TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 9, 2022 City-based L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) every year observes the World Glaucoma Week (March 6-12) to bring public focus on this eye disease that can affect both adults and children. Glaucoma is an eye problem associated with increase in the eye pressure, and is characterized by damage to the optic nerve leading to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 7, 2022 With an aim to provide specialized care for people suffering from Arthritis and various immunological disorders like SLE, Scleroderma etc, a Rheumatology special clinic has been started under the Department of General Medicine at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. The clinic which started functioning from Friday, will run by a team of doctors headed by Dr Anupam ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 7, 2022 The Health and Family Welfare Department of the Odisha Government in collaboration with Global Health Strategies flagged off the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) rounds in 7 districts of Odisha on Monday with the commitment to leaving no stone unturned in achieving the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis. Trained health workers will visit every household between ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 7, 2022 In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, one of India’s largest networks of eye hospitals, is conducting free eye check-up camp for women of all age groups across all branches in Odisha till March 31, 2022. For registration, contact 9619320971. The hospital has made special arrangements for screening for certain eye ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 5, 2022 The 108 Ambulance service completed nine years of its uninterrupted emergency service in Odisha on Saturday. Since the launch of the service in the State in March 2013, 108 Ambulances have ferried and saved more than 75 lakh valuable lives. Patients from both urban as well as rural areas of the State benefited from ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 5, 2022 The Department of Health and Family welfare, Government of Odisha, will organize the second phase of the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme in a bid for elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in seven endemic districts of the state, on Monday. The districts in which the programme will be organised include Bargarh, Keonjhar, Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 3, 2022 With the objective of providing better healthcare services to the older adults, the Department of Medicine of AIIMS Bhubaneswar has started a special clinic in Geriatric Medicine from Tuesday. The special clinic will function on every Tuesday from 2 PM to 5 PM. Additional Professor, Medicine Dr. Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty will be the in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 3, 2022 Amblyopia or ‘Lazy eye’ is a vision-related disorder that affects about 4 percent of children globally. If left untreated, it may lead to permanent visual impairment. To tackle this common cause of vision impairment and blindness, popular eye care chain, Dr Agarwals Eye Hospitals Group utilizing Bynocs Software, a new groundbreaking innovation which provides ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Researchers have found that ayurveda drug BGR-34 can help lower the sugar level within 12 weeks as well as exert a powerful anti-oxidant action to prevent diabetic complications. Published in the latest edition of Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research on Sciendo scientific platform, the study by researchers from Chitkara University in Punjab ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 22, 2022 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has entered into a pact with the Kochi-based startup Tranquility IOT and Bid Data Solution Pvt Ltd for the manufacture and sale of a non-invasive device — Amrita Spandana — developed by Amrita researchers for home-monitoring of glucose and blood pressure. Developed and patented by the varsity’s Centre for Wireless ...