Maharashtra records first suspected death due to Guillain-Barré Syndrome; cases in Pune cross 100 A Pune-based patient has died after contracting Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), making it the first suspected death in Maharashtra due to the disease. He passed away in Maharashtra’s Solapur district, where he was visiting his native village for personal work. Meanwhile, the […]
Household nutritional support can avert 0.36 million TB deaths Premium That targeted nutritional support to TB patients and household contacts can improve TB treatment outcomes, reduce the number of new cases and deaths is now well known, particularly after the RATIONS trial carried out in between August 2019 and August 2022 in four districts of Jharkhand among […]
Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Jadeja available for Saurashtra vs Assam game; Rohit, Jaiswal, Shreyas to miss next Mumbai match After his match-winning performance against Delhi in the previous fixture, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is set to be available for Saurashtra’s last Ranji Trophy group league outing against Assam as well. As the Saurashtra team – led by […]
Kidney transplant racket in Hyderabad: nine arrested Nine persons were arrested in connection with the kidney transplant racket unearthed at Alakananda Hospital in Saroornagar, Rachakonda police said. The raid was conducted by the Saroornagar police and LB Nagar Special Operations Team (SOT) in coordination with the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) of Rangareddy district […]
Assam tea workers prone to post-TB fungal disease: study Two years after a study flagged the epidemic dropsy threat, a new research paper has identified a life-threatening fungal infection mostly in the damaged lungs of tuberculosis survivors among Assam’s tea plantation workers. TB has been a major public health issue across the tea belts in Assam’s […]
Doctors in Kolkata conduct successful spinal tuberculosis surgery on pregnant woman A team of Kolkata-based doctors conducted a successful spinal tuberculosis surgery on a pregnant woman in her third trimester. The surgery, conducted at the Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) was a high-risk procedure, doctors said. The 25-year-old mother to be, first began experiencing […]
How has India revised obesity parameters? Premium The story so far: India has revised guidelines for obesity treatment and diagnosis after 15 years. The move comes after a call for global recalibration on how obesity is measured. In a recent report published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, the global commission noted that Body Mass Index […]
Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner withdraws from Rotterdam Open Australian Open 2025 men’s singles champion Jannik Sinner will not be defending his title at the Rotterdam Open after the Italian withdrew from the tournament in the Netherlands. “After consulting with my team we had to take the difficult decision to withdraw from the ABN AMRO […]
Union Health Ministry team to assess Guillain-Barré outbreak in Pune A seven-member Union Health Ministry team will be supporting the government of Maharashtra in assessing the Guillain-Barré outbreak in Pune. While three members have already reached Pune and started working to contain the situation other members are to join the team next week, a senior […]
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