WHO launches bid to tackle inequalities behind global breast cancer threat
Each year, more than 2.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer, making it the most common cancer in the world affecting all adults, according to WHO. AMN WHO NEWS…
Cancer rates set to rise 77 per cent by 2050
AMN / UN NEWS Global cancer cases are expected to rise around 77 per cent by the middle of the century, UN health authorities said, highlighting the growing burden of…
AIIMS launches AI-based platform for early cancer detection
iOncology.ai is focused on early detection of breast and ovarian cancers. In a groundbreaking collaboration between AIIMS, New Delhi, and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Pune, a…
Diabetic Nephropathy: Could Thiamine be the Remedy?
BY Dr Suneet Kumar Verma, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Alchemist Hospital, Panchkula, & Sparsh Clinic, Zirakpur, India; and Dr Sanjay Kalra, DM (AIIMS); Imm. Past President SAFES, Bharti Hospital, Karnal,…
Single-dose Typhoid Vaccine Shows Long-Term Effectiveness in Kids: Study
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicines Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (UMSOM) and the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW) Clinical Research…
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to CVD in Youth: Study
A recent publication in the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation suggested that serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25D) levels may serve as an indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in healthy young adults.…
Assam: 100 bedded Yoga & Naturopathy Hospital to come up in Dibrugarh
AMN / Dibrugarh The Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal along with the Chief Minister of Assam, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone…
Journey of a TB survivor from pain to strength
SHOBHA SHUKLA, KALPANA ACHARYA Immortal words of Leonard Cohen, “there is a crack in everything, that is how the light gets in,” best sum up the transformative journey from pain…
Telangana: Over Rs 7 crore worth spurious & unlicensed drugs seized
AMN / WEB DESK The Drug Control Administration (DCA) has found that spurious drugs are flooding the market in Telengana during its special drive that is being carried to check…
The impact of high and low BMI on respiratory well-being: Study
HEALTH DESK A study published in Scientific Reports revealed that individuals with either high or low body mass index (BMI) face an elevated risk of respiratory symptoms and diseases compared…