Category : HEALTH

Team L&M If you thought lifestyle changes worked well only with the youth, you perhaps got it wrong. A recent study has found that obese patients over 60 years can lose the same amount of weight as younger people too. Published in Clinical Endocrinology, the findings aim to correct the prevailing societal misconceptions about the […]Read More

Team L&M Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for biomedical research, has announced completion of enrolment of phase-III clinical trials for COVISHIELD in India. ICMR and SII have further collaborated for clinical development COVOVAX (Novavax) developed by Novavax, USA and upscaled […]Read More

Team L&M To protect its customers and captains (driver partners), taxi platform Rapido has announced two new measures to build on its existing set of protocols for further care. This is the organisation’s latest step in its effort to strengthen the safety measures against the pandemic. Rapido has collaborated with StepOne, a group of volunteer […]Read More

Team L&M Even as researchers are working 24×7 to create a vaccine to prevent the increasing cases of COVID-19 globally, the big question that comes to one’s mind is as to when will it take? And by when will we have access to the COVID-19 vaccine? These were some of the questions discussed during Episode-9 […]Read More

Team L&M As Mumbai struggles to restart its economy, the taxi drivers in the city have now decided to become COVID warriors by spreading awareness of safety measures to help in controlling the virus spread in the city. The Maharashtra Vahatuk Sena, taxi drivers’ union, has started an initiative wherein they have put up banners […]Read More

Team L&M Living an unhealthy lifestyle, smoking, obesity, a lack of sleep and exercise are some of the leading reasons for cardiovascular diseases. Having a healthy heart is most vital as our very life depends on it. Exerting yourself under too much stress and anxiety can also cause complications leading to serious heart conditions. Most […]Read More

Team L&M To detect and predict Covid-19 among other lung issues such as lung cancer and 16 most common and dangerous lung abnormalities like pneumonia and tuberculosis, Aryan Gulati, a class XII student of Delhi Public School, RK Puram has developed a machine learning-based web application called LungAI. The website can have an accuracy of […]Read More

Rashmi Singh The world has survived the last few months in self-quarantine. Being physically distant from our near and dear ones coupled by the general uncertainty in the air has heightened our emotional vulnerability. Fuelled by the supply-demand strategy of our capitalist society, the rise in psychological distress was quickly addressed by an unfiltered expansion […]Read More

Team L&M For the first time in Noida, Fortis Hospital conducted Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) in a 63-year-old patient infected with COVID-19. The patient has shown positive signs of recovery post the therapy. Dr Mrinal Sircar, Director and Head, Department of Pulmonology and Critical care, Fortis Hospital, Noida and his team conducted the procedure. Plasma is the transparent liquid left behind […]Read More