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Sauna sessions as exhausting as moderate exercise: Study
Taking a sauna session causes the same effects on our body as a short, moderate workout, a study has found. Contrary to previous assumption, researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Medical Center Berlin (MCB) in Germany found that the blood pressure does not drop during a sauna session. Instead, they found that the blood pressure rises along with the heart rate -- an increase comparable to the effect of a short, moderate workout. For the study published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine, the researchers placed participants both in a sauna and on a bicycle ergometer on separate days. "It was thought that the heat dilates the blood vessels and that this lowers the blood pressure," said Sascha Ketelhut, a sports scientist at MLU. People with low blood pressure or cardiovascular disorders have traditionally been advised not to use saunas, as a further fall in blood pressure can lead to fainting. "However, it is important to distinguish ...
High calorie diet causes brain health to decline faster: Study
The unhealthy habits of modern-day living with a diet high in calories may cause brain health to deteriorate faster, according to an Australian study published on Thursday.
Cabinet okays India-Kyrgyzstan MoU for cooperation in health care sector
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a proposal for signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Kyrgyzstan for cooperation in the health care sector, according to an official statement. The scope of cooperation includes strengthening of health care systems, non-communicable diseases, communicable diseases and anti-microbial resistance, development of hospital management systems and health information systems, maternal and child health and medical researches, the statement said. It also includes exchange of experience in transplantation of kidney and liver, cardiac surgery, oncology, orthopedics, traumatology, etc.; improving capacity of human resources in the field of health; exchange of experience and information on good practice of clinical trials of medicines and medical products; and providing opportunities for health specialists to receive training at the "India-Kyrgyz Center for Information Technologies" with further internships in India. A working group will ..
Medicare services disrupted in West Bengal for second day
Medicare services across West Bengal remained disrupted for the second day on Wednesday as junior doctors in government and private hospitals continued their strike demanding fool-proof security following an assault on them by a mob after the death of a patient here. The incident of assault took place at a state-run medical college and hospital on Monday night, leaving an intern seriously injured and the strike, which was initiated there, spread to medical institutions in the districts. Emergency wards, outdoor facilities, pathological units of most of the state-run medical college hospitals and a number of private medical facilities in the state remained closed. However, services in the indoor patient department were not affected, sources said. The state government asked the junior doctors to withdraw the strike and resume their duties, but the agitators were in no mood to relent and demanded intervention of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the health and family ...
Congress MP seeks PM's intervention in doctor assault case
Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to solve the impasse over healthcare services being disrupted in West Bengal after junior doctors went on strike over assault on an intern after the death of a patient. "I am drawing your attention to the grave situation prevailing in West Bengal where doctors of all medical colleges, hospitals are on strike in the wake of brutal assault on junior doctors at NRS Hospital in Kolkata ... You are requested to intervene as early as possible," the senior Congress leader said in a letter to Modi on Wednesday. Healthcare services were disrupted in West Bengal Wednesday for the second consecutive day after junior doctors stopped working in all the state-run medical institutions following the assault on an intern in a city hospital. The doctors started the protest after an intern at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital was seriously injured, following a clash between ...
Trinamool, BJP urge Bengal doctors to resume work
Urging normalcy of health services in West Bengal amidst the ongoing doctor's protests against the attack on colleagues of the NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, both Trinamool Congress and BJP leaders on Wednesday requested the hospitals to resume work.
Gender affects correlation between depression and weight in children: Study
A recent study suggests that the probability of a major depressive disorder in children and adolescents with high, low, or normal body mass index differs according to gender.The results of the study were published in the journal 'Childhood Obesity'.According to the study, underweight boys and overweight girls have an increased risk of depression. Seyed-Ali Mostafavi and a large team of researchers co-authored the study.The study included BMI results for more than 25,000 youths and compared the likelihood of a diagnosis of depression among the subgroups of girls and boys, dividing them into categories of underweight, normal weight, and overweight."There has been some disagreement in the literature about the nature of the relationship between obesity and depression among children and adolescents. Mostafavi and colleagues generated a large Iranian population-based sample and determined that obesity was correlated with depression among boys, but not girls, after controlling for likely ...
National Health Authority inks MoU with Quality Council of India
The National Health Authority (NHA), responsible for implementation of Ayushman Bharat and Quality Council of India, inked an agreement Wednesday for launching a joint initiative of digital certification for empanelled hospitals to improve the quality of healthcare system in the country. The initiative will help the hospitals to get fast-track certification while enhancing healthcare services, a statement said. The partnership aims to create a process to facilitate certification of at least 7,000 empanelled hospitals by December 2021 to build a network of quality healthcare providers. "The MoU seeks to put in place a simple, swift, transparent and paperless mechanism to encourage the hospitals to apply for certification," the statement said. Following the existing policy of incentivising the accredited hospitals, the NHA also plans to incentivise the certified hospitals with higher reimbursement rates so that more hospitals apply for certification. There will be three levels of ...
Bengal doctors' strike: Congress MP seeks PM Modi's intervention
Senior Bengal Congress leader and MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi informing him about the ongoing "cease work" of junior doctors in all hospital across the state and requested his intervention to restore normalcy.
China tightens rules on genetic research after designer-baby scandal
China has announced regulations to curb the smuggling of human organs and tighten oversight on the use of human genetic materials in research months after a Chinese scientist caused a global outcry by claiming that he gene-edited babies. The announcement comes as He Jiankui's controversial experiment continues to transfix the scientific community, with researchers saying the procedure may significantly affect life expectancy. The high-profile scientist announced in November that the world's first gene-edited babies -- twin girls -- were born that month after he altered their DNA to prevent them from contracting HIV by deleting a certain gene. The regulations published Monday said international organisations that collect, store or use human genetic resources to carry out scientific research without proper permissions will be fined up to five million yuan (US$722,600). The penalty was double for foreign organisations conducting research using China's genetic resources. Chinese and ...
CM assures all help to woman wrongly diagnosed with cancer
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Wednesday assured all help to a woman who was "wrongly" diagnosed with cancer and subjected to chemotherapy at a government medical college hospital at Kottayam. The woman, hailing from Alappuzha district, wassubjected to chemotherapy treatment at the hospital on the basis of a report from a private laboratory where her sample was tested. "I met the chief minister and sought his help. He assured all medical assistance.I also asked for strong action against those who are responsible for the wrong treatment," the woman told reporters here. Sources from the chief minister's office told PTI that the woman met Vijayan at his office in the Legislative Assembly complex and he assured her all the help. State Health minister K K Shailaja had earlier ordered an inquiry into the allegations that the middle-aged woman was subjected to chemotherapy treatment at the hospital on the basis of a report from a private lab where her sample was ...
Pakistani doctors blame quacks for alarming rise in HIV cases
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has blamed quack doctors practicing without training and professional certification for an alarming rise in the number of HIV positive patients in the country, the media reported on Wednesday.
Probe on if Kerala Nipah patient got it from eating guava
A central team of medical professionals is looking into whether the only confirmed patient of Nipah in Kerala got it after eating guava, though the office of the state Health Minister has expressed ignorance about it.
Octogenarian with ruptured heart undergoes 'high-risk' cardiac surgery: Hospital
An 83-year-old Delhi man who suffered a heart rupture has got a new lease of life after undergoing a "high-risk" surgery at a hospital near here during which his heart was put on a special support device for almost two hours, doctors said. The six-hour open-heart surgery was performed recently by a team of doctors at a private hospital in Vaishali, hospital authorities said. The patient, N S Mehra, a retired businessman from Preet Vihar in East Delhi, "had suffered a massive heart attack due to sudden blockage of the main artery supply in the heart, leading to the death of the heart muscle causing a heart rupture," Max hospital said in a statement Tuesday. Heart diseases claim a significant number of lives in India across a wide range of demographic profiles. Men are known to be at a "higher risk" in comparison to women and with age and pre-existing co-morbidities, complexities go up, it said. "The patient had a history of hypertension and had suffered a massive heart attack due to ..
2 more children die of hypoglycemia in Bihar's Muzaffarpur; toll now 43
Two children died Wednesday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, which is reeling under an outbreak of brain fever, taking the toll this month to 43, although a top state health official maintained that the casualties were not related to the outbreak but were caused by hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia causes abnormally low level of sugar in the blood or deficiency of sodium or potassium in the body, the official said. According to a release issued by the Muzaffarpur district administration, two children died at the SKMCH hospital here where a total of 117 cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have been reported since June 1. Out of the reported cases, 36 have died till date, while 24 have been discharged and among those undergoing treatment, six were said to be in a critical condition, it said. In the private Kejriwal hospital, the total number of reported cases is 55 and seven of the children admitted since June 1 have died so far though there was no death on Wednesday, the release ...
Zoylo launches health kiosks at 2 Delhi Metro stations, eyes expansion
Online healthcare aggregator Zoylo Digihealth Wednesday launched Zoycare health kiosks at two metro stations in the national capital in association with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The health kiosks at the two metro stations will provide passengers access to diagnostic services, health check-ups, medicine orders and other preventive healthcare services. "In the next two to three months, we will be launching around 20 more health kiosks at other metro stations," Zoylo Digihealth founder and CEO Vinod Kumar Reddy told PTI. Lakhs of passengers use Delhi Metro every day and this initiative will offer a convenient option to people on the move, he added. The company, which currently has over 50,000 doctors, more than 3,000 hospitals and 3,000 individual diagnostic labs on its platform, is looking to expand. "Initially for the first two years we were focused on onboarding all the service providers and now we are looking for customer acquisition and expansion in more cities where we don't ..
4 injured as stones pelted at doctors in Bengal hospital
Amid protests by doctors in several districts of West Bengal, four junior doctors were injured when stones were pelted at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday, an official said.
Practo signs pact with Academy of Family Physicians of India
Digital healthcare platform Practo has signed a pact with Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI) to work collaboratively towards greater understanding and adoption of digital healthcare technology in the country. As per a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the companies, Practo will serve as AFPI's digital healthcare partner and the two institutions will work in the areas of continuous learning and development in digital healthcare for all physicians associated with AFPI, a joint statement said. "Practice management in India today is becoming increasingly dependent on technology. Without the tools and services enabled by technology, it is very difficult for both patients and doctors to access quality care and manage relationships," AFPI President Raman Kumar said. The MoU is a part of Practo's strategy to solidify relationships with bodies and associations such as AFPI and contribute towards seamless adoption of digital healthcare in the country, the statement ...
Novel device can quickly detect strokes
Scientists have developed a device that can monitor blood flow and help quickly diagnose and treat strokes. A stroke, one of the leading causes of death worldwide, occurs due to poor blood flow to the brain -- a condition known as cerebral ischemia. Its diagnosis must be done within the first few hours for treatment to be effective, researchers said. The hybrid device, developed by researchers at the China Academy of Engineering Physics and Army Medical University in China, relies on a combination of to light measuring techniques which could diagnose cerebral ischemia non-invasively and faster than the techniques used currently. "We can measure blood volume, blood oxygenation and blood flow using suitable near-infrared techniques," said Liguo Zhu, from China Academy of Engineering Physics. Zhu said that "near-infrared light penetrates one to three centimetres and allows researchers to probe under the skin." The working of the instrument relies on the combination of the near-infrared ..
WB: Doctors' strike enters 2nd day, patients suffer
The strike by junior doctors of NRS Medical College and Hospital here entered the second day on Wednesday, leaving patients in the lurch.The doctors went on strike on Tuesday after one of their colleagues was allegedly attacked by the family of a patient who died on June 10.Patients said that they were not allowed to enter the hospital and were suffering due to lack of treatment."The doctors have not attended on me. I am suffering some stomach ailment. I was not aware that the doctors are on strike. I came to know while I was on my way to the hospital. I am here since yesterday. I am waiting for the strike to get over," Boiragi told ANI.A patient's attendant said many of those who have come to the hospital are in a serious condition.The junior doctors locked the hospital gates, stopped work at the outpatient department (OPD) and started a dharna in protest against the attack. However, patients later forced open the gates to enter the hospital.Adequate security arrangements have been ..
