Coviddeaths 5 times higher in kidney transplant recipients, reveals study

NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 mortality rate amongkidney transplant recipients is up to five times higher than the generalpopulation, a study conducted by 13 transplant centres in the country suggests.According to the study, which has been accepted for publication in the journalTransplantation, 250 kidney transplant recipients (226 living donors and 24deceased) were confirmed positive for Covid between March 23 and September 15last year and 29 of them died. .... read more

Immune Response to Infections and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Our body develops an immune response whenconfronted with infections or diseases like arthritis. Join us today onMEDtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal COVID edition, at 7:00 PM for an intriguingdiscussion on immune response to infections and rheumatoid arthritis.Just click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent2/hall1a.php

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: BCG in COVID

With input from Dr Monica Vasudev

1382: BCG vaccination and COVID-191.The innateimmune system represents the first line of defense against manynovelpathogens against which humans may have little to no immunity.2.Recentlarge-scale epidemiological studies suggest that countries in whichBacillus Calmette-Guerin(BCG) vaccination is widespread have lower mortalityrates from COVID-19.3.Somevaccines are capable of improving innate immune responses toinfectionsother than those caused by the target pathogen. This is termed astrainedimmunity. It occurs as a result of epigenetic changes in macrophagesandneutrophils. These cells are short-lived, but novel research suggeststhatsimilar changes take place in long-lived hematopoietic stem cells. Thiscouldaccount for lasting memory within the innate immune system [Cell StemCell. 2020;26(5):793].... read more

World COVID Meter 16th February 2021: Acute manageableimmunogenic thrombogenic inflammatory contagious novel viral disease pandemic

Variants- B 1.1.7 UK, B.1.351South Africa, P1BrazilCases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15,3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7MJune 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22,10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23,16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August6, 20M August 10, 21M August16, 22M August 19, 23M August 21, 24M August 27,25M August 30, 26M September 3,27M September 7, 28M September 10, 29M September14, 30M September 18, 31MSeptember 21, 32M September 23, 33M September 28, 34MOctober 1, 35M October 4,36M October 8, 37M October 11, 38M October 14, 39MOctober 17, 40M October 19,41M October 22, 42M October 24, 43M October 26, 44MOctober 28, 45M October 30,46M November 2, 47M November 4, 48M November 6, 49MNovember 7, 50M November 8,51M November 10, 52M November 12, 53M November 14,54M November 15, 55MNovember 17, 56M November 19, 57M November 20, 58M November22, 59M November24, 60M November 25, 61M November 27, 62M November 29, 63MDecember 1, 64MDecember 2, 65M December 4, 66M December 6, 67M December 7, 68MDecember 9, 69MDecember 10, 70M December 12, 71M December 13, 72M December 14,73M December15, 74M December 17, 75M December 19, 76M December 20, 77M December22, 78MDecember 23, 79M December 26, 80M December 27, 81M December 29, 82MDecember30, 83M December 31, 84M January 2, 85M January 4, 86M January 6, 87MJanuary7, 88M January 8, 89M January 9, 90M January 10, 91M January 12, 92MJanuary14, 93M January 15, 94M January 17, 95M January 18, 96M January 20, 97MJanuary21, 98M January 23, 99M January 25, 100M January 26, 101M January 29,102MJanuary 30, 103M February 1, 104M February 4, 105M February 6, 106MFebruary 8,107M February 11, 108M February 13 Ground Zero:Wuhan - in liveanimal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January;Total cases arebased on RT PCR, 67% sensitivityB.1.1.7 lineage (20I/501Y.V1 VOC202012/01): Thisvariant carries a mutation inthe receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spikeprotein at position 501;asparagine (N) has been replaced with tyrosine (Y) atthis position. Themutation is also termed as N501Y. This variant also carries othermutations,including - .... read more

The Key To Health

To stay healthy, we must eat right, engage inexercise, get rest, and get rid bad habits, such as smoking. But now it is saidthat “what you believe in” can have a huge impact on health and longevity.Studies show that patients with strong spirituality can improve their healthfrom several chronic conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, recoverfrom surgery.Evidence suggests that there are substantial health benefits from spirituality:1.People with religious beliefs or spirituality have lower cortisol responses,a hormone released in response to stress.2.Positive thinking produces nearly a 30% drop in perception of pain..... read more

Healthcare News Monitor

Beta Drugs Launches ‘Adsunib theFirst Indian Brand of Sunitinib

health.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Beta Drugs, a leading manufacturer of oncologyproducts, announces the launch of Adsunib brand of Sunitinib. Adsunib is thefirst branded generic of Sunitinib with all dosage strength of 12.5/25/50 mgcapsules, used for the treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC),Gastro-Intestinal Tumor (GIST) & Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (pNET).Adsunib greatly reduces the monthly therapy cost of Sunitinib. It willsignificantly impact the lives of cancer patients who have thus far been deniedaccess to this drug due to the high cost.

Research reveals Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine elicits strong immune response with single dose

expresspharma.in

People previously infected with the novelcoronavirus respond very strongly to a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, regardless of when they were infected and whether or not theyhad detectable antibodies against the disease prior to receiving thepreventive, according to a study. Researchers from Bar-Ilan University and ZivMedical Center in Israel noted that the real-world evidence with regard to theCOVID-19 vaccine remains scarce even though the clinical trial data areencouraging. Specifically, the response to the COVID-19 vaccine among thosepreviously infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is still not completelyunderstood, they said.

Vaccine drive covers 8.8 million sofar

livemint.com

Over 60% of the countrys healthcare workershave been vaccinated since India began vaccination drive on 16 January. But 8.8million doses administered, India lags behind the US and European Union, whichhad vaccinated over 10 million healthcare workers in one month. While sets itssight on vaccinating the 270 million elderly and people with comorbidities.Mint tracks the progress of the first month of the worlds largest vaccinationprogramme.

Rise in Covid-19 cases inMaharashtra could be due to ‘overall slackness’: NCDC

indianexpress.com

TheNational Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), whose teams had visited Maharashtralast month to assess the coronavirus situation, has said the recent rise innumbers in the state could be attributed to an “overall slackness”. “There is alot of susceptible population and when our team visited Akola, Amravati,Yavatmal and other areas, we found that people are not following basic rules ofwearing masks,” Dr Sujit Singh, director of NCDC, told The Indian Express.