India has 23 percent of active TB patients in the world- Study Noha27 Oct 2016 3:01 PM ISTIndia has 23% of the global burden of active tuberculosis (TB) patients and 27% of the world’s “missing” patients, which includes those who may not...
Tuberculosis of Spine- Standard Treatment Guidelines savita thakur thakur28 Oct 2016 5:26 PM ISTIndia is classified as a country with a high burden and the least prospects of a favourable time trend of the disease. The average prevalence of all...
New model of tracking TB patients holds promise for India supriya kashyap kashyap1 Nov 2016 3:46 PM ISTGujarat : "Is Khema Bhai there?" B D Sagar shouted out in Gujarati to a small group of people sitting under a tree on a dusty knoll, in the outskirts...
Ancient Chinese medicine can help fight TB: Study supriya kashyap kashyap26 Dec 2016 12:14 PM ISTNew York : Researchers have found that centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists to treat malaria, can aid in tuberculosis (TB)...
25 percent of the World's Tuberculosis Patients in India supriya kashyap kashyap24 March 2017 1:56 PM ISTNew Delhi : An urban tuberculosis case infects more individuals per year while a similar case in rural area remains infectious for longer period, a...
Drug Resistant TB to make up 1 in 10 cases by 2040, India to miss target: LANCET supriya kashyap kashyap10 May 2017 4:10 PM ISTNew Delhi : A new study has found that India could witness an alarming spike in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the next two decades....
Deficiency of Vitamin A ups tuberculosis risk by 10 times: Clinical Infectious Diseases Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Jun 2017 11:46 AM ISTWashington D.C. Eat more carrots, spinach and broccoli, as a study warns that people with low levels of Vitamin A living in close contact with...
Low levels of vitamin A may fuel TB risk: Clinical Infectious Diseases Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 July 2017 2:58 PM ISTPeople with low levels of vitamin A living with individuals sick with tuberculosis may be 10 times more likely to develop the disease than people with...
Genetic variation may increase tuberculosis susceptibility Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 July 2017 12:46 PM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : Chinese researchers have found that a single change in a gene may increase the risk of tuberculosis.According to the study, a...
WHO recommended nine month MDR TB treatment regime not included Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 July 2017 9:30 AM ISTThe WHO-recommended shorter nine month regime to treat Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is not included in the national policy of India, which...
BCG jab may protect against TB for nearly twice as long as previously thought supriya kashyap kashyap3 Sept 2017 9:35 AM ISTPreviously thought to be effective for 10-15 years, a new case-control study found that if given in early teenage years (12-13), the Bacillus...
Concerning fact: India leads in TB- related deaths in children worldwide Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Sept 2017 9:25 AM ISTDeath due to incurable diseases like HIV is inevitable and pushes scientific institutions to invest time, money and human resources to discover...
