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Need for improved access to medical care for sexual minority cancer survivors, says study
There is a need for improved access to medical care for sexual minority cancer survivors, observed a recent study.According to the study published in the Journal of Cancer, access to quality medical care is critical for the long-term health and well-being of cancer survivors. Evidence from non-cancer-related studies indicates that sexual minorities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other non-heterosexual identified individuals have worse access to care, but previous studies have not examined the issue among cancer survivors.To assess sexual minority cancer survivors' access to care and their quality of life, researchers examined four years of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey data on U.S. men and women who reported a history of cancer. Among the 70,524 cancer survivors, 1,931 identified themselves as sexual minorities."While we have extensive cancer surveillance in the U.S., sexual minority cancer survivors are excluded from surveillance, which means we have very limited .
Panacea Biotec gets UDFDA approval for supply of Azacitidine Injection to US market
Panacea Biotec's state-of-the-art pharmaceutical formulation facility at Baddi is already approved by National Regulatory Authority (NRA) of India and USFDA for other oral solids and injectable products.
Will continue donating personal wealth for charity: AM Naik
Larsen & Toubro patriarch A M Naik plans to continue donating his personal wealth for charity driven by the resolve to 'give back to society' in memory of his two-year-old grand daughter who surrendered to cancer more than a decade ago. The resolve of Naik, a powerful corporate honcho who was key in building the USD 20 billion diversified L&T, "to give back to society" and "alleviate the suffering of the poor" are making a difference in the lives of people, including cancer patients. "I have given away several hundred crore of my personal wealth to charity and I plan (to) continue...doing so...I am using my own my money. L&T is another pocket..." Naik told PTI in an interview. Named after his grand daughter 'Nirali', who died in 2007, he has set up Nirali Memorial Trust as well as the Nirali Memorial Radiation Centre in Surat- to help other cancer victims. "I consider myself fortunate to be in a position to give back to the society that has given me so much. If I can, in ..
Doctors at the Hindu Rao hospital go on an indefinite strike over non-payment of salaries
The resident doctors of the Hindu Rao hospital went on an indefinite strike on Monday over non-payment of their salaries. The strike paralysed health services at the hospital operated by North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC). The striking doctors alleged that they tried to run a parallel OPD for the patients but the hospital authorities prevented them from doing so. Protesting delayed payment of their three months salaries, the doctors said that the hospital should be handed over to the Central government, if the local government and municipal corporations are unable to run it properly. "Its not just a question of three months salaries, we are facing this recurring problem. The Delhi government and NDMC should give up this hospital if they can not even ensure regular payment of staff. "We need a permanent solution of the problem and the authorities should hand over the hospital to the Central government if they can not run it properly," said Rahul Chaudhary, president of hospital's
AIIMS staff behaviour major cause for dissatisfaction among patients
Staff behaviour was a "major cause" of dissatisfaction among 35 per cent of nearly 9,940 patients who visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital between February to April this year, a government feedback mechanism has found. It said around 23 per cent of the patients were not satisfied with the health care services offered at AIIMS with the majority of them expressing displeasure with services at the emergency, surgery, orthopaedic and obstetrics and gynaecology departments. "The major cause for patient dissatisfaction is coming from the behaviour of staff (35 per cent), followed by other reasons (34 per cent)," said the feedback note. The feedback from patients, was taken under a initiative "Mera Aspataal" (My Hospital) launched by Union Health Ministry in 2016 which aims at empowering the patients by seeking their views on the quality of experience in a public healthcare facility. Quality of treatment and the cost of treatment was another ...
How exactly does coffee keep the bowels moving?
It is known that coffee helps keep the bowel moving and now research attempts to specifically find out just why it does so.A study on rats has shown that coffee suppressed gut bacteria and increased muscle motility regardless of caffeine content in humans.The study was published in 'Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2019'."When rats were treated with coffee for three days, the ability of the muscles in the small intestine to contract appeared to increase," said Xuan-Zheng Shi, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston and lead or the study."Interestingly, these effects are caffeine-independent, because caffeine-free coffee had similar effects as regular coffee, Shi pointed.Researchers examined changes to bacteria when faecal matter was exposed to coffee in a petri dish, and by studying the composition of faeces after rats ingested differing concentrations of coffee over three days.The study also documented changes to smooth muscles in the intestine and colon, and the response of those
Sepsis subtypes identified, different remedies stressed
Sepsis is not a single syndrome but multiple distinct conditions much like cancer, suggest researchers.
Physical activities may cut risk of death from liver disease: Study
Walking and muscle-strengthening activities may significantly reduce the risk death from liver disease, a study has found. Chronic liver disease is increasing, partly due to the obesity epidemic, and currently there are no guidelines for the optimal type of exercise for the prevention of cirrhosis-related mortality. Researchers said that the findings may help provide specific exercise recommendations for patients at risk for cirrhosis and its complications. "Our findings show that both walking and strength training contribute to substantial reductions in risk of cirrhosis-related death, which is significant because we know very little about modifiable risk factors," said Tracey Simon, from Harvard Medical School in the US. "The benefit of exercise is not a new concept, but the impact of exercise on mortality from cirrhosis and from liver cancer has not yet been explored on this scale," Simon said in a statement. Researchers collected data from 68,449 women and 48,748 men who did not ..
Physical activities could reduce risk of liver-related death
The importance of physical activity can't be undermined and a new study has given more reasons to follow an active lifestyle.The study has claimed that activities like walking and muscle strengthening were associated with significantly reduced risk of liver-related death.Chronic liver disease is increasing, partly due to the obesity epidemic, and currently, there are no guidelines for the optimal type of exercise for the prevention of cirrhosis-related mortality.The study published in 'Digestive Disease Week(r) (DDW)' hope the findings will help provide specific exercise recommendations for patients at risk for cirrhosis and its complications."The benefit of exercise is not a new concept, but the impact of exercise on mortality from cirrhosis and from liver cancer has not yet been explored on this scale," said Dr Tracey Simon, lead researcher on the study, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston."Our study shows that both walking and strength training ...
Health ministry plans to offer peritoneal dialysis facility to kidney patients at their homes
In a first, the Union Health ministry is planning to offer peritoneal dialysis facility to kidney patients at their homes under the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP). The programme was launched in 2016 to provide free dialysis care to the patients in district hospitals. The aim is to achieve equity in patient access to home-based peritoneal dialysis and reduce the overall cost of care to the system by focusing on efficient leveraging of resources, a senior health ministry official said. Peritoneal dialysis filters the blood in a different way than the more common blood-filtering procedure hemodialysis. It uses the lining of the abdomen and a cleaning solution called dialysate to cleanse the blood. According to a draft proposal, the ministry will provide peritoneal dialysis (PD) facility to the patients at their homes. "Dialysis programs around the world are developed on a combination of haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. "Given that peritoneal dialysis avoids the .
'Sleep problems in teenagers can be improved by limiting blue screen exposure'
Are you exposed to a blue screen before you go to bed? Do you suffer from sleep-related problems? If your answer is Yes, then you can improve your sleeping pattern in just one week by limiting your screen exposure to mobile phones, tablets, computers and many more, a recent study suggests.The study was discussed in a meeting, 'ECE 2019'A recent study indicates that by simply limiting the screen exposure of teenagers to blue-light emitting devices in the evening, they can improve their sleep quality and reduce symptoms of fatigue, lack of concentration and bad mood, after just one week.There are studies done in the past which have indicated that exposure to too much evening light, particularly the blue light emitted from screens on smartphones, tablets and computers can affect the brain's clock and the production of the sleep hormone melatonin, resulting in disrupted sleep time and quality.The lack of sleep doesn't just cause immediate symptoms of tiredness and poor concentration but ..
New computer programme can help develop precision medicine
Scientists have developed a new computer programme to find out a person's genetic makeup, an advance that brings precision medicine a step closer. The programme, called Flye, provides a step-by-step procedure for computers to assemble genomes -- a person's complete set of genes -- and enables the process to be much faster and more accurate than current best-practice methods. "The breakthrough would lead to better prevention, prediction and diagnosis of illnesses, as well as improved treatment, disease management and cures," Yu Lin, a researcher at Australian National University (ANU). "We hope our innovation will help people to live longer and better -- particularly people suffering from diseases that are not currently treatable," said Lin. "Precision medical care is advanced by personal genomics, which focuses on the unique genetic profile of individuals," he said. By using long DNA sequences the new computer programme would improve the reliability of genome assemblies, as well as ...
Cutting screen use may reverse sleep problems in teens
Limiting exposure to blue-light emitting devices such as phones and laptops in the evening for just a week can help teenagers improve their sleep quality and reduce symptoms of fatigue, lack of concentration and bad mood, a study has found. Recent studies have indicated that exposure to too much evening light, particularly the blue light emitted from screens on smartphones, tablets and computers can affect the brain's clock and the production of the sleep hormone melatonin, resulting in disrupted sleep time and quality. The lack of sleep does not just cause immediate symptoms of tiredness and poor concentration but can also increase the risk of more serious long-term health issues such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Other studies have suggested that sleep deprivation related to screen time may affect children and adolescents more than adults, but no studies have fully investigated how real-life exposure is affecting sleep in adolescents at home and whether it can be ...
Phone use limit can reverse sleep problems in a week
Limiting evening exposure to blue-light emitting screens on smartphones, tablets and computers can reverse sleep problems and reduce symptoms of fatigue, lack of concentration and bad mood in teenagers, after just one week, says a study.
Teens with ADHD face high road accident risk: Study
Teenage drivers diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are significantly more likely to engage in rash driving, violate traffic rules and crash as compared to their contemporaries without ADHD, says a study.
How drinking coffee improves bowel movement
Drinking coffee helps keep the bowels moving by suppressing the growth of gut bacteria and improving the ability of the intestines to contract, according to a study. Researchers fed rats coffee and also mixed it with gut bacteria in petri dishes, finding that coffee suppressed bacteria and increased muscle motility, regardless of caffeine content. "When rats were treated with coffee for three days, the ability of the muscles in the small intestine to contract appeared to increase," said Xuan-Zheng Shi, an associate professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch in the US. "Interestingly, these effects are caffeine-independent, because caffeine-free coffee had similar effects as regular coffee," Shi said. Coffee has long been known to increase bowel movement, but researchers have not pinpointed the specific reason or mechanism. Researchers examined changes to bacteria when faecal matter was exposed to coffee in a petri dish, and by studying the composition of faeces after rats ...
Diabetics at higher risk of liver disease: Study
People with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of deadly liver cirrhosis and liver cancer according to a new study.According to the study published in the journal, 'BMC Medicine' patients in Europe are being diagnosed at the later stages of the disease, which are associated with greater risk of liver-related mortality.The study involving 18 million people from across Europe also suggests that people living with type 2 diabetes are at particular risk of this "silent disease" and should be monitored closely to prevent life-threatening disease progression.Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) affects up to a quarter of people in the West and is the most common cause of liver diseases around the world. It is closely associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes.For the majority, NAFLD is not a harmful condition, but one in six people will go on to develop the aggressive form of the disease, called Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), leading to liver injury, scarring and eventually in
8th Annual InnoPack Pharma Confex Set to Engage Industry Audience
/ -- 21st - 22nd May 2019, Mumbai CPhI Conferences, a division of UBM India, which hosts a number of successful pharmaceutical conferences, has announced the 8th Annual InnoPack Pharma Confex slated for 21 - 22 May, 2019 at The Sahara Star, Mumbai. The Confex promises to be the biggest platform for professionals from the Pharma packaging industry to congregate, network, exchange ideas and knowledge, form alliances and shape the future of the pharma packaging industry, all under one roof. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/675607/UBM_Logo.jpg ) (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/889625/InnoPack_Logo.jpg ) The Indian pharmaceutical industry is undergoing fast paced changes. According to the recent report from ResearchAndMarkets, the Indian generics market is witnessing rapid growth opening up immense opportunities for firms. This is further triggered by the fact that generics worth over $40 billion are going off patent in the coming few years which is close to 15% of the ...
Environmental toxins may impair fertility of future generations: Study
Exposure to environmental pollutants can cause alterations in brain development that affect sexual development and fertility for several generations, a study has found. Researchers from the University of Liege in Belgium monitored the sexual development of three generations of rats. Pregnant rats were exposed to a mixture of common endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), at doses equivalent to those commonly experienced by people. Their offspring showed impairments in sexual development and maternal behaviour that were passed on through several generations. The female rats born in the first and second generation showed impairments in their care for their own pups. However, the female rats in the second and third generation exhibited a delayed onset of puberty and altered reproductive cycle and ovarian follicle development, indicating that their fertility was affected, even though they were never themselves exposed to the EDCs. These changes were associated with altered gene expression .
Drinking coffee does improve bowel movement
Drinking coffee keeps the bowels moving because it changes gut bacteria and improves ability of intestines to contract, find researchers.