By Dr. Boppana Sai Madhuri, Consultant, Medical Oncologist, HCG Cancer Center – Vijayawada   Unexpected Diagnosis It often begins with something seemingly insignificant—a small amount of blood in the urine, a sudden need to use the lavatory, or many night time treks to the loo.  Many patients disregard these symptoms as an inconvenience, or age-related weakness. Unfortunately, for some, the …

The Toyota Greater Bengaluru Bidadi Half Marathon 2024, organized by Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) in association with BIA (Bidadi Industries Association) Foundation on March 24 marked the first flagship event of its kind. The run was categorised across 21Km, 10Km and 5Km for the age group 16 years & above and a special category of 3Km for children between 8 …

Reckitt, leading consumer health and Hygiene Company, on Dec 6 announced 15 winners of the second edition of Dettol Hygiene Olympiad. The details of winners are as under :   Position Student District State/UT Level 1 winners (Class 1-2) 1 Somesh Uttarkashi Uttarakhand 2 Roshan Panika Namsai Arunachal Pradesh 3 Avreet Kaur Sirmour Himachal Pradesh Level 2 winners (Class 3-4) 1 …

During a Webinar hosted today, Dr. V. Mohan, Chairman & Chief of Diabetology, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and President, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation spoke about managing diabetes during these COVID-19 times and the lockdown period. During his address, Dr. Mohan stressed on the following aspects of diabetes care vis-à-vis COVID-19… There needs to be preparedness in case one falls ill. …

Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have come up with a recipe for making face masks, termed as TriboE Mask, that can hold electric charges to restrict the entry of infections but interestingly, without any external power. The innovation by Dr. PralaySantra, Dr. Ashutosh Singh, and …

On the occasion of the World Health Day (April 13),  a multilingual online educational resource for kidney patients to combat COVID-19, ‘Know Corona to Defeat Corona’ was released   by Dr. Sanjeev Gulati, Director,  Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj and Dr. Sanjay Pandya, Nephrologist and Chief Mentor – Kidney Education Foundation, Rajkot.  The information provided is authenticated by …