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Karnataka's disease surveillance platform can be a model for others: Rockefeller Foundation

In an interview with Navya P K of DH, Elizabeth Yee, executive VP, programs, and Dr Naveen Rao, senior VP, health, at Rockefeller Foundation, discuss the way forward.

14 October 2023, 20:35 IST

Karnataka's disease surveillance platform can be a model for others: Rockefeller Foundation

14 October 2023, 20:35 IST

Nimhans, non-profit organisation to launch support group for dementia caregivers

Caring for a dementia patient requires understanding of the illness and making modifications to daily activities, but this often goes unaddressed, say experts at the Geriatric Clinic & Services Unit at Nimhans.

29 September 2023, 22:10 IST

Nimhans, non-profit organisation to launch support group for dementia caregivers

29 September 2023, 22:10 IST

Home health monitoring services picking up in Bengaluru

The services are for people who have pre-existing conditions like cardiac issues or diabetes or are recovering from surgery.

28 September 2023, 00:01 IST

Home health monitoring services picking up in Bengaluru

28 September 2023, 00:01 IST

Newborn health coverage remains limited despite IRDAI's directives

Doctors say that about 5 per cent of newborns require two to three months of treatment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for serious infections, birth complications, or congenital abnormalities.

27 September 2023, 21:16 IST

Newborn health coverage remains limited despite IRDAI's directives

27 September 2023, 21:16 IST

Lack of lab accreditation affects state’s KFD surveillance

As per the Centre’s Department of Biotechnology, KFD is categorised as a risk group-3 virus, which requires a sophisticated BSL-3 lab to handle live virus samples.

25 September 2023, 02:44 IST

Lack of lab accreditation affects state’s KFD surveillance

25 September 2023, 02:44 IST

Climate change, rising heat up risks in pregnancy

The risk of preterm birth and newborns’ low birth weight (less than 2.5 kg) were associated with high temperature exposure during the second trimester of pregnancy.

24 September 2023, 22:37 IST

Climate change, rising heat up risks in pregnancy

24 September 2023, 22:37 IST

Quacks thrive unchecked in health landscape

Other than risking patients’ health, a major fallout of quackery is rising levels of antimicrobial resistance.

23 September 2023, 20:17 IST

Quacks thrive unchecked in health landscape

23 September 2023, 20:17 IST

Elderly in Bengaluru face growing cancer risk, study finds

Across India, cancers among the elderly are increasing. Though senior citizens are only 11.2 per cent of India’s population, they will account for 48.2 per cent of all cancer cases by 2025, the study says.

23 September 2023, 03:58 IST

Elderly in Bengaluru face growing cancer risk, study finds

23 September 2023, 03:58 IST

Karnataka Health Dept issues guidelines for Nipah prevention

Though there will be no travel restrictions, the public will be advised not to go to Kozhikode district where Nipah cases were reported.

14 September 2023, 18:40 IST

Karnataka Health Dept issues guidelines for Nipah prevention

14 September 2023, 18:40 IST

Newborn screening thrives in Karnataka's private hospitals, state institutions slow to catch on

Between 2017 and 2020, a project to screen newborns at both government and private hospitals in Udupi district revealed that approximately one in every 220 babies showed one of the six disorders under examination.

12 September 2023, 21:32 IST

Newborn screening thrives in Karnataka's private hospitals, state institutions slow to catch on

12 September 2023, 21:32 IST