Changes in treatment of TB in the new WHO update 2025. Read at CDC These are the changes advised by the WHO in the treatment of tuberculosis. However these changes are not yet (until April 2026) done in NTEP program in India. So if asked according to NTEP , the already running treatment proto...

Rifapentine (RPT) Rifapentine is a semisynthetic rifamycin antibiotic, that has been included in shortened tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimens, as adviced in latest WHO guidelines 2025. Its pharmacokinetic profile allows for less frequent dosing and shorter treatment durations compared to the trad...

DefinitionLaughing epilepsy refers to gelastic seizures (from Greek gelos = laughter), a rare type of focal seizure characterized by inappropriate, unprovoked bouts of laughter.EtiologyMost commonly associated with hypothalamic hamartoma Other causes:Temporal or frontal lobe lesio...