Over 125 cases of cracker-related injuries have been reported in various hospitals during the Deepavali festivities this year starting Sunday. Two persons under treatment at the State-run Minto Ophthalmic Hospital and one at Narayana Nethralaya are not likely to regain vision in one eye, and nine others have suffered partial vision loss, doctors said. Nearly … Read more
(From left to right) D V Giri, Secretary General, IWTMA; Rajesh Lakhoni, IAS, CMD, Tangedco; H.E. Freddy Svane, Danish Ambassador to India; Hansraj Verma, IAS, Chairman and Managing Director of Tamilnadu Industrial Investment Corporation; Dinesh Jagdale, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; SP Murali, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, ZF Winfpower Tamil Nadu is … Read more
The old building of P.K. Memorial Grandhasala at Amabalapuzha in Alappuzha in Kerala. | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY The historic old building of the P.K. Memorial Grandhasala at Ambalapuzha in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, the first library registered with the Kerala Grandhasala Sangham, is set to regain its lost glory, thanks to the Alappuzha district panchayat … Read more
The findings — published recently in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology — are based on 17,462 patients hospitalized for COVID-19. More than 3,200, or 18.5%, had GI manifestations. Of those patients, 715 returned three and/or six months later for an outpatient visit. For 90% or more, problems with gastroenteritis, pancreatitis and GI bleeding … Read more
MONDAY, May 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Doctors for the first time have used a form of gene therapy to restore partial vision in a blind person, according to findings announced Monday. The research team genetically altered retinal ganglion cells to become light-sensitive in a man whose vision was destroyed by retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic … Read more