Anuradha Mascarenhas
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Cutting Edge: How zebra fish holds the key to curing your back pain
Pune scientists find protein in zebra fish that promotes disc regeneration and heals the backbone. Since humans also have the protein, the fish model can help us harness it better, says Dr Chinmoy Patra, senior scientist at Agharkar Research Institute. → Read More
Disease wiping out sandalwood population in south India spreading from seedlings: Study
It is known that sap-sucking insect vectors transmit phytoplasmas, however, a team of scientists found that the Sandalwood Spike Disease is spreading through the seeds too. → Read More
‘India has seen steady decline in child marriages’
The Global Programme, currently in its second phase (2020-2023), has reached over two million girls through life skills education interventions and has galvanised nearly 20 million community members to take action against child marriage and promote adolescent empowerment in 175 districts across fifteen states in India. → Read More
SII stopped Covishield production in Dec 2021, 100 million doses have expired: Adar Poonawalla
On a positive note, Poonawalla said that the SII has completed the trials for the Covid vaccine Covovax as a booster dose and is expecting approval within the next 10-15 days. → Read More
Highly potent, unique antibody against Covid-19 variants discovered by Indian scientists
"This antibody is unique. Many antibodies that were reported abrogated the virus' 'receptor binding domain' with the human ACE2 receptor -- which made them 'ACE2 blockers'. → Read More
Why you should not buy teeth aligners online even if Virat Kohli says so
‘The approach of any company marketing teeth-correcting aligners with a direct to consumer approach is unethical. This kind of minimum supervision orthodontic treatment can result in poor outcomes or permanent damage to innocent patients who get influenced by these advertisements,’ says Dr Balvinder Singh Thakkar, president, Indian Orthodontic Society → Read More
Number of people living with Type 1 diabetes set to almost double by 2040 in India: Lancet study
Non-diagnosis remains a big problem, especially in rural India, where symptoms of Type 1 diabetes may not be recognised or diagnosed. After the onset, people need insulin to survive. Even children with Type 1 diabetes can live for 70 or more years with good health. Hence there should be an equitable distribution of insulin, say experts → Read More
Non-communicable diseases led to 66% of deaths in India in 2019: WHO
The report further revealed that there was a 22 per cent probability of death between the age of 30 and 70 due to any type of non-communicable disease, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. → Read More
One in three deaths (17.9 million a year globally) is due to cardiovascular diseases: WHO
Almost three quarters of all global deaths are because of non-communicable diseases. Only a few countries, committed to reducing premature death from NCDs by a third by 2030, are on track to achieve the target, says study → Read More
Monkeypox fatality highlights value of maintaining high index of suspicion: Study
Till date, India has recorded 11 cases of Monkeypox infection. While five cases were reported from Kerala, six were reported from New Delhi. → Read More
Asthma, COPD most common respiratory diseases among Indians, less prevalent during summer: Study
The proportionate symptomatic burden due to tuberculosis was about 8.7 per cent and it showed that the prevalence of the disease is still high despite the implementation of national-level tuberculosis control programmes. → Read More
Living with Type 1 diabetes and insulin shots, she is now a marathon runner, counsellor and runs an NGO
‘There are no stupid questions, only ones that you didn’t ask – so we encourage our callers to ask anything, anytime and someone will always try to help. Whether you’re a newly-diagnosed or a long-time sufferer, there’s a place for everyone and collectively,’ says Nupur Lalvani, who now runs an NGO, an app and a helpline to help diabetics live healthy, build a support group, even get married → Read More
India@75: She was India’s first test test-tube baby. Kanupriya Agarwal, 45, now champions IVF
‘My creator, Dr Subhash Mukherjee, had to face several challenges and criticisms. But with a focussed mind, he created useful techniques within his own resources. He needs to be recognised,’ says Kanupriya Agarwal → Read More
75th Independence Day: India’s great stride in fighting AIDS with ART drugs
‘Until the late 1990s, India was begging powerful countries for support, but now it is a donor of drugs,’ says Dr Ishwar Gilada, the country's foremost HIV and Infectious Diseases physician and president of the AIDS Society of India. → Read More
More pregnant women infected but severity, mortality lower during Omicron wave: ICMR study
Researchers from the PregCovid registry team analysed the data of 2,058 Covid-positive pregnant and postpartum women admitted to Mumbai’s BYL Nair Hospital during the pre-Delta, Delta and Omicron waves of the pandemic. → Read More
Study finds sharp rise in depression among youngsters, especially adolescent girls
In a review paper — ‘Depression in young people’ — published Saturday, Prof Vikram Patel and the other authors said depression is highly heterogeneous, more so in young people and spans across a spectrum of severity. → Read More
After Kashmir to Kanyakumari, 62-year-old Kumar Ajwani gears up for 145-km Kargil Diwas run
Ajwani and eleven others will start the run from Thane on July 24 to reach the National War Memorial in Pune on July 26. As part of the event, the team has donated four air-conditioners to the gym of Army Para Node, where 22 army para athletes are participating in Paralympics in 2024. → Read More
Covaxin booster dose safe, ensures persistent immunity to minimise breakthrough Covid infections: Study
A third dose of Covaxin increased neutralisation titers against both homologous and heterologous strains of the virus, a new Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study has found → Read More
Explained: How much alcohol is unsafe, based on age
Using estimates of alcohol use in 204 countries, researchers calculated that 1.34 billion people (1.03 billion males and 0.312 billion females) consumed harmful amounts in 2020. → Read More
Another outbreak: Zika, dengue, cholera back in Maharashtra
Maharashtra has lately been affected by heavy rainfall and epidemiological surveillance is being carried out on a war footing, Dr Pradeep Awate, Maharashtra surveillance officer has said. → Read More