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Even one fracture can reduce your bone density
Breaking a bone can cause bone density losses throughout the body, not just close to the site of the fracture and primarily around the time of the fracture, results from two studies have showed.
Breaking a bone reduces bone density throughout body
A research was conducted with an aim to find out why even one fracture can lead to others.According to two new studies from UC Davis Health show, breaking a bone causes bone density losses throughout the body, not just close to the site of the fracture, and primarily around the time of the fracture.The studies are among the first to associate fractures with systemic bone loss. They also begin the path to find treatments that preserve long-term skeletal health and reduce susceptibility to additional fractures and, potentially, osteoporosis, which is diagnosed when bone-density losses are severe."We know one fracture seems to lead to others, but we haven't known why," said lead author Blaine Christiansen, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at UC Davis. "Our work is the first step on the path to identifying the cellular mechanisms of systemic bone loss."The first study, published in Osteoporosis International, was based on about 4,000 participants in the Study of Osteoporotic ...
Common painkiller may not help in chronic pain after nerve injury
According to a new study, pregabalin is not effective in controlling the chronic pain that sometimes develops following traumatic nerve injury.The results of the study, which was driven by an effort to identify effective non-opioid pain medications, did show potential in relieving pain that sometimes lingers after surgery."The unrelenting burning or stabbing symptoms due to nerve trauma are a leading reason why people seek treatment for chronic pain after a fall, car accident, or surgery. While these findings show that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the long-term pain for traumatic injury, it may provide relief for patients experience post-surgical pain, said study author John Markman.Pregabalin, which is marketed by Pfizer under the name Lyrica, is approved to treat chronic pain associated with shingles, spinal cord injury, fibromyalgia, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.However, it is also commonly prescribed as an "off label" treatment for chronic nerve injury ...
Lung inflammation from childhood asthma may cause anxiety
Turns out, persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood increases your risk for developing anxiety later in life, a new study has revealed.In a study with mice, researchers found that childhood exposure to allergens was linked to persistent lung inflammation. It was also connected to changes in gene expression related to stress and serotonin function.Additionally, the study also found that episodes of labored breathing were associated with short-term anxiety."What we saw in the mice was that attacks of labored breathing may cause short-term anxiety, but that long-term effects may be due to lasting lung inflammation," said study author Sonia Cavigelli.Previous research has shown that about 10 percent of children and adolescents have asthma, which is associated with a two to three times higher chance of developing an internalizing disorder like anxiety or depression.The researchers said that finding the root cause of this connection
Netmeds acquires JustDoc.com
India's leading online pharmacy, Netmeds.com, has announced acquiring telemedicine portal JustDoc.com in a cash and stock transaction.Founded in 2015, JustDoc.com is a robust online consulting portal, which connects patients with reputed doctors via their technology platform. JustDoc has served thousands of patients throughout India through their website and app."The acquisition of JustDoc brings an extensive and experienced physicians' network, which will be the perfect addition to our present range of products and services at this stage in our growth plan," said founder and CEO Netmeds, Pradeep Dadha.Netmeds.com provides prescription medicine and healthcare products to more than 3,000,000 patients across India, serving over 19,000+ pin codes. The company has seen double-digit growth rates month-on-month since inception.Netmeds diagnostics will give customers the added benefits of expert advice from medical professionals delivered to them using cutting-edge technology with the aim to
High carb diet may lead to weight loss: Study
A diet rich in healthy carbohydrates -- found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains -- can reduce body weight and improve insulin function in overweight individuals, a study claims. In the 16-week clinical trial, researchers with the US-based non profit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine placed participants in either a plant-based, high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet group or asked them to maintain their current diet. "Fad diets often lead people to fear carbohydrates. But the research continues to show that healthy carbohydrates -- from fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains -- are the healthiest fuel for our bodies," said Hana Kahleova, lead author of the study published in the journal Nutrients. The plant-based diet group avoided all animal products and added oils and limited fat intake to 20-30 grammes per day. There were no limits on calories or carbohydrate intake. The control group maintained their current diets, which included meat and dairy products. Neither ...
Patna doctors' strike enters 2nd day, 12 patients dead
A strike called by junior doctors of a hospital here entered the second day on Tuesday even as 12 patients died in the last 24 hours, officials said.
Brain surgery done with local anaesthesia at AIIMS, Patna:Doc
In a first such surgical intervention in Bihar, a tumour was removed from the brain of a 21-year-old man with local anaesthesia by a team of doctors at AIIMS, Patna, an attending doctor said. Rohit Kumar, a resident of Muzaffarpur, was admitted to the AIIMS, Patna recently with complaints of severe headache and fits. His MRI reports showed a tumour of about five cm diameter, which was removed on September 21. "It took us nearly four hours to remove the tumour. The patient is showing very good progress and we are planning to discharge him in a couple of days," Saquib Siddiqui, associate professor in the department of neurosurgery at the hospital, told PTI. "We decided to opt for local anaesthesia since that enabled us to keep the patient awake while the surgery is performed. Although this type of surgical intervention requires a very high degree of skill and technical knowhow it is much safer as far as patients are concerned," said Siddiqui, who headed the team of ...
Suven Life gets product patents from Canada, Sri Lanka
Suven Life Sciences Tuesday said it has been granted a product patent by Canada and Sri Lanka each for a new chemical entity (NCE) used in treatment of disorders associated with neurodegenerative diseases. These patents are valid through 2034 and 2026, respectively, the company said in a BSE filing. "We are pleased by the grant of these patents to Suven for our pipeline of molecules in the central nervous system (CNS) arena, which are being developed for cognitive disorders with high unmet medical need with a huge market potential globally," Suven Life CEO Venkat Jasti said. The granted claims of patents are being developed as therapeutic agents useful in treatment of cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease, attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Huntington's disease, Parkinson's and schizophrenia, it added. Shares of Suven Life Sciences were trading 4.09 per cent up at Rs 277.35 apiece on BSE.
Suven Life Sciences secures Product Patents in Canada and Sri Lanka
The granted claims of the patents include the class of selective H3 and 5-HT6 compounds respectively and are being developed as therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Huntington's disease, Parkinson and Schizophrenia and sleep disorders like Narcolepsy etc.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief nominates PM Modi for Noble Peace Prize
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been nominated for Noble Peace Prize 2019 by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu president Dr. Tamilisai Soundarajan.Soundarajan has nominated Prime Minister Modi for launching the world's largest healthcare scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - 'Ayushman Bharat' and also appealed to people to join her in nominating the Prime Minister.The BJP Tamil Nadu president's husband, Professor Dr. P Soundarajan, Head of Department and Senior Consultant in Nephrology at a private university in the state, has also nominated the Prime Minister for the honour.Soundarajan said in a release, "This path-breaking initiative of visionary Prime Minister Modi will transform the lives of millions of people especially the underprivileged and vulnerable."She added that the leading cause of poverty in India is healthcare expenditure for tertiary and secondary care.Soundarajan further urged the healthcare institutions and medical practitioners to fully utilize the ...
Odisha: Doctors forced to treat patients under candlelight
In yet another case of medical apathy, doctors in a hospital in Odisha's Mayurbhanj are left with no option but to dispense medical treatment to patients using candles and flashlights, risking the lives of many, due to an acute crisis of power in the area.Dr. Dhakhina Ranjan Tudu of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital told ANI, "I see 180-200 patients daily. There is an acute power crisis. When patients come, I have to see them, with or without electricity."The reason behind the plight of the hospital is lack of availability of proper electricity in the hospital, to which the authorities in the area seem to have turned a deaf ear. The hospital, despite its impoverished condition, continues to function without a transformer.Every day, as many as 200 patients visit the hospital, some even in critical conditions, for treatment, even after running the risk of medical negligence due to unavailability of proper light.Owing to the rampant shortage of power, doctors are seen ..
Diets rich in carbs can help shed those extra kilos
According to a new study, diets high in carbohydrates reduce body weight and body fat and improve insulin function in overweight individuals.In the 16-week randomised clinical trial, researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine placed participants in either a plant-based, high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet group or asked them to maintain their current diet. The plant-based diet group avoided all animal products and added oils and limited fat intake to 20-30 grams per day. There were no limits on calories or carbohydrate intake. The control group maintained their current diets, which included meat and dairy products. Neither group altered their exercise routines.Total carbohydrate intake did not change in the control group, but increased significantly in the plant-based diet group, both as absolute intake and as a percentage of total calories. Participants focused on whole, complex carbohydrates from fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes.At the end of the ...
Malaria cases on the rise in Tripura
Tripura has shown an alarming increase in Malaria cases in the past few weeks.Three people reportedly died due to Malaria during the last few days in Dhalai district of Tripura, while the number of deaths in six months is six. Several affected patients are under treatment in Gandhara hospital of the district.However, Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman claimed that the fatalities resulting from Malaria in 2018 were lesser than the number of cases reported in 2014, during which at least 96 persons lost their lives in a similar situation.He added that the health department, during the last few days, has arranged several health camps, especially in the remote areas, in which blood samples of more than one lakh people have been examined. 7048 blood samples cases have been detected positive, as they carry malaria parasites, he added.The family members of the patients have complained of poor medical services in the area.Brijmohan, the father of a patient, said, "We came from Purambhoge
Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign launched in Jammu
The Measles-Rubella Vaccination campaign was launched across Jammu district on Monday to administer vaccines to over 3.85 lakh children falling in the 9 months to 15 years age group. District Development Commissioner Ramesh Kumar inaugurated the campaign at the Government Girls High School Gandhi Nagar here, an official spokesman said. The measles-rubella campaign marks the introduction of the rubella vaccine in India's childhood immunisation programme for the first time, he added. The campaign will continue till October 20 and will cover around 38 lakh children in Jammu and Kashmir. In Jammu district, vaccination will be given to over 3.85 lakh children, including 1.13 lakh in urban and 2.72 lakh in rural areas. Around 2.89 lakh children in the targeted age group, including 0.81 lakh in urban areas and 2.07 lakh in rural areas, will be covered in schools, while an estimated 0.96 lakh out-of-school beneficiaries of the district, including 0.32 lakh in urban areas and 0.64 lakh in ...
Increasing excise taxes might discourage people from buying alcohol: Report
Increasing excise taxes on alcoholic beverages and regulating availability of alcohol are some of the ways to discourage people from drinking liquor, a report said Monday. The harmful effects of alcohol are the fifth leading risk factor for premature deaths and disability. It is among the top risk factors for non-communicable diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, the report said. The report titled 'Trouble Brewing' has been prepared by global health and development organisations like Vital Strategies, the NCD Alliance, International Organisation of Good Templars International and the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA). The report comes days after a World Health Organisation report said that the per capita alcohol consumption in India has more than doubled from 2005 to 2016. In India, the consumption of alcohol has increased from 2.4 litre in 2005 to 5.7 litre in 2016, with 4.2 litre being consumed by men and 1.5 litre by women. "The government has the opportunity to ..
Apollo doctor corroborates Jaya's audio clip at panel
One of the doctors of Apollo Hospital Monday told a panel probing the death of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa that an audio clip released months ago was indeed recorded at the hospital when she was treated there. Dr Archana said she corroborated the audio clip recorded by Dr Sivakumar, Jayalalithaa's physician, based on the wish of the former Chief Minister,N Raja Senthoor Pandian, counsel for V K Sasikala, the late leader's aide, said. Speaking to reporters, Pandian said Dr Archana deposed during cross examination that the recording was done at the hospital on September 27, 2016 evening when the late leader had breathing difficulty. A recording of Jayalalithaa's voice (her last known voice recording), telling a doctor that her blood pressure of 140/80 was normal for her, was made available to the media by the commission in May this year. Dr Snehasri, an emergency doctor deposed that when she went to the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalithaa on September 22, 2016, ..
Implant helps paralysed man walk again
Five years after he was paralysed in a snowmobile accident, a man in the US has learned to walk again aided by an electrical implant, in a potential breakthrough for spinal injury sufferers. A team of doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say the man, using a front-wheeled walker, was able to cover the equivalent of the length of a football pitch, issuing commands from his brain to transfer weight and maintain balance -- all previously thought impossible for paralysed patients. The man, now 29, severed his spinal cord in the middle of his back when he crashed his snowmobile in 2013. He is completely paralysed from the waist down, and cannot move or feel anything below the middle of his torso. In the study, the results of which were published on Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, doctors in 2016 implanted a small electronic device in the man's spine. The wirelessly operated implant, about the size of a AA battery, generates electrical pulses to stimulate nerves that -- due to the
With new blood test, Roche dives deeper into personal cancer care
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche upped its bet on personalised cancer treatment on Monday, saying it is now ready to sell a blood test around the world that can identify common gene mutations from solid tumours from a patient's blood.
Corrected: South Africa's Life Healthcare not ruling out return to India after Max disposal
(Corrects paragraph seven in Sept. 20 story to show the loss of licence at Max Shalimar Bagh was temporary)