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Kolkata. As per a report in the Times of India, Kolkata's Institute of Child Health (ICH) has reported a concerning increase in Guillain-Barre (GB) syndrome cases among children. In the past six weeks, the hospital has identified around 10 cases of this rare neurological disorder, which causes body paralysis due to the immune system's response. Sadly, one child has already succumbed to the disease.

Boston University have used a soft, wearable robot to help a person living with Parkinson's walk without freezing. As explained by the researchers, freezing is one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than nine million people globally.

awake brain surgery. This pioneering procedure took place at AIIMS Delhi, where doctors performed an awake craniotomy to carefully remove a brain tumor located in the left perisylvian intraaxial region, as shared in AIIMS's recent announcement. Awake craniotomy is a very advanced way of doing brain surgery where the patient stays awake and responsive throughout the entire operation.

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, an accused in the alleged fraud of Rs 538 crore at Canara Bank, on Saturday told a special court here with "folded hands" that he had «lost every hope of life» and it will be «better if he dies in jail» than living in his present condition. The septuagenarian, who turned teary-eyed, submitted that he misses his wife Anita very badly and said she is in the advanced stage of cancer, according to court records. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Goyal on September 1 last year in connection with the alleged bank fraud.

healthcare startup CureBay has raised around Rs 62 crore in a funding round led by existing investor Elevar Equity. The funding round also saw participation from CureBay founders and some of the leadership team members.

pharmaceutical companies must meet new manufacturing standards this year, according to a government notification released on Saturday, although small companies have asked for a delay, citing their debt load. Jolted by a string of overseas deaths linked to Indian-made drugs since 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has stepped up scrutiny of pharmaceutical factories to clean up the image of the $50 billion industry. «The manufacturer must assume responsibility for the quality of the pharmaceutical products to ensure that they are fit for their intended use, comply with the requirements of the licence and do not place patients at risk due to inadequate safety, quality or efficacy,» said the notification, dated Dec. 28. Companies must market a finished product only after getting «satisfactory results» on tests of the ingredients and retain a sufficient quantity of the samples of intermediate and final products to allow repeated testing or verification of a batch, it says. The health ministry said in August that inspections of 162 drug factories since December 2022 found an «absence of testing of incoming raw materials».

Covid Sub-Variant JN.1: Odisha reports 2 fresh cases amid surge. 10 Updates Meanwhile, the Karnataka government made the Covid test mandatory for those with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI). According to Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, "More than 7,000 tests are being done every day and the COVID Positivity Rate is 3.82 per cent.

Karnataka makes Covid test mandatory for patients with respiratory illnesses Singapore's OneCare Medical also saw Covid-19 cases stabilising across its 38 clinics. It said cases are less likely to go up significantly again in the near term. “We feel that the ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) has already peaked, so we should see the numbers stabilise and probably slowly come down over the next few weeks, back to the usual baseline numbers," CNA quoted CEO of OneCare Medical Dr Jimmy Chew.

patients die from a side-effect you've likely never heard of: cancer cachexia. With cachexia, a patient loses a significant amount of weight due to their disease, with considerable losses of muscle mass. Muscle plays essential roles in movement, exercise and metabolism. Simple things like walking up the stairs, doing laundry and taking a breath are only possible because of muscles. Despite the significance of cachexia for cancer patients, there has been very little progress in treating the condition.

Eli Lilly has launched a unique website to connect U.S. patients seeking obesity treatment to doctors, dieticians and its new weight-loss drug, Zepbound

Federal officials have cleared the way for Florida to begin importing cheaper prescription drugs from Canada

Global Health (Medanta) saw gains of more than 3% in the intraday trades as it scaled 52 highs on Friday. The stock price has more than doubled in last one year The hospital stocks are seeing positive outlook led by pick up in occupancy, rising indoor patient turnover, higher number of surgeries and expansions.

Covid-19 updates LIVE 1. As reported by ANI, the cases of the JN.1 sub-variant were identified in Sundargarh and Bhubaneswar in Odisha. Notably, one of the patients has fully recovered, while the other is currently undergoing treatment.

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Close family members of the Afzaals, the Muslim family murdered by Nathaniel Veltman in a vehicle attack, are sharing stories of loss, grief, and pain but also of faith and resilience at a sentencing hearing in London, Ont.

Quadria Capital, the Asia healthcare-focused private equity fund, is in advanced talks to acquire a significant minority stake in India's largest dialysis chain NephroPlus, valuing the latter at ₹2,000 crore ($250 million), said two sources aware of the development. Existing investors — the US-based Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) — will exit fully by selling about 30% stake together, while the largest shareholder Investcorp is likely to sell a small stake in this round, said sources. Investcorp owns about 35-40% stake in NephroPlus.

Thousands of doctors have walked off their jobs in Britain at the start of a six-day strike that's set to be the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service

Walgreens is chopping its dividend nearly in half as the drugstore chain looks to strengthen its balance sheet

Check all the LIVE updates on COVID-19 hereHealth departments have formed teams and are actively monitoring the seven checkpoints situated in the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border region to stop the spread of the emergence of coronavirus and sub-variant JN.1.Under the directions of District Collector M Aruna and the leadership of Nilgiris District Health Department Sub-Director Baluswamy, the medical and health departments have been divided into teams and are engaged in intensive surveillance work at seven checkpoints located in the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border region to prevent the spread of disease in the regions.As many as 131 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Maharashtra on Sunday, the health department said.However, the number of patients infected with the JN.1 variant remains at 10.According to the Public Health Department of Maharashtra, 80,23,576 COVID-19 patients have been discharged after full recovery.The recovery rate in the state is 98.17 per cent, while the case fatality rate in the state is 1.81 per cent. Out of 8,76,33,748 laboratory samples, 81,72,836 have tested positive (9.33 per cent) for COVID-19 until today.Uttarakhand has reported two COVID-19 cases, said authorities.A 77-year-old man admitted to Max Hospital, Dehradun came positive on Saturday, while the corona report of a 72-year-old female patient came positive on Sunday.To identify the new variant of Covid, JN.1, samples of both infected patients have been sent for genome sequencing.

A New Brunswick man who spent five days at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, N.B., with pneumonia says he saw first-hand the ongoing impact of the health-care crisis in the province.“I saw nurses, doctors, and all other hospital workers try their best to keep a semblance of some sort of health care going,” Tim Brooks wrote in a post on Facebook.“Their frustration was visible and at times they couldn’t contain it, but their dedication never wavered.”He said he shared what he saw and heard because he wants people to know the impact and the strain the New Brunswick health-care system is under.He went to the ER, while visiting his family for the holidays, on Dec. 27, 2023, showing signs of a respiratory illness with no improvement.

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