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Wilson’s disease drug goes off the shelves

October 4, 2016 SrijitaDisease, Drug, goes, Off, shelves, The, Wilson's

Wilson’s disease drug goes off the shelves A life-saving medicine D-Penicillamine, used in treatment of Wilson’s disease, is unavailable across the country, jeopardising lives of many patients. The shortage, primarily caused because of short supply of raw material used in the drug, prompted the drug regulator to call for an urgent meeting on Friday with five manufacturers of the drug. Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic disorder that prevents the body from getting rid of extra copper. The accumulation of copper may damage liver, brain, kidneys and eyes. D-Penicillamine is…

Poop comes to the rescue of patients

October 4, 2016 Srijitacomes, of, Patients:, Poop, rescue, The, to

Stool transplants are being used to treat those with serious gastro ailments. Three years ago, Manas Shukla was a newly-married 33-year-old ready to enjoy the prime of his life. But a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis left him struggling with bloody diarrhoea several times a day. “It left me weak, depressed and I couldn’t even work properly,” recalls Shukla, who runs his own business in Delhi. Eventually he got relief from a very unlikely source – another man’s poo. Shukla underwent fecal microbiota transplant or FMT. This involves taking one person’s…

BB Cream Versus CC and DD Cream: Whats the Difference?

September 28, 2016 Srijitaand, BB, CC, Cream, DD, Difference, The, Versus, What's

Gone are the days when a pack of foundation was good enough to make your skin look flawless. With the introduction of BB, CC and DD creams, it has become easier to not only even your skin tone within minutes but address a host of beauty woes with an all-in-one solution. BB cream, the first in the alphabetic cream world, was originally formulated in the 1960s in Germany by dermatologist Dr. Christine Schrammek to protect her patients’ skin after facial peels and surgery. 30 years later, BB cream was reintroduced…

Frequent Traveler? Expert Tips On How to Remain Fit On The Go

September 27, 2016 Srijitaexpert, Fit, Frequent, Go, How, On, Remain, The, Tips:, to, Traveler?

Neil Hill, the founder of a world class fitness training programmes Y3T, has literally no time for rest. He keeps an extremely busy schedule, which involves a lot of traveling. Those of you who relentlessly live through the horrors of incessant traveling – and spend more days commuting than resting – would actually realise its aftermath on health. Not only does it mess around with your sleep cycle but also alters the appetite and takes away the time to exercise and remain fit. As Neil Hill got in conversation with…

That Horrible Morning Sickness You’re Having? It’s Actually A Good Sign For The Baby

September 27, 2016 Srijitaa, Actually, baby, for, Good, Having, Horrible, Its, morning, sickness, sign, That, The, you're

The first three months of pregnancy, a time that parenting magazines and Hallmark cards often portray as magnificent and carefree, can actually be a wretched experience for many women. As many as 90 percent of mothers-to-be experience some degree of nausea and vomiting, and scientists have long speculated about what, from an evolutionary standpoint, the function of all that unpleasantness might be. The leading theory has to do with food. The idea, first proposed by physician Ernest Hook at Albany Medical College in 1976, is that a pregnant woman’s sickness…

Accentuate the Positive in Eating

September 25, 2016 SrijitaAccentuate, Eating, In, positive, The

“You’ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative!” That’s a lyric in a very old Bing Crosby song from the 1940’s. He wasn’t talking about food – but the advice could apply to healthy eating. For too long, we’ve been focusing on what not to eat, what to cut out of the diet, what to avoid. The trend has become extreme as diet after popular diet encourages people to cut out entire food groups to lose weight. But perhaps it’s time to “eliminate the negative” and forget about cutting…