Covid pandemic triggers anxiety disorder in people, say experts

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage across the world, it has caused a cascading effect on jobs, salaries, livelihoods and businesses leading to a rise in stress and anxiety in people. The pandemic has halted 93% of mental health service across the world resulting in relapse or upping of reported cases. Last week, Telemedicine app Practo announced in a release that it witnessed a significant rise in mental health-related queries which grew 665% since last year (October 2019 to September 2020) and by 180% in the last six months. ....read more

What is inflammation in Ayurveda?

Inflammation in Ayurveda is known by different names in different contexts. To find out more about inflammation in Ayurveda, join us today at 7 pm on Medtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal Just click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent/general-webinar.php

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: The Vaccine Update

With input from Dr Monica Vasudev 1108 Round Table Expert Zoom Meeting on “Vaccine Update” ,10th October, 2020, 11am-12pmParticipants: Dr Jayakrishnan Alapet, Prof Mahesh Verma, Dr Ashok Gupta, Dr Atul Kochhar, Dr Jayalal, Dr Anita Chakravarti, Dr KK Kalra, Dr Anil Kumar, Ms Meenakshi Datta Ghosh, Mrs Upasana Arora, Mr DK Gupta, Ms Ira Gupta, Dr S Sharma ,Faculty: Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO Key points from the discussionThere is a critical need for a COVID-19 vaccine as there is a need to end this epidemic; also, vaccine could be important to control future epidemics. ....read more

World COVID Meter 14th October: Acute manageable immunogenic thrombogenic inflammatory viral disease pandemic

Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7M June 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22, 10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July 13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23, 16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August 6, 20M August 10, 21M August 16, 22M August 19, 23M August 21, 24M August 27, 25M August 30, 26M September 3, 27M September 7, 28M September 10, 29M September 14, 30M September 18, 31M September 21, 32M September 23, 33M September 28, 34M October 1, 35M October 4, 36M October 8, 37M October 11 Ground Zero: Wuhan - in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity More than one million new cases were reported around the world in the past three days, as France, Russia, Nepal and several American states set records for the highest daily number of new infections. India surpassed seven million total cases. ....read more

Following are the five types of people:

• Nastik: Those who do not believe in God.●Astik: For whom God exists.  ●Those who believe that God also exists in them (I and the God are the same) ....read more

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Glenmark Pharma launches pulmonary fibrosis treatment drug in India

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Glenmark Pharma on Wednesday announced the launch of its generic version of Nintedanib (NINDANIB), used for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, in India. “Glenmark being a leader in the area of respiratory has been amongst the first to launch the branded generic version at an affordable cost for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis in India, it said in a regulatory filing. This will provide patients a far more cost effective treatment option, and enable doctors to treat a wider patient population in the country, it added.

Indian pharma explores virtual inspections post COVID-19

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Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. In keeping with this dictum, in mid-April this year, the Indian pharmaceutical industry called on the USFDA to consider conducting virtual inspections of their plants and facilities. With Covid-19-enforced imperative to protect its personnel, the FDA had suspended physical inspections in March and indicated towards late July that it was looking to restart domestic inspections.[1] However, there was no such word on inspections of foreign facilities including those in India. As such, both the Indian drug exporters and the US consumers/patients have suffered. India has not only traditionally been one of the largest suppliers to the US meeting 40% of the latter’s generic demand,[2] it has emerged as a critical source for COVID-related medications. During a transition all-round digitisation of healthcare services and product supply chains, the request for virtual inspections cannot be timelier.

Delhi man thrashes doctor, medical staff over ‘false’ Covid-19 test report

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An incident of assault on the medical staff, including a doctor, at a Delhi government dispensary, has come to light. A Delhi man allegedly thrashed a doctor and the staff of a government dispensary over false coronavirus test report. The incident is from Jagatpuri area of East Delhi. After testing positive, the man reportedly got himself tested again at a government hospital in Delhi. He, however, tested negative for Covid-19 the second time. Following this, he visited the dispensary where he accused the dispensary staff of intentionally making a false report and thrashed the doctor along with other medical staff.

Everything is Finished: 28-yr-old MP Doctor Who Succumbed to Covid-19 Embodied His Familys Dreams

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To his family, Joginder Chaudhary was the star son. The 27-year-old was a doctor, the first from their tiny village in central India. He was the eldest son, counted on to send money back to support his parents. He was a dreamer who wanted to open the first clinic to serve his village. Chaudhary carried those hopes and dreams with him as he began working at a New Delhi hospital, aware of the risks of his profession as the coronavirus marched through India’s cities and distant villages this summer. "When the pandemic first started, we were very worried, said his father, Rajendra Chaudhary. But he said to us that this is his duty, and he would have to deal with things like this all throughout his career.

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