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First inter-state liver-sharing in 10 hours
Times of India Mumbai: A senior citizen from Chennai gave a second lease of life to a liver failure patient here on Sunday, making it Maharashtra’s first case of liver-sharing with another state. Doctors from the two metros, bound in a race against time, meticulously … |
Indian Express |
Riteish Deshmukh remembers father post National award win
Indian Express Press Trust of India | New Delhi | May 4, 2014 2:44 pm. Print. Comments. “My first … The actor got emotional after receiving the honour and dedicated it to his father, who passed away in 2012 after suffering from a serious liver ailment. In Pics … Riteish Deshmukh dedicates National Award win to father Vilasrao DeshmukhDeccan Chronicle |
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Scientists develop nanovehicle for targeting diseased tissues
Business Standard Two Indian scientists have developed a “gold nanovehicle” that can be used to deliver drugs specifically to diseased tissues without affecting other healthy organs, according to a recent study. The extraordinary proof-of-concept study, published by … |
Daily News & Analysis |
Nutrition you can afford: Move over Quinoa, Ragira will do
Daily News & Analysis Goji and acai berries are not so easily available, but jamun, the Indian blackberry, and phalsa — which are in season — are equally adept in reducing blood sugar and aiding in digestion. They are hypoglycemic, liver protective, anti-cancer and blood … |
Firstpost |
For Punjab’s ‘village of widows’ the stigma is as bad as the drug epidemic
Firstpost Amritsar: For Harmeet Kaur (name changed), a frail widow in her early fifties, the hope of a good life came to an end the day her husband died of cirrhosis of the liver due to heavy drinking. A few years later, she lost her eldest son at 19, who became … |
Firstpost |
‘Village of widows’: Why the stigma hurts Maqboolpura more than drugs
Firstpost Amritsar: For Harmeet Kaur (name changed), a frail widow in her early fifties, the hope of a good life came to an end the day her husband died of cirrhosis of the liver due to heavy drinking. A few years later, she lost her eldest son at 19, who became … |
Daily News & Analysis |
Pop those pills at your own peril
Daily News & Analysis Popping seemingly harmless pills may lead to adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in a patient’s body. The World Health Organization reported 85 lakh cases of ADRs in the world last year and India contributes to close to one percent of all the cases reported. |
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Advertising Standards Council of India pulls up Naaptol for false advertising
MediaNama.com Krishna Vansh: Claims that ‘Krishna Vansh Sugar Nashak Jamun Sirka is a magic, cures sugar, reduces obesity, for liver, cures jaundice, for stomach gas, for indigestion, sure shot for stomach, for youthfulness use, Mojun musli pak, Yovan Bahi Oil, Lij … |
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Pill to switch off hunger on the horizon
Times of India Using positron emission tomography (PET) scans, the researchers tracked the acetate through the body from the colon to the liver and the heart and showed it eventually ended up in the hypothalamus region of the brain, which controls hunger. “The … |
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Patent relief
Indian Express This has only been used once, to allow Natco Pharma to make and sell copies of Bayer’s patented kidney and liver cancer drug, Nexavar. While the developmental imperatives of countries like India are understandably different from the US, India must … |