By Dr. Anand N S, Senior Consultant- Bariatric and General Surgery, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal For most of us work means waking up early in the morning, getting dressed in hurry, having quick breakfast or skip it, rush to office, surviving the traffic nuisance and then carry on with office work and head back home. […]
Continuing to extend a helping hand in the time of crisis, Chandigarh University in association with District Administration, Mohali has established Punjab’s largest COVID-19 isolation facility under its CU-AID initiative near its campus in Gharuan. While giving details about the facility, University Chancellor, Satnam Singh Sandhu said, “We have prepared two CU-Isolation Complexes under the guidance of […]
Though it may seem like an apocalypse, social distancing has done immense good for certain aspects of humanity. Apart from giving us all the much-deserved family time, “me” time is a blessing too. Here are some tips and tricks for your quarantine rejuvenation and maintenance of your body. This is the perfect time to declutter your […]
CROMSOURCE, an international contract research organization (CRO) with its global headquarters in Verona, Italy, has announced that it has initiated its first COVID-19 trial on behalf of a European pharmaceutical company. This trial is expected to be performed in Italy, though additional studies are planned by CROMSOURCE for other countries in Europe as well as the United States. “The COVID-19 […]
By Edwina Raj, Senior Dietitian, Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore Do not re-buff your health during the season of pandemic outbreak. You need to remember and work to equip yourself in boosting your immunity and preventing any medical emergencies while hospitals are busy managing to contain the community outbreak. You must be engulfed with the fear […]
n the wake of the on-going coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Aster CMI Hospital and Aster RV Hospital as part of Aster DM healthcare have launched Video Consultation to allow patients to remotely consult with its doctors as per standard working hours of the hospital. The video-consultation service will be available across all key specialities. People can visit the hospital website, register and […]
Deciphering the dynamic that hijacks our health Viruses are hijackers: They take over infected cells’ protein-making machinery, creating new, infectious viral proteins. And can be seen in the current outbreak of coronavirus (COVID 19), successful virus can be very dangerous indeed Dr. Noam Stern-Ginossar and her team in the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Molecular Genetics […]
A computational approach could point toward a future treatment for coronavirus As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, Prof. Sarel Fleishman and his team in the Department of Biomolecular Sciences are deep into planning mode. Using a unique platform developed in their lab, they seek to address the coronavirus problem by designing and testing millions of “nanobodies”—small synthetic […]
Anand, a 49-year old businessman from Mysore walks on his own and has new hope for his life after 11 years having received a 4-month treatment at Bengaluru’s Plexus Neuro and Stem Cell Research Centre. Anand had met with an unfortunate road accident which had a serious impact on his spinal cord resulting in permanent spinal […]
A method of predicting the coronavirus spread, pioneered and developed by Weizmann Institute scientists, may enable the authorities to focus efforts on areas where an outbreak is anticipated – and relieve measures taken in others. Several countries, including India are adopting the new method A method for monitoring, identifying, and predicting the coronavirus’s spread, which […]