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Mumbai doctor named in list of top 2% scientists in public health in world by Stanford University
Dr Prakash Chandra Gupta
Mumbai-based Dr Prakash Chandra Gupta, who’s the director of Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, has been included in the list of top 2% scientists in the world in the field of public health by Stanford University researchers.
Dr Prakash Chandra Gupta, within a list of 269 research publications, occupies rank 185, which brings him within the top 0.4% among 48,533 scientists in the world evaluated in the field of Public Health. This list of top 2% scientists is published by researchers from Stanford University, USA, in the highly prestigious journal – PLoS One. They analyzed the contributions in all areas of science and listed 159,683 scientists with top 2% contribution.
Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi
Dr Gupta is the past president of the Action Council against Tobacco ? India (ACT-India). He is associated with ACT-India since its inception in 1990s and is currently a member of its Managing Committee. Dr Gupta is Director of the Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health. Earlier, he worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and was an honorary consultant at the Tata Memorial Hospital. Most of his research is in the areas of tobacco control and cancer prevention. He has already received several international awards like Luther Terry Award from the American Cancer Society and Tobacco – Free World Award from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, Secretary ACT-India and Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon at the Tata Memorial Hospital said: We are proud of our association with Dr Gupta. His research helps and guides everyone who wants to improve public health through the prevention of cancer and other diseases caused by tobacco. Professors are known to tell their research students ? if you want to learn research, read papers by Dr Gupta.
ACT-India is a registered NGO located at the Tata Memorial Hospital working towards advancing tobacco control to prevent cancer and other diseases caused by tobacco.
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Union Minister Dr Bhagwat Karad unveils Dr Kavita Chandak’s book ‘Healing women with Homeopathy’

Dr Kavita Chandak at National Conference of Homeopathy held in Aurangabad
Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Karad recently unveiled Dr Kavita Chandak’s book ‘Healing women with Homeopathy’ at the recently held National Conference of Homeopathy (HAMI 2022) in Aurangabad. Prominently present during the conference were renowned homeopath Dr Arun Bhasme and 3,000 other doctors.
In her book, Dr Chandak, who hails from Nagpur, has covered the most important and widespread gynecological disorders such as menarche, over dysmenorrhea to menopause; reflects issues from which women suffer frequently like sterility, polycystic ovarian syndrome, breast issues, pregnancy-related conditions like constipation, morning sickness, heartburn, uterine prolapse, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and urinary problems, to mention a few.
Dr Chandak has also given a thorough explanation on topics like cancer of the breast, uterus and cervix, which are the most prevalent types of cancers in women. Her book contains a study of several homeopathic remedies with special emphasis on gynecology through the chapters like the core of a few important female remedies and the homeopathic gynecological kit. The book also gives a glimpse of rare and lesser-known remedies.
It is worth noting that Dr Chandak holds two golden book world records for treating kidney disorders and a case of mucormycosis. She is also the recipient of ‘The Excellence in Homeopathy award 2022’ given by Hpathy.com to 66 renowned homeopaths throughout the world. Over the years, Dr Chandak has organized more than 800 free medicine distribution camps. She provides her services through her web clinic in 20+ countries. Her area of specialization is behavioral psychiatric disorders like autism and ADHD.
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