FirstpostThe quiet heart of Durga Puja: A photographer's 12-year-journeyFirstpostChirodeep Chaudhuri's A Village in Bengal – Photographs and an Essay is published by Picador India. The photographs appear courtesy of the publisher. The book wi…
In the heart of change – The Hindu
The HinduIn the heart of changeThe HinduNine decades later, in 1994, 60-year-old Vanya and her 80-year-old mother returned to India to travel that letter trail. They then went up the Nilgiris to find her mother's ancestral home. The windows had fal…
Growing Evidence To Support Use Of Human Stool In Treating C. Diff Infection
Treating serious intestinal ailments with human stool is still a niche therapy. While it seems like a rather weird concept, more evidence in support of this unusual treatment, known by various names, such as stool transplant, fecal transplant or fecal …
New Study Could Change Treatment for Asthma – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaNew Study Could Change Treatment for AsthmaVoice of America“The symptoms-based arm resulted in a reduced use of inhaled corticosteroids, a 50 percent reduction. It also resulted in a reduction in exacerbation in the autumn, a time whe…
Pancreas transplant for insulin-dependent diabetes: A new national programme
A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure where a functioning donor's pancreas is transplanted into a suitable recipient, and the recipient's own pancreas is left in situ. Conceptually, this is the same as kidney transplant where a donor ki…
Only 2% get liver for transplant, says doctor – Times of India
Only 2% get liver for transplant, says doctorTimes of IndiaJaspal is not the only who is looking for donor, according to experts the crunch in organ donations is severely affecting the number of transplants in India – here nearly 25,000 patients need l…
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The long road to recovery for double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell has taken another detour.
Workshops by South Corpn to help students learn hygiene – Deccan Herald
Workshops by South Corpn to help students learn hygieneDeccan HeraldIn order to make the initiative successful, the civic body in association with Heart Care Foundation of India, has decided to train its teachers in good hygiene and first aid practices…
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell suffering kidney problems
The long road to recovery for double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell has taken another detour.
Injectable Arnica…the New Hydrocortisone?? A New Medical Discovery – Sacramento Bee
Injectable Arnica…the New Hydrocortisone?? A New Medical DiscoverySacramento BeeSome time later I had reason to have hydrocortisone injections in painful shin splints, and hit on the idea that maybe arnica could possibly do a safer and maybe even mor…