When you look back at your long and successful career in the field of diagnostics, what are some immediate reflections that comes to mind? When I was about 20 years old, I happened to read a quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “FIND PURPOSE. MEANS WILL FOLLOW.” I believed that this
A Mobile C-Arm is sophisticated medical imaging equipment that finds widespread use in various operating room settings for image guided surgeries. C-Arms are based on X-ray technology and provide high-resolution X-ray images in real time during the surgery to allow medical professionals to precisely carry
A new study published in America reveals that not only does frequent exercise treat depression, it also empowers the mind to change, necessary in the adaptation and learning process. The journal ‘Frontiers in Psychiatry’ published these findings. “Results show how important seemingly simple things like physical
The journal Carcinogenesis, in the UK, just published a study that identifies more evidence to show that cancer patients who consumed peanuts regularly were likely to suffer metastasis. Researchers from the University of Liverpool demonstrated that peanut agglutinin, a carbohydrate binding protein, comes into the bloodstream
Women who suffer from severe follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) deficiency now have a treatment they can try in the form of the Pervogeris®️ Pen by Merck. The Indian arm of the company launched this ground-breaking product in Mumbai on August 9. Women with
As various parts of India record Covid surges, and the government continues to grapple with its end-of-year deadline to vaccinate all adults, celebrities in India and the UK are joining hands in a fund-raising effort through a bi-location concert scheduled for Independence Day on August
A recent study in the Lancet Journal proposes that the risk of heart-attack and stroke is three-times more probable in the two-weeks following a Covid infection. A control group of 348,481 patients were studied in Sweden and the occurrence of myocardial infraction or heart-attack, and
The journal Nature Communications published a study on Friday that claims the level of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 stays stable, or even increases, as long as seven months into infection. Researchers also say that antibodies against the common-cold can also protect from COVID-19. The objective
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya declared through a tweet that India has given approval to Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Meanwhile the company said it was too early to predict by when delivery is possible. Earlier on the large medical conglomerate had applied
The Government of Punjab has announced it will cover eight and a half lakh families of farmers under health insurance for the year 2021-2022. To ease the process the ‘Punjab Mandi Board’ has launched a portal, an unprecedented move. This means farmers don’t need not
