Healthcare

A student at IIT Bombay, Saiprasad Proyarekar has innovated a skin spray gun that treats open skin wounds in less than half the time of regular surgeries. This low-cost innovation can be a gamechanger in treating acid attacks and accident injuries.

Regular health check ups over the years helped Meher Roy identify a small red flag that led to the early diagnosis of blood cancer and may have saved his life. He shares how simple checks can help us understand our body better and keep a check on our health.

Nikhiya Samsher (18), a graduate of Greenwood High International School in Bengaluru has innovated an low-cost, early risk detection system for oral cancer.

From diabetic and potential elderly cataract patients to premature infants, 3nethra developed by Bengaluru-based Kuppuswamy Chandrasekhar's Forus Health, diagnoses eye diseases within five minutes without dilating the pupils.

Swati Jagdish, is Coimbatore's lactation counsellor-turned-sex educator, who addresses a myriad of unspoken topics including breastfeeding, menstruation, consent, sexual abuse at home on her page — Maya's Amma.

MiraCradle, a device to treat asphyxia, has been developed by Pluss Advanced Technologies, a Gurugram-based company and Dr Niranjan Thomas. It is a low-cost innovation to treat newborns with this condition and a first-of-its-kind in India.

Mumbai-based Dr Marcus and Dr Raina Ranney realised a huge amount of COVID medicines were being wasted as 'unused' after recovery. So they collected and redistributed it to those who couldn't afford them.

An expert in gut microbiome, Professor Balamurugan Ramadass's research has revealed that Odisha's Pakhala (fermented rice, also known as Panta Bhat) contains a molecule known to improve gut health, boost immunity and treat malnutrition.

Monkey B — a virus that has claimed the life on a vet in China is transmitted via Macaque monkeys. Here's all you need to know about this virus and its symptoms.

Dr Luis Dias recalls the life and struggles of his great-grandfather, Dr Miguel Caetano Dias, who came from a small village of okra farmers. He fought all odds to become the first and only Goan General, the highest rank in the Portuguese medical cadre.