Paper-based test available for diagnosis of TB now Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Sept 2017 4:07 PM ISTDiagnosing tuberculosis (TB) early can allow patients to receive the medicine they need and also help prevent the disease from spreading. But in...
Rapid Test for MDR Tuberculosis: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli24 Sept 2017 10:30 AM ISTA new rapid molecular test has shown the ability to detect, with reasonable certainty, mutations associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis...
25 Million Die in Pain Each Year For Want Morphine Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Oct 2017 7:30 PM ISTEvery year, some 25 million people -- one in ten of them children -- die in serious pain that could have been alleviated with morphine at just a few...
Pollution kills three times more people each year than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli25 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTPollution around the globe now contributes to an estimated 9 million deaths annually or roughly one in six according to an in-depth new study...
New global commitment to end tuberculosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Nov 2017 7:02 PM IST75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on...
Lansoprazole may help fight against tuberculosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTA cheap and widely used drug used to treat conditions such as heartburn, gastritis, and ulcers, could work against the bacteria that cause...
A step forward towards developing TB vaccine Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Dec 2017 7:20 PM ISTA team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has taken an important step forward in research efforts that could one day lead to an...
Going undercover to fight tuberculosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Dec 2017 7:22 PM ISTTuberculosis is one of the most widespread life-threatening infectious diseases. Not only does antibiotic resistance make treatment increasingly...
Finally a urine test for accurate tuberculosis detection Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Dec 2017 8:30 PM ISTScientists have finally developed a noninvasive tuberculosis test for a pool of people for whom such assessments have previously been difficult:...
WHO paints a 'grim' picture of global TB Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli20 Dec 2017 7:02 PM ISTGlobal efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) have saved an estimated 53 million lives since 2000 and reduced the TB mortality rate by 37%, according to...
WHO updates essential medicines list with new advice on use of antibiotics Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Dec 2017 7:01 PM ISTNew advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances is among the additions to the...
Tuberculosis drugs work better with vitamin C Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Jan 2018 7:29 PM ISTStudies in mice and in tissue cultures suggest that giving vitamin C with tuberculosis drugs could reduce the unusually long time it takes these drugs...
