Unhealthy countryside
It was once associated with the rich and urban. Today, hypertension is fast spreading in rural India. This is a cause for concern because …
Living in Nairobi’s slums is tough — residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high BP than those in rural areas
Low socio-economic status of the slum residents, coupled with high medication prices and limited treatment aggravate the crisis
47 per cent blood banks in Delhi do not have licences; some for years
Two blood banks were found to have been functioning without renewing licence for more than four years
Every year 2,000 people are transfused with HIV-infected blood
While there are stringent laws to regulate blood banks, such incidents are still happening
Awareness about hypertension very low: Study
The study found that efforts to tackle hypertension are lacking in all aspects, from screening for the condition and providing diagnosis to the …
Gay, bisexual and pansexual men can now donate blood in US
FDA updates discriminatory guidelines; new set of risk-based rules in place applicable on all prospective donors
COVID-19 in Africa: Drop in blood donations threat to maternal health, says WHO
In 2017, maternal deaths in sub-Sahara Africa accounted for 66% of the 303,000 maternal deaths recorded globally
Extremely tiny gold nanorattle may help detect serotonin levels instantly
A group of researchers has developed a nanotechnology-based biosensor for detection of serotonin in blood and urine
Mystery solved: When mammals’ ancestors became warm-blooded
Endothermy developed in mammalian ancestors about 233 million years ago during the Late Triassic period
Bloody charges
Fresh charges levelled against some French scientists and politicians for allowing untreated blood transfusion have taken the country by storm
Matter of blood
Surgeries that are planned in advance, may soon be performed without the need for blood transfusions
Blood tests for Alzheimer’s: Two experts on why new studies are encouraging
Blood tests to measure amyloid protein, and possibly tau protein, are becoming much more sensitive and reliable enough to become routine aids in …
What happens to your body in a heatstroke?
Here are all the symptoms to help you identify a heatstroke if you or anyone around you has one and what should you do to treat it
Indian scientists closer to a new treatment for blood cancer
The new drug can kill over 70 per cent blood cancer cells in a petri dish in 48 hours at an extremely low concentration
Venting the spleen
A new drug will reduce the agony and the costs of treating thalassaemia, a hereditary blood disorder
Parasite expunger
Scientists claim to have identified the constituent of human blood that destroys a parasite which plays havoc with livestock
Bloody crisis
Awareness about the various techniques and voluntary blood donors can reduce the shortage of blood supply in Delhil
New blood in old veins
As if by magic, scientists turn brain cells into blood: an achievement that could let cells develop their own tissues
Over 80% hypertension patients live in low- and middle-income countries
Treatment and control rates in Nepal, Indonesia and several countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania were particularly low
How changing blood pressure targets in South Africa could save costs and lives
The level is determined from information collected in the United Kingdom or United States which have very different living conditions
Vitamin deficiency widespread among healthy looking urban Indians
Hyderabad scientists find that 46 per cent of their sample size of healthy adults had vitamin B2 and B6 deficiencies
Accuracy of non-invasive blood tests depends on skin type: study
The optical properties of the skin significantly affect signals in the non-invasive devices and therefore measurements must consider skin …
Despite huge cancer burden, India has only 0.4 million blood stem cell donors
The demand and supply gap is widening as people don’t register themselves as donors due to lack of awareness about the issue
The clot and the pill
Women using latest versions of birth control pills stand a higher risk of developing blood clots
HIV fears
HIV -infected persons with low virus levels in their blood are less likely to pass the virus to partners