Page 287 - Health Medical Pharma

How Kerala is fighting TB, and winning

Kollam, Oct 8 (IndiaSpend/IANS) Agathi mandiram (poor people's home) in Kollam city was built to provide shelter to beggars. Today, its 123 residents are mostly homeless people with mental or physical disabilities, brought here when found wandering the streets.

Diet, weight may influence bipolar disorder treatment

Consuming a healthy balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables can benefit those undergoing treatment for bipolar disorders, a new study suggests.

Weight loss may lower breast cancer risk for post-menopausal women

Women, please take a note. Losing weight can help lower the risk of developing breast cancer in the post-menopausal stage, a new study has found.

Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd drops for fifth straight session

The stock is quoting at Rs 9160.7, down 2% on the day as on 13:19 IST on the NSE. Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd jumped 1.55% in last one year as compared to a 3.07% rally in NIFTY and a 9.29% spurt in the Nifty FMCG index.

Vi-John Launches India's First Hair Removal Cream for Men

/ -- FMCG player Vi-John Group announced India's first hair removal cream for men on 29th September. Vi-John is the world's largest selling brand of shaving creams. It is India's first FMCG giant to venture into the new category of men's hair removal cream. The new Masterstroke hair removal cream will give every man the opportunity for a smooth and seamless hair removal experience. The 3 variants - Masterstroke Argan Oil, Masterstroke Olive Oil, and Masterstroke Jojoba contain skin-repairing properties and have rich hydrating qualities for men's thick skin. All 3 variants are available on e-commerce giants like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, PayTM Mall, Vi-John Kart , and others. The product is priced at Rs. 100 for each variant. The Masterstroke is specially formulated for men's coarse body hair and thick skin. The 3 variants are dermatologically tested to provide safe and smooth hair removal experience for men. Enriched with Aloe Vera extract, Masterstroke has properties that protect ..

Eminent cancer surgeon Sultan Pradhan conferred Dhanvantari Award

Eminent surgical oncologist of Mumbai Sultan A. Pradhan was conferred the prestigious Dhanvantari Award at a function held here, an official said.

Sans Forgetica - a font that helps you better recall what you read

Researchers have created a new type font, called Sans Forgetica, to help people remember more of what they read. Sans Forgetica is believed to be the world's first typeface specifically designed to help people retain more information and remember more of typed notes, said researchers from RMIT University in Australia. "This cross pollination of thinking has led to the creation of a new font that is fundamentally different from all other fonts," said Stephen Banham, a lecturer at RMIT. "We believe this is the first time that specific principles of design theory have been combined with specific principles of psychology theory in order to create a font," said Jo Peryman from RMIT. The font was developed using a learning principle called 'desirable difficulty', where an obstruction is added to the learning process that requires us to put in just enough effort, leading to better memory retention to promote deeper cognitive processing. Researchers said typical fonts were very familiar and ..

AI may predict Alzheimer's five years in advance

Scientists -- including one of Indian origin -- have created an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can accurately predict whether a person's cognitive decline will lead to Alzheimer's disease in the next five years. Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada designed an algorithm that learns signatures from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), genetics, and clinical data. According to the study published in PLOS Computational Biology, the algorithm can help predict whether an individual's cognitive faculties are likely to deteriorate towards Alzheimer's in the next five years. "At the moment, there are limited ways to treat Alzheimer's and the best evidence we have is for prevention. Our AI methodology could have significant implications as a 'doctor's assistant' that would help stream people onto the right pathway for treatment," said Mallar Chakravarty, an assistant professor in McGill University in Canada. For example, one could even initiate lifestyle changes that .

Pregnant women recognise baby expressions differently

As per a new study, pregnant women who have suffered from depression or bipolar disorder recognise baby faces and how babies laugh or cry differently.This happens even if they are not currently experiencing depressive or manic symptoms, although the authors stresses that research would be needed to confirm any long-term effects.Researchers compared 22 pregnant women, currently well but with a history of depression, and seven with bipolar disorder who were also currently well, against 28 healthy pregnant women. They also tested 18 non-pregnant women, as controls.Between the 27th and 39th weeks of pregnancy, all the women were tested for how they responded to a series of happy or sad faces, and to laughter and crying, of both babies and adults. Specifically, the women were asked to rate how happy or distressed the infants were based on infants' facial and vocal displays of emotion. They were also asked to identify adult facial expressions of emotion across varying intensity levels.Lead .

Spirit of philanthropy declining despite rise in number of

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao Sunday said the spirit of philanthropy was declining though there are more rich people in the country now than in the past. Rao was speaking at function to felicitate noted cancer specialist Dr Sultan Pradhan. "Today there are more rich people in India than in the past. But the spirit of philanthropy is declining. We need to revive philanthropy and reward philanthropic individuals," he said. "A century ago, several philanthropic people of Mumbai, including Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, David Sassoon, Nana Sunkersett and others, built hospitals, sanatoriums, dharamshalas and schools from their own money," he said. "Time has come for each one of us to discharge individual social responsibility for the benefit of society," the governor said. He said that more cancer hospitals were needed and the existing ones had to be strengthened, adding that more "rugna seva sadan" were required to offer shelter to relatives of patients. Public-private ..

FDA expands use of HPV vaccine for adults aged 27-45 years

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer and other malignancies, for men and women aged 27-45 years.

Osteoporosis drug can prevent bone fractures in elderly women: Study

A drug commonly used to treat a bone-thinning disease is safe and can prevent fractures in elderly women at mild bone loss risk, finds a new study.

Illegible prescriptions: MP college to impart handwriting

In a bid to protect budding doctors from any unpleasant situation they might find themselves in future because of illegible prescriptions, a state-run medical college in Madhya Pradesh has come up with an intersting idea. Under the proposed plan, graduate and post-graduate students of Indore-based Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College will be trained by a subject expert for improving their writing skills, so that they can write prescriptions and medical documents in legible manner. MGM Dean Dr Jyoti Bindal said Sunday the college would rope in a subject specialist to improve handwriting skills of budding medicos, so that they can write prescriptions that are legible and easy to understand. "We will also organise a competition among students to write prescriptions in clear and beautiful letters," Dr Bindal said. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University (MPMSU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Ravishankar Sharma blamed hurry in which doctors often write for illegible

Aspirin may cut liver cancer risk: Study

Regular use of aspirin -- defined as taking two or more standard-dose tablets a week for over five years -- may reduce the risk of developing primary liver cancer, scientists claim. The study led by Harvard Medical School researchers based at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US support evidence from previous studies aspirin could help reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. "Regular use of aspirin led to significantly lower risk of developing HCC, compared to infrequent or no aspirin use, and we also found that the risk declined progressively with increasing aspirin dose and duration of use," said Tracey Simon, a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. "Since regular aspirin use carries the risk of increased bleeding, the next step should be to study its impact in populations with established liver disease, a group that is already at risk for primary liver cancer," Simon added. While HCC is relatively rare,

Indian-Australian workshop on 'triple burden of malnutrition' in Mumbai

An Indian-Australian workshop on the 'triple burden of malnutrition' and how it is an emerging public health concern will be held here on Monday, an official said on Sunday.

Aspirin can reduce liver cancer risk: Study

Taking two or more aspirin tablets a week can help reduce the risk of developing primary liver cancer, also called hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to a research.

Gujarat starts vaccination of Gir lions against deadly virus

The Gujarat forest department Sunday started vaccination of lions in the Gir sanctuary to protect them from a deadly virus blamed for the death of some of the big cats in their last abode. As many as 23 lions have died in Gujarat's Gir sanctuary in less than a month. Most of them have succumbed to canine distemper virus (CDV) and protozoa infections, forest officials had said. The lions, an endangered species, are being vaccinated under intensive veterinary care and as per standard protocol, officials said Sunday. CDV is considered a dangerous virus and had been blamed for wiping out 30 per cent population of African lions in East African forests. "Vaccination of segregated #Lions under intensive veterinary care as per standard protocol started. Top national & International lion experts have been consulted. Government undertaking utmost care for lion safety," the Chief Conservator of Forest, Wildlife Junagadh, an official twitter handle of the Junagadha district forest ...

AI system uses data from wearable devices to predict BP

Scientists -- including one of Indian origin -- have developed an artificial intelligence system that uses data collected by wearable devices to predict an individual's blood pressure and provide personalised recommendations to lower it. This is the first work investigating daily blood pressure prediction and its relationship to health behaviour data collected by wearables, according to the researchers from University of California (UC) San Diego in the US. When doctors tell their patients to make a lot of significant lifestyle changes -- exercise more, sleep better, lower their salt intake etc -- it can be overwhelming, and compliance is not very high, said Sujit Dey, from UC San Diego. "What if we could pinpoint the one health behaviour that most impacts an individual's blood pressure, and have them focus on that one goal, instead," Dey asked. Researchers collected sleep, exercise and blood pressure data from eight patients over 90 days using a wireless blood pressure monitor. Using

Why sudden cardiac deaths no longer peak on weekday mornings

Owing to increased stress, deaths from sudden cardiac arrests are more likely to happen on any day at any time, finds a new research, challenging previous claims that weekday mornings -- especially Mondays -- were the danger zones.

New ML tool to predict human BP: Study

Researchers, including one of an Indian-origin, have developed a wearable off-the-shelf and machine learning technology that can predict an individual's blood pressure and provide personalised recommendations to lower it.