Health

At the time of admission, the baby’s lung pressures were very high but the biggest obstacle was her overall health. She weighed just 2.2 kg and was very weak, she said. New Delhi : Doctors at a Delhi-based hospital performed an open-heart surgery on a three-week old infant who was …

Researchers found that children in primary school need to be educated about the risks of starting pot smoking, especially now that the potency is much greater than it was in decades past and that public acceptance is being spurred by legalisation in many places. People who start smoking marijuana in …

A recent analysis of health data from almost 100,000 veterans, both with and without HIV infection, found that within normal ranges, higher levels of bilirubin in the blood were associated with lower rates of heart failure, heart attack and stroke. Bilirubin, a natural antioxidant, may help improve your cardiovascular health, …

UV damage goes beyond surface tan, burns and wrinkles to cellular DNA mutations that lead to skin cancer. Ageing affects all living things and leads to diseases that eventually kill us. It’s not surprising then that there’s a global race to develop anti-ageing treatments to slow, halt or reverse biological …

The researchers found that Vitamin D in cells and mouse models can be beneficial in treating damaged beta cells. They also provided new insights about gene regulation that could be applied to developing treatments for other diseases, including cancer. Enhanced activation of Vitamin D by protecting beta cells may be …

People with cancer have an increased risk of developing blood clots, with roughly one in five experiencing venous thromboembolism (VTE) — either a blood clot in a deep vein or a condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot. Taking oral drugs …

The team included critical care specialists, professor Anjan Trikha and Dr Manpreet Kaur, and professor of surgery, Dr Biplab Mishra. Doctors at AIIMS-Delhi have successfully performed a hip joint replacement surgery using a 3D printed medical implant. A multi-disciplinary team of doctors, including orthopaedic and vascular surgeons and critical care …

Social media use can provide important information on the mental health of adolescents, including their own descriptions of their experiences. The purpose of this study was to analyse the patterns of social media posting describing depressive symptoms among an at-risk cohort of adolescents at two time points. Adolescents who are …

The study also indicated that nearly a quarter of dengue virus transmission is the result of mosquitoes biting those already infected before the onset of symptoms. By the time those symptoms appear, the opportunity to prevent the virus from spreading has passed. Seems like, a specific kind of people is …

Poor diet generates a larger burden of disease than the other three risk factors combined. It accounts for an estimated 11.3 million deaths annually, compared with 2.1 million for low physical activity, 6.1 million for tobacco smoke and 3.1 million for alcohol and drug use. Saturated fatty acids (SAFs) that …