to malpractice, with over 550 private hospitals being suspended for fraudulent...
01 January 1970 9,489 0 View
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) plays a complex role in Earth's climate and ecosystem. As the foundation of photosynthesis, CO₂ is vital for plant growth, supporting food production and maintaining soil...
01 January 1970 5,467 11 View
Should thalassemia carrier screening in Maharashtra adopt a targeted, voluntary approach with comprehensive pre-test counselling for high-prevalence populations rather than implementing universal...
01 January 1970 1,422 0 View
In an era dominated by protocol-driven, algorithm-based, and defensive medical practices, are foundational principles like Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Courage of Conviction becoming...
01 January 1970 8,360 2 View
Iron fortification at large level may not be cost efficient strategy. Sickle cell / Thalassemia children may not benefit and can have iron toxicity. Some studies suggest in children high ferritin...
01 January 1970 7,231 3 View
Emerging evidence suggests that respiratory infections like flu and COVID-19 can significantly increase the risk of heart attacks, especially in vulnerable individuals. Seasonal vaccination may...
01 January 1970 3,916 12 View
If you are having busy work schedule still want to continue research, Will letter to editor be a good option than original article like case report or case series?
01 January 1970 9,743 2 View
"Can Machines Take the Place of Medical Minds?" As artificial intelligence advances rapidly, it's transforming the medical field. But can algorithms truly replace the empathy, judgment, and...
01 January 1970 7,615 5 View
Rise of AI and Automation in Healthcare: The increasing reliance on AI tools, algorithms, and wearable devices is raising questions about whether machines might one day replace doctors—especially...
01 January 1970 5,069 1 View
Myocarditis has been observed as a rare adverse effect after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, particularly in young males after the second dose. The incidence is highest in adolescent and young adult...
01 January 1970 4,919 2 View
It is well said that Adequate sleep is beneficial. Research suggests link of Allostatic load of lifestyle diseases with sleep disturbance. Even COVID and sleep hygiene synergism was hypothesized...
01 January 1970 7,146 1 View
There are reports of getting Ig M negative and IgG positive after COVID19 infection. Is the reason due to past immunity. Anyone with the similar results or inferences for the same?
01 January 1970 1,517 0 View
There is growing concern that some medical journals may prioritize industry-sponsored research, potentially compromising scientific integrity. This raises questions about transparency, editorial...
01 January 1970 4,440 0 View
Food security in India continues to be an unresolved paradox—adequate food grain production and surplus availability coexist with widespread hunger and malnutrition. While exports of cereals and...
01 January 1970 579 0 View
With increasing reliance on diagnostic technologies and digital tools, are core clinical skills such as physical examination and empathetic patient interaction being neglected? How can medical...
01 January 1970 5,740 1 View
How might integrating social prescribing—linking patients to arts groups, peer support, and volunteering—address the root social and emotional drivers of health? Could embedding “link workers” in...
01 January 1970 1,899 2 View
The traditional dichotomy of pathogens as solely harmful is increasingly nuanced by our understanding of the human microbiome. Many microorganisms, once broadly labeled as pathogens, play...
01 January 1970 7,129 2 View
Quarantine is followed forchickenpox for 21 days for Close contacts. However, Mumps having variable incubation period and shows iceberg phenomenon. With the cases being reported among adults...
01 January 1970 2,153 1 View
