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More Than 10 Lakh Poor Availed Free Treatment Under Ayushman Bharat Yojana In Last Four Months

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind, in a speech to the joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament highlighted the impact of the "Ayushman Bharat Yojana" launched last year. Under the world's biggest health care scheme, 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Abhiyan', 50 crore poor are eligible for availing treatment up to Rs 5 lakh per year per family in case of a serious illness. In a short period of four months, more than 10 lakh poor have already availed free treatment from hospitals under this scheme, he noted.

Aerobics can delay age-related cognitive decline: Study

While most studies on exercise and cognition have focused on the elderly, a new study suggests that aerobics can even prevent or slow the appearance of at least some age-related cognitive changes in young and middle-aged adults.

Cancer can lead to premature ageing: Study

While it is well known that ageing promotes cancer development, UK researchers have showed that the reverse is also true.

Layered cocktails inspire new form of male birth control

Scientists are developing reversible male contraceptives -- inspired by colourful layered cocktails -- that would be more effective than condoms but not permanent like vasectomies. For decades, women have shouldered most of the burden of contraception. However, long-term use of female birth control pills could increase the risk for side effects such as blood clots or breast cancer. One the other hand, common forms of male contraception are either short-term (condoms) or long-term (vasectomy). However, condoms can fail, and vasectomies, while effective, are not reversible. Researchers from Nanchang University in the China wanted to devise a medium-term, reversible form of male contraception. They drew inspiration from cocktails that bartenders make by layering colourful liquids in a glass. If the beverage is stirred or heated, the layers combine into a uniform liquid. Researchers wondered if they could use a similar approach to inject layers of materials to block the vas deferens, the .

Health Minister confers 'Award of Appreciation' to Rajiv Nath of AIMED for his contribution to global healthcare

Rajiv Nath was conferred with the prestigious 'Award of Appreciation' by Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare for his contribution to the Global Public Healthcare sector at The Award of Appreciation Ceremony held yesterday at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, organized by Diaspora Foundation.Nath was honoured for his valuable, remarkable and outstanding achievements in the field of healthcare & community services for affordable Medtech access & patients safety initiatives. His eminence and dynamic leadership to drive innovations and contributions in medical devices for healthcare has helped India to carve out a niche for itself in the global map.He has demonstrated remarkable and exceptional performances in setting the agenda and road maps for the future healthcare by setting an exemplary entrepreneurial competency and leadership in the healthcare industry not only by his own manufacturing company Hindustan ...

Natco Pharma submits new drug application with USFDA for cancer generic drug

Natco Pharma Thursday said it has submitted an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) with the US health regulator for generic version of Ibrutinib tablets used for treating certain cancers. Natco said the company and its co-development and marketing partner Alvogen Pine Brook LLC, USA, believe that the ANDA is possibly sole first-to-file based on the ANDA filing dates. "We further believe that our ANDA may be eligible for 180 days of marketing exclusivity at the time of potential launch of the product under certain circumstances," Natco Pharma said in a BSE filing. Natco has submitted the application with the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for generic version of Ibrutinib tablets in the strengths of 140 mg, 280 mg, 420 mg and 560 mg. The tablets would be generic equivalents to Imbruvica tablets. In the US, Imbruvica brand is owned and marketed by Pharmacyclics LLC and Janssen Biotech Inc. "Imbruvica had US sales of approximately USD 2.6 billion for twelve months ended ...

Exclusive: Sri Lanka halts imports of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder pending asbestos tests

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has halted imports of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder until the company proves its product is free from cancer-causing asbestos, two government officials and the product's local distributor told Reuters.

Vaping more effective than nicotine patches at helping smokers quit: Study

E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement treatments, such as patches and gum, at helping smokers to kick the butt, a study claims. The research, which involved almost 900 smokers who also received additional behavioural support, found that 18.0 per cent of e-cigarette users were smoke-free after a year, compared to 9.9 per cent of participants who were using other nicotine replacement therapies. "This is the first trial to test the efficacy of modern e-cigarettes in helping smokers quit. E-cigarettes were almost twice as effective as the 'gold standard' combination of nicotine replacement products," said Peter Hajek from Queen Mary University of London in the UK. "Although a large number of smokers report that they have quit smoking successfully with the help of e-cigarettes, health professionals have been reluctant to recommend their use because of the lack of clear evidence from randomised controlled trials. This is now likely to change," said Hajek, lead ..

Exercise may boost cognition even in young adults: Study

Aerobic exercise training improves cognition -- acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses -- even in young and middle-aged adults, according to a study. The study, published in the journal Neurology, involved 132 adults between the ages of 20 and 67. It found aerobic exercise training increases executive function -- cognitive processes important for reasoning, planning, and problem-solving -- in adults as young as 20, although the effect was stronger with increasing age. The study led by researchers at Columbia University in the US indicates that aerobic exercise training improves cognition in younger adults, suggesting that exercise can prevent or slow the appearance of at least some age-related cognitive changes. The flexibility of the exercise protocol, in which participants choose when and how to exercise, could make the intervention more attractive to the general population and increase its chances for adoption. Researchers assigned 132 ...

Eating breakfast may not induce weight loss

Do you eat a hearty breakfast in the morning and then skip a few meals thinking it will help you lose weight? Think again. There is no good evidence to support the idea that eating breakfast promotes weight loss or that skipping breakfast leads to weight gain, finds a review published in The BMJ on Thursday.In fact, the study shows that daily calorie intake is higher in people eating breakfast and that skipping breakfast does not cause greater appetite later in the day.The study further say that their review questions the popular recommendation that eating breakfast can help with weight control.While previous studies have suggested that eating breakfast is linked with maintaining a healthy weight, a team from Monash University in Melbourne analysed the effect of regularly eating breakfast on weight change and daily energy intake and found that total daily energy intake was higher in groups who ate breakfast compared with those who skipped it (an average of 260 more calories consumed ..

Fiji records 69 cases of leptospirosis, 4 deaths

Leptospirosis, a bacterial infection spread through the urine of rodents and other animals, has gripped Fiji this monsoon, with 69 cases of infections being reported by authorities until Thursday, while four people have died."We are seeing cases from all over the Central Division, we have noted cases from Naitasiri, Rewa, as well as Serua and Namosi and we are seeing cases from urban areas as well as some of the rural areas," Dr Aalisha Sahukhan, head of Health Protection in Fiji's Ministry of Health, stated.Sahukhan added that health workers were closely working with households to contain the disease, reports Xinhua."They will actually go down to the household level, visit households and inspect these households then give advice to families that live there about preventative measures including keeping the household clean, keeping the household free of animals to minimize the spread of this disease within the communities itself," she said.Workers will also go through a refresher ...

Here's an analysis on cost effectiveness of smoked cannabis to treat chronic neuropathic pain

A new study now finds that smoking cannabis as an adjunctive second-line therapy to treat chronic peripheral neuropathy can be both effective and cost-effective.The results of the study are published in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.In the article entitled "A Cost-Effectiveness Model for Adjunctive Smoked Cannabis in the Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain," David Grelotti and coauthors from UCSD, University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (San Diego), and Columbia University (New York, NY) created a computer simulation to compare the cost of usual first-, second-, and third-line care with those supplemented with smoked cannabis.They modeled efficacy and adverse events based on clinical trial and other existing study data, and derived cannabis cost from retail market pricing.Speaking about the study, Daniele Piomelli of University of California-Irvine, School of Medicine, said: "With the opioid

Study finds cancer causes premature ageing

A new study, from the University of East Anglia, now finds that leukaemia promotes premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cells.The findings, published on Wednesday, in the journal Blood show that healthy bone marrow cells were prematurely aged by cancer cells around them.While it is already known that ageing promotes cancer development, this is the first time that the reverse has been shown to be true.The study found that the aged bone marrow cells accelerated the growth and development of the leukaemia - creating a vicious cycle that fuels the disease.The research was led by Dr Stuart Rushworth from UEA's Norwich Medical School, in collaboration with the Earlham Institute and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (UK) and the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing in California. It was funded by the Rosetrees Trust and Norfolk's Big C Charity.The researchers also found the mechanism by which this process of premature ageing occurs in the bone marrow of leukaemia patients and ..

Scientists develop tool to measure success of HIV cure strategies

A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health has found a way to accurately and easily count the cells that comprise the HIV reservoir. This will enable researchers who are trying to eliminate the HIV reservoir and bring about a cure, a way to clearly understand whether their strategies are working.The research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIHThe HIV reservoir consists of infected cells that contain DNA molecules that encode HIV proteins. These cells are in a resting state in which they do not produce any part of the virus. Scientists have found that the HIV DNA, or 'provirus' inside the resting cells is usually so defective that it cannot generate new virus particles. However, most available tools that measure HIV reservoir cannot distinguish intact provirus, which can replicate themselves from the vast excess of defective proviruses.A team led by Robert F. Siliciano, at the Johns Hopkins University School of ...

Undeterred by Sanofi's stumble, Takeda takes similar path with dengue shot

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new vaccine for the dengue virus is taking a potentially risky road to prevent the mosquito-borne disease that infects nearly 400 million people each year.

Roche, AC Immune drop Alzheimer drug trials after setback

ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Holding and partner AC Immune SA called a halt to two late-stage clinical trials of their crenezumab drug for early Alzheimer's, the latest in a string of failures to find a treatment for the progressive brain disease.

Delhi: Swine Flu claims 11 lives in January

The national capital has seen an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases with at least 479 people testing positive for the infectious seasonal influenza and two government hospitals reporting a combined death toll of 11, so far this year. Delhi has witnessed a rise in the number of swine flu cases this year, with 479 people diagnosed with the disease so far, which is an increase from the total 205 cases reported in the entire year of 2018, according to a report by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare."Till January 28, a total of 18 people were admitted with symptoms of swine flu at the Safdarjung Hospital out of which three have died this January. The three who died were from Uttar Pradesh," an official from the hospital said.A 35-year-old became the youngest to have succumbed to the respiratory disease at the hospital, the official said.At the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) a spokesperson said eight people had died ..

FSSAI bans staple pins in tea bags from June 30

Food regulator FSSAI on Wednesday issued a notification seeking a ban on the use of pins in tea bags by the food business operators (FBOs) by June 30.

Delhi registers 512 cases of H1N1

A total of 512 cases of Seasonal Influenza (H1N1) has been registered with no deaths reported in the national capital till Tuesday, the Delhi government said on Wednesday.

Delhi govt directs hospitals to procure logistics for continuous supply of H1N1 medicines

With the number of swine flu cases soaring to 617 in the city, Delhi's health department has directed all hospitals to procure logistics required to ensure continuous supply of medicine, vaccine and kits. According to the government, no deaths have been reported in the city so far. After holding a state-level review meeting on in?uenza A (H1N1), the Delhi government said that all government hospitals in the city are equipped with necessary logistics required for the management of the disease and the drug Oseltamivir along with personal protective equipments (PPE kits) and N95 masks are also available. Recent guidelines from the Union Health Ministry on case diagnosis, management, vaccination, isolation criteria, risk categorization and preventive measures have been circulated among all hospitals and health facilities. Health advisories, in english and hindi, on seasonal In?uenza A H1N1 (swine flu) have been prepared and issued for general public in leading newspapers. The Director ...