Health & Fitness

Study paves way for a new approach to fight infections

Study paves way for a new approach to fight infections

New Delhi: A new way of handling diseases could soon be in the offing with a team of researchers gaining new insights into the molecular mechanism of living organisms. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a protein that plays a significant role in DNA replication, repair, and recombination processes of all organisms. Recruitment of DNA polymerases by PCNA is an essential step during DNA replication and blocking this step by targeting PCNA by any means can help tackle infections. Since PCNA is a structural protein, it is widely accepted as a therapeutic target. Interestingly, its structure looks similar across species,…
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Dt. Sunny Gupta is a Well-known Dietitian for creating wonderful weight loss results & Master in Detox diet which is the talk of the town now!

Dt. Sunny Gupta is a Well-known Dietitian for creating wonderful weight loss results & Master in Detox diet which is the talk of the town now!

Surat, Gujarat [India]: Dt. Sunny Gupta has helped 1000+ people to lose weight and manage health conditions across India, Dubai, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, USA, Canada, Africa, Australia, New Zealand & Ireland. Dt Sunny Gupta, one of the renowned dieticians of the city has helped several people achieve their fitness goals, renew their personalities and lead a more confident life. Dt Sunny Gupta’s expertises in weight loss management and detox diet. He is one of the first to introduce basic to advance level detox plans in Gujarat which takes a lot of research and study of this field. Dt Sunny Gupta…
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Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic – Engraving a Niche in Women Healthcare: Dr. Mohil Patel

Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic – Engraving a Niche in Women Healthcare: Dr. Mohil Patel

Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic has completed 5 glorious years of excellence in Women's Healthcare. We take this opportunity to thank all our patients, their relatives, and our well-wishers, without whose support and encouragement, we wouldn't have been able to achieve this milestone. Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic has been operating since July 7, 2017, from a posh and green locality of Nava Naroda Ahmedabad. Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic has 3D/4D Sonography Volusion series ultrasound. There is a well-equipped labor room attached to the major and minor operation theater for any emergency surgery (e.g. Caesarean section). There…
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On World Vitiligo Day 25th June, IADVL (Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists) raises awareness, discuss significance, symptoms and treatment about Vitiligo.

On World Vitiligo Day 25th June, IADVL (Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists) raises awareness, discuss significance, symptoms and treatment about Vitiligo.

Vitiligo is a non-contagious skin disease that causes long-term white patches on the skin. It has certain myths associated around it. Due to social stigma, vitiligo has affected the mental health of many patients and caused low self-esteem & confidence. World Vitiligo Day is observed on 25th June, in memory of late King of Pop Michael Jackson and his struggle with vitiligo. Esteemed members of IADVL MEDIA CELL were involved in increasing and spreading awareness towards the social stigma against Vitiligo through various activities like creating content on social media, youtube and other platforms in form of live videos, blogs,…
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A new way to speed up wound healing in diabetic patients

New Delhi: Diabetes is a major health challenge for India, showing a trend of increasing prevalence over the years. It is a chronic disease, and over time, uncontrolled diabetes can cause serious damage to many systems in the body, especially the blood vessels and nerves. In individuals with diabetes, wounds tend to take longer to heal. A large proportion of extremity amputations result from diabetes-induced impairment of wound repair. Timely healing of wounds is therefore pivotal to prevent such extreme consequences. A team of Indian researchers has devised a way to help this happen. A type of blood cells, called…
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Nashik is proud to have its alternate medicine practitioner- Sangitaa R Shetye

Nashik, Maharashtra [India]: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their Dreams”, who could justify this more than Sangitaa Shetye herself. Nasik is proud to have Sangitaa Shetye, whose healing modalities for over two decades are an antidote to many of her clientele. From being a certified Clinical hypnotherapist to a Theta Healing Practioner, a renowned Vastu Expert to a Numerology genius, the body energy analyst to a chakra therapist and recently she has also mastered the art of auto writing. She offers a combination of such healing techniques to a wide spectrum of people. Sangitaa’s…
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Bengaluru scientists develop off-grid mobile oxygen concentrator

New Delhi: A team of researchers at Bengaluru-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has designed a robust, mobile oxygen concentrator that can be used in rural settings and be rapidly deployed in emergencies in any location. The second wave of COVID-19 had witnessed an acute shortage of medical oxygen in different parts of the country. While the crisis in the bigger cities was more about responding by overcoming supply chain limitations, in smaller cities and villages, the crisis exposed a chronic lack of medical…
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New collaboration for affordable COVID-19 drug 2-DG

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, and Nosch Labs entered into a non-exclusive agreement for the transfer of the process knowhow for the synthesis of anti-Covid-19 drug 2-DG (2-Deoxy -D -Glucose). 2-DG has been developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), New Delhi, a lab of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Hyderabad-based pharma company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL). Nosch Labs will commence manufacturing 2-DG drug after obtaining regulatory clearances from the Drugs Controller General of India…
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StayHappi Generic range of medicines at par in quality with any other best-selling market drug brand

New Delhi [India]: StayHappi Generic range of medicines is equivalent to branded medicines. They rank high in quality and efficacy with any other best-selling market drug/ brand, available at a relatively lower MRP’s, and are manufactured at WHO GMP certified plants of Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals. This wide range of medicines is cost-effective helps consumers save on their monthly medicine budget. Arushi Jain, Executive Director of StayHappi Pharmacy says, “StayHappi generic medications have gone through testing on many grounds encompassing quality, strength, purity, and potency to show effectiveness before being approved by a list of regulating authorities. We are spread across…
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Study could help beat multi-drug resistance

New Delhi: Multi-drug resistance is increasingly becoming a major public health issue. Scientists across the world have been working on finding ways to deal with the problem.  A major issue has been that while some bacteria evolve multi-drug resistance some others don’t. The reason for this is yet to be found out. A new study at the Population Biology Laboratory at Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)- Pune promises to help decipher this and several other similar mysteries. The scientists at IISER, Yashraj Chavhan, Sarthak Malusare, and Sutirth Dey conducted their study on E Coli bacteria. They grewsamples…
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