India should beware of 10 viral threats, including Ebola
The diseases include Ebola, MERS-CoV, yellow fever, bird flu, Usutu virus, Tilapia novel orthomyxo-like virus, Cyclovirus, Banna Reo virus and …
This diabetes drug can prevent cardiovascular, kidney diseases: Study
Dulaglutide reduced heart attacks and strokes by 12%, decreased risks of kidney failure by a third
Patients having atopic dermatitis, food allergy have structural differences in skin
Identifying such differences will help prevent children at an elevated risk from developing food allergies
Soon, a tear-based screening test for childhood blinding condition
Researchers at LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad have identified a few proteins that cause inflammation in the eye leading to abnormal blood …
WHO launches high impact plan to check malaria
The newly launched response, high burden to high impact, builds on the principle that no one should die from a disease that can be easily prevented
Method to prescribe tamarind for chikungunya yet to be found
A new study shows that tamarind seed can help cure chikungunya but the method to prescribe it is yet to be found, says an author of the study
3,000 adolescents die every day of preventable causes: WHO
Gains from investments in maternal and child health programmes are not sustained in adolescence
Researchers identify protein's function to help treat inflammatory diseases
Researchers identified immune-modulatory function of a protein that could potentially help in treating sepsis and other inflammatory diseases
Fenugreek and onions are good for diabetic heart
The fibre-rich fenugreek seeds and sulfur compound-rich onion are now understood to possess significant sugar-lowering as well as lipid-lowering …
Nipah outbreak synonymous with India's ill-preparedness to deal with health crises
Nipah virus is part of a clutch of emerging pandemics threatening the world due to global warming and environmental pressure
Mizoram swine flu outbreak: humans at risk of infection
The swine flu and PRRS outbreak, which killed over 2,900 pigs in Mizoram since March, could mean an increased risk of transmission of swine …
Health in news on April 17
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health
Centre bans sale of 14 over-the-counter steroid creams
The ban applies to skin creams that contain steroids or other prescription drugs and not for ordinary face-cleansing and moisturisers
Scientists revive approximately 50,000-year-old ‘zombie virus’ from frozen lake in Russia
When permafrost melts, bacteria, viruses and radioactive materials, trapped in its frigid layers for thousands of years may also be released
Long COVID stigma may encourage people to hide the condition
Long COVID is a relatively new medical condition and has been subject to lots of misinformation and minimisation of its legitimacy as a physical …
Preempting pandemics: Viral discovery is not enough to stop another contagion; here is why
Despite hundreds of novel coronaviruses being sampled, the COVID-19 pandemic grew over an order of magnitude beyond its 2003 SARS counterpart
Rise in hysterectomies among young women, at private hospitals will cause a crisis; here is why
Undergoing hysterectomy at younger ages can have adverse health impacts including osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases
What is alopecia? It’s no laughing matter for millions of Black American women
Alopecia in black women is due to certain hair styling practices that they use on their hair — wearing tight weaves or …
COVID-19 third wave: The world is still dangerously unprepared
World enters an endless loop of disease outbreaks and remains dangerously unprepared for such crises even in third year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Residual pandemic: How India is battling long COVID
There is a huge number of people who have defeated COVID-19, but continue to suffer its debilitating long-term effects
Zika virus explained: Should India be worried?
A nation-wide vector surveillance published in 2021 carried out by ICMR showed that mosquitoes in 3 of the 6,492 pools assessed were positive for …
Lack of livestock health infrastructure worrying, says parliamentary panel
India still lacks basic testing and treatment facilities for veterinary diseases, which is worrying, given the increase in zoonotic diseases
African swine fever: Ripple effect across the world
Small farms in Asia are the worst hit by the outbreak, while global pork and feed markets fluctuate with fall and rise in China’s pig numbers
Researchers identify possible cause of deaths from sudden cardiac arrests
Researchers found a reduction in levels of protein integrin β1D led to abnormal heart rhythms
Canadian scientists develop new antibiotic that prevents cell division
Older antibiotics like penicillin kill bacteria by preventing their cell wall from being built in the first place