National Doctor's Day: Tackling mental health while treating people amid COVID-19 pandemic

Treating COVID-19 patients at proximity, watching the disease claim the lives of people - it only takes a second of thought to realise how much doctors around the globe have put their own life in jeopardy and how the situation can take a toll on their mental health. 

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MRI scan used for heart disease could also pick out aggressive cancers, spot early signs: Study

Researchers showed that the MRI imaging technique, known as T1-mapping, could offer crucial insights into the biology of childhood cancers and give an early warning of how effective targeted treatments were likely to be. 

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Excessive sugar consumption linked with unhealthy fat deposits around heart, abdomen

Excess sugar consumption is a worldwide problem. The six countries with the highest sales of sugary drinks per capita are Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, the US, and Saudi Arabia. The demand for sugar is expected to increase in Asia, Africa, and Russia.

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COVID-19: Indirect adverse effects likely on children, youth's mental, physical health

The authors describe a range of potential adverse effects and contributing factors as well as mitigation strategies for health care providers and health systems. 

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Carboplatin-paclitaxel becomes better option for treatment of inoperable anal cancer: Study

A new study has suggested that people with inoperable anal cancer treated with carboplatin-paclitaxel had fewer complications and lived longer than those who received another chemotherapy that has been more often administered. 

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Key protein discovered in heart to reduce damage from attack, improve survival rates

Researchers from San Diego State University`s Heart Institute discovered how one key protein in the heart can act as the knight in shining armor, reducing the damage from the attack, which could improve survival rates and heart function in those who do survive.

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Hepatitis C-positive livers safe for transplantation, patients cured afterward: Study

The study was conducted by researchers of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health and was published in the journal Liver Transplantation.

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Blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients safe for treatment: Study

Nearly 40 per cent of the patients were women; 20 per cent African Americans; 35 per cent Hispanic and 5 per cent Asian, the researchers said.

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Mathematical models on severity of COVID-19 in India failed: IJMR

It said it "is a huge risk" to solely rely on these models for policy decisions on advance planning since predicting infectious diseases for a new pathogen is an "extremely perilous proposition" and hence it should be avoided.

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AIIMS study observes Mild Behavioural Impairment as precursor of Dementia

The study named `Behavioural issues in late life may be the precursor of dementia - A cross-sectional evidence from memory clinic of AIIMS, India` conducted by the Department of Geriatric medicine also stressed on multimorbidity, diabetes and urinary incontinence to be significantly associated with MBI.

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COVID-19 may be transmitted with use of toilets: Study

Toilet flushing creates a great deal of turbulence, and qualitative evidence suggests this can spread both bacteria and viruses, the study said.

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Dexamethasone hailed as 'major breakthrough' in treating COVID-19 patients

There are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus which has killed more than 431,000 globally.

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Bald men more vulnerable to COVID-19 symptoms; Check out reasons

The report cites new research that has come has emphasised upon the fact that bald men are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 symptoms.

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Hydroxychloroquine may not prevent COVID-19 illness; here's why

Almost 90 per cent of the participants (719 of 821), according to the study, reported a high-risk exposure to a confirmed COVID-19 contact.

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