Cobra venom neutralised by common blood-thinning drug Heparin

Cobra venom neutralised by common blood-thinning drug Heparin

Getty Images A spitting cobra’s incredibly potent venom can quickly destroy skin, muscle and bone around the site of a bite A drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed as a cheap antidote to cobra venom, a team of scientists based in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the UK has discovered. Snakebites kill … Read more

Officials need to use their “common sense” during seizure of cash from pilgrims and travellers: CEO

Officials need to use their “common sense” during seizure of cash from pilgrims and travellers: CEO

After the issue of tourists and pilgrims being stopped and their cash being confiscated by election officials was reported in Tamil Nadu and other States, several such instances have come to light in Karnataka too. Seizure of cash from travellers on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway has been reported. “After the Tamil Nadu incident, the Election Commission issued … Read more

NMC announces common National Medical Register for all practitioners across country

NMC announces common National Medical Register for all practitioners across country

All registered medical practitioners across the country will now be covered under a common National Medical Register with each of them allotted a unique identification number, as per a gazette notification recently released by the National Medical Commission (NMC) titled “Registration of Medical Practitioners and Licence to Practice Medicine Regulations, 2023”. The notification also makes … Read more

Technology should benefit the common man, says AIIMS Director

Technology should benefit the common man, says AIIMS Director

AIIMS (Mangalagiri) Director Mukesh Tripathi. File | Photo Credit: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar Technology may die in textbooks, classrooms and laboratories if it is not developed further for the benefit of common people, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Mangalagiri Director Mukesh Tripathi on Tuesday. Addressing students at SRM University-AP on the occasion of National Science … Read more

eSanjeevani now life-saving app for common man: PM – ET HealthWorld

eSanjeevani now life-saving app for common man: PM – ET HealthWorld

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday termed e-Sanjeevani app, a free telemedicine service run by the Centre, a ‘lifesaving app’ for the common man. In his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat‘, the PM said more than 10 crore people have availed tele-consultation through the app till date. “…E-Sanjeevani is becoming a life-saving app … Read more

When foes unite against a common foe

When foes unite against a common foe

Syed Jiffri Muthukoya Thangal of the EK Sunni faction and Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar of the AP Sunni faction. | Photo Credit: Zahirudeen S. In the wake of the 10th State conference of the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) held in Kozhikode, the two prominent Sunni groups that constitute two-thirds of the Muslim community in Kerala … Read more