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Ayurveda, Siddha: Can Indian Knowledge Systems be evidence-based?

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Ayurveda, Siddha: Can Indian Knowledge Systems be evidence-based?

Can Indian Systems of Medicine, such as Ayurveda, Siddha, and tribal medicines, be evidence-based? These questions have come to the fore in the Ramdev Baba Coronil dispute, in which an herbal product was claimed to be a cure for COVID-19 without sufficient scientific evidence. Many decades ago, in Vietnam, during the war, more soldiers fighting…

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Is there an emerging threat of drug-resistant fungal infections? The jock itch case study

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Is there an emerging threat of drug-resistant fungal infections? The jock itch case study

The rise of drug-resistant fungal infections, notably Trichophyton indotineae, is emerging as a significant health concern in India. This resilient dermatophyte, linked to the misuse of topical steroids, poses challenges for both patients and healthcare providers.  Imagine battling a skin infection that refuses to heal despite multiple treatments. This is the reality for many who…

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Why NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams may be stuck in space until next year

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Why NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams may be stuck in space until next year

NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule. Do they take a chance and send them home soon in Boeing’s Starliner? Or wait and bring them back next year with SpaceX? Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have…

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ISRO celebrates National Space Day at MBU campus

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ISRO celebrates National Space Day at MBU campus

ISRO Chairman S. Somanath, MBU Chancellor M. Mohan Babu and Pro-Chancellor Vishnu Manchu particpating in the ‘National Space Day’ event in Tirupati on Thursday. Over 1,000 students from across 30 colleges and 25 schools located in the vicinity of Mohan Babu University (MBU) turned attentive, even as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath…

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In its 2024 report, WHO lists over 30 pathogens that could perhaps start the next pandemic

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In its 2024 report, WHO lists over 30 pathogens that could perhaps start the next pandemic

Reminders that Covid-19 has not gone away pop up from time to time, even if the world seems to have moved on. More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Olympics in Paris have tested positive, highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on August 6. And now, the subgenus…

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Behind India’s record performance at International Math Olympiad 2024

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Behind India’s record performance at International Math Olympiad 2024

Mathematics always interested 18-year-old Ananda Bhaduri. Growing up in Guwahati, he spent his formative years learning topics not generally covered in school curricula. Last year, he dove into the expansive archives of mathematics problems on the internet, carefully curating the hardest ones and solving them — sometimes in solitude, at others over online meetings with…

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Scientists find ‘hidden’ hormone keeping mice mothers’ bones healthy

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Scientists find ‘hidden’ hormone keeping mice mothers’ bones healthy

Osteoporosis is a condition in which the body’s bones become weak and brittle. There are more than 10 million cases of osteoporosis every year in India, and it disproportionately affects ageing women more than men. The hormone oestrogen plays a crucial role in this condition because it stimulates the growth and formation of new bone….

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Chandrayaan-3 team, ex-IISc director win national science awards

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Chandrayaan-3 team, ex-IISc director win national science awards

Noted biochemist and former director of the Indian Institute of Science, G. Padmanabhan, was announced as the winner of the Vigyan Ratna. Photo: connect.iisc.ac.in The government has announced the first set of Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, or national awards for scientists, ever since it controversially cut down the number of such awards in 2022. Thirty-three of these…

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Novartis, Viatris face new lawsuit over ‘HeLa’ cell misuse claims

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Novartis, Viatris face new lawsuit over ‘HeLa’ cell misuse claims

This undated image made available by the National Institutes of Health and National Center for Microscopy in August 2013 shows HeLa cells. The cancerous cells, originally taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951 without her knowledge or consent, were the first human cells that could be grown indefinitely in a laboratory | Photo Credit: AP Phamaceutical…

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Pulse oximeters: Does skin colour affect SpO2 measurements?

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Pulse oximeters: Does skin colour affect SpO2 measurements?

A pulse oximeter is placed in the hand of a COVID-19 patient. A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham (UoN) have developed a laboratory-based test to assess the performance of POs under the effects of varying melanin (pigment responsible for colour) concentration and oxygen saturation (SpO2) values. | Photo Credit: File photo Given…

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