Health Alert

Many of the drugs that we use today are derived from natural resources and many are from terrestrial resources. Ocean is known to have large number of identified and unidentified forms of species and rich in biodiversity. Scientists are also extracting drugs from marine species. Some of the active chemicals that could be useful for human health benefits extracted from ocean are:

Iyengar was an eminent exponent of yoga as enunciated in the ancient ‘Patanjali Sutra’.

From parents’ genetic disorders can be passed to offspring. This is the risk parents face when they plan on having babies. To prevent passing genetic disorders researchers at UK performed an IVF procedure which involved transfer of mitochondrial DNA or also known as Mitochondrial donation treatment MDT and therapy is called mitochondrial replacement therapy MRT

National Health Observances (NHOs) are special days, weeks, or months dedicated to raising awareness about important health topics.

Kolkata is facing mysterious flu like infection and as of today the number of cases has been increased. Physicians across hospitals in India are also reporting adenovirus cases. The sickness is identified as caused by Adenovirus.

Recently CDC reported that teenage girls in United states are experiencing higher levels of sadness, acts of violence. The report published earlier this month reveals that nearly 3 in 5 girls persistently feel sad or hopeless and this is up from 36 % (in year 2011)and has reached highest level to 57%.

For those who have higher BMI and more weight sitting around belly, it is time to measure the waistline and it should be done often for health reasons. According to a new research extra weight around heart attack survivors’ belly can cause another heart attack!

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a fecal-based therapy to prevent recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Rebyota is a drug that is approved for the prevention of recurring C. dificile infection also known as CDI in individuals of 18 year old and above.