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• Understanding the reasons for an increase in breast cancer among young people and how it can be prevented

  Policy and governance play crucial roles in addressing the rise in breast cancer among young people. Governments and healthcare institutions must prioritize comprehensive policies aimed at promoting awareness, prevention, and early detection programs. These policies should encompass educational campaigns targeting both the general population and healthcare professionals to enhance understanding of risk factors, symptoms, and screening protocols.

  

• 18 per cent of India's population requires assistive care solutions, says former DGHS

  ​​​​The experts at a session on 'Growing Need for Assistive Technologies' at the 8th National Health Writers and Influencers Convention, held at AIIMS, asserted that India has a huge and growing demand for assistive technologies (ATs) to help about 250 million people who need them to cope with disabilities, ageing or chronic illnesses.

  

• Union ayush and health ministers to announce multi-centre clinical trial on anaemia

  The research study on anaemia has been titled "Efficacy and safety of Punarnavadi Mandura alone and in combination with Drakshavaleha compared to iron folic acid in the treatment of moderate iron deficiency anaemia among non-pregnant women of reproductive age group: a community-based three-arm multi-centre randomised controlled trial.

  

• Alkem Laboratories Raises Awareness of Rare Lung Diseases on World Rare Disease Day 2024

  Rare diseases present a significant health challenge globally, affecting an estimated 3.5-5.9% of the world's population, which corresponds to 263 to 446 million people worldwide. However, an estimated 72 to 96 million people in India suffer from rare diseases.[1],2 The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) maintains the National Registry for Rare Diseases, which collects epidemiological data on rare diseases. Until October 31, 2021, 4,001 rare disease cases had been identified.3

  

• Monkey fever claims one more life in Karnataka, takes death toll in state to 4 since Jan.

  According to the latest data shared by the health department, a total of 4,641 tests have been done from January one to February 25, of which positive cases stand at 120. As many as 95 people have been discharged. As on date, there are 22 active cases.

  

• Govt panel to review if nutraceuticals should be brought under CDSCO

  The sources said that the challenges in uniform implementation and enforcement, interchangeable usage of the same nutrient/ingredient at different doses for pharma and nutraceutical use and overlap in phylactic and therapeutic usage along with disease risk reduction claims were discussed with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) officials in a recent meeting.

  

• Global Sustainability Alliance experts express concern over India's growing cancer rates

  I​​​​n India, an estimated 1.4 million cancer cases were recorded in the same year, while one in nine citizens could develop cancer in their lifetime. Tobacco-related cancers accounted for 27% of the country's cancer burden in 2020, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research. While WHO applauds the county's tobacco control polices, India remains the second largest consumer & producer of tobacco.

  

• Karnataka ties up with Hyderabad-based firm for 'monkey fever' vax

  ​​"The vaccine that was in use earlier is ineffective now. We have held a discussion with ICMR [Indian Council of Medical Research] for introduction of a new vaccine against KFD. We have tied-up with a Hyderabad-based company to manufacture this new vaccine," the minister told the media in Kundapur. "It may take at least seven to eight months for the company to complete its research [for vaccine manufacture]," he added.

  

• Amrita Hospital Faridabad ties up with IIT Hyderabad to develop new technology in radiation therapy

  Dr Bhaskar Viswanathan, Head of Radiation Oncology Department at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad said, “It is a matter of immense pleasure and pride for us that we have been selected for this grant to indigenously develop robot-assisted ultrasound system for image-guided therapies and hyperthermia for cancer patients. It is a non-invasive technique that uses focused ultrasound waves and has a huge potential in cancer treatment like tumor ablation, mild hyperthermia for radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and motion management during radiation delivery.”

  

• ICMR working on new vaccine for KFD: Health commissioner

  Health minister Dinesh Gundurao said KFD is prevalent only in a few districts and after the recent incident of deaths the health commissioner visited Shivamogga to ensure quick treatment. The vaccine developed for KFD previously is of no use and hence we have requested ICMR for a new vaccine, he said.

  

• COVID cases in India on downward trajectory after uptick in Nov-Dec: Mandaviya

  The cases of the JN.1 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were first reported in the country in November 2023, Mandaviya said in the Lok Sabha in response to a question.