
Revolutionary Tear-Based Biomarker for Early Keratoconus Detection Unveiled, ETHealthworld
[ad_1] New Delhi: Delhi-based biotech company Vgenomics has partnered with Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital to validate and commercialize a tear-based biomarker, VSP-2224, for the early detection of keratoconus, a progressive eye disorder affecting the cornea. VSP-2224, identified in tear fluid using Vgenomics’ AI-based discovery platform RgenX-LENS, may help detect the disease earlier, before visible symptoms emerge. Clinical validation of

Author Prajwal Parajuly on why chutney, not idli, is his go-to dish
[ad_1] Illustration | Photo Credit: Saai To survive the many splendours of Sri City, where I live part of the year, one must get away every so often. Weekending in Chennai is the easiest option. For several of my colleagues, Chennai means concerts. For others, it means stocking up on miso and pesto. For yet others, it means brunch at Pumpkin

Rising Covid-19 Cases Linked to New Omicron Sub-Lineages: Expert Insights, ETHealthworld
[ad_1] New Delhi: Chief Executive Officer of Dr. Dangs Lab, Arjun Dang on Tuesday stated that the rising cases of Covid-19 belonged to the sub-lineage of the Omicron virus. Dang further stated that in states like Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, the variants that were named as ‘Variants under Monitoring’ were of types LF7 and NV181 and were more transmissible. “We

Enabling health data analyses across multiple private datasets with no information sharing using secure multiparty computation
[ad_1] Abstract The UK’s health datasets are among the most comprehensive and inclusive globally, enabling groundbreaking research during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, restrictions on data sharing between secure data environments (SDEs) imposed limitations on the ability to carry out joint analyses across multiple separate datasets. There are currently significant efforts underway to enable such analyses using methods such as federated

Allergy alerting and overrides for opioid analogues across two health systems
[ad_1] Discussion In this study across two large US health systems, we identified that the frequency of opioid alerts overridden was 71.8%. Of these, about a quarter of reactions were documented to be severe. Thus, approximately three in four alerts were for reactions of medium or low severity. Among the most frequent reactions to generate an alert, approximately 30% were

Trump Administration Proposes Significant FDA Budget Cut Amid Wider Health Spending Reductions, ET Health
[ad_1] By Ahmed Aboulenein and Mariam Sunny Washington: The Trump administration is proposing a $6.8 billion budget request for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the 2026 fiscal year, its Commissioner Martin Makary said on Thursday, a cut of around 5.5% from its $7.2 billion budget this year. The White House had on May 2 proposed reducing U.S. health

Picture of the week: The superhumans of Mumbai
[ad_1] A young girl practises mallakhamb as monsoon clouds hover over Mumbai at Shivaji Park on May 20. Shot on OnePlus #FramesofIndia | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Published – May 23, 2025 11:39 am IST [ad_2] Source link

Identifying long-term conditions in New Zealand general practice using structured and unstructured data: a cross-sectional study
[ad_1] Discussion This study highlights the importance of incorporating unstructured free-text data from general practice EHRs to provide a more accurate representation of the burden of long-term conditions. Our analysis, which represents the first large multipractice NZ study of MM in general practice, revealed a substantial number of multimorbid patients whose conditions were not captured in Read coded data. By

Hyderabad chapter of Sisters in Sweat kicks off with sessions in football, kickboxing, and more
[ad_1] On a Sunday morning, a group of women gather at Turfside, Hyderabad. They begin with a warm up and spend the next 90 minutes playing football. Not all of them are adept at the game. A coach guides them with the dos and don’ts. The women sportingly navigate the moves and by the end of the session, are a

Artificial intelligence in clinical practice: a cross-sectional survey of paediatric surgery residents’ perspectives
[ad_1] Discussion AI is becoming more and more involved in everyday lives and in clinical practice. It is fundamental to teach healthcare professionals how to deal with this tool, understand its advantages and risks and learn how to integrate it into their everyday work. Applications of AI and chatbots, such as ChatGPT, range from clinical to surgical to patient counselling.

Assessing public awareness of myopia after the COVID-19 pandemic: an infodemiology study
[ad_1] Abstract Objectives Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, an increasing number of individuals use online resources to obtain health-related information, including myopia management. We aimed to obtain the search interest of global public health on myopia and prevention/treatment methods before and after the outbreak of COVID-19. Methods Google Trends was used to assess the global search interest in myopia and

Evaluating machine learning algorithms for predicting HIV status among young Thai men who have sex with men
[ad_1] Discussion Our study shows that ML models can aid HIV epidemic control using real-world data. Among the evaluated models, XGB with SMOTE-processed data achieved the highest accuracy in predicting HIV infection among young MSM. SHAP analysis identified key risk factors: earlier calendar year, older age at diagnosis and targeted HIV testing. These findings support the use of ML for

Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
[ad_1] This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations should urge their governments to support such a mandate and support the new United Nations (UN) comprehensive study on the effects of nuclear war. The first atomic bomb

Assessing artificial intelligence in breast screening with stratified results on 306 839 mammograms across geographic regions, age, breast density and ethnicity: A Retrospective Investigation Evaluating Screening (ARIES) study
[ad_1] Discussion The ARIES study included more than 3 06 000 cases from different UK regions and diverse breast screening populations, enabling subgroup analyses across participant age, breast density and ethnicity. Non-inferiority tests passed for all outcome metrics on all assessed subgroups, and superiority tests passed for the majority of them. Differences within participant subgroups, with regard to the expected impact (ie,

SCONe: a community-acquired retinal image repository enabling ocular, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease prediction
[ad_1] Discussion Scotland is in the unique position globally of having publicly funded, regular, routine eye examinations with retinal imaging for a sizeable proportion of the population (including almost everyone aged 60+) for well over a decade. In 2022/2023, for example, over 60% of 60+ year-olds in Scotland underwent a sight test in primary care optometry.25 It is important to

Discover native mango varieties in Chennai
[ad_1] The Organic Shandy, Mylapore Native mango varieties reign this year says organic farmer and co-founder of Organic Shandy, PB Murali. He adds that the mango season in Tamil Nadu has been quite the disaster so far, with farmers managing only about 20% of the expected yield. However, as they are all discovering, the heritage varieties are more resilient. The

Assessing the validity of ICD-10 administrative data in coding comorbidities
[ad_1] Discussions This study evaluated the in-hospital coding of 17 Charlson comorbidities in DAD from four hospital sites against chart-reviewed databases spanning 20 years. We found that DAD increasingly undercoded conditions but remained relatively stable for certain conditions (eg, diabetes, metastatic cancer and peripheral vascular disease). The longitudinal variations in the coding quality of comorbidities exerted minimal impact on in-hospital

Leveraging real-world data for continuous evaluation of computational clinical practice guidelines
[ad_1] Discussion By combining real-world data with a computer-interpretable guideline, we successfully computed multiple aspects of adherence levels to the Dutch EC guideline. These results provide insights into guideline implementation by establishing a novel system designed to continuously evaluate adherence to guidelines, applied to EC.18 It establishes analytical standards within the context of guideline adherence, signifying the broader applicability of

Science of cooking: the secret life of the rising cakes!
[ad_1] You must be wondering why I am writing this. I am not an ingredient, nor something you enjoy munching on, but guess what? I am the one who knows all the secrets! I watch all your batter rise into cake and cookie dough, becoming crispy and golden. Nobody knows the details as much as I do now, do they?

Taste Idukki with Chennai’s Yura gelato by ITC Grand Chola
[ad_1] Yura Artisanal Scoops | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Brightly lit and thoughtfully designed, ITC Grand Chola’s gelato bar, named Yura – Artisanal Scoops, is inspired by the Japanese word that literally means ‘beautiful dream’, and offers an imaginative selection of gelatos, frozen yoghurt, sugar-free options and sorbets. Pastry chefs at ITC Grand Chola, Chef Sridhar Manickam and Chef Deepthi

In Chennai’s Chintadripet, a boxing club gives underprivileged kids a fighting chance
[ad_1] On the morning of her second-semester exam, 18-year-old S.M. Durga Sri is hard at work, punching away at the bags at GS Boxing Club in Chintadripet. When asked if she’s worried about the exam, she replies with a smile, “Not really. I can manage.” Ms. Durga, a gold medallist at the 5th Junior Girls National Boxing Championship in 2022

Vertex misses quarterly results on weaker-than-expected demand for cystic fibrosis drug, ET Health
[ad_1] Bengaluru:: Vertex Pharmaceuticals missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly results on Monday, due to lower-than-expected sales of its cystic fibrosis (CF) drug Trikafta. However, the drugmaker raised the lower end of its revenue forecast as it looks to its acute pain drug, Journavx, and newer CF drugs to drive growth beyond its established line of treatments. In December, the

Discover the culinary heritage of Odisha and Southeast Asia at Jaatra, Taj Puri
[ad_1] Stepping inside Jaatra, the specialty restaurant of the newly-inaugurated Taj Puri Resort and Spa, feels like being transported into a beautifully-crafted time capsule. One that narrates the story of Odisha’s culinary heritage while paying homage to its Southeast Asian connections. Located at the beachside Taj Puri Resort and Spa in Odisha’s temple town of Puri, Jaatra celebrates not just

Learn about kettlebell lifting, a sport gaining popularity in Tamil Nadu
[ad_1] Rohith G, Vignesh Hariharan and Sharmila Kumari Pinjala at The Hammer kettlebell academy in Kolathur. Photo: Srinivasa Ramanujam. Shot On OnePlus #FramesofIndia A training session is in the works on the second floor of Kolathur’s The Hammer Fitness gym, on a particularly hot April morning. Kettlebell coach Vignesh Hariharan is at work, teaching 55-year-old Sharmila Kumari Pinjala the proper method

Climbers from Assam summit previously unclimbed Ladakh peak, honour Lachit Borphukan
[ad_1] Part of the team on their way to the summit | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Six climbers from Assam successfully summited a previously unclimbed 6,365-metre peak in Ladakh as part of the Triple Peak Expedition, organised by the Assam Mountaineering Association with support from the Directorate of Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Assam. The final ascent began on