by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 13, 2020 | Health and Medicine
COVID-19: DRUGS AND TREATMENTS While there are no available treatments for any human coronavirus (it may be a common coronavirus spreading cold or the SARS-CoV-2 virus), some existing antiviral medications, such as those used for Ebola and malaria, are used to treat...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jul 30, 2020 | Health and Medicine
As reported on July 28, 2019, more people are dying of Hepatitis B and C, but the awareness about the disease is very low, compared to HIV, malaria, dengue combined. And so, the Union Health Minister pledged on the eve of World Hepatitis Day to join a campaign by the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jul 30, 2020 | Health and Medicine
Health is wealth. To enjoy this wealth, there are certain conditions, which are increasingly being ignored or compromised for lack of a proper system. Healthcare facilities may be primary, tertiary, public, private, specific, or temporary, but they cannot be properly...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jul 30, 2020 | Health and Medicine
In order to reach victims or patients in no time, the Bike Ambulance Service, also known as the 108 service, was launched in Shimla in April 2018. The Bike Ambulances can access areas inaccessible to four-wheeled ambulances due to traffic snarls on roads that are...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jul 30, 2020 | Health and Medicine
Silicosis is among the list of occupational diseases, recognised by the Factory Act, 1948 and Employees Compensation Act, 2010. It is an incurable, deadly, and largely unnoticed and under-reported condition that develops over time when silica dust is ingested, coming...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jul 30, 2020 | Health and Medicine
In 2009, a fungal infection, called Candida auris, emerged in Japan and spread to the rest of the world in a span of few years, especially in hospitals. A superbug, this germ has evolved defences against common medicines and cannot be treated by the fungal medications...
