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Pneumonia, diarrhoea still a big threat: Global study
Ahead of World Pneumonia Day, on November 12, the 2019 Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report Card released by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The report describes progress in fighting pneumonia and diarrhoea in countries with the highest absolute number of deaths, and for the first ..
Topics: Clinical medicine • Diarrhea • Gastroenterology • Infectious diseases • Medical specialties • Medicine • Oral rehydration therapy • Pneumonia • RTT • sanitation • World Pneumonia Day • Zinc deficiency
Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, renowned nephrologist passes away
Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (87) was the renowned nephrologist, immunologist and stem cell researcher. He passed away in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 2nd October 2019. He was an expert in handling kidney transplant surgeries & was awarded Padma Shri in 2015 for his contribution to society as a nephrologist.
Topics: Clinical medicine • Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi • Kidney transplantation • Medical specialties • Medicine • Nephrology • Organ transplantation
2019 edition of World Sickle Cell Day (WSCD)
The World Sickle Cell Day (WSCD) is observed every year on 19th of June to raise public awareness about the sickle cell disease and its treatment methods. Sickle cell disease is an inherited form of anaemia in which red blood cells are not able to carry adequate oxygen throughout the body. Government has organised several ..
Topics: Branches of biology • Clinical medicine • Dominic Eneji • Health in Africa • Hematopathology • Hemoglobins • Medicine • Oxygen therapy • Red blood cell • RTT • Sickle cell disease
India’s first water clinic for elephants opened in Mathura
India has opened its first specialised hydrotherapy treatment center (water clinic) for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments on the banks of the Yamuna in Mathura. It is opened near the Wildlife SOS’ Elephant Conservation and Care Centre (ECCC), which currently houses 20 rescued elephants. The new hydrotherapy jumbo pool is 11-foot-deep ..
Topics: Animals • Clinical medicine • Elephant • Forestry in India • Hydrotherapy • Jumbo • Massage • Medicine • Wildlife SOS
World Liver day observed on 19th April
April 19 is observed as World Liver Day. This day is meant to raise awareness about liver and following a lifestyle which supports liver health. This day is observed to understand importance of liver in human body and how liver ailments can be treated. As per World Health Organisation (WHO), liver diseases are 10th most ..
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Clinical medicine • Hepatology • Infectious causes of cancer • Liver • Liver transplantation • Medical specialties • Medicine • Organs • RTT • The British Liver Trust
IIT Roorkee finds new method to detect breast and ovarian cancer
Researchers at the IIT Roorkee have identified a new method to detect two of the worst forms of cancer in women – breast and ovarian cancer. The research published in the journal, ‘FASEB Bioadvances’ details the use of whole saliva as a body fluid for early detection of breast and ovarian cancers, as opposed to ..
Topics: Biomarkers • Branches of biology • Breast cancer • Cancer • Clinical medicine • Gynaecological cancer • Gynaecology • Medicine • Metastasis • Oncology • Ovarian cancer • RTT