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Coimbatore’s First Successful Bone Tumour Surgery Without Amputation: A Nine-Year-Old Girl Beats Cancer
Ewings’ sarcoma is a rare form of bone tumour that usually grows in the cartilage or near the nerves in the pelvic region followed by the femur bone. Though the cause of this type of sarcoma is not evident, it mainly affects people below 20 years of age. Diagnosis can be in the form of CT scans and X-rays that help determine its growth. Fewer than 5000 cases are recorded every year in India.
Intranasal vaccine blocks Covid, stops transmission in animal trials
The researchers found the animals showed complete protection from lung infection, inflammation and lesions following exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The two doses of the vaccine were found to significantly reduce the virus “shedding” from the nose and lungs of the hamsters — suggesting the preventive has the potential to control infection at the site of inoculation, they said.
Kids sick with Covid are filling up hospitals in US
At least 81 children in the US died of Covid between March and July, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many doctors warn that the situation is likely to get worse.Further, Covid infections in kids is coupled with a rise in cases of a respiratory virus known as respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a highly contagious, flu-like illness, that is typically more likely to affect children and older adults. That has shrunk the bed space further in children’s hospitals and expanded on the unrelenting demand on doctors and nurses, the report said.
COVID-19 numbers in SE Asia plateaued over past month mainly due to cases in India remaining stable: WHO
The highest number of new cases were reported from India (278,631 new cases; 20.2 new cases per 100,000; 2 per cent decrease), Indonesia (225,635 new cases; 82.5 new cases per 100,000; 18 per cent decrease), and Thailand (141,191 new cases; 202.3 new cases per 100 000; 20 per cent increase).
In the region, the highest numbers of new deaths were reported from Indonesia (11,373 new deaths; 4.2 new deaths per 100,000; 9 percent decrease), India (3511 new deaths; 0.3 new deaths per 100,000; 8 percent decrease), and Myanmar (2045 new deaths; 3.8 new deaths per 100,000; 22 percent decrease).
A third of India Inc sees deterioration in financial health in June qtr: Report
A falling GST compliance score clearly indicates that the financial health of nearly one-third of businesses being monitored deteriorated in Q1 of FY22, suggesting higher risk levels in the quarter, said Kaushal Sampat, co-founder of Rubix, which is an analytics-based B2B risk management and monitoring platform.
Doctors, public health experts emphasise importance of consumer-friendly food, beverage warning labels
Dr Madhukar Mittal (Additional Professor, Department of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur) stated that the evidence linking consumption of processed and packaged foods high in salt, sugar and fats – otherwise known as nutrients of concern – to diabetes, heart disease and various forms of cancer is irrefutable.
He further stated that “India is fast emerging as the diabetes capital of the world. Obesity is on the rise. The entire food system must act now to safeguard people’s health. The food industry tends to make its food products more palatable by adding excess sugar or salt. As a result, we are consuming unnatural levels of these harmful ingredients – far exceeding the recommended thresholds.”
Covid jabs may not provide absolute protection but reduces risk of death, complications: Soumya Swaminathan
The World Health Organisation’s chief scientist said there will be a need to be on guard in the months to come as well.
Amid decline in Covid cases, patients return to hospitals with requests for elective surgerie
Dr Nitin Arora, senior consultant, general surgery, Paras Healthcare in Gurgaon, said there has been a 200 per cent increase in elective surgeries.
“There is an interesting shift in the demands of patients. Earlier, they would say that we should not discharge them early or before they have fully recovered but now they want a minimum stay in hospital and ask whether the surgery can be done early in the day and they can be discharged before night. We are allowing patients to stay at the hospital for less time,” he said.
Ultra-processed foods comprise 2/3 of calories in children, teen diets: Study
“Some whole-grain breads and dairy foods are ultra-processed, and they’re healthier than other ultra-processed foods. Processing can keep food fresher longer, allows for food fortification and enrichment, and enhances consumer convenience,” said senior and corresponding author Fang Fang Zhang, a nutrition epidemiologist at the Friedman School.
WHO to decide on authorising Indian-made vaccine
Dr. Mariangela Simao, a WHO assistant director-general for vaccines, says the UN health agency’s assessment of the Bharat Biotech vaccine was “quite advanced” and officials hoped for a decision by mid-September.