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INDIA's Biggest International Rheumatology Event SCIENCE IN INNOVATIVE PRESENTATION STYLE IRACON 2022..Just 1 week away A to Z ALL IN ONE HAVE A GLANCE
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This is not dactylitis.. This is DSIP of thumb, a specific sign of PsA that I had described almost 25 years back. Since then, I get images sent to me by colleagues now & then from clinics across the subcontinent.
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Honouring Prof Eric Morand at Monash University hospital, Melbourne; our team from APLAR witnessed the signature of great work under his leadership in this centre of excellence in rheumatology, especially in lupus research. Best wishes.
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Some years ago in Tokyo with Late Prof Kawasaki, a stalwart with simple heart. I consider it a great moment in my life.
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Largest experience in the world on interventions in Takayasu arteritis- CMC Vellore data
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Medical science is never an exact science. It is further complicated by industry driven science. Randomised controlled trials are now slaves of industry. An investigator initiated trial is impossible. Government science agencies rarely do RCTs. Good real world data is the way.
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From today's clinic of mine..
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Led a fruitful meeting to strengthen collaborations between EULAR & APLAR at ACR convention centre with colleagues from both sides.
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Every intervention, however small it is, in the hospital setting is a potential source of killer infection; be it insertion of IV line,nasogastric tube, urinary catheter, intramuscular, subcutaneous or intravenous injection, intubation and all minor and major surgical procedures.
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My talk on Takayasu arteritis in American College of Rheumatology annual meeting 2020 ( virtual) on 6th November 2020.
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Dose of HCQ is 5 mg/kg body weight / day in rheumatology (max 400 mg/day) for 4 decades with no cardiac toxicity. On what basis, covidologists crossed this limit? Using a drug in irrationally high dose & then blaming it for adverse effects is unforgivable blunder.
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DOES INDIA NEED MORE MEDICAL COLLEGES? India needs is quality specialisation facilities like PGI Chandigargh & SGPGI Lucknow type centres. The cited big corporate hospitals in this news must actually be urged to start quality MD/MS/DM /MCh courses & not any more MBBS courses.
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My new year wish is healthy lifestyle to healthcare workers. Especially doctors, who live most unhealthy lifestyle. Sitting job, high screen time, poor sleep hygiene, nurtured stress, no excercise, no leisure, smoking, drinking, neglected Blood pressure , blood sugar & lipids
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You can access the Scientific Program of IRACON 2022 by downloading Qeni App with the links below: *IOS Device* : *Play Store* : Download it and login by entering your credentials & OTP you will be receiving through SMS and Email
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PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES ON REGULAR TREATMENT IN COVID TIME: 1. No extra risk of covid unless suffer from Obesity/high blood pressure/ diabetes/ heart or lung disease/ cancer. 2. Continue all treatment with online consultation with rheumatologist. Contd.(1/2)..
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Apart from being the politest people on earth, what is more amazing abt Japanese people is their humility & above all, preserving & living their tradition & culture in harmony with nature, in spite of being amongst most advanced in science & technology. JAPANESE ARE ROLE MODELS.
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Join us on 23rd May , 4 to 6 pm
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Centralising everything is the most inefficient way, not just undemocratic. In a populous nation like India, centralising all functioning by regulatory bodies is a myopic approach. There can be uniform, central & common guidelines, but implementation must be decentralised.
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KERALA IS THE PIONEER IN COVID CONTROL India must follow steps taken by Kerala & it has to be taken well in advance.Waiting for bigger disasters to happen is no way. Every state must emulate Kerala model.
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ALL TRADITIONAL / COMPLEMENTARY / ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES MUST GO THROUGH IN VITRO LAB EXPRRIMENTS, ANIMAL STUDIES, PHASE 1, PHASE 2 A, PHASE 2 B, PHASE 3, PHASE 4 (PMS), SYSTEMATIC REVIEW / META- ANALYSIS / COCHRANE REVIEW, LIVING EVIDENCE REVIEW & ONLY THEN IT SHOULD BE LICENSED
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CONGRATULATIONS to Prof A N Chandrasekharan on being conferred as Master of APLAR (ASIA PACIFIC LEAGUE OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR RHEUMATOLOGY). Retired 25 year ago from Madras Medical College, he was one of the founding fathers of the speciality & DM training program in India.
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'NEVER BE THE FIRST TO USE ANYTHING NEW, NOR THE LAST' is simple truth. Learning from others mistake is the best way. Reports of the risk of T cell malignancy following CAR-T cell therapy (under FDA investigation) is one such example. Focussed science can be a tubular vision too.
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People are adding whole lot of junk to medical literature. If one does critical appraisal, vast majority of published literature in medical science will be found to be trashes. BUT MOST MEDICAL PROFESSIONSLS ARE UNAWARE OF CRITICAL APPRAISAL METHODS. ALL DOCTORS MUST LEARN THIS.
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Political leaders in this country need regular behavioual therapy & get periodically certified; they must undergo some informal but structured quality education on political science, sociology & public administration, human psychology before they can contest elections. They must.
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Is there any student from a south Asian family who did not face any mental or physical harassment of ragging after entering a college? THIS CRIME NEEDS EXEMPLERY & HARSH PUNISHMENT.
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GROSSLY WRONG to say 43% of covid deaths have no comorbidities. HOW MANY CENTRAL OBESITIES ARE DOCUMENTED? NONE DOES. MAY BE ALL MUST DO FROM NOW ON. CENTRAL OBESITY IS A 100% INDICATOR OF METABOLIC SYNDROME, HIGH ACE2 & ACE2R PRODUCERS - THEREBY, DEFINITIVE RISK FACTOR FOR COVID
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Combination of Sulphasalazine and methotrexate in patients with pure axial SpA without peripheral arthitis is efficacious in resource limited set up; although the effect is modest, it works in more than half the cases. Please dont get blinded by myths.
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Doctors must stop prescribing narcotic analgesics, sedatives with potential for addiction & tachyphylaxis (e.g. Tramadol, Dextropropoxyphenes, codein & analogues, Benzodiazepines, older tricyclics) in chronic pain conditions INCLUDING ARTHRITIS.
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This is not dactylitis.. This is DSIP of thumb, a specific sign of PsA that I had described almost 25 years back. Since then, I get images sent to me by colleagues now & then from clinics across the subcontinent.
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Some more memories of late Prof Kawasaki with his daughter & wife; glimpse of the video clip of his oration in International vasculitis meet in 2017..his own description of Kawasaki's disease...from horse's mouth..
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Asymptomatic & mild covid cases should not be admitted in hospital. That will only ensure death of people who wouldnot have died otherwise. Not only this is not needed as 97% will survive, it will only cram hospitals & tax healthcare workers.Home care by family is better for them
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DIPT SIGN FOR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS DESCRIBED BY ME MORE THAN 20 YEAR AGO, IS NOW GETTING NOTICED AND RECOGNISED SLOWLY. Please click the link below, see the image and read little more details about it.
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"Publish or Perish" culture, deeply inherent in the academic world, drives people so selfish, toxic & inhumane that doctors in this culture turn into rotten excreta of undigested knowledge. They prove or disprove whatever they wish to or whatever is needed for a feather in cap.
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IRACON 2022 INDORE recordings of sessions
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4 years
26th july sunday Indian time 5 pm to 7 pm
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Sjogren Syndrome awareness month
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While quick response & good acute care is life saving, knee jerk & panic response by overenthusiastic medical doctors can be detrimental & even lead to fatal outcomes. There is no substitute of thoughtfulness, experience, wisdom, keen clinical observation & appropriate knowledge.
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This Shinto temple is in a place within Saga prefacture, where Prof Takayasu was born & his father was priest in this temple. Thanks to Prof M Harigai for arranging it & the special international symposium in Saga university under the auspices of JAPAN VASCULITIS FORUM & APLAR.
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India has few ventilators, even fewer critical care experts. Doctors at all level of care should be ensured safety. One doctor's death will cost thousand preventable deaths, directly and indirectly. Personal protection equipment (PPE) for Protecting doctors is must
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NOT THE BEST OF DECISIONS. DNBE EXAM SYSTEM IS MOST MODERN MEDICAL EXAM SYSTEM IN INDIA. ITS UNIFORM FOR WHOLE INDIA . I WOULD RATHER SAY STOP MD / MS DM / MCH & HAVE ONLY DNBE. Health Ministry Moves to Abolish NBE, establish New Board under NMC itself
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TURNED INTO AN EGGITARIAN (FROM CONGENITALLY PURE OMNIVOROUS FOOD HABIT)... ANIMALS CRY & BEG WHILE BEING SLAUGHTERED...Yes, I stopped eating meat not for health reasons; but saw their tears in their eyes & saw them pleading & screaming to spare them prior to being slaughtered.
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Do high tech medicine breed unethical practice? It does, more so in the corporatised & market driven medicine. Alluring patients to misused, gaudy gadgets by profit oriented healthcare industry compromises Holistic & ethical medical practice. Health is held hostage by industry.
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Myths and Pearls about Sjogren s Syndrome by Dr.Debasish Danda via @YouTube
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WHY MEDICAL STUDENTS & DOCTORS ARE KILLING THEMSELVES IN TOP INSTITUTES IN INDIA? Selection by pure merit without aptitude, Selfish ambition, peer pressure, unhealthy competition, illogical comparison, no quality family time, expectation- reality mismatch are killing doctors.
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It is a 1 hour interview on FAQ on arthritis for patients and general public.
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LANCET PAPER USED FAKE DATA TO DEFAME HCQ. MUST READ THE LINK
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This is not dactylitis.. This is DSIP of thumb, a specific sign of PsA that I had described almost 25 years back. Since then, I get images sent to me by colleagues now & then from clinics across the subcontinent.
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If health care workers & patients / relatives donot practice utmost hygenic precautions, deadly & drug resistant bugs will kill. General sense of hygiene starts at home; even educated are foolishly negligent, irresponsible, unhygenic & fail to realise that their actions can kill.
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Poorly implemented lockdown & premature relaxations are deadly. Numbers started rising with increasing tests. Are we are moving towards exponential growth? LOCKDOWN SHOULD BE STRICT TILL 3RD JUNE( that makes it 10 weeks). Withdraw all relaxations in red & orange zones immediately
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Avacopan, amongst several others to come, may make a beginning of the end of steroids in ANCA vasculitis. Tocilizumab in LVV & Rituximab in AAV did so far the same job to some extent. Similarly,cyclophosphamide faces its natural death too, with MMF as the initiator- more to come
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They must shun violence & hatred. What they practice & preach, must not be too far apart. Always, there are fools to believe them, but ALL FOOLS WILL NOT BE FOOLISH ALL THE TIME. This is the land of Gandhi, Budhdha, Tagore, Swami Vivekananda & many great souls. Donot insult them,
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Lethal Myths about covid MYTH 1: Economy more vital than Life PEARL: Economy will be worst affected with uncontrolled infection & death MYTH 2: . India has Good recovery & death rate PEARL: in absence of adequate testing, these numbers are misleading. ..........contd......
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Indian time 830 am today
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As a tribute to senior Rheumatologists in India, I had arranged a ceremony 5 years back at CMC Vellore and this booklet titled GURU DAKSHINA was released. Can have a look into the glimses of the founding years of Rheumatology in India. (Expires: 10.11. 20)
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Virtual symposium on Takayasu arteritis on 26th july Indian standard time 5 pm to 7 pm
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While scientific study of traditional medicine to incorporate the evidence based ones into modern medicine is good step, unregulated quackery, myths & misinformations in the pretext of natural healers is big business. Taking away food supplements from chemists' shelves is a must
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@drdpshenoy Thanks. Will be delighted if called / named so officially. So far it is unofficially called so.
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Thank you NatRevRheumatol@
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Interesting talk from Debashish Danda on Takayasu arteritis (TAK) at @JCR2023 “TAK is not a young onset GCA - nor the vice versa” To learn more about large-vessel vasculitis, check out a Review he mentioned from our sister journal @DiseasePrimers
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Webinar on Approach to Vasculitic disorders #m3india
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@RHEUMarampa @RheumNow @APLAR_org Thank you. It means s lot to me, people in rheumatology fraternity and pstients with rheumatic diseases, especislly in the resource limited set up.
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US Syphilis Cases Reach 70-Year High via @medscape
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It is time that governments, philanthropists, professional organisations & trusts must fund clinical trials; it is time to free clinical trials from clutches of industry & sanctify EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE.
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MYTH5: BOOSTING IMMUNITY WILL PROTECT FROM COVID PEARL: There is no lack of immunity in large majority. Rather, it is higher immunity that kills by cytokine storm & hyperinflammation in covid. Suppressing immunity by drugs save lives in critically ill covid cases.
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MYTH 3: Mask is not needed PEARL: MASK SAVES LIVES by breaking the covid chain by 80%. MYTH 4: Traditional medicine has cure for covid PEAR: There is no cure by any drug or food. 95% recover by itself +/- supportive therapy like oxygenation, blood thinners, immunosuppression.
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India's healthcare system ails from illogical & irrational mindset in the name of traditional medicine, crowded, unhygenic hospitals, overworked, rude & high handed attitudes of healthcare workers, non existent public health & family medicine and lack of protocol driven care.
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No magic drug yet, no proven diet to save life, no vaccine till early next year. MASK IS MUST & THE ONLY WAY RIGHT NOW.
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Nothing & Nobody is permanent. No success or failure, no pride or humiliation, no power or helplessness, no award or punishment, no prize or penalty, no popularity or isolation, no happiness or sadness & no fame or shame will last for ever. It is universal truth.
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Dear Fellow countrymen, PLEASE DONOT ASK THIS QUESTION AGAIN " CAN I TAKE THE VACCINE?" If you belong to the human species, an adult and never had an anaphylaxis in the past, you must get vaccinated against covid. THAT IS ALL & FULL STOP.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging evidence of Inflammation at Interphalangeal joint of Thumb — A distinct entity in psoriatic arthritis .
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@EricFMorand @IoannisParodis @APLAR_org @SCSMonash @MonashHealth We were honoured & proud to have experienced a short Sojourn at one of the top Lupus research centres in the Asia Pacific. Thanks for all the time that you spent on that day & the great hospitality too. Please convey our thanks to your entire team, especially to Prof Alberta Hoi
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Relaxing lockdown before 10 weeks will be a suicidal step. Leaders must rethink. By 5 more weeks from 4th may, we can keep covid under tight grip. Relaxing it before 10 weeks will spiral ourselves into prolonged suffering like 1918 spanish flu for 3 years
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Best Immunity booster.. meet Marble
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@ArunKumarKedia2 Disproportionate swelling of IP joint of thumb
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Is there any role of diet in Arhritis & Rheumatism?
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My talented Lupus warrior friends' creativity.
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Coming soon. Online published.
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Largest experience in the world on interventions in Takayasu arteritis- CMC Vellore data
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Passports for visa are retained with a consulate for around 2 weeks & this blocks anyone to apply for another country's visa. Academicians need to apply for visa to several countries back & back. In this era of technology, is there no better way other than hard copy of passports?
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It is science & it concerns human lives. It has to objective & there are validated systems in place to establish the objective truth by Evidence based medicine.
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INDIAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA NEEDS TO REGAIN SOUL. Dear Indian media, While you are busy yelling, making juicy stories, provocating one against the other, glorifying some while destroying some others. please address these questions. They will not give you money. But,.....contd
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IMMATURE YOUNG BOSSES WITH IMPULSIVE, JUVENILE MINDSET NEED BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR THEIR SHORTSIGHTED, STUPID THINKING. Best workplaces with highest productivity are those with best working environment & freedom without any suffocating rule that keep the workforce under stress.
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Anindita's creativity after 30 years struggle with lupus - she is on top
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Congrats India. Over 80 Lakh Jabs — Day One of the New Vaccine Policy in India a Smashing Success
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@SarahSchaferMD EBV has been linked to trigger many autoimmune rheumatic diseases in susceptible hosts. So, its not surprising for MS too.
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Any alternative medicine can not be INTEGRATED INTO MODERN MEDICINE SYSTEM without establishing authentic evidence by validated yardsticks. NOTHING SHORT OF IT is acceptable. Policy makers, politicians & people must realise that Medicine is not child's play.
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Doctor's best happiness is in seeing patients get better, more than anything else. No doctor deliberately like a patient to get worse. What will he gain by this? This common sense is often forgotten by society. At the same time, neither medicine nor doctor can make man immortal.
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PRIMARY CARE RHEUMATOLOGY
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Assault on doctors should attract charges of terrorism & face anti terrorism courts.
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A childhood lupus warrior Pritha's creations.
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If the world observes lockdown like stay home period for 15 days a year, the nature will heal gradually. It is like ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OF CONTRACT.
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