Health & Fitness

Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic – Engraving a Niche in Women Healthcare: Dr. Mohil Patel

Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic – Engraving a Niche in Women Healthcare: Dr. Mohil Patel

Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic has completed 5 glorious years of excellence in Women's Healthcare. We take this opportunity to thank all our patients, their relatives, and our well-wishers, without whose support and encouragement, we wouldn't have been able to achieve this milestone. Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic has been operating since July 7, 2017, from a posh and green locality of Nava Naroda Ahmedabad. Ankur Maternity Home & Clinic has 3D/4D Sonography Volusion series ultrasound. There is a well-equipped labor room attached to the major and minor operation theater for any emergency surgery (e.g. Caesarean section). There…
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On World Vitiligo Day 25th June, IADVL (Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists) raises awareness, discuss significance, symptoms and treatment about Vitiligo.

On World Vitiligo Day 25th June, IADVL (Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists) raises awareness, discuss significance, symptoms and treatment about Vitiligo.

Vitiligo is a non-contagious skin disease that causes long-term white patches on the skin. It has certain myths associated around it. Due to social stigma, vitiligo has affected the mental health of many patients and caused low self-esteem & confidence. World Vitiligo Day is observed on 25th June, in memory of late King of Pop Michael Jackson and his struggle with vitiligo. Esteemed members of IADVL MEDIA CELL were involved in increasing and spreading awareness towards the social stigma against Vitiligo through various activities like creating content on social media, youtube and other platforms in form of live videos, blogs,…
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Koraput’s Wild Crops Possess Immense Potential for Nutritional Security & Health Benefits

Koraput’s Wild Crops Possess Immense Potential for Nutritional Security & Health Benefits

Kolkata, West Bengal, (By Partho Burman): Many wild plant species, such as wild fruit, leaf, flower and wild tubers, etcetera are used by rural and tribal populations significantly contributing to their livelihood and nutrition security. Did you know the wild crop species used by different tribal people in Koraput, Odisha has nutritional value and health benefits? “The wild crops are important biodiversity components available from natural habitat, which are neither cultivated nor domesticated. These plants are collected from the forest, for food and medicine by tribal people who developed various processing methods according to their needs,” says Dr. Debabrata Panda, an…
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Nashik is proud to have its alternate medicine practitioner- Sangitaa R Shetye

Nashik is proud to have its alternate medicine practitioner- Sangitaa R Shetye

Nashik, Maharashtra [India]: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their Dreams”, who could justify this more than Sangitaa Shetye herself. Nasik is proud to have Sangitaa Shetye, whose healing modalities for over two decades are an antidote to many of her clientele. From being a certified Clinical hypnotherapist to a Theta Healing Practioner, a renowned Vastu Expert to a Numerology genius, the body energy analyst to a chakra therapist and recently she has also mastered the art of auto writing. She offers a combination of such healing techniques to a wide spectrum of people. Sangitaa’s…
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Scientists devise new strategy for combating fungal eye infection

Scientists devise new strategy for combating fungal eye infection

New Delhi: India has a huge agrarian population, which is very prone to vegetative trauma while farming. Vegetative trauma to the eye is generally caused by infected vegetable matter such as plant leaves and often leads to fungal infection of the cornea in the eyes or fungal keratitis. According to the WHO, fungal keratitis is a leading cause of monocular blindness i.e, blindness in one eye, in the developing world. According to a recent study published in Lancet, the highest annual incidence per 1 lakh people is reported in Southern Asia and India accounts for more than 50% of the…
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StayHappi Generic range of medicines at par in quality with any other best-selling market drug brand

StayHappi Generic range of medicines at par in quality with any other best-selling market drug brand

New Delhi [India]: StayHappi Generic range of medicines is equivalent to branded medicines. They rank high in quality and efficacy with any other best-selling market drug/ brand, available at a relatively lower MRP’s, and are manufactured at WHO GMP certified plants of Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals. This wide range of medicines is cost-effective helps consumers save on their monthly medicine budget. Arushi Jain, Executive Director of StayHappi Pharmacy says, “StayHappi generic medications have gone through testing on many grounds encompassing quality, strength, purity, and potency to show effectiveness before being approved by a list of regulating authorities. We are spread across…
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Study could help unravel mystery of fatty acid accumulation in heart

Study could help unravel mystery of fatty acid accumulation in heart

New Delhi: Fatty acids are formed when the fat in our diet breaks down during digestion. While many of the body’s organs use glucose as their primary energy source, the heart derives most of its required energy (over 70%) from the oxidation of fatty acids. These are crucial for sustaining cardiomyocytes – cardiac muscle cells that control the rhythmic beating of the heart. However, the accumulation of excess fatty acids in cardiomyocytes triggers harmful responses, often leading to severe cardiac diseases. A recent study published in Cell Reports by a team of researchers from India and the US, led by scientists at the Indian…
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Charitable Clinic for Women and Children of Slum areas inaugurated

Charitable Clinic for Women and Children of Slum areas inaugurated

A room Space for the clinic is donated by Richmond School Lions Club of Hyderabad Petals plans to set up more such clinics in different places in the city. Hyderabad, Telangana: Lions Club of Hyderabad Petals, an all women club inaugurated today its Charitable Clinic for Women and Children of less privileged sections at Indiranagar, near Kamalapur in Banjara Hills. The District Governor of International Association of Lions Clubs, Lion Manoj Kumar Rajpurohit of District 320/A  and Ms. Uma Chigurupati, Chairperson, FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) graced and inaugurated the clinic. Speaking on the occasion about the clinic, Lion Manoj Kumar said…
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IIT Delhi launches economical Rapid Antigen Test Kit for COVID-19

IIT Delhi launches economical Rapid Antigen Test Kit for COVID-19

New Delhi: Minister of State for Education Shri Sanjay Dhotre launched a Rapid Antigen Test kit for COVID-19 developed by IIT Delhi. The Rapid Antigen Test kit has been developed by the IIT Delhi researchers led by Dr. Harpal Singh, professor at the Institute’s Centre for Biomedical Engineering. This kit can be used for in vitro qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen. The SARS-CoV-2 Ag Rapid Test is a colloidal gold enhanced double antibody sandwich immunoassay for the qualitative determination of SARS-CoV-2 antigen in human nasal swabs, throat swabs, and deep sputum samples. It is suitable for general population screening and…
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Project Ashray brings smiles back on the faces of 183 patients and their families

Project Ashray brings smiles back on the faces of 183 patients and their families

As it is a purpose-built zero billing medical care facility for early covid patients, it saved Rs 4crore for patients, which otherwise they would have spent in private hospitals. Hyderabad, Telangana: The Project Ashray, the zero billing, purpose-built medical care facility opened last month for Early Stage Covid Patients completes 42 days of yeoman service to the Covid Patients and brings smiles back on the faces of 183 patients it treated and their family members. As this facility was co-anchored by many reputed organizations like Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC),  United Way of Hyderabad,  HYSEA, NASSCOM, TiE-Hyderabad, T-SIG, AMCHAM,…
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