A first-of-its-kind study funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), involving over 10,000 people, has concluded that Indian heart patients die 10 years earlier than those in the West due to a raft of factors, including inordinate delays in hospitalisation soon after the heart attack, that finally result in premature heart failure and … Continue reading Indian heart patients die 10 years earlier than those in the West, says ICMR study
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Covid-19 Autopsy: German Expert’s Study Counters ICMR Claim
Dr Klaus Püschel (Photo Courtesy: http://www.mopo.de) Noted German pathologist and forensic doctor Dr Klaus Püschel argues aggressively that autopsies need to be performed on COVID-19 victims in order to know more about the viral disease, especially about the causes of lethal blood clots in limbs and other parts of the body. He rejects … Continue reading Covid-19 Autopsy: German Expert’s Study Counters ICMR Claim
ICMR is Setting up Trial Sites for WHO ‘Solidarity’ Programme
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is busy setting up clinical trial sites and enrolling COVID-19 patients as part of its efforts to contribute to the much-hyped, WHO-led ‘solidarity trial’, which envisages comparing the effectiveness of various medicines and drug cocktails against the pandemic based on results collated from participating countries. ICMR is India’s apex … Continue reading ICMR is Setting up Trial Sites for WHO ‘Solidarity’ Programme
Remdesivir Trials in Chicago for COVID Treatment Raise Hopes
News from a Chicago hospital has become music to the ears of people around the world amidst the growing spread of COVID-19 and concomitant deaths. The two immediate responses to the report were a massive jump in US stock futures and a notable rise in the share prices of Gilead Sciences Inc, which makes the … Continue reading Remdesivir Trials in Chicago for COVID Treatment Raise Hopes
Kerala Looks to Buy Cuban ‘Wonder Drug’ Interferon
In a first, Kerala will shortly launch a testing drive to detect community transmission of COVID-19 besides setting up a surveillance mechanism to keep a tab on respiratory disorders using mobile apps, a senior state government official said, adding that the southern state will also approach the Centre to help it acquire Interferon Alpha inhalational … Continue reading Kerala Looks to Buy Cuban ‘Wonder Drug’ Interferon
Blood Plasma Treatment for Covid-19 Ready: Kerala Doctors
Almost a week before the US Food and Drug Administration announced a plan to facilitate the use of plasma of recovered Covid-19 patients to treat new cases, doctors and scientists in Kerala have prepared and submitted a protocol for such a therapy with Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). Doctors treating Covid-19 patients in Kerala … Continue reading Blood Plasma Treatment for Covid-19 Ready: Kerala Doctors
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