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'For every lakh kids in Delhi, 32 affected by type 1 diabetes'
Around 97,000 children in India suffer from Type 1 Diabetes, with around 32 per lakh children affected in Delhi.Doctors are keen on busting the common myths on Type 1 diabetes and spreading awareness on various ways of managing the disease. Modern therapies which include glucometers and insulin pumps help people manage the disease and live healthier and better lives.India is host to over 97,000 type 1 diabetic children, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system destroys the insulin producing cells in the pancreas, leaving children painfully dependent on insulin injections for survival. Due to the exact cause of the disease being unknown to date, many myths surround the disease, which go unattended and affect the treatment of patients."Around 32 per lakh children are affected by type 1 diabetes in Delhi. The disease is highly prevalent in children, which is why it is called juvenile diabetes. The cause of the disease is unknown, but it is usually manifests when the immunity of a
Over 4 Lakhs Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India for Medical Purpose during 2016: Tourism Minister
The total Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) through tourism during 2015, 2016 and 2017 were Rs.1,35,193 crore, Rs.1,54,146 crore and Rs.1,80,379 crore (provisional), respectively.
Lap-band surgery may lower chronic knee pain
Obese people who have a band surgically strapped around their stomach to restrict food intake not only lose weight but will also suffer less from arthritic knee pain, a new study suggests.
Samsung launches Smart Healthcare citizenship initiative in Andhra Pradesh
Samsung India has announced inauguration of the Samsung Smart Healthcare program at King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam to provide affordable and quality healthcare to patients from the economically and socially weaker sections of society.As part of the program, Samsung has provided advanced and innovative healthcare equipment such as digital ultrasound and digital x-ray manufactured by the company free to select government hospitals across the country.The Samsung Smart Healthcare facility in Visakhapatnam was inaugurated by G. Srijana, IAS and Joint Collector, Vizag."Quality healthcare facilities are the need of the hour today. We are pleased to collaborate with Samsung India for this program. Samsung Smart Healthcare initiative will equip the hospital with much-needed advanced healthcare devices to facilitate quality healthcare services. We are dedicated to offer affordable and advanced healthcare facilities for the people of Andhra Pradesh and welcome the support from Samsung to .
WB Congress leader Somen Mitra admitted to AIIMS
Congress leader from West Bengal Soumen Mitra has been admitted to AIIMS here, a source at the hospital said today. He is undergoing treatment for an illness due to accumulation of fluids in the chest, the source said, adding, he has been ill for quite some time and was admitted on Sunday. Mitra is in the critical care unit under the department of cardiology.
Sound waves enhance cancer drug delivery, minimise toxicity
Turns out, sound waves from ultrasound enhance drug delivery and minimise toxicity.According to the study led by The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), enhancing cancer drug delivery and minimising its toxicity are some of the advantages of ultrasounds.For decades now, ultrasound has been used to image organs such as the heart and kidneys, check blood flow, monitor the development of fetuses, reduce pain and even break up kidney stones.Now, a Norwegian biotech company called Phoenix Solutions AS is working with the TGen, a Phoenix, Arizona-based biomedical research facility, to test the use of these pulsed sound waves to direct and focus cancer drug therapies.In laboratory tests, TGen will help analyze the effectiveness of a technology called Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT), a unique approach to target cancer cells by concentrating the delivery of chemotherapies, making them more effective and potentially reducing their toxicity.Humanscan Co. Ltd., a South Korean ...
Why cells rapidly age in children with rare, fatal disease?
Scientists have discovered new causes of cellular decline in prematurely aging kids with rare and fatal diseases.According to the Saint Louis University's researchers, the data points to cellular replication stress and a mistaken innate immune response as culprits, and the team found success in the laboratory in blocking these processes with vitamin D.Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at SLU, and her lab examined human and animal cells connected to a rare disease called Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS).HGPS is caused by the random mutation of a single gene that causes children to age rapidly. Children with the condition, develop many of the typical changes and illness associated with aging, including hair loss, aging skin, joint abnormalities, and bone loss.The disease causes atherosclerosis - fatty deposits that clog arteries - and patients with the illness die from cardiovascular complications such as stroke or myocardial ...
Custom-made foot orthoses no different than over-the-counter insoles
Turns out, custom-made foot orthoses appear to be no better than over-the-counter insoles or other treatments.According to a study led by Erasmus Medical Center, foot orthoses specifically molded to help people with plantar heel pain appear to be no more effective than cheaper over-the-counter insoles or other treatments.Plantar heel pain accounts for between 11 percent and 15 percent of all foot symptoms that require medical attention in adults and for 8-10 percent of all running-related injuries.The most commonly prescribed treatments for plantar pain include modified footwear, taping, stretching exercises, anti-inflammatory agents, extracorporal shock wave therapy, strengthening exercises and cortisone injections, but there is still a lack of consensus on which treatments are most effective.Foot orthoses are often recommended in the treatment of the condition, despite a lack of evidence.Dutch and Danish researchers led by the Erasmus Medical Center, Universitair Medisch Centrum, ...
No, hormones aren't to be blamed for teen social behaviour
Turns out, reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behaviour that occur during adolescence."Changes in social behavior during adolescence appear to be independent of pubertal hormones. They are not triggered by puberty, so we can't blame the hormones," said lead author Matthew Paul from the University at Buffalo.Disentangling the adolescent changes that are triggered by puberty from those unrelated to puberty is difficult because puberty and adolescence occur simultaneously, but Paul and his collaborators have found a way to tease out the two using a seasonal-breeding animal model.His new model, explained in the study with co-authors Clemens Probst, provided a basic understanding that did not previously exist for what drives adolescent social development.Adolescence is a critical period of development for individuals, noted Paul.Complex thinking develops; many mental health disorders arise; and it is associated with the beginning of .
New hope for patients with hard-to-treat breast cancer
A team of researcher has identified a method for treating particularly aggressive forms of breast cancer that could potentially save thousands of lives each year.According to results from a SWOG clinical trial, those with tough-to-treat triple negative breast cancer, whose tumors also don't allow for double-strand DNA repair, fare better when treated with a common adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy combination.The trial results showed that a well-established drug combination - adjuvant doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) chemotherapy - works well in this patient population.The results also showed the value of collecting and preserving cancer tumor tissue. University of Kansas Cancer Center's Priyanka Sharma and her team used nearly 20-year-old tumour samples stored in SWOG's biospecimen bank to conduct their analysis."We learned three interesting things from this trial," Sharma said. "First, we showed that assays tested in our study worked well in very old tissue samples. We also ..
Woman seeks permission for Euthanasia in AP
Moved by the plea of a poor woman to grant her permission for Euthanasia, the East Godavari district Collector today directed officials concerned to take immediate steps to provide better treatment to her. The woman from Pitapuram in the district made a representation to collector Kartikeya Misra, seeking permission for mercy-killing stating that she suffered acute pain due to a cyst in the stomach, during the grievance meeting today. She said she was diagnosed with the disease in 2016 and visited a super speciality hospital in Hyderabad where doctors advised her to undergo a surgery which would cost Rs 4.50 lakh. As she was not in a position to foot the medical bill she requested for Euthanasia. Responding to her request, the collector directed officials of a trust, 'NTR Vidya Seva', to take steps to provide her treatment or as requested by her husband for medical treatment in Hyderabad. In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court had on March 9 recognised 'living will'
Odisha to set up 19 hospitals under PPP mode
The Odisha government has decided to establish, on the PPP mode, 19 hospitals in 18 districts on the parameters of backwardness in health indicators, an official said on Monday.
Irdai asks insurers not reject claims on grounds of genetic disorder
In a major relief to policy holders, insurance regulator Irdai today directed insurers not to reject any health insurance claim based on exclusions related to 'genetic disorder'. The regulator also asked health insurance companies not to include 'genetic disorders' as one of the exclusions in new health insurance policies. The decision comes in the wake of Delhi High Court ruling that held that exclusionary clause of 'genetic disorders' in insurance policies is too broad, ambiguous and discriminatory, violative Article 14 of the Constitution dealing with right to equality. "... in pursuance to the directions of Hon'ble High Court all insurance companies offering contracts of Health Insurance are hereby directed that no claim in respect of any existing health insurance policy shall be rejected based on exclusions related to Genetic Disorder'," the Irdai said in a communication to insurers. The Delhi High Court last month had directed the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of ...
25 pc of children in some rural schools in Panchkula dist chew tobacco: PGI survey
A PGIMER survey conducted in some rural schools in Haryana's Panchkula district has found that 25 per cent of children, some of them as young as eight years, chew tobacco. The survey, having a sample size of 2,500 children, was conducted last year and the schools in rural Panchkula were randomly picked up, Dr Ashima Goyal, professor, oral health sciences centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, here today. The exercise was carried out under the programme-- Feasibility Module of Primary Prevention of Dental Caries and Gingival diseases in 5-16 year old utilising the existing health and education infrastructure. "This survey was conducted last year. Smokeless tobacco lesions were found in some," she said. Nishant from the PGI's oral health sciences centre, who was part of the survey, said the aim of the survey was to find out tobacco misuse among children. "In Raipur Rani block of Panchkula, some schools were randomly picked up to find out tobacco misuse among .
Firefighter who evacuated hundreds on 9/11 dies of cancer
A former ferry captain who helped evacuate hundreds of people from Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terror attacks has died. Thomas Phelan was 45 and had cancer. Phelan was a Statue of Liberty ferry captain in 2001. He helped evacuate Lower Manhattan and ferried rescue workers and supplies. Two years after the attacks he became a firefighter assigned to a marine unit on Staten Island. Family and friends told the New York Daily News they believe Phelan got cancer from toxic fumes at ground zero. Scientific evidence linking the attacks to cancer is still unsettled. Researchers studying illnesses among people exposed to the 9/11 dust cloud have found an unusual number of deaths from brain malignancies and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but fewer deaths than expected from other types of cancer.
E-cigarettes can be injurious for your liver
If you are using e-cigarettes then stop doing so. A new study indicates that exposure of e-cigarettes is associated with higher risk of non-alcohol fatty liver diseases.
Mediterranean diet may boost bone density in elderly women
Consuming a Mediterranean diet -- rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, potatoes, olive oil, seeds, fish, low saturated fat, dairy products and red meat -- may boost bones and muscle mass in postmenopausal women, a study suggests.
Vaping may lead to fatty liver disease: study
Using electronic cigarettes may lead to accumulation of fat in the liver, a study on mice exposed to the devices suggests. "The popularity of electronic cigarettes has been rapidly increasing in part because of advertisements that they are safer than conventional cigarettes," said Theodore C Friedman from Charles R Drew University of Medicine & Science in the US. "But because extra fat in the liver is likely to be detrimental to health, we conclude that e-cigarettes are not as safe as they have been promoted to consumers," said Friedman, lead author of the study presented at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago. E-cigarettes contain nicotine, which Friedman and other researchers have reported is associated with non-alcohol fatty liver diseases. However, the long-term effects of e-cigarettes on liver disease, diabetes, heart disease or stroke are unknown. In the 12-week study, Friedman and colleagues studied mice missing the gene for apolipoprotein E, which makes them .
New male birth control pill safe, effective: study
In a major step towards developing a once-daily 'male pill', a new birth control drug has been found to be safe and effective in men, scientists say. Like the pill for women, the experimental male oral contraceptive - called dimethandrolone undecanoate, or DMAU - combines activity of an androgen (male hormone) like testosterone, and a progestin, said Stephanie Page, a professor at the University of Washington in the US. "DMAU is a major step forward in the development of a once-daily 'male pill'," said Page, senior investigator of the study presented at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago. "Many men say they would prefer a daily pill as a reversible contraceptive, rather than long-acting injections or topical gels, which are also in development," she said. Progress toward a male birth control pill has been stymied because available oral forms of testosterone may cause liver inflammation, and they clear the body too quickly for once-daily dosing, thus requiring two doses .