Medically Speaking

Balanced diet: Healthy eating improves quality of life

01 Aug 2020 04:07 AM IST

Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the food you love. A good diet can improve all aspects of life; it is about feeling great, having more energy, improving your mental health, stabilising your mood. The foods you eat have huge effects

Don’t let your guard down, Covid can return: AIIMS Director

25 Jul 2020 06:35 AM IST

Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Delhi, says there has been no community spread in India yet, but corona cases can spike if precautionary guidelines are not followed.

India to get Covid vaccine by early 2021, frontline workers will be first priority: Adar Poonawala

25 Jul 2020 06:34 AM IST

The Serum Institute of India CEO, in an exclusive interview, says the company plans to manufacture 300-400 million doses of Covishield by the end of the year, and would like to keep its price under Rs 1,000 initially.

How to overcome back and neck pain during pandemic

25 Jul 2020 06:34 AM IST

In the time of coronavirus pandemic, our physical activities have become restricted while work from home has increased for many. The time spent on mobile phones, social media, television and computers have also considerably extended. This has consequently led to strained back and neck. Nowadays, neck pain is emerging as

Health Ministry warns against the use of N-95 masks

25 Jul 2020 06:33 AM IST

The Director-General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, in a letter to all states and Union Territories have warned against the “use of N95 masks”, especially the use of valved respirator, as these masks do not prevent the spread of the virus and is detrimental to the measures adopted. Dr

Covid-19 is not an airborne disease, says Dr David Nabarro

18 Jul 2020 06:22 AM IST

World Health Organization’s special envoy for Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, says that air is not the primary mode of coronavirus transmission and there is not enough evidence to suggest the same.

SARS-CoV-2: Super mysterious virus causing big damage

18 Jul 2020 06:22 AM IST

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) looks like a super mysterious virus throwing googlies even after six months of the pandemic. We as pulmonologists imagine lung fibrosis to happen in chronic phase (after weeks) of any pneumonia or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Some of the observations based

Covid and after: Is India prepared for mental health pandemic?

18 Jul 2020 06:22 AM IST

The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically transformed our spiritual (internal) and worldly (external) lives forever. This sudden and unprecedented change poses a difficult challenge for individuals to adapt and move forward. As an evolving disease, the perception of Covid-19 as a primary respiratory illness is transforming into a multi-system disease that

3mn kids won’t be vaccinated due to Covid, warns WHO

18 Jul 2020 06:20 AM IST

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have warned that around 2-3 million children across the world may miss life-saving vaccines and immunisation programmes around the world due to disruptions caused by Covid-19. These vaccines are used to protect children against life-threatening diseases such as measles, smallpox, DTP3, among others.

IMA’s red alert after 99 doctors die due to corona

18 Jul 2020 06:20 AM IST

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has issued a red alert after data showed that 99 doctors lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection. It also found out that out of 1,302 doctors who were infected with coronavirus, most of them were above 50 years of age. IMA said: “Doctors need

CSIR to start study on whether coronavirus is airborne or not

18 Jul 2020 06:20 AM IST

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that coronavirus is not an airborne disease and mostly spreads through respiratory droplets and most droplets do not travel further than one metre. It has further said that there is a possibility that in some settings, very small droplets may carry virus further

Brain tumour: Myths vs facts

11 Jul 2020 06:08 AM IST

Today, the cases of brain tumour are no longer uncommon. There has been an increase in incidents of brain tumour cases in India with around 40,000 to 50,000 cases diagnosed every year. However, it is important to understand that many brain tumours can be treated and on numerous occasions, multi