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This State Is First To Implement Tuberculosis Death Prediction Model
Tamil Nadu has become the first state in the country to implement a model which predicts the probability of deaths among adults with Tuberculosis and has integrated it with the existing state-wide application TB SeWA, which triages them at diagnosis.
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Tuberculosis: How Does TB Affect Your Living?
This article explores how tuberculosis impacts daily living, the long-term effects on health, how it spreads, and what precautions should be taken to manage and prevent the disease.
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IIT-Mandi Startup Develops AI-Based Medical Imaging Solution to Detect Respiratory, Genetic Disorders
The innovators at Dectrocel Healthcare have developed a platform in which digital and analogue chest X-Ray images and pictures of children are uploaded and, in a few minutes, the algorithm is able to diagnose respiratory abnormalities that have significant mortalities such as tuberculosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
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World TB Day 2023: These Lifestyle Changes Could Lower Your Risk Of Tuberculosis
World Tuberculosis Day 2023: In this article, we share lifestyle tips that can help lower your risk.
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World TB Day 2020: Here's Everything You Need To Know About Spinal Tuberculosis
World TB Day 2020: A person with spinal TB experiences back pain and painful movements in the early stages apart from fever and loss of appetite and weight. Read here to know more about spinal tuberculosis.
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Aspirin Can Aid In Fight Against Tuberculosis: Study
India has the world's highest burden of TB, with 27 per cent of all global cases and over 30 per cent of all deaths worldwide.
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To End Tuberculosis In India By 2025, Children Have To Be Free Of TB First
Jackson from the US was six-weeks-old when he first showed symptoms of Tuberculosis or TB. It took another six weeks and three doctors before he was diagnosed with TB. The delayed diagnosis nearly cost him his life. Jackson's case was highlighted at the release of a roadmap towards ending childhood TB by 10 global TB and child agencies in New York ...
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WHO: TB Remains World's Deadliest Infectious Disease
TB deaths have decreased over the past year, with an estimated 10 million people having developed TB and 1.6 million deaths, including among 300,000 HIV-positive people, in 2017.
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UN Political Declaration Against TB: Time To Translate Words To Action
It was thus a moment of triumph when the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) called for the first-ever High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB to endorse a political declaration that aims to strengthen action and investments to end tuberculosis.
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Jail Term For Doctors, Chemists If They Don't Report Tuberculosis
The ministry said tuberculosis is a dangerous epidemic disease, a threat to life and is a major public health problem.
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90 Days, 4 Doctors, 2 Cities To Detect Tuberculosis In 13-Year-Old
By Shreya Shah/ IndiaSpend.org It took 90 days, and four doctors across two cities to diagnose that Bhuveka Thareja, 13, suffered from tuberculosis (TB). It all started with a fever in December 2015. The doctor gave Bhuveka some medicines and the fever went away. But in January 2016, the fever came back, and the doctor recommended a chest X-Ray. Bu...
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India’s Fight Against TB: Why We Are Failing
Tuberculosis or TB is a global health crisis that affects an estimated 9.6 million people in the world. 2.8 million of those affected are Indians, making India the TB capital of the world. The disease continues to spread at an alarming rate in the country, making it an epidemic. TB brings suffering, devastation, poverty, debt and death, often to th...
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Accurate Diagnosis Is The First Step To Address India's TB Crisis
Tuberculosis or TB is considered to be one of the biggest health crisis in India. What’s often missed is the fact that TB cases suffer from delayed and inaccurate diagnosis. Accurate diagnosis of TB is critical for the treatment and infection control. Timely and correct diagnosis curtails the cycle of TB transmission and helps in commencing TB tr...
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20-Cent Hand-Powered Blood Centrifuge Developed
Stanford engineers, including those of Indian origin, have built an ultra-low-cost, human-powered centrifuge that separates blood into its individual components in only 1.5 minutes, and may enable precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
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New Handheld Device May Diagnose Cancer, Tuberculosis In Minutes
A UK-based startup claims to have developed a new smartphone-sized, handheld device that may accurately diagnose everything from cancers to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis in a matter of minutes.
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This State Is First To Implement Tuberculosis Death Prediction Model
Tamil Nadu has become the first state in the country to implement a model which predicts the probability of deaths among adults with Tuberculosis and has integrated it with the existing state-wide application TB SeWA, which triages them at diagnosis.
-
Tuberculosis: How Does TB Affect Your Living?
This article explores how tuberculosis impacts daily living, the long-term effects on health, how it spreads, and what precautions should be taken to manage and prevent the disease.
-
IIT-Mandi Startup Develops AI-Based Medical Imaging Solution to Detect Respiratory, Genetic Disorders
The innovators at Dectrocel Healthcare have developed a platform in which digital and analogue chest X-Ray images and pictures of children are uploaded and, in a few minutes, the algorithm is able to diagnose respiratory abnormalities that have significant mortalities such as tuberculosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
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World TB Day 2023: These Lifestyle Changes Could Lower Your Risk Of Tuberculosis
World Tuberculosis Day 2023: In this article, we share lifestyle tips that can help lower your risk.
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World TB Day 2020: Here's Everything You Need To Know About Spinal Tuberculosis
World TB Day 2020: A person with spinal TB experiences back pain and painful movements in the early stages apart from fever and loss of appetite and weight. Read here to know more about spinal tuberculosis.
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Aspirin Can Aid In Fight Against Tuberculosis: Study
India has the world's highest burden of TB, with 27 per cent of all global cases and over 30 per cent of all deaths worldwide.
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To End Tuberculosis In India By 2025, Children Have To Be Free Of TB First
Jackson from the US was six-weeks-old when he first showed symptoms of Tuberculosis or TB. It took another six weeks and three doctors before he was diagnosed with TB. The delayed diagnosis nearly cost him his life. Jackson's case was highlighted at the release of a roadmap towards ending childhood TB by 10 global TB and child agencies in New York ...
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WHO: TB Remains World's Deadliest Infectious Disease
TB deaths have decreased over the past year, with an estimated 10 million people having developed TB and 1.6 million deaths, including among 300,000 HIV-positive people, in 2017.
-
UN Political Declaration Against TB: Time To Translate Words To Action
It was thus a moment of triumph when the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) called for the first-ever High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB to endorse a political declaration that aims to strengthen action and investments to end tuberculosis.
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Jail Term For Doctors, Chemists If They Don't Report Tuberculosis
The ministry said tuberculosis is a dangerous epidemic disease, a threat to life and is a major public health problem.
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90 Days, 4 Doctors, 2 Cities To Detect Tuberculosis In 13-Year-Old
By Shreya Shah/ IndiaSpend.org It took 90 days, and four doctors across two cities to diagnose that Bhuveka Thareja, 13, suffered from tuberculosis (TB). It all started with a fever in December 2015. The doctor gave Bhuveka some medicines and the fever went away. But in January 2016, the fever came back, and the doctor recommended a chest X-Ray. Bu...
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India’s Fight Against TB: Why We Are Failing
Tuberculosis or TB is a global health crisis that affects an estimated 9.6 million people in the world. 2.8 million of those affected are Indians, making India the TB capital of the world. The disease continues to spread at an alarming rate in the country, making it an epidemic. TB brings suffering, devastation, poverty, debt and death, often to th...
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Accurate Diagnosis Is The First Step To Address India's TB Crisis
Tuberculosis or TB is considered to be one of the biggest health crisis in India. What’s often missed is the fact that TB cases suffer from delayed and inaccurate diagnosis. Accurate diagnosis of TB is critical for the treatment and infection control. Timely and correct diagnosis curtails the cycle of TB transmission and helps in commencing TB tr...
-
20-Cent Hand-Powered Blood Centrifuge Developed
Stanford engineers, including those of Indian origin, have built an ultra-low-cost, human-powered centrifuge that separates blood into its individual components in only 1.5 minutes, and may enable precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
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New Handheld Device May Diagnose Cancer, Tuberculosis In Minutes
A UK-based startup claims to have developed a new smartphone-sized, handheld device that may accurately diagnose everything from cancers to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis in a matter of minutes.
