Tag: Treatment

Balasore: A five-year-old girl is now battling for survival every minute while her parents are running from pillar to post to seek financial assistance for treatment in Balasore. Gayatri, the younger daughter of Prakash Patra and Nibedita Patra of Padmapur village in Sadar block here is suffering from a medical condition in which her head […]

New York: Total global spending on cancer medicines including therapeutic treatments and supportive care have reached the $100-billion threshold in 2014, says a report. The report is relesed by IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, a leading global information and technology services company. Earlier diagnosis, longer treatment duration and increased effectiveness of drug therapies are contributing […]

In a bid to find a longer, healthier life, scientists have developed a new treatment to extend telomeres -- protective "end caps" for chromosomes that help keep DNA healthy -- to slow the process of cell ageing

New York: Researchers have identified a gene that could provide a new target for developing medication to prevent and treat alcoholism, according to a new study on mice. Researchers at Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) in the US discovered a gene that had lower expression in the brains of non-human primates which voluntarily consumed […]

New York: Researchers have developed a novel and safe treatment for autoimmune diseases including Type-1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis (MS) that arise when the body’s immune cells attack itself. Current treatments eliminate these misfunctioning immune cells, but also destroy normal, protective immune cells, leaving patients susceptible to immune deficiency and opportunistic infections. The new approach, […]

Sambalpur: A youth received critical injuries after he was shot at in Rengali area of Sambalpur district on Friday. The injured, Amar Barik, was trying to resolve a dispute between two persons when he was attacked. After receiving bullet injuries in his left thigh, he was admitted to VIMSAR Hospital in Burla for treatment. As […]

Puri: A youth suffered critical injuries after four bike-borne miscreants hurled bombs at him near Baselisahi area of Puri district today. The injured, Sibaram Patra is now undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital. According to Patra, four were involved in the attack while he could identity only one of them. “The accused Dama came […]

Angul: Helpless parent of a sick three-year-old sick girl in the district finally get a ray of hope after their daughter gets set for treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi following intervention of Union Minster Dharmendra Pradhan and Sambalpur MP Nitesh Gangadeb. The girl, Rishna Pradhan of Hemasurpada village […]

Bhadrak: For Mamata Palei, a resident of Dohorapatna village under Chandbali block in Bhadrak, life has turned into a living hell due to alleged medical negligence. As per reports, due to financial constraints and having given birth to two children already, Mamata decided to go for a sterilization surgery with her husband’s consent, and was […]

New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director Balrama Bhargava recommended using Hydroxychloroquine for treatment of healthcare workers engaged in tackling the suspected as well as confirmed cases of coronavirus. The medicine is also effective in COVID-19 treatment of the asymptomatic household contacts of the lab-confirmed cases. The treatment protocol recommended by the National […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said the State government will make available to the people the best possible treatment, accessible anywhere in the world, free of cost to cure them of COVID-19. Patnaik assured the state legislators while addressing them for the first time in a video conference workshop on sensitisation of […]

Bhubaneswar: Facts obtained through a RTI application has raised serious question marks over the Covid-19 expenditure policy of the State Government. As per the disclosures, the State Government has no clear answer regarding the amount incurred on Covid-19 treatment and how much the private Covid hospitals are charging from the patients. The State Government could […]