Mohan Garikiparithi got his degree in medicine from Osmania University (University of Health Sciences). He practiced clinical medicine for over a decade before he shifted his focus to the field of health communications. During his active practice he served as the head of the Dept. of Microbiology in a diagnostic centre in India. On a three-year communications program in Germany, Mohan developed a keen interest in German Medicine (Homoeopathy), and other alternative systems of medicine. He now advocates treating different medical conditions without the use of traditional drugs. An ardent squash player, Mohan believes in the importance of fitness and wellness.
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A research team from the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have come up with a two-step vaccination process to protect against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is an illness caused by the MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus). Most MERS patients develop severe acute ...click here to read more
The Reno County in Kansas, is seeing the beginnings of a contagious outbreak of whooping cough. Three new cases have been confirmed this week. According to health officials, pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, is a highly contagious illness of the upper respiratory tract, caused the bacterium, Bordetella pertussis. These bacteria cling on to the tiny, almost ...click here to read more
Getting all the benefits of exercising without actually working out, needn’t be a dream anymore. Researchers from the University of Southampton in Britain have developed a molecule that mimics exercise. According to researchers, the molecule could be a breakthrough in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Temporarily dubbed “compound 14,” the new molecule is ...click here to read more
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A Johns Hopkins-led study provides answer to the big question – To defibrillate or not to defibrillate. The study shows that within a few years of implanting a cardiac defibrillator, one in four patients, all of whom had declining cardiac function, experienced improvements in heart function. The improvements were substantial enough clinically to justify implanting ...click here to read more
Scientists at Bart Deplancke’s lab, in collaboration with Bruno Lemaitre’s team at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federal De Lausanne), have made a huge leap in understanding what genetics have to do with gut immune-competence. Their study, which challenges the current views of gut disease, is published in Nature Communications. Given the millions of micro-organisms we ingest each day, ...click here to read more
A new study reveals how contaminated food could be an important source of human exposure to Klebsiella Pneumoniae. The results of the study have enough evidence that suggest this bacteria should be added to the list of risky disease causing bacteria in food products. Public health surveillance officials usually discount bacteria that do not cause immediate ...click here to read more
In a major leap in cancer research, researchers said they have figured out that cancer can be caused just by an imbalance of protein within cells. This is a clear departure from previous thinking where it was believed that almost all forms of cancer were caused by genetic aberrations. A recent study conducted by scientists ...click here to read more
In an article published in the journal Science, neuroscientists from Cardiff University claim to have finally understood how a gene influences healthy brain development. To be more specific, the scientists have identified a critical function of schizophrenia’s “Rosetta Stone” gene. This discovery could open up new avenues to decode the function of all genes involved in ...click here to read more
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