24Mar/14

Smoking increases risk of tuberculosis recurrence: study – Daily News & Analysis

March 24, 2014Lungadmin

Smoking increases risk of tuberculosis recurrence: study
Daily News & Analysis
The study has been published in the April 2014 issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease which went online Monday, a release said here. The researchers followed a large sample of 5,567 TB patients in Taiwan, each of whom had …
Smoking tobacco doubles risk of recurrent tuberculosis: studyBusiness Standard

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24Mar/14

Inherited mutated gene increases lung cancer risk in women – India.Com Health

March 24, 2014Lungadmin

India.Com HealthInherited mutated gene increases lung cancer risk in womenIndia.Com HealthHeavy exposure to asbestos, radon, uranium, arsenic, genetic predisposition, and lung scarring from any prior illness can all cause lung cancer. Due to environmen…

24Mar/14

35% TB cases in Kolhapur not notified – Times of India

March 24, 2014Lungadmin

35% TB cases in Kolhapur not notified
Times of India
People living with HIV/AIDS face a higher risk of developing extra-pulmonary TB and therefore the notification of such cases too becomes important as the patient has to be given treatment for both the diseases. “Since January last year, about 15% of …

24Mar/14

World Tuberculosis Day 2014 — top 9 symptoms you should look out for – India.Com Health

March 24, 2014Lungadmin

India.Com HealthWorld Tuberculosis Day 2014 — top 9 symptoms you should look out forIndia.Com HealthOf all these types pulmonary TB or TB of the lungs is the most common. Caused due to an infection by bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, this conditi…

24Mar/14

Cricket-India captain Dhoni backs struggling Yuvraj to hit form – Reuters UK

March 24, 2014Lungadmin

Cricket-India captain Dhoni backs struggling Yuvraj to hit formReuters UKHis player-of-the-tournament performance helped India win the 50-over World Cup in Mumbai four years later, and he showed his battling qualities off the pitch too by overcoming a …

23Mar/14

Diabetics contact TB easily: Study – Daily News & Analysis

March 23, 2014Lungadmin

Diabetics contact TB easily: Study
Daily News & Analysis
High sugar levels attract the deadly tuberculosis bacteria. A year-long study conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) unearthed a harrowing co-infection trend between the poor man’s disease TB and diabetes, which is more likely to …

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23Mar/14

From near death, TB patient with HIV bounces back – Daily News & Analysis

March 23, 2014Lungadmin

Daily News & Analysis

From near death, TB patient with HIV bounces back
Daily News & Analysis
In December 2012, he underwent a left lung removal surgery at Hinduja Hospital which cost him a Rs1.5 lakh. “I spend Rs1,200 daily for medicines since surgery, fifty per cent of which is reimbursed by donations from NGOs. With Sion hospital having …

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23Mar/14

Big pharma balks at investment in TB – Financial Times

March 23, 2014Lungadmin

Big pharma balks at investment in TBFinancial TimesMore typical was the decision by AstraZeneca in January to shut a laboratory in India where it was conducting early-stage research into TB as well as malaria and neglected tropical diseases. The UK-bas…

23Mar/14

After battle with MDR-TB, they emerged winners – Times of India

March 23, 2014Lungadmin

After battle with MDR-TB, they emerged winners
Times of India
MUMBAI: “It is a miracle I’m alive,” said 31-year-old Borivli resident Deepti Chavan, who was given six months to live in 2004. Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) had literally eaten away her left lung and doctors were skeptical she would live …

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23Mar/14

TB, disease of the poor, now threatens the rich – Financial Times

March 23, 2014Lungadmin

TB, disease of the poor, now threatens the rich
Financial Times
TB – a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs and spreads through sustained contact between people living or working in proximity – has been a scourge of humanity for millennia. Fragments of the spinal column from Egyptian mummies show …

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