TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/JODHPUR, AUG 25, 2022 One in four adults in India suffers from hypertension, and it is high time that high blood pressure is prioritized as a public health emergency, said top doctors from the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and senior government officials while emphasizing on the need for its timely control. The experts also ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 25, 2022 Awareness must be spread among people that the Odisha Government is offering monetary support for organ transplant operations like kidney and liver under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), said Prof. (Dr.) Umakant Satpathy, Additional Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET), Government of Odisha Speaking at a seminar on “Organ donation and transplant’’ ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 6, 2022 Aditya Aluminium, Lapanga which has been actively working on improving the nutrition intake amongst women, adolescent girls and children under its Project Suposhan, observed World Breastfeeding Week-2022 with the theme “Step up: Support and Educate” in six gram panchayats of Rengali Block from August 1. On each day of the week, an event was ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 31, 2022 Undiagnosed and untreated hypertension is the main risk factor for stroke which is the second leading cause of death and disability after ischaemic heart disease across the world. Studies show that at least 64% stroke patients have hypertension which is the most prevalent risk factor for this deadly cardiovascular event. With stroke burden increasing ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, JULY 20, 2022 “Liver is a power house organ which performs complex functions needed for normal functioning of the body. It is an essential organ of the body without which a person cannot survive and hence it is important to keep it healthy and happy by following a holistic approach,” says Dr. Ravi Kiran – Consultant Hepatology, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, TIKIRI, JULY 17, 2022 Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited of Aditya Birla Group which is committed towards the health and wellbeing of its periphery villagers, sprang into action as soon as came to know about the outbreak of diarrhoea in Kashipur Block. A responsible corporate, UAIL sent its medical team along ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JULY 14, 2022 The Centre on thursday directed e-commerce platforms to sell Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs only after a valid prescription of a registered Ayurveda, Siddha or Unani practitioner. According to an advisory issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) concerning the sale of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs containing ingredients listed in Schedule ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 9, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, in association with the Vedanta BALCO Medical Centre (BMC) cancer hospital conducted a cancer screening camp and awareness campaign at District Headquarters Hospital of Jeypore in Koraput district. A cancer detection van, equipped with various cancer detection tests such as pap smears and oral cytology was deployed ...

Patients suffering from Ascites (Jalodara) — a condition in which an abnormal amount of fluid is built-up inside the abdomen — can be treated through ayurveda, say researchers.  A team of researchers have found in a study that Ayurvedic poly-herbal formulation ‘Neeri KFT’ is significantly effective in managing the disease. The herbal drug not only aided in saving the kidney ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 5, 2022 OMRON Healthcare, a global leader in home blood pressure monitoring and solutions for cardiovascular disease management, on Tuesday announced its latest advancement in the Oxygen therapy category with the launch of a portable Oxygen concentrator. It is a medical molecular sieve-based Oxygen concentrator providing continuous supply of high purity Oxygen (5L per minute) with ...