This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion, conducted by James Blundell, an English obstetrician working just across the Thames from The Economist’s offices. Today blood is big business—with global exports worth more, in 2016, than global exports of aeroplanes. But that trade is distorted …
New Delhi: The spurt in dengue cases in the city has sent the demand for platelets—a human blood component which is the mainstay for treatment in severe cases—soaring. According to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)—the largest source of voluntary blood donors in Delhi—more than 100 units of platelets are …
An integrated strategy for blood safety is required for the provision of safe and adequate blood. Recruiting a sufficient number of safe blood donors is an emerging challenge. The shortage of blood in India is due to an increase in the demand, with fewer voluntary blood donors. A study on …
The blood banks in city will soon have an advanced testing mechanism that helps in faster detection of infectious diseases, which can be transmitted through blood transfusion. The proposal has been approved by Delhi Cabinet. The Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAT), screens the donated blood for viral DNA or RNA, …
The population of India is extremely diverse comprising of more than 3,000 ethnic groups who still follow endogamy. Haemoglobinopathies are the commonest hereditary disorders in India and pose a major health problem. The data on the prevalence of β-thalassemias and other haemoglobinopathies in different caste/ethnic groups of India is scarce. …
Anti-larval measures intensified following rise in dengue cases With 450 cases of dengue being reported across the city, Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia on Monday directed all the government and private hospitals having platelet separator machines and blood banks to ensure that their equipment was in perfect working condition and …
India has the highest number of deaths from road accidents, according to the World Health Organisation. In 2009, there were half a million accidents in India and 1,05,000 people lost their lives. Besides, 1,00,000 maternal deaths occur in India every year. Loss of blood is a major factor in these …
Way To Oversee Progress Of Tumours Without The Need For Surgery Or Scans Developed London: Scientists have devised a new simple blood test that can clearly show whether treatments to reduce tumours is working, a breakthrough which could soon revolutionize cancer care. British researchers, who developed the new blood test, …
Tokyo: A single blood test can now detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu infection in just two hours time. Scientists have for the first time developed the world’s most rapid and comprehensive diagnostic kit that can detect all known strains of avian influenza or bird flu through a single blood …
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Vitamin D, which the body synthesises with the help of sunlight, has an important bearing on the functioning of our auto-immune system, says a study. Howard Amital, professor at the Tel Aviv University's (TAU) Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Sheba Medical Centre, has discovered that the vitamin may also improve …
India will soon ban blood tests to detect tuberculosis (TB) that are widely available across the country. An expert group set up by the Drug Controller General of India has found that blood tests are mostly inaccurate for TB detection. It has recommended to the Union health ministry to immediately …
NEW DELHI: Could an antibody from the blood of a HIV patient help create the elusive HIV vaccine? The hunt has begun to identify 100 volunteers belonging to a rare group of HIV infected patients who stay healthy for years without requiring life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART). These antibodies in their …
Voluntary donor selection and screening of donor’s blood for infective agents are the cornerstones of transfusion medicine. Strict donor selection criterion, proper counselling and deferred collection may reduce wastage of resources. During the period of 01.01.2007 to 31.12.2008, a total number of 44,173 units of blood were collected from healthy …
MUMBAI: Rising awareness about diseases being transmitted during blood transfusion is bringing about a change in the mindset of patients as more and more people are opening up to the idea of donating blood for oneself. Cases of blood transfusion going wrong also seem to be playing an important role …
The Gujarat high court directed police on Thursday to register an FIRin thecaseof 23thalassaemic children being given HIV-infected blood during transfusion in Junagadh. Parents of the infected children had approached the high court demanding directions to the cops to investigate negligence by the Junagadh Civil Hospital authorities. Advocate Girish Das …
The hunt for blood will no longer be as frantic as it usually is, if a Web-enabled system set up in Orissa serves the purpose for which it has been designed. The e-blood bank service, which the government calls the first of its kind in the country, is built around …
Five Thane-based researchers, including two doctors, have created a device that can measure haemoglobin, oxygen saturation level in the blood and monitor heart rate without the prick of a needle for just Rs5. The device, TouchHb, will be available from February 2012 and will be especially beneficial to pregnant women …
The first case of thalassaemia, described in a non-Mediterranean person, was from India. Subsequently, cases of thalassaemia were documented in all parts of India. Centres for care of thalassaemics were started in the mid-1970s in Mumbai and Delhi, and then in other cities. The parent’s associations, with the help of …
Prevalence of anaemia among non-pregnant women in India is higher than that in other South Asian countries, a recent study published in reputed medical journal The Lancet has revealed. According to The Lancet, anaemia affects a quarter of the global population, including 293 million (47%) children younger than 5 and …
