Tuberculosis: Here are some home remedies to accelerate the healing process
If you are suffering from this disease, symptoms like blood in the cough, tiredness, fatigue, chest pain, weight loss, night sweats, and fever will persist.
If you are suffering from this disease, symptoms like blood in the cough, tiredness, fatigue, chest pain, weight loss, night sweats, and fever will persist.
As we celebrate World Tuberculosis Day today, here is a low-down on the significance, theme and history of this day, observed annually by the WHO.
Currently, only one four multiple drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases is detected and not more than one in two is cured, worldwide. So the death rate among this type of TB is very high both in India and outside. Read on to know how you can tackle it efficiently.
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day today, pulmonologist Dr. Vivek Nangia pens an exclusive article for TheHealthSite shedding light on the prevalence of TB in India, current government policies and the way forward. He is the Head and Director, Pulmonology, Medical ICU and Sleep Disorders at Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, Delhi.
As World Tuberculosis Day approaches (24th March), we tell you what yoga poses are good for TB patients.
While a new drug that can cure TB fast is in the offing, we share with you gifts of nature than help prevent this deadly bacterial infection.
A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) has been shown to be more effective against TB than Isoniazid, a decades old drug which is currently one of the standard treatment for the disease, finds a study on mice.
Must be aware of these ways to prevent tuberculosis
A top executive at the Switzerland-based non-profit The Global Fund has said that ending tuberculosis by 2025 in India is "tough" and "very stretching", given where the country stands currently,
A new study published in the journal Science has found a molecule that is effective against tuberculosis.
WHO has called for an unprecedented mobilization of national and international commitments, and urged political leaders to take decisive action.
Here are three ways by which you will know how to recognise the signs of respiratory tuberculosis and accordingly beat it or prevent yourself from getting infected.
By stepping up investment and innovation to fight the disease a 30-point final declaration under negotiation would commit governments to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030.
A new study has concluded that bacteria can sense amino acids and regulate their metabolism in response to the available nutrients.
A less toxic drug has been discovered for latent TB to cut the treatment time from nine months to four.
Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist tells us what a person should eat while being treated for TB.
Here is all you need to know about ocular TB or TB in the eyes that has now become a major concern for the doctors.
Here is how one fuels the other
If you are suffering from this disease, symptoms like blood in the cough, tiredness, fatigue, chest pain, weight loss, night sweats, and fever will persist.
As we celebrate World Tuberculosis Day today, here is a low-down on the significance, theme and history of this day, observed annually by the WHO.
Currently, only one four multiple drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases is detected and not more than one in two is cured, worldwide. So the death rate among this type of TB is very high both in India and outside. Read on to know how you can tackle it efficiently.
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day today, pulmonologist Dr. Vivek Nangia pens an exclusive article for TheHealthSite shedding light on the prevalence of TB in India, current government policies and the way forward. He is the Head and Director, Pulmonology, Medical ICU and Sleep Disorders at Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, Delhi.
As World Tuberculosis Day approaches (24th March), we tell you what yoga poses are good for TB patients.
While a new drug that can cure TB fast is in the offing, we share with you gifts of nature than help prevent this deadly bacterial infection.
A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) has been shown to be more effective against TB than Isoniazid, a decades old drug which is currently one of the standard treatment for the disease, finds a study on mice.
A top executive at the Switzerland-based non-profit The Global Fund has said that ending tuberculosis by 2025 in India is "tough" and "very stretching", given where the country stands currently,
A new study published in the journal Science has found a molecule that is effective against tuberculosis.
WHO has called for an unprecedented mobilization of national and international commitments, and urged political leaders to take decisive action.
Here are three ways by which you will know how to recognise the signs of respiratory tuberculosis and accordingly beat it or prevent yourself from getting infected.
By stepping up investment and innovation to fight the disease a 30-point final declaration under negotiation would commit governments to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030.
A new study has concluded that bacteria can sense amino acids and regulate their metabolism in response to the available nutrients.
A less toxic drug has been discovered for latent TB to cut the treatment time from nine months to four.
Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist tells us what a person should eat while being treated for TB.
Here is all you need to know about ocular TB or TB in the eyes that has now become a major concern for the doctors.
Here is how one fuels the other
BCG vaccination is important for your child and you should not miss it.
Must be aware of these ways to prevent tuberculosis
Here's how tuberculosis can be prevented by implementing simple preatuionary measures.