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Men with YCMD require assisted reproductive techniques such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for parenthood. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration with Amity University has developed an Artificial Intelligence-based tool to detect a type of ‘Y’ chromosome microdeletion — a genetic cause…
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed retail prices for 65 new drug formulations, and notified ceiling prices for 13 formulations. The authority has fixed the prices of drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, bacterial infections, and painkillers, whereas drugs…
Hepatitis test in the laboratory | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The superchlorination of water sources, including wells in the wards that had reported a spike in Hepatitis A cases in Kalamassery, has begun as part of the control measures taken to check the outbreak of the disease. The officials of the Health department and the…
The Health department has proposed a year-long health awareness project to combat epidemics, including jaundice, dengue, and malaria, in the district. The initiative was presented by District Medical Officer (DMO) Dr. Piyush M. Namboothiripad during the district planning committee meeting on Monday (December 23). The project will be incorporated into the annual plans of panchayats…
The Delhi High Court said not providing such victims/survivors with required medical treatment is a criminal offence and all doctors, administration, officers, nurses, paramedical personnel etc., shall be informed of the same. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Taking a serious note of the fact that survivors of sexual violence and acid attacks face difficulties…
Throughout the 3,00,000 years of human existence on earth, demographers estimate that approximately 108 billion people have lived so far. Remarkably, until 1804, the global population never exceeded 1 billion at any given time. However, this began to change with the advent of industrialisation and improved living conditions. Today, at 8.2 billion (that’s 7% of…
(In the weekly Health Matters newsletter, Ramya Kannan writes about getting to good health, and staying there. You can subscribe here to get the newsletter in your inbox.) We’ve said this before, but it bears saying again on those cheery Tuesdays, when we at the health desk are able to bring some good news to…
As we age, we lose bits of our genome in tissues such as the skeletal muscle and the brain. These losses, called deletion mutations, gradually erode the function of a cell component called the mitochondrion. Muscle cells lacking a sufficient number of functional mitochondria to support their contractile function die and this causes a loss…
Kannada film actor Shivarajkumar has got his cancerous bladder removed in a Miami-based hospital in the U.S. after surgery, the surgeon who performed the operation on him said in a video message. Dr. Murugesh Manoharan also said that an artificial bladder was created using the actor’s intestine. The surgeon was seen in the video with…
CPR is performed to stimulate the heart’s function to enable it pump blood to the vital organs Earlier this month, several college students and members of the public in Chennai, were given an orientation on conducting cardiopulmonary resuscitation, by a private hospital. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR can revive a person who has had a…
