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Diet to reduce stroke risk aids to lessen depression risk
Turns out, the specific diet which is shown to reduce stroke risk may also reduce the risk of depression.People who eat vegetables, fruit and whole grains may have lower rates of depression over time, according to a preliminary study conducted by American Academy of Neurology.The study found that people whose diets adhered more closely to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet were less likely to develop depression than people who did not closely follow the diet.In addition to fruit and vegetables, the DASH diet recommends fat-free or low-fat dairy products and limits foods that are high in saturated fats and sugar."Depression is common in older adults and more frequent in people with memory problems, vascular risk factors such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol, or people who have had a stroke," said study author Laurel Cherian.Studies have shown health benefits such as lowering high blood pressure and bad cholesterol (LDL), along with lowering body ...
Ketamine may cut depressive symptoms in two hours
Ketamine, a widely used anesthetic agent, could produce an anti-depressant response in two hours rather than weeks compared to other medications, offering a wholly new approach to treating severe depression, researchers say.
DASH diet may reduce depression risk
People who eat vegetables, fruits and whole grains to reduce hypertension may also have lower rates of depression over time, a new study suggests.
'Mini-tumours' created to battle cancer
Scientists have successfully grown mini versions of patients' tumours in a lab - and tested them against dozens of drugs to find the best possible treatment. In the study published in the journal Science, researchers treated the lab-grown 'mini tumours' with a range of drugs. They then looked to see how this compared to how successful treatment was in those patients. The approach found a drug that had a chance of shrinking a patient's tumour in almost nine in 10 cases. Drugs that did not work in patients also had no effect on the mini tumours. This suggests they could help predict when drugs would not work, researchers said. The study, led by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in the UK, was carried out in bowel and stomach cancers, and other cancers of the digestive system. The results of the study did not change how patients were treated. However, the approach could be used in the future to help choose treatment. According to Nicola Valeri, who led the study, the ..
Strides Shasun to launch Ranitidine tablets in US
Drug firm Strides Shasun today announced that it will launch Ranitidine Tablets USP, 150 mg, used to treat peptic ulcers of the stomach and intestines, in the US markets. Strides is already a key player in the US Ranitidine Rx market with 32 per cent market share through its approval for Ranitidine Tablets USP, 150 mg and 300 mg. The new launch will further strengthen companys Ranitidine franchise, the company said in a statement. The company said, "the US OTC market for Ranitidine Tablets, which is the generic form of the popular brand Zantac, is approximately USD 200 million." This is the first product approval from companys 50:50 JV with Vivimed Labs. The product will be backward integrated and will be manufactured at the JVs oral dosage facility in Chennai, it said. Strides will have exclusive marketing rights for the product in the US. The product will be launched immediately. The company has 82 cumulative ANDA filings with USFDA (including its JV with Vivimed), of which 50 ANDAs
New smart lens for diabetics can monitor blood sugar levels
Scientists have developed a smart contact lens that can monitor blood sugar levels from tears in the eye in patients with diabetes, spelling an end for painful needle pricks. For diabetics, monitoring and controlling blood sugar levels are extremely important because having high blood glucose levels for extended periods of time can lead to a host of diabetes complications. An enzyme based finger-pricking method is the most commonly used technology in diabetic assessment. However, such approach has been said to reduce compliance among diabetic patients. The smart lens, developed by researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has built-in pliable, transparent electronics that can monitor glucose levels from tears in the eye. Although the device has not yet been tested in humans, researchers expect it will offer diabetics a pain-free way to measure their glucose levels with the blink of an eye. In the last several decades, many attempts have been made to .
Strides Shasun to launch Ranitidine (OTC) Tablets in US
This is the first product approval from company's 50:50 JV with Vivimed Labs. The product will be backward integrated and will be manufactured at the JV's Oral dosage facility in Chennai. Strides will have exclusive marketing rights for the product in the US. The product will be launched immediately.
BJP MLA Manganlal Shah passes away
Manganlal Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Tharali, passed away at Dehradun hospital on Sunday.He was suffering from liver disease and was undergoing treatment at the Jolly Grant Medical College.Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited the hospital after getting the news of Shah's demise.
Goa CM Parrikar re-admitted to hospital
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday was re-admitted to GMC hospital with complaints of dehydration and blood pressure.He was discharged from a Mumbai Hospital on Thursday.Parrikar, was hospitalised at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on February 14 for mild pancreatitis.
Need more awareness on leprosy in country: Vice President
Presenting the International Gandhi Award 2017 to Dr M.D. Gupte and Dr Atul Shah, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for spreading more public awareness on leprosy in India.
When a cancer survivor met her saviour
It was a most unexpected meeting, but a memorable one as a 34-year old Delhi woman, suffering from Mixed Phenotypic Acute Leukemia, met a mechanic, whose gesture of donating stem cells helped save her life. Garima Saraswat, a HR professional and mother of a six-year old, was diagonosed with MPAL, an aggressive form of cancer, but was able to overcome it, thanks to blood stem cell transplant through DATRI, a not-for-profit blood stem cell donors registry. "Special thanks to the donor who donated a life to me and my family, today I am living a second life," a release from DATRI, quoting Garima Saraswat, said. Garima was diagnosed with leukemia in December 2016. She required a blood stem cell transplant immediately and was lucky to find a match through DATRI in February last year. The saviour was one B Gurumoorthi (27),a mechanic,who had registered as a donor in October 2016 at Masonic Clinic here. He flew to Delhi with his parents, wife and children to meet recipient ...
UoH team develops medicine to kill deadly malaria parasite
A research team from the University of Hyderabad has developed a medicine that efficiently kills the plasmodium falciparum parasite that causes malaria. A release from the varsity said that the polymer-based nanomedicine was developed by a research group led by Pradip Paik, Associate Professor of the School of Engineering Sciences and Technology at the University of Hyderabad here. Prof Paik said that the new formulation was efficient in killing plasmodium falciparum infection in red blood cells and added that the medicine could now be used for animal trials. Prof Paik is currently on assignment as Associate Professor of the School of Biomedical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi. The World Health Organisation estimates that malaria, one of the deadliest scourges of mankind, afflicts about 212 million people every year and causes 4,29,000 deaths annually.
Complex inhalers may prevent patients from taking medicine
Patients suffering from respiratory disease with arthritis could struggle to manage their condition because their inhalers are too fiddly for them to use, a study has claimed.
Asians, Europeans genetically prone to dengue: study
Scientists have identified gene variants that make people of Asian and European ancestry more prone to developing severe dengue. Dengue fever is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions of East Asia and the Americas, but the virus responsible for the disease has recently spread to North America and Europe due to the introduction of its vectors - mosquitoes of the Aedes genus - into these regions. The dengue virus can lead to a wide spectrum of illness, ranging from classic dengue fever (DF) to the potentially fatal dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Ethnic diversity has long been considered as one of the factors explaining why the severe forms of dengue are more prevalent in Southeast Asia than elsewhere, as previously shown in epidemiological research, yet the phenomenon has never been explained by human genetics. Researchers, led by Anavaj Sakuntabhai from National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France, studied the genetics of 411 patients admitted with dengue virus infection
New mind-reading tech can tell who you are thinking about!
Scientists have developed a new mind-reading technology that analyses brain waves to recreate the facial image a user is thinking about. The technique, developed by Dan Nemrodov, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto Scarborough, is able to digitally reconstruct images seen by test subjects based on electroencephalography (EEG) data. "When we see something, our brain creates a mental percept, which is essentially a mental impression of that thing. We were able to capture this percept using EEG to get a direct illustration of what's happening in the brain during this process," said Nemrodov. For the study published in the journal eNeuro, test subjects hooked up to EEG equipment were shown images of faces. Their brain activity was recorded and then used to digitally recreate the image in the subject's mind using a technique based on machine learning algorithms. The study provides validation that EEG has potential for this type of image reconstruction, something many ...
How Artificial Intelligence can help doctors
Automation through Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made the healthcare industry more efficient and sustainable. Not only it improves the recovery time with no post operative complications in patients but also eases off the work of a surgeon.AI always has been a boon to the surgeon that helps them with high precision and accuracy which helps in optimizing their performance in no time.The following are the few latest technologies that have proved to help the doctors:1. 3D PrintingAccording to CA (Dr) Ruchi Gupta, Founder and CEO, 3hcare.in, an online health portal - "Application of 3D printing has seen a swift rise in the field of medical interventions and diagnosis and the artificial intelligence is transforming the industry. The technology helps the surgeon to exactly figure out the anatomy of the organ making it easy for better diagnostics and understanding. 3D objects of any imaginable shape can be printed with very high precision that helps the doctors to analyse even the most ...
Stem cells may help to stay strong in old age
Researchers have found how an unexpectedly high number of mutations in the stem cells of muscles impair cell regeneration.
How gut bacteria may up obesity risk
Scientists have identified how gut bacteria can increase the risk of obesity in some people. They found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition of the gut microbiome. A lot of the research on gut bacteria is based on animal studies which cannot be directly applied to humans. Also, a healthy gut flora for one person may not necessarily be good for someone else. However, an increasing number of research studies indicate that our gut microbiota does play an important role in our health. It affects our metabolism and can be linked to obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Previous studies have shown that people with these diseases have varying occurrence of different metabolites, ie small molecules or metabolic residues, in the bloodstream. Scientists from the Lund University in Sweden wanted to identify metabolites in the blood that can be linked to obesity (high body mass index, BMI) and to investigate whether these ...
How gut bacteria may increase obesity risk
The presence of gut flora in the intestines may cause health benefits for some people, whereas it increases the risk of obesity in the others, researchers have claimed.
Special Valentine's Day gift: Wife gifts husband part of her organ
In a compassionate move, a woman donated a part of her liver to her ailing husband, who is now recovering.Jageer Hussain, a 36-year-old man suffering from a liver ailment was admitted at GEM Hospital in Coimbatore and advised liver transplant.On Valentine's Day, his wife Nisha donated a part of her liver to him.Hussain was from suffering from the liver disease from the past two years. His was so harsh that the doctors had advised for a liver transplant.Calling it a 'gift' to her husband, Nisha said, "Six years ago we got married, it was a love marriage. Every year I used to gift my husband on Valentine's Day. And this year when he got admitted, I decided to gift him a part of my organ".Hussain, on the other hand, expressed his happiness saying that "it is the greatest gift that he has received".