Health & Fitness

22 Mar

Dietician and Detox expert urges everyone to take fitness on priority

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Dt Sunny Gupta is known for his customized detox plans and weight loss tips. Dt Sunny Gupta has been recently honoured with Times Icons of Surat 2020-21 for health & fitness category A healthy body leads to a healthy mind. Fitness is not just a hobby but a necessity in today’s modern world. Dt Sunny Gupta, founder of 24 Refresh Fitness & Weight Loss Centre and one of renowned dieticians of the city has helped several people achieve their fitness goals, renew their personality and lead a more confident life. Dt Sunny Gupta’s 24 Refresh expertises in weight loss management…
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17 Mar

CSIR scientists develop sensor to monitor health status on the go

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New Delhi: A team of scientists at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, has developed a flexible low cost, wearable sensor that can monitor the health and physiological status of the human body on the go by just analysing the sweat. The microfluidic sensor can be used for on the spot monitoring of several biomarkers such as lactate, Sodium, and Potassium simultaneously from sweat samples. It analyses the biomarkers without any transfer of signals. The high-throughput sweat sampling ability of the sensor facilitates continuous capture and transport of the sweat over the…
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10 Mar

Study kindles new hope for a cure for Parkinson’s Disease

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New Delhi: Efforts to find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease is expected to get a big boost with researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras finding that energy deficiency in certain cells in the human brain could be a major cause for the development of the  neurodegenerative disorder. Parkinson’s Disease is the second most prominent neurodegenerative disease across the world after Alzheimer’s disease. More than 200 years after it was first described by Dr. James Parkinson as “shaking palsy,” the world is still searching for a cure. Currently, the medical intervention  is focused mainly on the management of the disease.…
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09 Mar

Study warns Diphtheria could become a major global threat

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New Delhi: In a new health scare, a team of researchers from India, the UK and Russia, has found that Diphtheria, which is a relatively easily-preventable infection, has started to become resistant to several classes of antibiotics, and in future, it may even become immune to vaccination. In a report, the team has also suggested that there was a possibility of the disease once more becoming a major threat across the globe because of the impact of COVID-19 on vaccination schedules in different parts of the world, coupled with a rise in the number of infections. Diphtheria is a highly…
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05 Mar

A new automated system to detect colorectal cancer

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New Delhi: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-Guwahati) has designed an automated Artificial Intelligence-based system to detect colorectal cancer in collaboration with scientists from research institutions in Japan and the United States of America. Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer among men and women in India. It can be cured if detected early. The commonly used technique to detect colorectal cancer is colonoscopy, in which the medical personnel attending the patient – physician, gastroenterologist or oncologist – visually inspects the image obtained by a camera inserted into the colon of…
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01 Mar

Synthesis of agonist molecule by CSIR-IICT for COVAXIN

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New Delhi: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)’s constituent laboratories have been working relentlessly in partnership with industry to launch repurposed drugs through process development and conducting clinical trials. CSIR labs have also extensively contributed towards the launching of diagnostic kits including Feluda and Dry Swab Direct RT-PCR method for the screening of SARS-CoV-2. The indigenous vaccine for COVID-19, COVAXIN,developed by Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech, is a highly purified, whole virion, inactivated SARS-CoV2. The vaccine is formulated with Algel-IMDG, which contains chemisorbed TLR7/8 agonist onto aluminium hydroxide gel to generate the requisite type of immune responses. Owing to the…
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01 Mar

AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial opens in India

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New Delhi: AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT) has been expanded into India, with the first patients recruited last week to the first two sites, Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana in Punjab and Sterling Multispecialty Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra. Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand, and some neighboring islands. ASCOT has partnered with the George Institute for Global Health to oversee the trial in India given its substantial experience operating clinical trials in the country with a presence in 21 states.George Institute for Global Health is an independent medical research institute headquartered in Australia with offices in China,…
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26 Feb

United Green Hospital and Mindray India collaborates to inaugurate advanced standardised laboratory in Surat

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Surat, Gujarat: Mindray a leading medical device company and as a - ‘Trusted Partner for Healthier Bharat’ is glad to collaborate with United Green Hospital, Surat in inaugurating the first Mindray Standardized Laboratory in India. The company has established itself as a valuable and goal-driven global leader in medical technology both as a manufacturer and a marketer of medical devices. Mindray India has been constantly engineering to provide innovative, high-quality, feature-rich medical products for the Indian healthcare industry. Therefore, moving further on the path of quality and commitment, Mindray has come up with a solution to serve customers better by…
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24 Feb

‘Crowd and Mask’ Monitoring System to prevent COVID-19

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New Delhi : Innovators at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal have developed a unique ‘Crowd and Mask’ Monitoring System to prevent COVID-19 fromspread. This one-of-its-kind low cost Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled device is portable and easy to deploy across various locations, says a statement released by the institution. Wearing masks is among the primary precautions adopted to prevent COVID-19 from spread along with social distancing. With the Institute commencing the process of bringing students back to campus in phases, this AI-powered system will help to maintain a minimum of three feet of social distancing. In an initiative…
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27 Jan

Private sector in COVID vaccination

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New Delhi : The private health sector is playing an important role in supplementing the activities of Government agencies in the on-going pan-India vaccination campaign to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. The detailed set of operational guidelines prepared by the Government of India to assist the effective implementation of the vaccination programme had suggested that the administrations at both the State and district levels -- Mission Director, National Health Mission and District Magistrate / District Commissioner, may write to private sectormedical colleges and hospitals, professional associations, NGOs and CSOs representatives of RotaryClub etc. seeking their participation and support during…
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