Here's How IIT Madras Students Are Making Wound Healing Easier For Diabetics
Students at IIT Madras have developed a novel wound dressing material
that would help diabetic patients heal faster. The dressing material
uses graphene-based compounds
Students at IIT
Madras have developed a novel wound dressing material that would help
diabetic patients heal faster. The dressing material uses graphene-based
compounds. Wound healing in diabetic is not as rapid as compared to a
normal, healthy individual. This delayed healing or non-healed wounds
could lead to serious complications and in worse cases call for
amputations too. In a bid to contribute to the major clinical
challenge, students at IIT Madras have come up with a new wound healing
material. The researchers said, that they were aiming to exploit the
property of graphene-based materials of improving blood vessel formation
at certain concentrations to prepare an inexpensive wound dressing. In
the animal studies conducted, the psyllium-reduced graphene oxide
nanocomposite showed emphatic results.
"We hope this is the
first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using
graphene-based materials for clinical use," said Vignesh Muthuvijayan,
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology. The researchers used a
convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to obtain reduced
graphene oxide. "Thereafter, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide
dispersions into a plant carbohydrate polymer (psyllium) solution to
obtain wound dressing scaffolds.
The researchers used fibroblast
cells which are responsible for wound healing to evaluate the toxicity
and bioactivity of these scaffolds on the cell attachment, migration and
proliferation. "These newly developed scaffolds provide a suitable
tissue-friendly environment for cells and subsequently improve cell
proliferation and attachment," Muthuvijayan added. The trials and
results revealed that the normal wounds treated with the dressings
healed in 16 days as compared to 23 days in untreated normal wounds.
Similarly, diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days
as against 26 days in untreated diabetic wounds. "These scaffolds are
easy to prepare, inexpensive, and show excellent healing properties.
Thus, the material acts as a good wound dressing and helps in
accelerated healing of normal and diabetic wounds," he said.
Diabetes
refers to a group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the
blood (high blood glucose). The sugar spike is due to an impaired
insulin hormone, that triggers abnormal metabolism of carbohydrate and
hike in sugar levels. Your diet and nutrition can play a significant
role in managing diabetes. Here are some healthy dietary tips you should
make part of your daily regime now.
Follow a balanced diet with complex carbs: According
to Preeti Rao, Health and Wellness Coach, eating a variety of fruits
and vegetables, lean protein and good sources of fat is very essential
for diabetes management. One must avoid trans fats (also called
hydrogenated fat), processed food, and sugar and up intake of complex
carbs. Complex carbohydrates are rich in fiber and are not highly
processed like refined carbohydrates. They take longer to digest and
hence provide a sustained source of energy for a longer duration.
Include more Low GI Foods:
Glycemic Index (GI) is a relative ranking of carbohydrate in foods
according to how they affect blood glucose levels. Carbohydrates with a
low GI value (55 or less) are more slowly digested, absorbed and
metabolised and cause a lower and slower rise in blood glucose. Low GI
foods are also rich in fibre which takes the longest to digest, make you
feel fuller for a longer time and help control appetite. This could
further help in weight management. Tomato, spinach, guavas, cauliflower,
and pears are some low glycemic index foods you can choose to add to
your diet.
Avoid Sugary Drinks and Fruit Juices:
Diabetics should steer clear of aerated and sugary drinks, various
studies and reports have time and again reinforced that these drinks are
full of liquid calories and can cause major spike in the blood sugar
levels. Your can of fruit juice is not one of the healthiest substitutes
either. Fruit juices especially packaged fruit juices are loaded with
fructose that elevates the blood sugar levels. It is advisable to eat
whole fruits instead. Fruits are full of fibres, fibres take time to
metabolise and thus doesn't result in sudden surge in blood sugar
levels. Eat fruits that have a low glycemic index. Eat fruits with some
nuts and olives to balance the glycemic load.
(With inputs from PTI)
Friday, May 4, 2018
CANCER IN YOUR COCONUT
To all those tender coconut lovers who are unconsciously being POISONED by unscrupulous plantation owners.
Please take a look at this SHOCKING video clip. 👇..
Avoid Tender Coconut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You may think that these men are actively digging around the palms to manure them..But the fact is something else.
It
is shocking to note that they are root feeding deadly chemicals with an
intention to get high yields and protect their trees from attack of
pests and rodents.
The chemicals they use are aluminium
phosphide, a highly toxic inorganic compound which is used as a
rodenticide, insecticide and fumigant. This is mixed with carbofuran
(Furadan), one of the most toxic carbamate pesticides.
They
mix these in water and are then filled in sachets as seen here and this
toxic cocktail is readily absorbed by the tree and will be in all its
cells. The nuts and the tender coconuts will have very high toxins in
them.
On a thirsty hot summer day, we unsuspectingly
buy this SUPER TOXIC NATURAL DRINK to quench our thirst. We even buy it
for hospitalized patients who already are fighting some other health
problems.
To bring an end to this dangerous practice we
should stop encouraging the chemically produced nuts to be sold in the
wholesale or retail market.
90 % of BOMBAY summer supplies of tender coconuts comes from Kerala, where this malpractice has reached rampant proportions.
Even smallest quantities this deadly potion is enough to trigger stomach / intestinal CANCER.
Impotency & low sperm count is an almost immediate side effect.
A new equipment, endoultrasound (EUS), used by the Government Stanley Hospital, has been able to identify and manage malignant tumours.
The equipment, the only one of its kind in a government hospital in the State, has been used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Patients with pancreatic cysts, tumours or necrosis were being treated at the hospital. M.S. Revathy, head of medical gastroenterology, said the EUS was used on 210 patients, many referred from other government hospitals, and in most of them, malignant tumours had been diagnosed.
The EUS can be used to identify tumours starting from oesophagus, Dr. Revathi said.
“If there is a tumour in the lymph node surrounding the oesophagus with the ultrasound, we are able to differentiate between tuberculosis and malignant tumours,” she said.
It requires just sitting for the patient and within 20 minutes, the doctor would know the result and thus plan management of the ailment.
The EUS has also helped in treating patients with pancreatic cysts.
We are able to differentiate between TB and malignant tumours
Like India, Sri Lanka’s scientific community doesn’t sanction stem cell therapy as a treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders, but there are no laws prohibiting it. Alleging that Sion Hospital’s Dr Alok Sharma screened patients in a Colombo hotel after delivering a talk on the subject, the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians (SLCP) put out a public notice warning people from falling prey to “unproven and exploitative therapies”.
Speaking to TOI, SCLP member Dr Samanmali Sumanasena expressed anger at Dr Sharma allegedly marketing the therapy for sums nearing Rs 6.6 lakh. “He or the company (NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute, Navi Mumbai) had no authority to screen patients in our country without our medi council’s approval,” she said.
Dr Sharma is unfazed by the uproar. “The Lankan community has reacted just the way Indian doctors have over the years. We have MRI and PET scans of 1,200 children to show how stem cells have improved the problematic areas of the brain in autistic children. Nearly a third of these children have gone out of the autism spectrum.”
Explaining the technique, he said he injects stem cells derived from the bone marrow of such children and therefore it’s absolutely safe. But this very mechanism has been dubbed as flawed and even fraudulent by experts. Paediatric neurologist Dr Vrajesh Udani said, “Researchers have zeroed down on 11 genes that are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of autism. Hence, whatever genetic defects a child has will also be present in the bone marrow. Also, it is unethical to charge patients for an experimental therapy.”
ICMR’s member Dr Geeta Jotwani said its guidelines don’t approve of stem cell use for autism (see graphic). “We framed norms keeping international regulations and research advances in mind,” she said. “The guidelines have a provision for clinical trials as well.” But Dr Sharma implied that conducting a clinical trial would mean depriving some children from stem cell therapy “that works”.
Srinagar, April 08 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, medical
evidence is mounting to show the devastating effects like blindness of
eye injuries caused by metal pellets fired from shotguns by Indian
troops on protesters.
The ongoing use of the indiscriminate pellet guns has blinded 1,314
people in occupied Kashmir since 2016 alone. The so-called non-lethal
weapon has also caused deaths since it was introduced in the territory
during the public uprising of 2010.
A number of empirical studies conducted on Kashmiri victims of the
weapon recently published in international scientific journals
emphasised the irreversible nature of damage caused to their eyesight.
“Pellet injuries in eye causes serious visual decline due to vitreous
hemorrhage, cataract and retinal detachment,” states a research paper
titled Management of Ocular Pellet Injury published in Global Journal of
Medical Research (US).
The study, first since 2016 when mass scale pellet injuries were
caused in Kashmir, has been carried out by doctors from an eye hospital
in Amritsar on pellet victims visiting from Kashmir for treatment.
According to this study, chances of regaining normal vision in a pellet
victim eye were minimal.
Another study titled ‘Pellet Gun Fire Injuries in Kashmir Valley –
Cause of Ocular Morbidity’ has documented how chances of improvement of
vision “remained poor despite development of advanced micro-surgical
techniques”. The findings were published in Journal of Evolution of
Medical and Dental Sciences.
Researchers found over 50 percent of eyes injured by pellets “had
only perception of light” at the time of presentation in the hospital,
“reflecting the severe nature of trauma caused by gun pellets”. After
multiple surgical interventions, the final corrected vision remained
“unchanged” in about 35 percent of victims, researchers found.
“About 50 percent of the cases had final corrected visual acuity less
than 6/60” according to the study, meaning the person is able to see
something at only 6 meters what someone with standard vision could see
from 60 meters away.
An earlier study published in international journal of Medical
Science and Public Health found that only 16 percent of people who had
been hit by pellets in eyes had vision more than 20/40, meaning “vision
half good as normal”.
The rest, 84 percent pellet victims, had blindness of varying
degrees. One in three could not see beyond movement of hands in front of
their injured eye. An article published in Indian Journal of Medical
Ethics in 2016, quoting from various clinical studies on pellet injuries
concludes that the weapon was “far from being a benign non-lethal
weapon” and has “far-reaching human costs”.
Since the widespread protests sparked by the killing of BurhanWani in
July 2016, some 1253 victims of eye injuries caused by pellet guns were
treated at SMHS Hospital Srinagar. The use of pellet guns causing “dead
eye epidemic” in Kashmir in 2016 caused an international outrage.
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
Legal implications of hiring non-MBBS doctors in allopathic hospitals
M3 India NewsdeskMar 29, 2018
In the last part,
we covered the story about allopathic hospitals in Indore, Madhya
Pradesh, that have been served notice for employing non-MBBS doctors and
have flouted the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Dr.
T. Jacob John, a noted epidemiologist and a public health expert
expresses his opinion on why two very different systems of medicine in
India cannot merge to become one wholesome method of clinical practice.
Students at IIT
Madras have developed a novel wound dressing material that would help
diabetic patients heal faster. The dressing material uses graphene-based
compounds. Wound healing in diabetic is not as rapid as compared to a
normal, healthy individual. This delayed healing or non-healed wounds
could lead to serious complications and in worse cases call for
amputations too.
