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Study shows acute myeloid leukaemia's epigenetic susceptibility
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a deadly blood cancer that creates an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Because of the bad outcomes of this disease, experts all over the world have been looking for novel strategies to treat AML while still allowing for normal blood development.
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Researchers find protein that helps to suppress tumour growth
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Designing efficient, individualised cancer medicines requires an understanding of how cancer develops. For many years, scientists have understood that certain kinds of gene mutations are the origin of cancer.
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India has provided medicines, vaccines to over 180 countries during COVID-
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"On the occasion of World Health Day, I wish for the health of the whole world. The concept of Vasudev Kutumbakam is our heritage and in this series, the country is fulfilling its responsibility for the world in the health sector under the leadership of Modi ji," Mandaviya said.
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Vigilance, drug inspector raid RMP doctor's house in NTR, seize drugs wort
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Drug Inspector Suresh Kumar said, "The house of RMP K. Nageswara Rao, who runs Adarsha First Aid Clinic, was searched based on a complaint. A total of 68 types of drugs were seized. He was selling the medicines without a licence."
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E-health lowers patient pain, opioids in clinical study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a recent clinical research, an online "e-health" programme helped more persons with chronic pain reduce their opioid medicines and pain intensity than a control group that only received conventional care.
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Prices of 651 essential medicines will go down by 6.73 per cent: Mansukh M
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the prices of 651 essential medicines which were likely to increase by 12 per cent due to rising wholesale price index (WPI) will now witness a reduction in their retail prices by an ave
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Study reveals certain substances in urine, blood may predict kidney diseas
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine discovered that higher levels of certain biomarkers in urine and blood can predict a patient's risk of developing chronic kidney disease in a new study that looked at the long-term effects of hospitalised patients who had acute kidney injury (AKI), a sud
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"Price hike in medicines under Drug Price Control Orders, made during UPA
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Manadaviya, in a series of tweets was replying to Kharge's earlier tweet in which he took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a reported hike in prices of some essential medicines, saying he has taken "supari (contract)" to "pick pockets" of the people.
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Study gives insight into mechanism that fuels antibiotic resistance
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A concern to global health is antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections were blamed for an estimated 1.3 million deaths globally in 2019 alone. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have been examining the mechanism that fuels antibiotic resistance at the molecular
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New medicine found for treatment of heart failure, sleep apnea: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The drug, known as AF-130, was tested in an animal model at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland where researchers found it improved the heart's ability to pump, but, equally important, prevented sleep apnoea, which itself reduces lifespan (see Nature Communications).
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Delhi: Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital starts Bronchoscopy facility to improve p
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
This test is very useful for the diagnosis of many respiratory conditions like cancers, tuberculosis, hemoptysis etc; apart from having therapeutic indications.
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Study suggests new drug for treating heart failure, sleep
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A new medicine is showing promise in treating heart failure, a common ailment linked to sleep apnea and a shorter lifespan.
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