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There is an intricate relationship between the viruses and diabetes. A virus is a microscopic organism, which leads to commonly occurring diseases like cold, cough, diarrhoea, and also, diseases like dengue as well. Viral infections are common in young children and the elderly. There are very few medicines that work in viral infections. Diabetes mellitus […]
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A 62-year-old female patient from Sudan presented with Jaundice and initially evaluated in home country. They couldn’t diagnose and just did Endoscopic stent placement. She continued to have symptoms and she was referred to Egypt. Then, she came to India and was successfully treated at the Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road for the cancer of head […]
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Dr Vrishali Patil, the head of the team, said this procedure is path-breaking and history has been made. Speaking to My Medical Mantra, she said, “Meeting the patient, who has undergone pancreas and kindly transplant simultaneously, now gives me a true sense of fulfilment. Before the operation, he had suicidal thoughts but post operation, I […]
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Most people are familiar with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Recently, though, a new type of diabetes has been identified: type 3c diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is where the body’s immune system destroys the insulin producing cells of the pancreas. It usually starts in childhood or early adulthood and almost always needs insulin treatment. […]
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The three-day Asian Endo-ultrasound (EUS) conference that kick-started with a bang on Thursday, it will play host to a number of invitees from India as well as doctors and endoscopists from abroad. Dr Amit Maydeo, organising chairman of the conference and the director of Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences (BIDS), Global Hospital, Mumbai, said, “The idea of the […]
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Researchers at the University of Washington are working on an app that could analyse selfies from your smartphone to detect early signs of pancreatic cancer. The app, called BiliScreen, uses the smartphone’s camera along with a series of algorithms to check for levels of bilirubin in the whites of a person’s eyes. This build-up of […]
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For Borivali couple, it is has become a struggle to keep their one-and-half year old son alive after his pancreas- which produce insulin, the crucial substance for keeping a check on the sugar level-were removed and now he had become dependent on daily insulin shots. Girish Kamble, a pest control worker earns Rs 7,000 per […]
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There are approximately 1.25 cases of Type I diabetes in the United States. But recently, it was announced that there will be an available vaccine to revise the disease. The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin is a vaccine used for tuberculosis patients more than 100 years ago. Some medical experts also use this kind of vaccine to treat […]
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Load up on plant food. Use your gym membership. Apply sunscreen religiously. Steer clear of cigarettes. Taking on healthy behaviours like these is supposed to lower your lifetime cancer risk. Now, along comes a bombshell study that seems to suggest many of these odds-lowering efforts are less impactful than you may have previously thought: The […]
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Mumbai got its third centre for heart transplant after Global Hospitals in Parel acquired license for it. The hospital’s dedicated heart clinic will be headed by Dr Z Hamdulay, Director of Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, and will offer end-to-end customised services to cardiac patients. “With years of experience in dealing with cardiac patients and heart […]
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