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26 Apr

India-America bilateral trade body, IACC urges the US authorities to provide raw material to India required for vaccine production

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"We appeal to the USA government to reciprocate India's goodwill towards USA by accelerating raw materials supply for manufacture of vaccines in India”: IACC's National President Mr. Purnachandra Rao Surapaneni Hyderabad, Telangana : The Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), the apex bi-lateral Chamber synergizing India-US Economic Engagement, urged the US authories to provide raw material required to Indian in vaccine production. IACC's National President Mr. Purnachandra Rao Surapaneni in a press note issued in Hyderabad made a request to this effect. "We appeal to the USA government to reciprocate India's goodwill towards USA by accelerating raw materials supply for manufacture…

14 Apr

Meet Geetanshika And Kritika who founded One Stop Solution for Psychological and Mental Health Tips :- Twopeasinapod_Gk

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, LifestyleGeetanshika And Kritika, Geetanshika Chadha, Kritika Seth, Psychological and Mental Health Tips, social media, Twopeasinapod_gk

New Delhi : Social media is a relatively new avenue for people to engage themselves. We’re all aware of multiple personalities who have made a good business development and finding a particular niche for themselves. It’s not all easy though.. You have to venture forth into the great abysses of social media and business but mental health and sound health is always been a problem which is neglected in the era. With lots of hard work, a substantial amount of talent - Founders, Geetanshika Chadha and Kritika Seth founded a Twopeasinapod_gk is a one stop solution for all those wanting…

14 Apr

Dr Harsh Vardhan announces launch of ‘Aahaar Kranti’

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New Delhi: Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhanhas launched“AahaarKranti”, a mission dedicated to spreading awareness about nutrition and accessible to all locally available nutritious food, fruits, and vegetables in India. Vijnana Bharati (Vibha), Global Indian Scientists’ and Technocrats’ Forum (GIST), Vigyan Prasar, and Pravasi Bharatiya Academic and Scientific Sampark (PRABHASS) have come together to launch the mission “Aahaar Kranti”, with the motto of‘Uttam Aahaar- Uttam Vichaar’ or `Good Diet-Good Cognition’. The `AahaarKranti’ movement is designed to address the peculiar problem being faced by India and the world-`hunger and diseases in…

14 Apr

Sweat based non-invasive point of health diagnosis technology

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Techbio-fluid, biological, bloodstream, body fluid, clinical, device, diagnosis technology, Heavy metals, invasive diagnosis., ions, markers, metabolites, monitoring, non invasive, physiological health, proteins, sweat

New Delhi: Our body fluid such as sweat contains biologically relevant markers such as ions, heavy metals, metabolites, and proteins and some of them are diffused from the bloodstream which can reflect health status at a chemical level. Therefore, sweat represents a relevant bio-fluid for continuous non-invasive monitoring of physiological health status or in clinical conditions. Indian researchers have developed a new device that can generate sweat at resting and detect markers and transmit through a mobile phone. This sweat based non-invasive point of health diagnosis technology would be an alternative to blood based invasive diagnosis. The study has been…

31 Mar

Salt substitution is effective to reduce blood pressure in rural India

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New Delhi: Replacing regular common salt consumed by hypertensive patients in rural areas with a salt substitute can have a significant impact in terms of lowering their blood pressure, a new study by The George Institute for Global Health (GIGH) has revealed. Researchers found that substituting a small part of the sodium in salt with potassium without altering the taste led to a substantial reduction in systolic blood pressure in these patients, supporting salt substitution as an effective, low-cost intervention for lowering blood pressure in rural India, says GIGH statement. The study entitled “Effects of reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute on…

31 Mar

New hope for mitochondrial disorders

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New Delhi: Efforts to find a treatment for mitochondrial disorders is set to get a major boost with a team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s National Institute of Immunology (DBT-NII) figuring out a way to tackle autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO), which is a widely prevalent mitochondrial disorder. Mitochondrial genetic disorders refer to a group of conditions that affect the mitochondria, the structures in the body cells that are responsible for making energy. People with these conditions can be of any age with almost any affected body system. However, the brain, muscles, heart, liver, nerves, eyes, ears…

31 Mar

Cord Blood transplant outperforms bone marrow transplant states a new study by ASH

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Published in the journal – Blood Advances – the studies aim to study the efficacy of cord blood in treatment of diverse disorders Studies’ outcome crucial for multi-ethnic country like India, where the chances of finding a matching donor are very low. New Delhi: American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional society working to conquer blood diseases has recently released two key studies on cord blood transplants, as part of its Blood Advances journal. Led by a team of leading researchers from University of Colorado and University of Pittsburgh, the two studies have brought to foray the various…

30 Mar

SBI Foundation to help deploy two indigenous innovations for COVID care

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New Delhi: Bengaluru-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has inked a pact with SBI Foundation for CSR (corporate social responsibility) support towards boosting existing public healthcare efforts in light of a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic. Through this joint effort, they will bring two new, potentially life-saving technologies in assisted respiratory devices and contactless remote vitals monitoring categories for deployment across the country. The innovations developed by two of India’s medtech startups, Coeo Labs and Turtle Shell Technologies will be deployed in several cities worst affected by the pandemic. Dr Taslim arif Saiyed, C-CAMP CEO and Director said, “The C-CAMP-SBI…

26 Mar

Reel Heroes wear Capes, Real Heroes Wear Stethoscopes

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Mumbai, Maharashtra : With all the numerous toiling, Mr. Chandresh is an aspiring doctor first and everything else is in the second category for him, as practicing in this field is his priority. It took him a lot of time to come to this extent so that he could bring a change. He always wanted to do something more powerful and this field gives him the right amount of power to do so. There's a lot going on in the medical industry right now. He is also studying hard in the technological part of this field, to bring different techniques…

25 Mar

New tool to fight antimicrobial resistance

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New Delhi: A team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Hyderabad-based National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (DBT-NIAB) has developed a new technique to detect the presence of an antibiotic called Oxytetracycline (OTC) in milk samples. Oxytetracycline is known for its broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and is one of the extensively used antibiotics in veterinary practices. Its excessive consumption can cause antimicrobial resistance. The new tool can help in several other ways also since consumption of milk having residual antibiotics can cause serious health complications like development of hepatotoxicity, teratogenicity, reduced growth and metabolism too. At present, the kits used for…