Mothers Milk: Vaccinating babies without vaccinating babies supriya kashyap kashyap9 Oct 2016 9:56 AM ISTScientists have long understood that mother's milk provides immune protection against some infectious agents through the transfer of antibodies, a...
TB tricks bodys immune system to make people infectious supriya kashyap kashyap23 Oct 2016 1:38 PM ISTLondon : Tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the bodys lung tissue, which makes the person highly infectious through coughing...
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)...
25yr old woman weighing just 30 kilos treated for pericardial tuberculosis at Fortis Hospital supriya kashyap kashyap17 Jan 2017 1:00 PM ISTKalyan : Doctors at Fortis Hospital, Kalyan, treated a 25yr old woman weighing only 30 kilos diagnosed with pericardial tuberculosis, constrictive...
Sarcoidosis-Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap1 Feb 2017 9:16 AM ISTIntroductionSarcoidosis is a systemic disorder of unknown origin characterized by granulomatous inflammation in a variety of organs, most commonly the...
Research suggests new treatment for TB patients supriya kashyap kashyap2 March 2017 12:39 PM ISTWashington : Antibacterial compounds found in soil could spell the beginnings of a new treatment for tuberculosis, new research led by the University...
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...
MDR TB drugs developing resistance: LANCET supriya kashyap kashyap26 March 2017 11:07 AM ISTParis : New drugs for hard-to-treat tuberculosis strains may be fast rendered ineffective themselves if incorrectly used, a report warned, on the eve...
Portal hypertension- Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap1 April 2017 9:58 AM ISTIntroductionPortal hypertension may manifest as variceal bleeding, ascites, splenomegaly, hepato renal syndrome and hepatopulmonary syndrome.The...
India vulnerable to infectious diseases like Zika, Ebola supriya kashyap kashyap14 April 2017 11:42 AM ISTNew Delhi : South Asian nations including India are "vulnerable" to emerging infectious diseases like Zika and Ebola and their level of preparedness...
