Healthcare: Largest Scheme in India
Ayushman Bharat aims to cover over 10 crore families with a comprehensive health coverage of up to 5 lakh per family per year. The scheme is set to be the world’s largest healthcare programme.
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Women with Gestational Diabetes More Likely To Develop Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
Gestational diabetes may predispose women to early-stage kidney damage, a precursor to chronic kidney disease, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The study appears in Diabetes Care
California's Physician-assisted Suicide Law Altered
A California judge on Tuesday overturned the state's physician-assisted suicide statute, ruling that lawmakers did not have the authority to pass it during a special session convened to take up health care legislation.
Promising Approach for Chikungunya Cure
Scientists have identified a molecule found on human cells and some animal cells that could be a useful target for drugs against chikungunya virus infection and related diseases, according to new research published in the journal Nature.
A team led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis conducted the research, which was funded in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
A New Bioengineered Gel Regrows Brain Tissue After Stroke
In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains, UCLA researchers report in the May 21 issue of Nature Materials
Guidelines For A Serious Form Of Skin Cancer
In a new study, researchers have developed updated guidelines for classifying a serious form of skin cancer called invasive melanoma. The American Joint Committee on Cancer, an organization that provides information on "cancer staging," or the severity of individual cases of cancer, recently updated its guidelines for melanoma. The researchers found that when pathologists used the new guidelines for cases of early-stage invasive melanoma, they agreed with an expert-defined diagnosis 10% more often. The study was published in the JAMA Network Open.
Blue Dye tablet Aid Early Detection During Colonoscopy
Ingestion of a blue dye tablet during bowel prep for colonoscopy could be a significant advance in the early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). The blue dye increased adenoma detection rate (ADR) by nearly 9%.
Air Pollution: Ill Effects Reduced With the Use of Mediterranean Diet
Eating a Mediterranean diet may protect people from some of the harm of long-term exposure to air pollution, and reduce their risk of dying from heart attacks, stroke and other causes of death, according to new research.
Research Describes Concerning Childbirth Trends
New research from La Trobe University has raised concern about the number of Victorian women suffering potentially dangerous levels of blood loss after childbirth
Irregular Fasting May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
According to a study, researchers determined that fasting every other day to lose weight impairs the action of the sugar-regulating hormone, insulin, which may increase diabetes risk. These findings suggest that fasting-based diets may be associated with long-term health risks and careful consideration should be made before starting such weight loss programs.
Prescriptions for Newer Antiplatelet Agents Go Unfilled
Prescriptions for the P2Y12 inhibitors prasugrel hydrochloride and ticagrelor hydrochloride after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are outpacing those for clopidogrel, but many patients are not filling those prescriptions, researchers report.
Novel Approach Against HIV transmission
Scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a new tool to protect women from HIV infection. The tool, a vaginal implant, decreases the number of cells that the HIV virus can target in a woman's genital tract. Unlike conventional methods of HIV prevention, such as condoms or anti-HIV drugs, the implant takes advantage of some people's natural immunity to the virus.