Thursday, November 21, 2024
NEW DELHI — With just 20 health workers per 10,000 people, unevenly distributed across regions, the strain on healthcare infrastructure is immense, Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder & Director Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, said on Sunday. Since Indi...
07 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Vitamin B-12 plays a key role in producing brain chemicals that affect mood and other brain functions, said doctors on Saturday. Vitamin B-12 (also known as cobalamin) plays a crucial role in the formation of red blood cells, cell metab...
07 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Stanford researchers have developed a new method to reverse pancreatic cancer’s resistance to chemotherapy, an advance that may pave the way for new treatments. Pancreatic cancer is often aggressive and difficult to treat and al...
04 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — About 4.9 per cent of children and adolescents in India suffer from impaired kidney function, according to the first nationwide survey released on Thursday. Impaired kidney function causes kidney damage to worsen over several months or ...
04 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — As fatty liver disease is increasing in India, a noted hepatologist on Wednesday advised limiting consumption of saturated fats like ghee and coconut oil. Fatty liver disease is related to obesity and diabetes. Consuming excessive...
03 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Australian researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help to select the most suitable treatment for cancer patients. The new tool DeepPT, developed by researchers at The Australian National University (...
03 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Lifestyle measures are crucial to increasing the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, also known as the “good” cholesterol, said a top neurologist on Tuesday. Taking to social media platform X, Sudhir Kumar, fro...
02 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Frequent respiratory viruses and bacteria may have boosted children’s immune systems, saving them from the worst effects of Covid-19, according to a new study. While children are more susceptible than adults to respiratory infec...
02 Jul 2024
TOKYO — The number of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) infections has exceeded the warning level nationwide in Japan for the first time in nearly five years, the country’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reported on Tuesd...
02 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — A combination of medicines and behavioural therapies can help adults effectively quit tobacco, said the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday releasing its first-ever clinical treatment guideline. According to the global heal...
02 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — An international team of scientists has identified genes that can indirectly influence the age at which girls have their first period by accelerating weight gain in childhood. The team led by the University of Cambridge studied the ...
01 Jul 2024
HYDERABAD — Use of Artificial Intelligence (IA) for self-diagnosis and prescription poses significant risk to human life, warn healthcare professionals. On Doctors’ Day, they voiced concern over the growing trend of patients depending on Intern...
01 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — While we call them beacons of hope, heroes of life, doctors often face extensive job pressures and long hours of duty, leaving them burnt out and with physical and emotional problems. Thus it is imperative to set clear boundaries to mai...
01 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Planning motherhood? Getting the right nutrients, with a higher intake of calcium and zinc three months before conceiving can help avoid dangerous blood pressure disorders such as preeclampsia during pregnancy, finds a study. The study ...
30 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — While the monsoon brought in relief from the sweltering heat, cases of dengue have spiralled in various parts of the country including in Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Maharashtra. Doctors on Sunday advised c...
30 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Aortic aneurysms, which is often asymptomatic, is the third leading cause of sudden cardiac death, said experts on Sunday stressing the need for raising awareness on the fatal heart condition. Aortic Aneurysms are the ballooning of the ...
30 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — In another bid to ensure healthcare for all, the government has unveiled three new initiatives which will play a major role in improving the quality of healthcare services in the country. These initiatives include virtual National Qua...
29 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Early-life exposure to air pollution may have a direct effect on lung health later in life, reveals a study on Friday that underlines the need to reduce pollution. Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) found that the...
28 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Risks posed to heart health may increase future dementia cases, more than smoking, finds a new study on Thursday. A combination of genetic and environmental factors, including high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, education, and smoki...
27 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Worried about your food addiction? Take heart, a team of researchers has identified a specific gut bacteria associated with both mice and human compulsive eating disorder and obesity. In the research, presented on Thursday at the Federa...
27 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Exposure to contaminated water is a major reason for infection from a brain-eating amoeba that has claimed the lives of two young children within a month in Kerala, said doctors calling for avoiding swimming in lakes and other water bod...
27 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Eating plant-based meat alternatives may have profound benefits against cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as cholesterol levels and blood pressure, according to a review of research published from 1970 to 2023. Plant-based meat ...
26 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Eating plant-based meat alternatives may have profound benefits against cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as cholesterol levels and blood pressure, according to a review of research published from 1970 to 2023. Plant-based meat ...
26 Jun 2024
NEW DELHI — Older adults who remain lonely for a prolonged period may be at 56 per cent higher risk of suffering a stroke, according to a new study on Tuesday. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2023 declared loneliness as a pressing global hea...
25 Jun 2024
MUMBAI — Regular junk food consumption and inactive lifestyles are fuelling cases of painful piles, fistula and fissures in young adults aged between 18 and 25 years, said doctors on Monday. People with piles and fissures — common disorders c...
24 Jun 2024
