Medically Speaking

IS COVID-19 VACCINE SAFE FOR KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS?

13 Mar 2021 03:23 AM IST

Dr Sunil Prakash, Senior Director & HoD, Nephrology & Renal Transplantation, BLK Super Speciality Hospital spoke about the relation between the Covid-19 vaccine and kidney disease. Q. There is a rising concern in the community of patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) on getting Covid-19 vaccination as raised levels of

Good nutrition and regular tests important for women today: Experts

13 Mar 2021 03:21 AM IST

Changing an unhealthy lifestyle and diet, maintaining good hygiene, getting regular check-ups and increasing awareness of the body’s processes are all good ways for women in India to keep a check on their health, suggest top experts.

KILLER T CELLS MAY PROTECT US FROM NEW VARIANTS OF COVID-19

09 Mar 2021 03:04 AM IST

Neutralising antibodies have been a primary focus for the protection from serious disease and death from Covid-19, and the effectiveness of various vaccines. Neutralizing antibodies are also tested for their effectiveness against emerging mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus), the virus that causes Covid-19. These variants might be partially resistant to

Hearing loss is treatable if detected timely, say doctors

09 Mar 2021 03:01 AM IST

Children can grow up to lead normal lives if hearing disabilities are detected early. For that, a universal screening programme and creating awareness among parents are important initial steps, suggest ENT specialists.

GUIDELINES FOR DM IN MEDICAL GENETICS RELEASED BY NMC

06 Mar 2021 02:19 AM IST

The National Medical Commission has released guidelines for the new competency-based PG training programme for DM in Medical Genetics. This course provides a new opportunity of super specialisation for all those doctors who have completed their PG degree in Medicine, Paediatrics or Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The guidelines include the specific

DELHI HC SEEKS AFFIDAVITS FROM BHARAT BIOTECH AND SII ON CAPACITY

06 Mar 2021 02:17 AM IST

The Delhi High Court has asked Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech to disclose the capacity they have to manufacture Covaxin and Covishield vaccines, respectively. A bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli directed the Centre to explain in its affidavit the reasons

SII WRITES TO PMO ON REFORMS IN DRUG REGULATORY SYSTEM

06 Mar 2021 02:15 AM IST

The world’s largest vaccine production company, Serum Institute of India (SII), has written a letter to the PMO on reforms in the existing drug regulatory system, including allowing companies manufacturing and stockpiling of non-Covid vaccines while undergoing clinical trials. In the letter Prakash Kumar Singh, who is the Director of

THERE’S NO CO-WIN MOBILE APP FOR COVID VACCINE REGISTRATION: R.S. SHARMA

06 Mar 2021 02:14 AM IST

R.S. Sharma, chairman of Empowered Panel for Covid-19 Vaccination and chief of Co-WIN, exclusively spoke to The Sunday Guardian and clarified doubts about Covid-19 vaccine registration and complaints of technical glitches on the portal. Q. What are the problems people are facing? They are not aware and still confused about

Vaccination is important, but more information needed on reactions: Experts

06 Mar 2021 02:10 AM IST

People with a history of serious allergies must undergo evaluation before getting the shots or avoid taking the vaccine, advise top medical experts and doctors.

DELHI DOCTOR PERFORMED ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY ON A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY

04 Mar 2021 02:54 AM IST

A team of surgeons at Indraprastha Apollo led by Dr Noor ul din Malik, Senior Consultant, ENT (Surgery), Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, successfully performed an endoscopic surgery on a 14-year-old boy who had developed a rare tumour (Juvenile Angiofibroma-JA) on his nostrils that was protruding on the external side of his

EQUITABLE ACCESS TO VACCINES WILL HELP CONTAIN PANDEMIC: UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE

04 Mar 2021 02:51 AM IST

Dr Yasmin Ali Haque, the UNICEF representative in India, was at Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune, when the shipment containing 600,000 doses of Covid vaccines left for Ghana. A second shipment of 504,000 doses, sent from Mumbai, landed in Ivory Coast, West Africa, this week. In a candid conversation,

Is Patanjali’s Coronil really the first drug for Covid-19?

04 Mar 2021 02:48 AM IST

Immunity boosters have their benefits but Patanjali’s Coronil should not be marketed as a drug against coronavirus, say the country’s top medical experts.