Medically Speaking

TRACE, TEST & TREAT TO OVERCOME SECOND COVID WAVE: IMA

20 Mar 2021 02:50 AM IST

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged everyone to follow the mantra of 3T—Trace, Test and Treatment—to overcome the second Covid wave in the country. In an official statement, the IMA warned against the unscientific drugs and procedures to treat Covid-19, “IMA urges all to come forward with

TWO DOSES OF ASTRAZENECA, COVISHIELD NOT THAT EFFECTIVE: STUDY

20 Mar 2021 02:45 AM IST

A two-dose regimen of the ChAdOx1 (Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine) and Covishield vaccine did not show protection against mild-to-moderate Covid-19 due to the B.1.351 variant, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The findings came from a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, and controlled trial which involved HIV-negative adults

HOW LASIK SURGERY CAN HELP YOU GET RID OF YOUR GLASSES

20 Mar 2021 02:44 AM IST

Wearing glasses is not exactly everyone’s choice. Out of sheer self-consciousness for one’s looks or even discomfort, perhaps more people would like to avoid wearing them than those who would willingly wear the so-called ‘contraption’. In other words, for many, wearing glasses is not cool. Yet, for medical reasons and

Keeping an eye on glaucoma

20 Mar 2021 02:42 AM IST

Be aware of the symptoms of glaucoma and avoid the overuse of steroids and over-the-counter eye drops, suggest top eye specialists and doctors.

DR REDDY’S COMPLETES SPUTNIK VACCINE PHASE-3 TRIALS

18 Mar 2021 03:58 AM IST

New Delhi: Pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd has completed Phase-3 trials of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V. The Phase-3 study of Sputnik V was conducted on about 1,500 subjects as part of the randomised, double-blind, parallel-group and placebo-controlled study in India. The result of trials is expected to come

IMA WELCOMES PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MOVE ON SEPARATE IMS

18 Mar 2021 03:56 AM IST

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has issued a statement on the parliamentary committee move for setting up a separate Indian Medical Services (IMS) cadre in the health sector. “IMA again puts it on record that the IMS will provide the healthcare of our country with due attention and

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GLAUCOMA

18 Mar 2021 03:52 AM IST

Do you know glaucoma or kala-motia is one of the leading causes of blindness? This eye disease is fairly common in adults over 35 years. If diagnosed early, blindness from glaucoma is almost always preventable. Glaucoma afflicts over 60 million people the world over and more than half of them

GLAUCOMA IS A ‘SILENT THIEF’, LEADS TO IRREVERSIBLE BLINDNESS

18 Mar 2021 03:48 AM IST

As we celebrate the World Glaucoma Week from 7-13 March this year, it’s a good time to schedule an appointment for a comprehensive dilated eye examination, if you haven’t undergone that even once. It is imperative that we make it a part of our annual to-do lists. Just like we

How to eat right for a healthy brain

18 Mar 2021 03:46 AM IST

A balanced diet high in micronutrients and healthy fats and low in processed sugar can keep our brains healthy in the long run, suggest top doctors.

MANY COUNTRIES HALT THE USE OF ASTRAZENECA COVID VACCINE

13 Mar 2021 03:29 AM IST

New Delhi: Denmark, Iceland and Norway have stopped administering the shot of AstraZeneca vaccine, while Italy has banned the use of a vaccine as a precaution after some people reported blood clots. The Health authorities in Denmark, Norway and Iceland have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after blood

HOSPITAL, NURSE TOLD TO PAY FOR AMPUTATION OF INFANT’S FINGER

13 Mar 2021 03:27 AM IST

Kannur: The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has held the staff nurse and hospital guilty of medical negligence amounting to deficiency of service for causing an infant’s disability by amputation of index finger and hence directed them to pay compensation to the father of the child. The child was born on

24×7 VACCINATION FACILITY TO BE STARTED IN GURUGRAM

13 Mar 2021 03:26 AM IST

Gurugram: Five Hospitals of Gurugram hospitals are about to introduce 24×7 vaccination facility from 15 March and Gurugram will become the first district to do so. People are being vaccinated on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in government hospitals in Gurugram, while it goes on from Monday to Saturday in