Global travellers may be particularly vulnerable to drug-resistant strains of bacteria, according to a recent study. The research, led by scientists at the Universities of Basel, Birmingham, Helsinki and Oslo and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, was published in The Lancet Microbe. The study monitored a group of European travellers to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic […]
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Hunjan Hospital launches Mako Robotic Arm-Assisted Technology for knee replacement in Ludhiana
Feb 20, 2021 | Ludhiana: Ludhiana reached an important milestone in knee replacement as it became the first city in Northern India to have the world’s most widely adopted US FDA approved Mako Robotic Arm-Assisted Technology. The first Mako System in Northern India has been installed at Hunjan Hospital, said a press release issued jointly […]
AstraZeneca medicine approved for kidney disease treatment
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an often neglected condition. Hope may be on the horizon as a medication has been approved in India produced by AstraZeneca. The medication, dapagliflozin, is an AstraZeneca-produced medication that has previously been approved for use in the treatment of diabetes. The drug has, however, shown to have a high degree […]
Sputnik-V approval likely to be sought by March
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is expected to seek Sputnik-V approval by next month. Emergency use authorisation for use of the Russian-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine is being sought following research suggesting the vaccine candidate to be effective. A press release, carried by Health Issues India earlier this week, outlined that “in the interim efficacy analysis of the […]
NTD roadmap unveiled by WHO
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled a 2021-30 neglected tropical disease (NTD) roadmap aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “The road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030 sets out global targets for 2030 and milestones to prevent, control, eliminate and eradicate a diverse set of twenty diseases and disease groups,” the […]
Climate emergency recognised by two-thirds worldwide
A poll of 1.22 million people worldwide found almost two-thirds considers there to be a climate emergency. The survey, conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford, covered people in fifty countries. The UNDP touted the poll as “the largest survey of public opinion on [climate change] ever conducted.” Globally, […]
“Long COVID” symptoms
In addition to the potentially lethal short-term effects of COVID-19 that have now taken the lives of more than two million across the globe, there is increasing evidence that the disease has the potential to cause long-term effects. Deemed “long COVID” by some, its effects are only now being adequately studied due to the […]
Road accident deaths: Minister calls for fifty percent reduction by 2025
Government minister Nitin Gadkari has called for a fifty percent reduction in the number of road accident deaths in India by 2025. Gadkari, who serves as Minister for Road Transport and Highways in the Union Cabinet, highlighted that 415 people die on India’s roads every day. Speaking at the inauguration of the country’s first Road […]
COVID-19 figures higher than any other infectious disease
COVID-19 affected more people in a single year than any other infectious disease over a comparative timeframe in recent years. COVID-19 figures are often compared to other diseases. However, until recently, the figures were simply not available to make these comparison points. According to IndiaSpend, by the end of 2020 India officially had ten million […]
Genetic link to cardiomyopathy uncovered
A recent study published in Science Advances has identified a genetic link between diabetes and cardiomyopathy in South Asians. The research was led by Dhandapany Perundurai, investigator at the Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease (CCBD) at Bengaluru’s Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (DBT-inStem). As part of the study, 2,552 cardiomyopathy patients […]