Yoga can improve rheumatoid arthritis patients’ health: AIIMS study

Yoga can improve rheumatoid arthritis patients’ health: AIIMS study

New Delhi: Yoga can significantly improve the health of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, showed a new study conducted by AIIMS Delhi. RA is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the joints. It causes joint damage and pain and can affect other organ system as well like lungs, heart and brain. Traditionally, yoga has …

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Breast Cancer in Teenager Highlights Importance of Timely Detection, Here’s What AIIMS Doctor Suggests

Breast Cancer in Teenager Highlights Importance of Timely Detection, Here’s What AIIMS Doctor Suggests

Last Updated: July 04, 2024, 13:15 IST Instances of such early-onset breast cancer are not uncommon in specialised hospitals like AIIMS. (Getty) Dr Rath emphasised the criticality of early detection, stating that while breast cancer cannot be prevented, early detection leads to successful treatment in 95 percent of cases. Recently, a 14-year-old girl from Uttar …

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Shashi Tharoor vs Rajeev Chandrasekhar over Kerala AIIMS promise: ‘Smooth-talking, lying type’ | Latest News India

Shashi Tharoor vs Rajeev Chandrasekhar over Kerala AIIMS promise: ‘Smooth-talking, lying type’ | Latest News India

A war of words has erupted between Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar over the location of a proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kerala. Shashi Tharoor, who secured a fourth term as an MP by defeating Chandrasekhar from Thiruvananthapuram in the Lok Sabha elections, asserted that no …

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Significant risk found even in primary dengue infection, says study

Significant risk found even in primary dengue infection, says study

Primary dengue virus infections constitute a substantial fraction of severe disease cases and fatalities, states a new published study questioning the currently widely held belief that severe dengue disease is mainly due to secondary dengue infections. Dengue is a viral infection caused by the dengue virus (DENV), transmitted to humans through the bite of infected …

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War in Ukraine snaps supply of rare cancer treatment molecule

War in Ukraine snaps supply of rare cancer treatment molecule

New Delhi: The war in Ukraine has snapped imports of a key radioactive isotope used in advanced cancer treatment, prompting top medical institutions in the country to look for less effective alternatives. For more than a year, there has been no import of Actinium-225, which used to come from Russia via Germany, said Dr C.S. …

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Mint Primer: Can brain-tech treat paralysis, mental illness?

Mint Primer: Can brain-tech treat paralysis, mental illness?

What does Neuralink want to achieve? Neuralink’s brain-computer interface is based on a tiny chip that will be surgically implanted in the brain. This chip will be implanted in an area of the brain that controls neural impulses for movement. Once inserted, this chip will read and wirelessly transmit the brain’s impulses to an app …

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