Senior diabetologist Dr. V Mohan has denounced a video circulating on social media, depicting a figure resembling him endorsing a diabetes cure within 48 hours, as “fake.” This incident highlights the alarming potential of such AI-generated clips as emerging health hazards. Originally posted on the Facebook pages of the Indian Medical Association of Tirunelveli, the […]
New Delhi: Pfizer has announced a collaboration with the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Ahmedabad to encourage and support startups in India and help early-stage innovators advance on their journey. This collaboration will endeavour to support healthcare start-ups in turning their innovative ideas into market-ready solutions. The initiative is being supported by the […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently upheld the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) notice making it mandatory for the allopathy doctors practicing in Delhi to register with the Council. Dismissing a plea that challenged the concerned notification, the HC bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora opined that the consequence of registration […]
Chandigarh: The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) here has signed an MoU with HIMCARE, a scheme of the Himachal Pradesh government to provide cashless treatment, an official said on Monday. The collaboration aims to streamline healthcare services and empower patients through the implementation of a cashless treatment initiative on the analogy of […]
The common inflammatory condition sinusitis is linked to a 40% heightened risk of a subsequent diagnosis of rheumatic disease, particularly in the 5 to 10 years preceding the start of symptoms, finds research published in the open access journal RMD Open. The risks seem to be greatest for a blood clotting disorder (antiphospholipid syndrome) and […]
A recent study published in the Human Reproduction found the familial multicancer patterns among men with azoospermia and severe oligozoospermia by offering valuable insights into the heterogeneity of cancer risk within these subfertility groups. The research utilized extensive population data to analyze cancer risks among families of subfertile men. This study involved a retrospective cohort […]
Ten years on from the West African Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its infection prevention and control guidelines for Ebola and Marburg disease. The key recommendations are summarised in The BMJ today with an infographic and the full guideline is available on both the WHO website and the web based MAGICapp platform. […]
Belgium: Findings from the ADVOR trial have revealed the safety and efficacy of acetazolamide for treating congestion across the entire range of renal function; more pronounced beneficial effects are seen in patients with a lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The researchers also revealed that acetazolamide treatment raises the risk of worsening renal outcomes during […]
China: A recent article published in BMC Nephrology reports a case study of enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease (FD) presenting with proteinuria and ventricular septal thickening. Fabry disease is an uncommon, X-linked, lysosomal storage disease that leads to defects in the glycosphingolipid metabolic pathway due to absent or deficient lysosomal α-galactosidase (α-Gal A) activity. […]
Cigarette smoke exposure is associated with the development and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, which is the third leading cause of death worldwide. Cigarette smoke contains 2 to 3 micrograms of cadmium, a highly toxic metal and environmental pollutant, per cigarette. Burning tobacco releases cadmium oxide that can be adsorbed onto microparticles […]