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Dr. Mukesh Batra to Touch 25 Million Lives Through Knowledge-series 'Good Health and Homeopathy'
/ -- Get 45 years of medical experience in 5 minutes In an effort to educate, spread awareness and correct the plethora of medical misinformation available on the internet, Dr. Mukesh Batra, Padma Shri recipient and renowned Homeopath, will launch an interesting and informative web-series starting 7th March, 2019. Each week, the series - 'Good Health and Homeopathy' will air every Thursday at 9 PM across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube; and will tackle a different ailment that affects the lives of people in India. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/664189/Dr_Batra_s_Multi_Specialty_Homeopathy_Logo.jpg ) (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/830812/Dr_Batras_Web_Series.jpg ) With a wealth of experience carefully accumulated over 45 years in the field of medicine, Dr. Batra believes that the key to happiness is to lead a healthy life. He also believes that most ailments today are lifestyle related and can be easily remedied through self governance. Speaking about the ..
Cocoa may help curb fatigue typically associated with multiple sclerosis (MS): Study
According to a new study, cocoa may help curb the fatigue that is typically associated with multiple sclerosis (MS).The study was published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.Cocoa, like dark chocolate, is rich in flavonoids--substances found abundantly in fruit and vegetables and associated with anti-inflammatory properties.The findings, if confirmed in larger studies, may offer a simple dietary approach to a persistent and hard to treat symptom, which affects nine out of 10 people with MS.According to the study, the causes of mental and physical fatigue experienced by people with MS are complex, and likely to include neural, inflammatory, metabolic, and psychological factors.The researcher say, none of the currently available approaches offers long term relief.Previous research suggests that dark chocolate, containing between 70 and 85 per cent cocoa solids, is associated with an improvement in subjectively assessed fatigue in people with chronic ...
Study shows community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections
A new study, presented at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle show delivery of an HIV prevention strategy that includes offering in-home HIV testing to everyone, with immediate referral to HIV care, and treatment for people living with HIV based on prevailing in-country guidelines, can substantially reduce new HIV infections.The HPTN 071 (PopART) study examined the impact of a package of HIV prevention interventions on community-level HIV incidence in urban and peri-urban communities in Zambia and South Africa.Study author Richard Hayes said, "We saw a highly significant 30 percent decrease in new HIV infections with a prevention strategy where HIV treatment was started according to in-country guidelines," adding, "We did not see a similar reduction in new HIV infections with another strategy where universal HIV treatment was offered from the beginning of the study. Additional analyses are underway to explore the reasons for this ...
Zydus receives USFDA approval for Rivastigmine Transdermal System
It will be manufactured at Zydus Technologies, the group's manufacturing facility dedicated to the production of transdermals, located at SEZ, Ahmedabad.
'Broken heart' syndrome may originate in the brain: Study
A new study has shown for the first time that the brain is involved in the development of a heart condition called Takotsubo syndrome (TTS).Researchers found that regions of the brain responsible for processing emotions and controlling the unconscious workings of the body, such as heart beat, breathing and digestion, do not communicate with each other as well in TTS patients as in healthy people.The study, published in the European Heart Journal, saw researchers say that although at this stage, they cannot show that the reduced brain functions definitely cause TTS, their findings suggest that these alterations in the central nervous system may be part of the mechanism involved and they are linked with the onset of TTS in response to stressful or emotional triggers.TTS is also known as 'broken heart' syndrome and is characterised by a sudden temporary weakening of the heart muscles that causes the left ventricle of the heart to balloon out at the bottom while the neck remains narrow, ..
'London patient': second case ever of HIV remission
A second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after ceasing treatment and is likely cured, researchers were set to announce at a medical conference Tuesday. Ten years after the first confirmed case of an HIV-infected person being rid of the deadly disease, a man known only as the "London patient" has shown no sign of the virus for nearly 19 months, they reported in the journal Nature. Both patients had received bone marrow transplants to treat blood cancers, receiving stem cells from donors with a rare genetic mutation that prevents HIV from taking hold. "By achieving remission in a second patient using a similar approach, we have shown that the Berlin patient was not an anomaly," said lead author Ravindra Gupta, a professor at the University of Cambridge, referring to the first known functional cure. Millions of people infected with HIV around the world keep the disease in check with so-called antiretroviral therapy (ARV), but the treatment does ...
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals receives USFDA approval for Telmisartan and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets
According to IQVIATM sales data for the 12 month period ending January 2019, the Micardis HCT Tablets market2 achieved annual sales of approximately $40.6 million.
Survivor antibody clears path for new Ebola vaccine
An antibody taken from an Ebola survivor has been found to target all three human strains of the virus and could eventually lead to an all-purpose vaccine against the killer disease, scientists said Monday. Ebola, which can be lethal in 90 per cent of cases if untreated, killed more than 11,000 people in 2014-15 in West Africa in what was the worst-ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic disease. The epidemic caused international panic. A vaccine was developed that offers some protection against one strain of the virus. Tens of thousands of people have received the vaccine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak there -- which started in August -- killed more than 500 people. Now scientists for the first time believe they have identified an antibody from a survivor of the west Africa epidemic that can be used to target all three forms of Ebola in humans. Kartik Chandran, professor of Microbiology and Immunology at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said he and
Judicial panel can't judge correctness of treatment to Jayalalithaa: Apollo Hospitals
Apollo Hospitals Monday contended before the Madras High Court that a judicial panel probing the death of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa cannot decide on the correctness and adequacy of the treatment given to her by it. The terms of reference of the Justice Arumughaswamy Commission probing the late chief minister's death were only to go into the circumstances that led to her hospitalisation and the panel cannot expand its scope of inquiry, and ascertain if the proper treatment was given to her, it claimed. The submissions on behalf of the hospital were made by senior counsel Aryama Sundaram before a division bench of justices R Subbiah and Krishnan Ramasamy. The bench was hearing the hospital's petition seeking an interim stay on judicial panel's proceedings relating to the medical treatment given to Jayalalithaa. The commission cannot enquire into the medical treatment and go beyond its terms of reference, said Sundram. He said the panel of doctors who were asked by the ...
Teen who defied parents to get vaccinated heads to US Congress
A US high school student who had himself vaccinated despite his parents' objections is set to testify Tuesday before the US Congress about a surge in outbreaks of preventable diseases. Ethan Lindenberger says he grew up in an "anti-vax household," but decided to go against his parents' wishes to get vaccinated once he turned 18 and was able to legally make the decision for himself. The teen's decision generated international headlines at a time when health experts are warning of a global surge in measles cases -- preventable by vaccine -- brought on by conflict, complacency and the anti-vaccine movement. Lindenberger, who lives in Norwalk, Ohio, announced over the weekend that he was invited to testify at a Tuesday hearing in the US Senate over preventable disease outbreaks. He is scheduled to address the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, along with several health experts. There have been 159 measles cases so far this year in 10 US states, according to the ...
Novel strategy to fight most deadly brain tumour in children
Scientists have identified an enzyme inhibitor that slows down tumour growth and increases survival in an animal model of the most deadly brain tumour in children, opening the door to a promising new treatment strategy. Currently, there are no approved drugs for treating diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), according to the study published in the journal Nature Communications. The inhibitor of the enzyme called ACVR1 slows tumour growth and increases survival in an animal model of DIPG. "Our results are encouraging and suggest that it might be reasonable to test an inhibitor of this enzyme in a clinical trial," said Oren Becher, Associate Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US. "Prior to that, we need to evaluate different ACVR1 inhibitors in animal models to make sure we bring the most safe and effective agent to trials with children," Becher said in a statement. In 2014, Becher's lab co-discovered that ACVR1 mutations are found in about 25 per
Enzyme inhibitor could treat deadly brain tumour in kids
Researchers have identified an enzyme inhibitor that may help fight the most deadly brain tumour in children.
Indian cardic surgeon examines Bangladesh minister in Dhaka after special request from PM Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought the help of a leading Indian cardiac surgeon in determining the treatment of her ailing senior Cabinet colleague. Hasina called the Bengaluru-based Dr Devi Shetty on Sunday evening and requested him to come to Dhaka to examine the health condition of Bangladesh minister for Road, Transport and Bridge, Obaidul Quader. Quader, who is also the General Secretary of ruling Awami League, was on Sunday admitted to the Dhaka's Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after being diagnosed with three blockages in his coronary artery. He was taken to the Intensive Care Unit at first and then moved to Critical Care Unit as his condition deteriorated, the Daily Star reported. He had also uncontrolled diabetes and electrolyte imbalance. President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Hasina and Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and many Cabinet members and lawmakers visited him at the hospital, the paper said. Shetty, who is the chairman of ...
New machine learning model to classify lung cancer types
Scientists say they have developed a novel machine learning model to classify different types of lung cancer, and found that it performed on par with three practicing pathologists. Machine learning is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning has improved dramatically in recent years and shown great promise in the field of medical image analysis, said researchers from DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in the US. They utilised machine learning capabilities to assist with the challenging task of grading tumour patterns and subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Currently, lung adenocarcinoma, requires pathologist's visual examination of lobectomy slides to determine the tumour patterns and subtypes, according to the study published in the journal Scientific Reports. A
Smokers misunderstand health risks of smokeless tobacco products: Study
Smokers often misunderstand health risks that come with consuming smokeless tobacco product, a recent study suggests.While smokeless tobacco products are addictive, contain cancer-causing chemicals and are linked with cardiovascular and certain cancer risks, products such as snus, a kind of smokeless tobacco, have comparatively fewer health risks than smoking when used exclusively. This product can also serve as harm-reduction alternatives for smokers unable or unwilling to completely quit tobacco.Published in the Journal of Addictive Behaviors, the study provides new research on what smokers think about snus.Snus -- a Swedish word for "snuff" -- is a moist powder tobacco that can be sold in a loose form or in small prepacked pouches that users place under the top lip for about 30 minutes. It is typically spit free. The product is popular in Scandinavia, but newer to the United States.In Sweden, snus use has been linked to a decrease in tobacco smoking and smoking-related ...
Sleep apnea linked with Alzheimer's risk: Study
Researchers have revealed a connection between sleep apnea -- a disorder in which breathing stops and starts repeatedly -- and increased levels of a toxic brain protein commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease. According to the researchers at Mayo Clinic in the US, people who are witnessed by a bed partner to have stopped breathing during sleep may have higher accumulations of an Alzheimer's disease biomarker called tau in a brain area that helps with memory. Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition that involves frequent events of stopped breathing during sleep, although an apnea may also be a single event of paused breathing during sleep. Tau, a protein that forms into tangles, is found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. "A person normally has fewer than five episodes of apnea per hour during sleep," said Diego Z Carvalho from the Mayo Clinic. "Bed partners are more likely to notice these episodes when people stop breathing several times per hour during sleep, ...
Japan okays research using human cells in animals
Japan has given the green light to a controversial research process involving implanting animals with human stem cells that could eventually help grow human organs for transplant inside animal hosts. The decision by the education and science ministry Friday to revise its guidelines means Japanese researchers can now apply for permits to carry out studies employing the technique, a ministry official told AFP. The process involves implanting embryonic animals, likely first pigs, with human "induced pluripotent stem" (iPS) cells, which can transform into the building blocks of any part of the body. The idea is for the iPS cells to grow into transplantable human organs inside the animal embryos. Japan had previously required researchers to terminate animal embryos implanted with human cells after 14 days "due to ethical concerns over the vague line between human beings and animals," the official said. The old regulations also prevented researchers from placing the embryos into animal ...
Sleep apnea linked with Alzheimer's marker: Study
Researchers have found a link between sleep apnea and increased levels of a toxic brain protein commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease.
How Instagram exposure could ruin children's eating habit
Making children eat healthy food can test the patience of parents. The exposure of children to social media platforms such as photo-sharing app Instagram could make the job even tougher for them, suggests a new study.
Endorsements by vloggers increase kids' unhealthy food intake: Study
Unhealthy food endorsements by video bloggers, or vloggers, on Instagram increase children's intake of such foods, a study suggests. Children are increasingly exposed to marketing through digital avenues, such as on social media, and the impact of marketing by vloggers on these outcomes has, until now, not been known, said researchers from the University of Liverpool in the UK. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, examined the effect of social media marketing of snack foods (healthy and unhealthy), via vloggers' Instagram pages, on children's snack intake. "These findings suggest that the marketing of unhealthy foods, via vloggers' Instagram pages, increases children's immediate energy intake," said Anna Coates, PhD student at the University of Liverpool. "The results are supported by celebrity endorsement data, which show unhealthy food endorsements increase children's unhealthy food intake, but healthy food endorsements have little or no effect on healthy food intake," ..