High BMI linked to Covid-19 death risk, especially in men: Study

New York: Researchers have found a striking association between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of death among patients (especially men) diagnosed with Covid-19. According to the study, published in journal Annals of Internal Medicine, this association was iThe findings suggest that high BMI was more strongly associated with Covid-19 mortality in younger adults and male patients, but not in female patients and older adults. ndependent of the obesity-related comorbidities and other potential confounders. ....read more

Decoding The Use of masks During COVID-19

There is no getting away from wearing a mask. Join us today at 7:00 PM on MEDtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal as he decodes the role and use of masks during COVID 19Just click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent/general-webinar.php

Need of the Hour

Reproduced from: India Legal, https://www.indialegallive.com/cover-story-articles/focus/need-of-the-hour, August 8, 2020. In order to better understand the coronavirus, ICMR has mooted a proposal for a Covid-19 registry. This powerful tool will analyse data of all Covid-19 patients in hospitals and should include those being home-managed. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration with the health ministry and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has plans to create a rigorous database of Covid-19 patients who are admitted in hospitals across the country. This is being done to understand how the treatment can be improved. ....read more

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: COVID Surge

1050: Round Table Expert Zoom Meeting on “Will COVID-19 surge come back again?” Participants: Dr KK Aggarwal, Prof Mahesh Verma, Dr Suneela Garg, Dr Narottam Puri, Dr Alex Thomas, Dr Atul Kochhar, Dr Ashok Gupta, Dr JA Jayalal, Dr Jayakrishnan Alapet, Dr Anil Kumar, Mrs Upasana Arora, Dr KK Kalra, Ms Ira Gupta, Dr S Sharma Key points from the discussionWith unlock 3.0, the people have relaxed; winter is approaching, when a new wave is expected. We have seen that summer had no effect on the number of cases. ....read more

Are We Honest?

Most of us are relatively honest. If I introspect myself, I consider myself as an honest doctor but when I go deep into introspection, I see that I am only relatively honest. I have given money to the TTE to get a reservation in a train, buy a cinema ticket in black, pay money to the electrician to get my electricity in time during functions, etc. Corruption is corruption whether it is for one rupee or 1 lakh rupee. Many of the current so called anti-corruption campaigners have purchased their houses by paying in black. Accepting donations from people who are not honest and from people who are donating from their unaccounted money is also corruption. ....read more

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Pharma wrap: How PM Modi’s National Digital Health Mission can reduce overall health expenses

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day speech, launched the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), an initiative to digitise health records of Indians. Modi said NDHM will bring a new revolution in Indias health sector and technology will be used prudently to reduce the challenges in treatment. As per NDHM, every Indian will be given a Health ID. The Health ID will work like a Health Account of every Indian. The account will contain details of every test, every disease, the doctors you visited, the medicines prescribed and the diagnosis.

China grants countrys first Covid-19 vaccine patent to CanSino

ET Health

BEIJING: Chinas vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the countrys intellectual property regulator. It is the first Covid-19 vaccine patent granted by China, state-owned newspaper Peoples Daily reported on Sunday. The paper cited documents published by Chinas National Intellectual Property Administration saying that the patent was issued on Aug. 11.

Pranab Mukherjee continues to be critical, on ventilator support: Army hospital

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The condition of Pranab Mukherjee continues to be critical and the former president is being closely monitored, news agency ANI reported on Monday citing the Indian Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi. The hospital in the Delhi Cantonment area also said the vital and clinical parameters of Mukherjee, who is on ventilatory support, are stable. The 84-year-old Mukherjee was admitted to the hospital last Monday and underwent a critical brain surgery to remove a clot in his brain after he suffered a fall at his Rajaji Marg residence a day before. He has also tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). His son, Abhijit Mukherjee, said on Sunday that he had visited the hospital on Saturday and his father “is much better and stable than the preceding days”.

Mumbai: KEM, Nair hospitals to submit proposal for Covidshield trials to ethics panel today

The Indian Express

THE KING Edward Memorial (KEM) and BYL Nair Hospitals will submit a proposal to the ethics committee Monday seeking approval to participate in the phases 2 and 3 clinical trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca, a Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The two civic-run hospitals, BMC additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said, have already received approval from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) as possible sites from Mumbai for the vaccine trial. Earlier this month, Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) got approval from the country’s regulatory authority to conduct late-stage human trials of the vaccine candidate. SII, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, has exclusive rights of marketing the vaccine candidate, called Covidshield in India.