Monthly Archives: September 2023

SIUT opens free paediatric cardiac unit

KARACHI: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) has started providing healthcare facilities to children suffering from congenital heart diseases and other cardiac disorders at birth. According to a press release, the newly established Paediatric Cardiac Unit of the Institute organised community outreach camps in rural areas of Sindh province in recent weeks, where […]

This groundbreaking therapy becomes lifeline for blood cancer patients

This groundbreaking therapy becomes lifeline for blood cancer patients. The Mirror A “game-changing” triple therapy has been given the green light for NHS patients in the UK in a significant stride towards transforming the landscape of myeloma treatment.  For thousands of Brits grappling with this incurable blood cancer, this development is nothing short of a […]

Survey: 10 to 20% of Japan’s adult COVID patients had post-infection symptoms

A Japanese government survey has found that about 10 to 20 percent of adults infected with the coronavirus had aftereffects, including cough and fatigue, for more than two months after infection. A team from the health ministry surveyed about 195,000 residents aged five to 79 in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, Yao City in Osaka, and Sapporo […]

Unseasonal flu surges across Japan amid lower immunity post-COVID

The number of new influenza cases reported at designated medical institutions in Japan has surged 57% over the past week, health ministry data has shown, marking an unusual trend for a virus usually prevalent during winter. Health experts attribute the prolonged spread of infections to a combination of factors, including low immunity stemming from a […]

Monkeypox virus-infected individuals mount comparable humoral immune responses as Smallpox-vaccinated individuals

Abstract In early 2022, a cluster of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infection (mpox) cases were identified within the UK with no prior travel history to MPXV-endemic regions. Subsequently, case numbers exceeding 80,000 were reported worldwide, primarily affecting gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Public health agencies worldwide have offered the IMVANEX […]

Improving CNNs classification with pathologist-based expertise: the renal cell carcinoma case study

Abstract The prognosis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) malignant neoplasms deeply relies on an accurate determination of the histological subtype, which currently involves the light microscopy visual analysis of histological slides, considering notably tumor architecture and cytology. RCC subtyping is therefore a time-consuming and tedious process, sometimes requiring expert review, with great impact on diagnosis, […]

Plant Fungus Infected a Human in First Reported Case of Its Kind

Silver leaf disease is a curse for a variety of botanicals, from pears to roses to rhododendron. Infecting their leaves and branches, the fungus Chondrostereum purpureum can be fatal for the plant if not quickly treated. Aside from the risk of losing the occasional rose bush, the fungal disease has never been considered a problem […]