Health

How a race for electric vehicles threatens a marine paradise

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Global Witness The Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia is sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon of the Seas’ Stark images, captured from a drone by environmental campaigners and shared with the BBC, appear to show how nickel mining has stripped forests and polluted waters in one of the most

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In a first, arc therapy beats tricky cancer while sparing nearby tissue

Lasers are used to position a patient model wearing a face mask in a CT scanner to obtain images of a tumour before radiation therapy. Representative image. | Photo Credit: USNCI A team of experts in the U.S. has successfully used a technique called step-and-shoot spot-scanning proton arc therapy (SPArc) to treat a patient’s adenoid

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How should sexual abuse survivors be treated? | Explained

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: The Delhi High Court recently issued a series of guidelines to streamline procedures in hospitals handling Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) cases involving sexual assault survivors, after finding that miscommunication, and administrative lapses had resulted in the denial of timely medical

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Many private hospitals in T.N. hit by acute shortage of Hepatitis B vaccine

Multidose vials are used for healthcare workers, whereas single dose vials are for other patients.  | Photo Credit: SRINATH M : Private hospitals across the State have been facing a shortage of Hepatitis B vaccine over the past few months. The fall in supplies has made it difficult for many hospitals to vaccinate adults at

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Karnataka’s MMR on steady decline; reduces to 58 per lakh live births in 2020-22

Karnataka’s Maternal Mortality Ratio has dropped by 8%, recording the third highest percentage dip among the southern States. | Photo Credit: File Photo Indicating a steady reduction in the number of women dying during childbirth, Karnataka’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has further declined by five points from 63 per lakh live births in 2019-21 to

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Living donor transplants thrive as Kerala turns its face away from deceased donor organ donations

From an average of about 900-1,200 unrelated transplants that used to happen every year in Kerala, the numbers have been climbing steadily.  | Photo Credit: Getty Images Patients with end-stage organ damage and who are on the transplant waiting list in Kerala are being left to their fate as the rate of deceased donor organ

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Our body’s crimson tide: understanding blood disorders and the vital role of blood donation

From ancient observations to cutting-edge gene editing, the field of haematology -the study of blood is undergoing a profound transformation, offering new hope and more precise interventions for an array of conditions, both benign and malignant. Our blood is a complex mixture of four key components working in harmony. The liquid base is plasma, a

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