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Facebook partners with NYU to make MRI faster with AI

Facebook has forged a partnership with the New York University (NYU) on a research project that aims to make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans up to 10 times faster by leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

E-cigarettes can damage DNA, up cancer risk

E-cigarettes -- often touted as a safer alternative to cigarette smoking -- may modify the DNA in the oral cells of users, potentially increasing the risk of cancer. Introduced to the market in 2004, e-cigarettes are handheld electronic devices that heat a liquid, usually containing nicotine, into an aerosol that the user inhales. Different flavours of liquids are available, including many that appeal to youth, such as fruit, chocolate and candy. The popularity of e-cigarettes continue to grow worldwide, but the long-term effects of e-cigarette usage, commonly called "vaping," are unknown. "We want to characterise the chemicals that vapers are exposed to, as well as any DNA damage they may cause," said Romel Dator, who presented the study in the US at the 256th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). According to a 2016 report by the US Surgeon General, 13.5 per cent of middle school students, 37.7 per cent of high school students and 35.8 per cent of

Lupin gets USFDA nod for atopic dermatitis treatment lotion

Drug major Lupin today said it has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Hydrocortisone Butyrate lotion, used for treatment of mild atopic dermatitis in patients 3 months of age and older, in the US market. The approved product is a generic version of PreCision Dermatology, Inc.'s (PreCision) Locoid Lotion, 0.1 per cent, Lupin said in a BSE filing. As per IQVIA MAT data of April 2018, Lupin said the product had annual sales of around USD 13.8 million in the US. Shares of Lupin were trading 0.77 per cent higher at Rs 876.50 apiece on BSE.

Physical activity at office reduces stress

Turns out, greater physical activity at the office can help reduce psychological stress during after work hours, a new study reveals.Workers in open office seating had less daytime stress and greater daytime activity levels compared to workers in private offices and cubicles, according to new research led by the University of Arizona. This is the first known study to investigate the effects of office workstation type on these objective measures.The study evaluated 231 people who work in federal office buildings and wore stress and activity sensors around the clock for three workdays and two nights. The intent was to evaluate the workers' activity and stress levels both inside and outside of the office environments.The study showed that workers in open bench seating arrangements were 32% more physically active at office than those in private offices and 20% more active than those in cubicles. Significantly, workers who were more physically active at office had 14% less physiological ...

FDC's sterile ophthalmic manufacturing facility undergoes PIC/S Malaysia & USFDA inspection

1.PIC/S Malaysia inspection started from 07 August 2018 and was completed successfully on 10 August2018. The inspection was carried out with respect to the oral liquids and oral powders for the ROW markets and;

Simple leg exercises can reduce negative effects on heart and blood vessels

Did you know how beneficial are simple leg exercises while lying down? A sedentary lifestyle can cause an impairment of transportation of blood in the body which in turn may increase the risk of diseases in the heart and blood vessels.Performing simple leg exercises can make a huge change and prevent such problems, a new study reveals.Earlier work has demonstrated that prolonged sitting for up to 6 hours results in a decline in both blood flow to the limbs and in our larger arteries' ability to widen to accommodate increased blood flow. This is the first study to show that sitting for just 10 minutes is sufficient to reduce blood flow to the legs and impairs the function of small blood vessels supplying muscles in the leg.This paper also highlights a reduction in the function of small blood vessels when lying down. However, this study suggests that we might be able to reverse this impairment to some extent by performing some simple leg exercises when lying down in bed or on the ...

World Senior Citizens Day: AMD, leading cause of chronic blindness in elderly

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the important causes of severe visual loss in the elderly population. It constitutes to 8.7% of the world population.AMD symptoms include blurred or fuzzy vision, straight lines that appear wavy or crooke, decreased contrast or colour sensitivity, difficulty seeing at a distance and/or a small but growing, blind spot in the centre of vision.Rate of depression amongst AMD patients is substantially higher than depression due to other reasons amongst the elderly population. The severity and magnitude of AMD-related depression in elderly is at par with other chronic and disabling diseases.The functional losses that result from visual impairment can bring about a loss of independence and the lack of control over one's life. Social isolation can arise from restrictions on mobility (such as difficulty in driving and limited walking because of the fear of falling), embarrassment about one's loss of vision etc. The vision loss resulting from AMD

Here's why diabetics should get proper sleep

If you are a diabetic with a disrupted sleep pattern, you might need more time to heal skin wounds, finds a study.The researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville found that overweight mice with Type 2 diabetes and disrupted sleep needed more time to heal skin wounds than mice that also had disrupted sleep but didn't have Type 2 diabetes. These results confirm that sleep plays an especially important role in wound healing among obese mice with Type 2 diabetes.For the experiment, scientists used obese mice with features of Type 2 diabetes and compared them to healthy mice of normal weight. While deeply anesthetized, both groups of mice got a small surgical wound on the skin of their backs. The scientists analyzed how long it took the wound to heal under two scenarios: a normal sleep schedule and sleep that was repeatedly interrupted.The result: the diabetic mice with fragmented sleep needed about 13 days for their wounds to achieve 50 percent healing. By contrast, even with ...

Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 55

The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has claimed 55 lives since the start of the month, the authorities said, as the government announced free treatment against the disease for the next three months. The health ministry's latest bulletin said that the death toll had been increased following five new victims in Mabalako-Mangina, close to Beni, the epicentre of the outbreak in the North Kivu province. In all, "96 cases of haemorrhagic fever were reported in the region, 69 of which had been confirmed and 27 were seen as probable," the ministry said. At the same time, the medical team in charge of fighting the disease revised downwards the estimated number of "contacts" -- people who may have had contact with the virus -- from 2,157 to 1,609, following epidemiological tests. Beni's mayor Jean Edmond Nyonyi Masumbuko Bwanakawa announced that the government had decided to make treatment free in Beni, Mabalako-Mangina and Oicha for three months. The aim was to "remove the financial barrier

Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 55

The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has claimed 55 lives since the start of the month, the authorities said, as the government announced free treatment against the disease for the next three months. The health ministry's latest bulletin said that the death toll had been increased following five new victims in Mabalako-Mangina, close to Beni, the epicentre of the outbreak in the North Kivu province. In all, "96 cases of haemorrhagic fever were reported in the region, 69 of which had been confirmed and 27 were seen as probable," the ministry said. At the same time, the medical team in charge of fighting the disease revised downwards the estimated number of "contacts" -- people who may have had contact with the virus -- from 2,157 to 1,609, following epidemiological tests. Beni's mayor Jean Edmond Nyonyi Masumbuko Bwanakawa announced that the government had decided to make treatment free in Beni, Mabalako-Mangina and Oicha for three months. The aim was to "remove the financial barrier

Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 55

The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has claimed 55 lives since the start of the month, the authorities said, as the government announced free treatment against the disease for the next three months. The health ministry's latest bulletin said that the death toll had been increased following five new victims in Mabalako-Mangina, close to Beni, the epicentre of the outbreak in the North Kivu province. In all, "96 cases of haemorrhagic fever were reported in the region, 69 of which had been confirmed and 27 were seen as probable," the ministry said. At the same time, the medical team in charge of fighting the disease revised downwards the estimated number of "contacts" -- people who may have had contact with the virus -- from 2,157 to 1,609, following epidemiological tests. Beni's mayor Jean Edmond Nyonyi Masumbuko Bwanakawa announced that the government had decided to make treatment free in Beni, Mabalako-Mangina and Oicha for three months. The aim was to "remove the financial barrier

Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 50

The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has now claimed 50 lives since the start of the month, the authorities said, as the government announced free treatment against the disease for the next three months. The health ministry said yesterday that the death toll had been increased as of Sunday following a new victim in Mabalako-Mangina, close to Beni, the epicentre of the outbreak in the North Kivu province. In all, "91 cases of haemorrhagic fever were reported in the region, 64 of which had been confirmed and 27 were seen as probable," the ministry said. At the same time, the medical team in charge of fighting the disease revised downwards the estimated number of "contacts" -- people who may have had contact with the virus -- from 2,157 to 1,609, following epidemiological tests. Beni's mayor Jean Edmond Nyonyi Masumbuko Bwanakawa announced that the government had decided to make treatment free in Beni, Mabalako-Mangina and Oicha for three months starting yesterday. The aim was to ...

U.S. health secretary says agency can eliminate drug rebates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said it was within his agency's power to eliminate rebates on prescription drug purchases, a key element of the Trump administration's plan to lower prescription medicine costs.

Recipient of brain-dead teenager's kidney dies in Bengal

A city woman who received one of the kidneys of a brain-dead teenage girl from West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district died at a state run hospital here on Monday, three days after the transplant, a hospital official said.

New pictorial warning for tobacco products issued, to be used from Sept 1

The Union Health Ministry issued today enhanced pictorial warnings to be printed on packets of cigarette and other tobacco products, highlighting the ill-effects of tobacco consumption, according to an official statement. These new pictorial warnings will be used from September 1. The government released two separate set of images. The first set will be used on tobacco products from September 1, 2018, for a period of 12 months, after which the second set of images will be used. "The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labeling) Rules and Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labeling) Second Amendment Rules, 2018, the statement said. The amended rules will be applicable with effect from September 1, 2018, it said. According to the statement, "All tobacco products manufactured or ...

As flood water recedes, fear of epidemics looms over Kerala

As Kerala continues to battle the worst flood disaster, it faces yet another fear: epidemics.

High bad cholesterol ups death risk even for healthy: Study

People who are young and healthy may still be vulnerable to the risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease if they have higher levels of bad cholesterol, according to a new research.

NEET results show more students opting for non-clinical courses: Health Ministry official

The NEET results show that more students are opting for non-clinical courses in medical and dental colleges, a senior official of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said today. Sudhansh Pant, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said this during a conference on the "Role of biomedical scientists in New India" organised by the National M.Sc Teachers' Association (NMMTA). The NMMTA has been protesting against the Medical Council of India's proposal that "jeopardises job opportunities for those having M.Sc postgraduate degrees". "Unfortunately, when one talks of medical education, the role of M.Sc medical teachers somehow gets relegated to the background a little bit... Medical teachers who are doctors get prominence. "The role of M.Sc teachers is crucial. When we analyse the NEET results... I feel that more and more students have been expressing interest in subjects such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and paramedical subjects like microbiology," Pant ...

Eat strawberries, improve gut health

Eating strawberries at a dose equivalent to as low as three quarters of a cup may reduce colonic inflammation and improve gut health, a study has found.

Gujarat: Sweeper gives patient stitches, hospital assures action

In a case of medical negligence, a sweeper gave stitches to a patient in Gujarat's Baruch Civil Hospital. The matter came to light after the video of the incident surfaced on social media on Sunday.Taking note of the matter, the resident medical officer (RMO) of the hospital assured action in the incident. "We are investigating the case and once it is complete, we will inform the higher authorities. Action will be taken accordingly," RMO S. R. Patel told ANI.In the video, the class four employee of the hospital was seen giving stitches to a man, despite nurses and a doctor being present at the scene.The sweeper in question was involved in a similar incident three months ago when he was filmed giving stitches to another patient.