Medically Speaking

Simulation training helps docs perfect complex surgical skills

09 Feb 2022 09:33 AM IST

Simulation-based training led to higher overall proficiency scores than for conventional training, and fewer procedures were required to achieve proficiency in the complex form of the index procedure, with fewer serious complications overall.

Hormone In Brain Senses Isolation, Drives Contact-Seeking Behaviour

09 Feb 2022 08:28 AM IST

The Covid-19 pandemic made everyone well versed with the feelings of loneliness, or perceived social isolation. This was also major stress for those who socialised a lot and increased the risk of various mental and physical health issues such as depression, substance abuse, obesity, and premature death in them. A

Child Masking In Early Pandemic Associated With Reduced Covid-19 Issues

08 Feb 2022 08:08 AM IST

A new study revealed that child care programs in the United States that practiced child masking early in the COVID-19 pandemic (May-June 2020) experienced a 13 per cent reduction in program closure within the following year, and continued child masking throughout the one-year study period was associated with a 14

Widely-Used Hormone Drug Linked To Increased Risk Of Benign Brain Tumour At High Doses: Study

07 Feb 2022 09:01 AM IST

A recent study has found that high doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions like excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer, are linked to an increased risk of meningioma — the most common type of benign brain tumour. The research has been published in

Research finds men at increased risk of anxiety, depression, suicide after breakup

07 Feb 2022 08:56 AM IST

A recent study has revealed that post-breakup; men are at an increased risk of mental-illness, including anxiety, depression and suicide. The study was published in ‘Social Science and Medicine – Qualitative Research in Health’. “Most men experienced the onset or worsening of mental illness symptoms during a distressed relationship or

Study Finds Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To High Severity, Deaths In Covid Patients

07 Feb 2022 08:53 AM IST

It is among the first to analyse vitamin D levels prior to infection, which facilitate a more accurate assessment than during hospitalization, when levels may be lower secondary to the viral illness.

Thermal plant of Panipat continues to cause health hazards

07 Feb 2022 07:32 AM IST

The issue of spreading pollution and causing health hazards by the thermal power plants continues to surface in Haryana for a long time. In this series, it came to light that the thermal plant located in Panipat is adversely affecting the health of people residing in the villages around this

Early Detection Of Cancer: A Veritable Game Changer

04 Feb 2022 08:00 AM IST

Cancer prevention is one of the most important but least emphasised aspects of oncology. Early detection of cancer is a key element of the spectrum of cancer prevention. Over the last century, despite the therapeutic and technological advancements, 80 per cent of the cancers in low-and-middle income countries are invariably

Reflecting On Two Years Of Covid-19 And The Way Forward

04 Feb 2022 07:57 AM IST

Typically, if we have the same (negative) experience repeatedly, it means that we haven’t learnt any lessons from the first or subsequent times. We repeatedly talk about learning from our mistakes; three Covid-19 waves in, I think it’s about time that we flush out the learnings and explore if there’s

Lifestyle changes to reduce cancer risk amid Covid-19

04 Feb 2022 07:55 AM IST

Covid-19 has already brought on enough stress and tension about your health. Add to that having to worry about cancer and you have an anxiety cocktail for yourself. Since the beginning of the pandemic, due to various reasons many cancer patients have not gone for their regular follow-ups or have

Study finds Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to childhood trauma

03 Feb 2022 07:58 AM IST

A new research has found that reluctance or refusal to get jabbed against COVID-19 infection (vaccine hesitancy), may be linked to traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family home. The study has been published in the ‘BMJ Open Journal’. Vaccine hesitancy was

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHRONIC SINUSITIS

03 Feb 2022 07:56 AM IST

We breath predominantly 80% through one nostril and 20% of from other nostril after two to three hours breathing switches, we only notice one nostril congested more when we have cold or nasal congestion, Normally the nose and sinuses produce a more than 500 ml of mucus secretions per day.