Turmeric is known for its medicinal properties and is used to treat a host of diseases. Good news is that now a derivative of turmeric is used in eye drops that can help treat the early stages of glaucoma. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions, which if left untreated can lead to irreversible blindness. A recent study has found that glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness. Thankfully, turmeric extracts can treat glaucoma and now scient. Read more...
A new online calculator has been created by scientists which they say could help people predict the risk of heart disease, and also estimate their heart age. This health calculator, described in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, accounts for socio-demographic factors such as a sense of belonging and education, ethnicity, and health status and lifestyle behaviours. This is a great discovery which will help predict heart disease risk at an . Read more...
Thanks to the US Food and Drug Administration who allowed the use of a new drug named Krintafel (tafenoquine) to treat P. vivax malaria; malaria can be eradicated by 2030 in India. The drug is developed by a not-for-profit research and industry partnership and is the first new treatment for malaria in more than 60 years. The drug is all set to get approvals for use globally fast. P. Vivax predominantly causes disease and outbreaks in urban . Read more...
Healthcare is one domain which is seeing a lot of activity and has evoked a lot of interest from not just individuals but companies from around the World. Billion and Billions of Dollars are being spent on innovations and research worldwide to make Healthcare Delivery within easy reach and much more affordable. You can very well expect Technology to play a significant role in the way Healthcare is delivered and here are the 5 Healthcare Technolog. Read more...
The famous brand Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered by a US court to pay a total of US $4.7-billion in damages to 22 women who alleged that the Johnson & Johnson talc-based products caused them to develop ovarian cancer. The court verdict against Johnson &Johnson came after the company was implicated in a total of 9 000 cases linked with the same talc powder product. [google_add] The trial involved 22 women, who s. Read more...
Thanks to New Zealand scientists, now the world's first-ever colour X-Ray has been performed on a human. New Zealand scientists have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human, using a breakthrough colour medical scanner based on the Medipix3 technology developed at CERN. This is a specialised technique that assures to improve the field of medical diagnostics. This technique is said to produce clearer and more accurate pictures that. Read more...
According to a recent Study published in the Journal Respiration, it has been found that People with Type-2 Diabetes may be at more risk of developing Restrictive Lung Disease (RLD) characterized by breathlessness, than non-diabetic patients. The lead author Stefan Koph from the University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany says that "Increased breathlessness, interstitial lung anomalies and RLD can be associated with Type-2 diabetes. It is therefore s. Read more...
Was it a murder, occult-practice, or mass-suicide? With shocking revelations each day, the Delhi's case of mass-suicide in Burari is becoming complicated day by day. Delhi woke up to shock and horror when 11 people were found dead in North Delhi’s Burari on Sunday morning. Ten bodies were found hanging in the hallway of the house, while the body of a 75-year-old woman was found on the floor. Among the deceased were seven women, two men, a. Read more...