Healthcare

A groundbreaking discovery by a Japanese research team has shed new light on the potential causes of depression, challenging the long-held belief that it is primarily a genetic disorder. Their findings suggest a surprising link between a common virus, human herpes virus type 6 (HHV6), and the development of depression later in life.

Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman of the National Indian Medical Association (IMA) Covid Task Force in Kerala, acknowledges the life-saving benefits of Covid vaccines while highlighting the rare but serious side effect of Thrombosis Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS). He emphasizes the importance of awareness and proper management of TTS cases while reassuring the public that the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks.

The Uttarakhand licensing authority has taken swift action against Patanjali's Divya Pharmacy, suspending the licenses of 14 products with immediate effect. This decisive move comes in response to a case concerning misleading advertisements, where Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna were compelled to issue an apology in the Supreme Court for making unsubstantiated claims about the efficacy of allopathic medicines.

Researchers led by Dr Hirotsugu Oda have discovered the importance of a specific protein complex in certain types of immunological dysregulation, leading to potential therapeutic methods for autoinflammation and immune system repair. Their study focused on SHARPIN deficiency in humans, highlighting the critical role of LUBAC in maintaining immune homeostasis and the implications for human genetic inflammatory diseases.

A Tasmanian coroner has called for an urgent review of prisoner mental health services following the suicide of an inmate who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and did not receive adequate care. The coroner also recommended the removal of hanging points in Risdon Prison, where three prisoners have died by suicide using the same method in the past decade.