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New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) As the air around Delhi-NCR begins to deteriorate ahead of Diwali, health experts on Monday warned that the pollutants in the air may cause inflammation in the brain that can lead to anxiety, depression, and memory issues.Ahead of the World Mental Health Day which falls on October 10, doctors emphasised that pollution in any form is damaging to human well-being. Dr Nand Kumar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), told IANS that apart from air pollution, “environment changes marked by frequent and extreme weather events such as floods and storms…

New York, Oct 9 (IANS) Statins, commonly used to lower cholesterol levels, may cause a rare long-term condition which causes muscle weakness, according to a report by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).Statins — atorvastatin, pravastatin, lovastatin, fluvastatin, simvastatin, rosuvastatin and pitavastatin (single-ingredient and fixed-dose combination products) — are important medicines to lower a person’s risk of having cardiovascular events such as angina, heart attacks, and stroke. The medications are an acceptably safe and effective group that help lower the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the blood. Statins also play an important role in the…

Faridabad, Oct 09 (IANS) There has been a significant increase in cases of autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis among Covid patients in the post-pandemic period, city doctors said on Monday, ahead of World Arthritis Day.World Arthritis Day is celebrated on October 12 every year to raise global awareness about arthritis, in which the body’s immune system attacks healthy cells in the body causing inflammation and resulting in painful swelling in parts of the body.“The incidence of various kinds of auto-immune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout and sarcoidosis, has seen an increase in the post-Covid period. Due to this, we…

Singapore, Oct 9 (IANS) A 51-year-old Indian-origin drug offender was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for punching a prison officer in 2022 and causing a fracture on his face, a media report said.Kaliappan Kumarasamy, who was undergoing treatment at a drug rehabilitation centre located within Changi Prison, pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing grievous hurt to chief warder Lim See Chuan, 41. Kaliappan told the investigators that he did so as he was feeling angry because of an internal investigation against him over an unrelated dispute, The Straits Times newspaper reported. The court heard that in December 2022,…

Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) A research team of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), has developed a model to protect healthcare systems globally from cyber threats.The research titled ‘Healthcare Cyber Risk Assessment Model’ evaluates and mitigates risks of cyberattacks thereby ensuring the security of patient data and the continuity of digital healthcare services for healthcare institutions.The team led by Prof. Arunabha Mukhopadhyay aims to tackle this issue by investigating the weak points in healthcare data security that hackers exploit.They propose that cyber threats become more likely when the healthcare staff lacks training to counter tactics like phishing and when…

Canberra, Oct 9 (IANS) The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) on Monday said the country is expected to face a peak season of severe weather, including heatwaves and tropical cyclones.In its latest 2023-24 Severe Weather Long-Range Forcast, the BOM stressed that while severe weather can occur at any time of the year, the October to April period is the peak time for heatwaves, bushfires, tropical cyclones, thunderstorms and floods, reports Xinhua news agency.In the months ahead, Australia is likely to confront a high chance of “unusually high” temperatures until at least February 2024, also with an increased risk of bushfires…

Athens, Oct 9 (IANS) Greek conservatives of the ruling New Democracy (ND) party won seven out of 13 regions in the first round of the regional elections, according to the preliminary results released by the Interior Ministry on Monday with about 40 per cent of ballots counted.The regional elections came as a political test for the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis who won a second term in office in this summer’s general elections, reports Xinhua news agency.”We are here to work with each governor and mayor. After all, this is what we did in the previous four years because…

Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) In a major feat, doctors of the BMC’s LTMG hospital, Sion have successfully removed a massive and grotesque 2.5 kg tumour sprouting from the left side of the neck and shoulder of a 15-year-old boy since birth, officials said here.The tumour not only caused discomfort but hit the boy’s personality, self-esteem, and even tilted his trachea to the right side from its original position, though he had no breathing issued.After he was admitted to the Sion hospital on September 25, a full-fledged team of medicos comprising experts from different fields was formed, including Dr Mukund Jagannathan,…

Bengaluru, Oct 9 (IANS) Bengaluru-based robotic surgeon Dr Sandeep Nayak has been named among the three surgeons from the US and India who won top honours at the ‘KS International Robotic Surgery Innovation competition’ by Michigan-based Robotic Surgery evangelist Vattikuti Foundation.The video entry by eminent robotic surgeon from MACS Clinic and Fortis Cancer Institute, Bengaluru was placed at the third spot for devising a novel approach for removal of thyroid tumours using minimally invasive robotic surgery.Dr Nayak presented results of over 50 surgeries conducted over five years using this method with better patient outcomes and negligible scarring.Robotic surgeons Dr Somashekhar…

Tokyo, Oct 9 (IANS) The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Monday issued tsunami advisories for multiple locations after two earthquakes jolted the Izu Islands and Wakayama prefecture.According to the JMA, the tsunami could reach one meter in height in Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, and the Kochi, Chiba, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, Xinhua news agency reported.The advisories, the lowest level in the country’s three-tier tsunami warning system, advised people to stay away from the coast and rivers while staying alert for possible flooding.At 5.25 a.m., on Monday morning, an earthquake struck near Izu Islands at a very shallow depth, the JMA…