An IIT Kanpur study done by Prof. Rajesh Ranjan and Mahendra Verma, along with their team, on Monday said third wave peak of COVID could be around September – October this year. “There is a significant anxiety among policy makers and public about the third wave. For the same, using SIR model, we have […]
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Study evaluates reason behind increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variants
Recently a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study found that although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with the higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control group. The emergence and higher transmission of the evolving variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes […]
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Study shows how childhood exercise could maintain, promote cognitive function in later life
An international research group has illuminated the changes in the brain’s neural network and cortex structure that underlie the positive association between childhood exercise and the maintenance and promotion of cognitive function in later life. The results published in the academic journal NeuroImage explain that people who are physically active during childhood have higher cognitive […]
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Cases of Monkeypox detected in the UK – All you need to know
While the world is combating the COVID-19 pandemic, news about the detection of monkeypox infection in the UK induced air of chatter among people across the world. So what is monkeypox and how dangerous is it? A rare zoonotic viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus belonging to the genus […]
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Memory biomarkers confirm aerobic exercise helps cognitive function in older adults
Until now, systemic biomarkers to measure exercise effects on brain function and that link to relevant metabolic responses were lacking. A recent study shows a memory biomarker, myokine Cathepsin B (CTSB), increased in older adults following a 26-week structured aerobic exercise training. The positive association between CTSB and cognition, and the substantial […]
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Study identifies how Covid-19 linked to Alzheimer’s disease-like cognitive impairment
A new Cleveland clinic-led study has identified mechanisms by which COVID-19 can lead to Alzheimer’s disease-like dementia. The findings, published in Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy, indicate an overlap between COVID-19 and brain changes common in Alzheimer’s and may help inform risk management and therapeutic strategies for COVID-19-associated cognitive impairment. Reports of neurological complications in COVID-19 patients and ‘long haulier’ patients whose symptoms persist after the […]
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Study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant glioblastoma
A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumour growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers say reflects the benefits of using the body’s own metabolism to fight this particularly aggressive cancer instead of chemo […]
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People struggling, travelling long distances to get COVAXIN dose
As people are struggling to book slots for COVID-19 vaccination in their cities, many of them who are in less than 45 years age group from Delhi-NCR are travelling a long distance to get their first and even second dose of COVAXIN. These people are even travelling distance of 224 km from Delhi and […]
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Mental health experts experience extreme upsurge in acute grief, bereavement cases
As the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually subsiding, mental health experts are observing a surge in number of patients putting up with acute “grief or bereavement” after suffering the loss of the loved ones. According to mental health experts, grief or bereavement is a feeling of permanent […]
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Global travellers pick up numerous genes that promote microbial resistance
Carried like stowaways in the guts of international travellers, new and potentially deadly strains of antimicrobial-resistant superbugs may be coming to a community near you, suggests new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we knew that international travel was contributing to the […]
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DCGI waiver likely to bring foreign vaccines like Pfizer, Moderna a step closer
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has done away with specific trials of COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by other international regulatory bodies – a big move likely to clear the way for foreign vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna for the country’s urgent requirement. In a letter, DCGI Chief VG Somani letter […]
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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals launches Rufinamide Tablets USP, 200 mg and 400 mg
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited (Glenmark) has launched Rufinamide Tablets USP, 200 mg and 400 mg, a therapeutic equivalent of Banzel® Tablets, 200 mg and 400 mg of Eisai, Inc. Glenmark was one of the first ANDA applicants to submit a substantially complete ANDA for Rufinamide Tablets USP, 200 mg and 400 mg, with a paragraph IV certification and […]
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Sputnik V Covid vaccine to be rolled out at Rs 1,195 in Apollo hospitals
Apollo Group of Hospitals has announced that it will start administering the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, across its hospitals in India from the second week of June, at an estimated price of Rs 1,195 per dose. “We will be charging Rs 995 for the vaccine and Rs 200 would be administration […]
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Now, yellow fungus, which is more dangerous than black fungus and white fungus, hit India
Amid the rising cases of Black Fungus infection in several states of India, one case of Yellow Fungus infection has been reported from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. Yellow Fungus is considered more dangerous than both Black Fungus and White Fungus. The infected patient is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ghaziabad. […]
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Global study highlights vast under-treatment of diabetes
Nearly half a billion people on the planet have diabetes, but most of them aren’t getting the kind of care that could make their lives healthier, longer and more productive, according to a new global study of data from people with the condition. Only 1 in 10 people with diabetes in the […]