Study explains why treatments for autoimmune, inflammatory diseases raise TB risk
Researchers have found how a protein produced by immune cells and used to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases raises the risk of tuberculosis (TB).
Researchers have found how a protein produced by immune cells and used to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases raises the risk of tuberculosis (TB).
A conference ‘CNS Tuberculosis: Challenges and Solutions’ organised by a team of highly-experienced doctors in Delhi was attended by medical experts from across India.
The District Health Department has implemented an ACF campaign in all three blocks of district Kinnaur to achieve TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
A total of 75 lakh TB patients have benefitted from the direct bank transfer (DBT) of Rs 2000 crore sent to their accounts since the scheme was announced by the Central government in 2018, said Prime Minister Modi.
Tuberculosis (TB), commonly known to impact the lungs, can also affect a woman's reproductive health. However, timely intervention can improve treatment outcomes and help women to conceive, health experts said on Wednesday.
According to a new study, two strains of bacteria causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in a completely different way.
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The average decline in TB incidence in Kangra district has been 39.4% over the baseline incidence of 220 (per lakh) over five years, as per assessment by the external teams, who visited and verified the TB programme performance earlier this year.
The new research was published in Clinical Infectious Diseases journal published by Oxford University Press, London in its latest edition.
The chief minister also said that massaging a cow can cure one's breathing problems while living in close proximity with the animal can cure one of tuberculosis.
