Treatment

Explained: How British scientists cured a man who suffered from COVID for 411 days

The man, who has a weakened immune system due to a kidney transplant, caught COVID-19 in December 2020 and continued to test positive until January this year. However, researchers successfully treated him by analysing the genetic code of his particular virus to find the right treatment

Urinary Tract Infection: Six ways to treat it without medicine

It is believed that cinnamon might have an impact on the bacteria causing UTIs especially in long- term catheter users. This is because of its potential of preventing the bacteria from coating the urinary tract

COVID-19: Treatments for better protection against future variants identified

The study, published in the Journal of Infection, found new combination therapies that are highly effective in cell culture experiments and that may reduce the formation of novel variants

Will tomato flu spread as quickly as COVID-19? How the Centre is gearing up to fight the disease

The disease, believed to be a new variant of the Hand Foot Mouth Disease, is normally seen in children below the age of five. As of date, over 82 cases have been reported from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Haryana, prompting the Centre to issue guidelines to prevent and treat the virus

Findings about Dostarlimab, a new antibody drug, very encouraging, says expert in cancer treatment

According to New York Times, in a small clinical trial, 18 patients took a drug called Dostarlimab for around six months, and in the end, every one of them saw their tumours disappear

Explained: How researchers are trying to design nanoparticles treatments for cancer

While nanomedicine has seen many successes, some researchers have been disappointed by its underwhelming overall performance in cancer

How my F-16 crashed into the cuckoo’s nest: Battling the internal and external demons

More than one in four American adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder. The pandemic has further exacerbated acute mental health crises across the world, failing those citizens who are most in need. In January 2022, I became one of those statistics.

New drug resistant fungus claims 2 lives in Delhi: What you need to know about Aspergillus Lentulus

Both the patients had COPD, and neither of them seemed to respond to the antibiotic or antifungal treatment they were administered. Both died during the treatment.

Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy need timely and affordable pediatric care in India

In July 2021, the government finalised the National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD) in which voluntary crowdfunding for the treatment of rare diseases like SMA was approved.

Difficult to stop antidepressant medications, more than half relapse within a year finds study

While 56 percent of the patients who discontinued their medication relapsed during the study, a sizeable portion did not, including most who remained on their antidepressants.