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SODA, PIZZA AND SALTY FOOD UP LIVER DISEASE IN KIDS: STUDY

Feb 18, 2017 - 9:26 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Children who regularly intake fructose present in soda, sweetened beverages, pizza and salty food, biscuits, yogurt may be be prone to liver disease, researchers warn. According to a study, led by researchers from Bambino Gesu […]

EXERCISE IN PREGNANCY MAY HELP OBESE WOMEN AVOID COMPLICATIONS

Feb 18, 2017 - 9:21 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Exercise may be an efficient way for obese pregnant women to lower their risk of diabetes, dangerously high blood pressure and other complications, research suggests. “The study suggests that a prenatal exercise-based intervention leads to […]

Brain unable to form new memories when you’re sleep deprived

Feb 18, 2017 - 9:20 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Alert! Your memories are in danger of being lost if you are sleep derived, suggests a study. Studying mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins have fortified evidence that a key purpose of sleep is to recalibrate […]

Dr. Raju will serve as community health investment officer for New York's largest health provider

Former NYC Health& Hospitals CEO Dr. Ram Raju takes key role at Northwell Health

Feb 10, 2017 - 4:38 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP):Dr. Ram Raju, former president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, is joining Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider in the state of New York. Raju, who in November stepped down from […]

ANTIBIOTICS CAN BOOST BACTERIAL GROWTH: STUDY

Feb 4, 2017 - 1:18 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Repeated antibiotic treatment not only can increase bacteria’s resistance to drugs but also help them reproduce faster, warns a new study. The finding that growth of bacteria can be stimulated by antibiotics underlines the importance […]

WALK CAN EASE YOUR STRESS

Feb 4, 2017 - 1:16 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Imagine a scenario – You have to submit that critical report one week early. Your pulse races and blood pressure increases. What are you going to do? Before you face a sudden breakdown due to […]

Let’s Talk Health – DIABETES & YOU

Feb 4, 2017 - 1:14 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

In general, we are not seeing eye to eye with this dreadful disease. It need not be, if we educate ourselves and take of ourselves. Our guts are against us Our minds are against us […]

Four Indian Americans chosen for Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

Jan 13, 2017 - 3:59 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): On January 9, President Barack Obama named 102 scientists and researchers including Four Indian-Americans as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the […]

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Amitabh Bachchan honored by US Embassy for TB awareness

Jan 13, 2017 - 11:39 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been honored by the US Embassy to acknowledge his immense contribution to the India-US ties on tuberculosis. The award was presented on January 8 by US Ambassador to […]

New imaging technique may prevent vision loss

Jan 6, 2017 - 4:40 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have developed a new non-invasive retinal imaging technique that could help prevent the onset of vision loss in diseases like glaucoma – the second leading cause of acquired blindness worldwide. Researchers at […]

REASONS YOUR ABS ARE NOT CHANGING

Dec 10, 2016 - 3:40 pm EST Gauri 0

You are working out in the gym for six days a week and also watching your diet, yet your abs are not shaping the way they should. Why do you think is that happening? These […]

Dave Ashok Chokshi will serve as Member, Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health

Indian American Physician named to Key Administration Post

Dec 10, 2016 - 12:55 pm EST @theindpanorama 68

WASHINGTON (TIP): On December 1, President Barack Obama announced appointment of Dave Ashok Chokshi as Member, Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. President Obama said, “These fine public servants bring […]

Mental Health program for seniors launched in NYC

Dec 10, 2016 - 12:09 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): ThriveNYC’s Geriatric Mental Health Initiative, a package of mental health services that will be offered at 15 senior centers this year and at an additional ten centers in 2017, was launched on […]

Seema Verma, a health care consultant, to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Indian American Seema Verma nominated to top administrative post

Dec 2, 2016 - 4:05 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): On November 29, President-elect #DonaldTrump picked up Seema Verma, a health care consultant, to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, putting her in charge of a federal agency within the health […]

Dr. Pankaj Patel, of New Springville, is the head of the psychiatry department at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton, where he oversees, among other things, a five-bed children’s unit, out-patient and in-patient units, detoxification units, and programs that feed in from the state Department of Motor Vehicles. (Staten Island Advance/Irving Silverstein)

Indian American among 15 appointed to NY City Community Services Board

Nov 30, 2016 - 8:41 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Indian American Dr. Pankaj Patel, a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences at Richmond University Medical Center is one of the 15 appointed […]

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Indian Americans Sunil Amrith from Harvard and Akshay Venkatesh from Stanford to receive Infosys Prize 2016

Nov 26, 2016 - 3:34 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

BENGALURU (TIP): Prof. Sunil Amrith, Mehra family professor of South-Asian studies, professor of history, Harvard University and Prof. Akshay Venkatesh, professor, department of mathematics, Stanford University are among six recipients of Infosys Prize 2016 in […]