Category: health

  The campus aims to train 100,000 yoga teachers annually through structured yogic education Bengaluru, India | Mar 09— Akshar Yoga Kendraa has announced the launch of PURANTHA, a Himalayan-origin centre dedicated to advanced yoga and spiritual science. Conceptualised under the vision of Himalayan Siddhaa Akshar, the new campus has…

Mumbai, March 06: Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital has launched ‘Gift Clear Vision to Her’, a nationwide initiative aimed at providing free eye check-ups and consultations to one million women through its 280+ eye hospitals and vision care centres across the country. The campaign addresses a critical concern, as women in India often prioritise caregiving and family responsibilities over…

Mar 6: Wockhardt Hospitals successfully concluded its month-long women’s empowerment initiative, “I Am Fearless: Her Health, Her Strength,” witnessing enthusiastic participation from over 1,800 staff members across its centres in Mumbai Central, Mira Road, Nagpur, and Rajkot, along with impactful community outreach programmes.  Celebrating International Women’s Day through its annual…

Florida State University researchers have demonstrated that significantly increasing dietary folic acid in mice can prevent peripheral neuropathy, a condition commonly associated with diabetes and other health issues. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, not only provides additional evidence that certain nutrients can help…

Urban,  Ill: Fried foods are popular with consumers, but their high fat content can contribute to health challenges like obesity and hypertension. If the food industry can offer lower-fat options of similar quality, people can more easily make health-conscious food choices. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have explored microwave frying…

  Mar 04: The continuous movement of the vocal cords weakens and eventually stops as laryngeal cancer progresses. Researchers have, for the first time, discovered that restoring cellular vibration reduces the aggressiveness of advanced vocal cord cancer. When cancer cells were exposed to sound-wave vibration, a protein that promotes cancer…

Chennai, March 3: Strengthening their position as Centres of Excellence in Precision Oncology in the city, MGM Cancer Institute and MGM Healthcare Malar, Adyar have successfully administered Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy (CAR-T Cell Therapy), a next-generation cell-based immunotherapy, saving the lives of two elderly patients with aggressive cancers after…

Aster Volunteers and Varghese Moolan Foundation Launch 5th Phase of ‘Spandanam’ to Provide Free Heart Surgeries for Underprivileged Children Kochi, Mar 02: Aster Medcity, in collaboration with Aster Volunteers and the Varghese Moolan Foundation, successfully launched the fifth phase of the Spandanam – Touch A Heart initiative, providing free cardiac…

A new study published in JAMA Network Open reveals that participation in emergency department-based clinical trials delivers substantial benefits that extend far beyond improved patient outcomes. The study, co-led by Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, Albert E. Kent Professor of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, offers compelling evidence that…

Pune, Feb 26: Doctors at Manipal Hospital Kharadi successfully treated a 70-year-old gentleman who developed life-threatening urinary bleeding just three days after undergoing cardiac angioplasty. The patient had been evaluated for ECG changes during a routine cardiology check-up and underwent a successful angioplasty. The patient was started on dual antiplatelet…