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TRENDS
FABP biomarker in the blood-
stream. ABP is a lightweight
protein released quickly from
heart muscle into the blood-
stream during a heart attack, and
therefore, it is an optimal cardiac
diagnostic marker.
According to him, doctors may
test a patient s blood for FABP
if he or she experiences char-
acteristic symptoms like chest
pain. However, not all heart at-
tacks make themselves known
through easily noticeable signs.
Silent heart attacks, which are
becoming increasingly common,
are asymptomatic, making them
more dangerous than conven-
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Faster diagnostic tests developed for
tuberculosis
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Volume 3 | Issue 2 | April-June 2018
Latest Innovations in Healthcare
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I Digital
recently
went
through
InnoHEALTH,
Healthcare
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vol 3, issue 2. I never expected such
nice content in a health magazine.
Really, it s a very good idea to bring
innovations
from lab to design
to masses
Integrating technologies
better
through print media. Appreciative of
healthcare interventions
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the idea which in itself is an innovative
A unique
journey
of inspiring
one.
I went
through
the content very
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carefully
enjoyed reading articles
moonshots and
in healthcare
on wildlife specially the ones on
Kanpur zoo and cloned monkeys.
Request you to keep including such
innovative ideas specially on wildlife.
I was also intrigued by the article
on software as a medical device.
The magazine deserves to be an
international magazine on the basis
of its contents, printing quality and
editorials. Would like to encourage
use of symbol of Indian Rupees on the
cover page.
Dr. RK Singh
Kanpur, India
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July-September 2019
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charged electrical impulse to
draw negatively charged ---pro-
tein to the surface; If the amount
of FABP is high, then the person
would need immediate medical
attention; People who are at risk
are recommended to use the de- pain and shortness of breath
that is indicative of heart attack
is not felt.
Akash aims to study cardiology
at the country’s premier All In-
dia Institute of Medical Sciences
in Delhi.
ISSUES
Volume 3 | Issue 2 | April-June 2018
I read the magazine InnoHEALTH
and found very interesting articles
which had scientific explanations.
An article on medal winners and
their last-minute thought process to
annex titles was wonderful and gave
an insight of chemistry in chambers
of brain during moments of climax.
I appreciate the manner in which
plight of animals was highlighted
and innovative practices adopted by
vets. Personally, we feel it should be
monthly if not fortnightly and the
language a bit toned for the common
man.
Dr. Meena Dhami
New Delhi, India
hour away from his hometown.
He could not afford expensive
books and journals so the library
visit was the only option left for
this enterprising adolescent who
had an extra knack to compre-
hend complexities of cardiol-
ogy just because of his penchant
for the heart diseases studies.
He was chosen for the President’s
Innovation Scholar’s In-Resi-
dence Programme at Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
The 16-year-old says that he
investigated a novel concept that
could potentially allow patients
to detect silent heart attacks
by non-invasively sensing the
T
he death of his grandfa-
ther due to heart attack
led Manoj Akash, a class
10th student of Ashok
Leyland School in Hosur, Karnata-
ka, to invent skin patch which has
to be attached to the wrist or the
back of the ear and it will release a
small positive’ electrical impulse,
which will attract the negatively
charged protein released by the
heart to signal a heart attack. If the
quantity of this protein – FABP
-- is high, the person must seek
immediate medical attention.
Since class eight he started vis-
iting library of the Indian Insti-
tute of Science in Bengaluru – an
Diabetes research
New age solutions for diabetic care
Skin patch to detect
‘silent’ heart attacks
Recent breakthroughs in
Living with Diabetes: An Occupational
Therapy Perspective
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Importance of Nutrition for Improving
Academic Score
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The Morphing Face of Healthcare in the
World of AI
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vice twice a day -- in the morn-
ing and at night, before going to
bed; The product can soon be
seen in the market and would
cost around R 900, cheaper than
a glucometer symptoms at all.
Diabetes, high blood pressure,
high cholesterol levels all put
you at risk of a silent heart at-
tack, experts say. Having a si-
lent heart attack puts people at
a greater risk of having another
heart attack, which could be fa-
tal. Having another heart attack
also increases risk of complica-
tions, such as heart failure.
Experts say a silent heart at-
tack a heart attack is character-
ized by chest pain, pain in the
left arm or shortness is when of
breath. A person who has a si-
lent heart attack may not show
these the symptoms like chest
Sweden-India collaboration in
health sector
Internet gave him lot of insight,
he admits Clinical trials for the
medical device are on and it
could be approved for a human
trial. The product would be fit to
be launched in the market after
two months of human trial, as-
suming nothing goes wrong.
“I have already filed for a patent
and I would tie up with depart-
ment of biotechnology for the trial.
I would want the Government of
India to take the project instead of
selling it to a private company be-
cause it is for the public good,” he
says on his website.
A small silicon patch stuck to
your wrist or back of your ear
can be used regularly to monitor
whether there has been a heart
attack instead of waiting for a
doctor to prescribe a test.
The patch uses a positively
PERSONA
tional heart attacks.
Patients often "drop dead"
while feeling completely nor-
mal. This collapse happened to
my grandfather on July 3rd 2015
which served as an impetus for
me to find a solution to this prob-
lem. In these "silent" cases, doc-
tors are unlikely to administer
the crucial FABP blood test be-
cause there is no visible presen-
tation of symptoms to warrant a
diagnostic test. As a result, silent
heart attacks go unnoticed.
“I realized that, if at-risk pa-
tients could test themselves
daily for the presence of FABP
in their blood, they would have
higher chances of detecting si-
lent heart attacks as they occur.
A method that allows daily self-
testing would have to be non-in-
vasive, safe, and easy to use. Ulti-
mately, it would have to involve
a transcutaneous blood analysis,
which examines the contents of
one's blood without penetrating
the skin.
In searching for ways to tackle
this challenging prospect, I ex-
amined the various distinguish-
ing characteristics of blood pro-
teins that would allow them to
be identified transcutaneously. I
found that proteins have distinc-
tive masses and electric charges
in blood.
So, I used a model to test
whether different magnitudes of
charged electricity, when applied
to a thin area of skin, would iso-
late FABP from the other blood
proteins and attract FABP to
the capillary walls. My results
showed that this is true.
This means that the technique
that I investigated can poten-
tially be coupled with transcuta-
neous UV-protein quantification
to non-invasively measure the
amount of FABP in a patient s
blood and alert him or her of a
silent heart attack.”
Help Million Hearts Stay
Healthy Is his web page that
narrates his vision.
He was frequenting scien-
tific conventions to further his
knowledge in the science field.
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Social Isolation in a
I went connected
through the
latest edition
digitally
world!
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of your InnoHEALTH magazine
Mind Matters
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and found that many articles
were very interesting especially
the one highlighting that people
Tuberculosis:
An Ancient during
Foe tooth
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feel more depressed
ache,
head
ache
and
ear
pain.
Non-Pharmacological
I would encourage the team to
Management of Chronic
keep highlighting significance of
Obstruction
Pulmonary
Disease
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our medicinal
plant values
so that
people take advantage of such
resources available in India in
abundance. IT I market
recall builds
a time tested
Healthcare
saying a tall tree of neem is like a
foundation of AI-based
tall Hakim standing before you.
Healthcare System
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RESEARCH
NEWSCOPE
Krishna Gopal
A trip to world’s healthiest
Uttar Pradesh, India
and happiest city:
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DISHA: Need of the hour
How crucial is DISHA (Act) for
healthcare industry?
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