Lack Of Breastmilk Could Lead To Infantile Epilepsy
A pilot study reveals low blood sugar at birth and genetic diseases, are important underlying cause for a common form of epilepsy in young Indian children
Families and doctors need to be more vigilant about preventing low blood sugar at birth in newborn babies to prevent its significant neurological impact later in a child’s life, according to a pilot study by Medgenome Labs to understand the underlying causes of Infantile Spasms (IS), a common but severe form of epilepsy in young children.
Medgenome Labs, a Bangalore based genomics and clinical data driven diagnostics and drug discovery research company, conducted the study in partnership with doctors from Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK and Pediatric Neurosciences Research Group, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK, points out that infantile spasms also called ‘Salaam Seizures’ usu
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The Family Health Survey And Some Food For Thought
Can our policymakers revisit and redesign the government nutrition programmes to obtain results?
The first Phase of NFHS 5 released on December 12, 2020 has a reference period of 2019-20 and covers 17 States and 5 Union Territories. The introduction to each of the State Surveys contains a caveat – that readers should be cautious while interpreting and comparing the trends as some State/UTs may have smaller sample size. Further details regarding this are not available and the criteria for the sample size selected for each State, which does not seem to suggest a correlation with the total population of the States is not forthcoming. Nor is it clear whether the sample is representative of all the economic regions of the State.
What Covid-19 Taught Us About Mothers And Children
A focused solutioning hub could help boost our maternal and infant health programmes With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, there will be no quick return to life as we know it. But what does the future look like? If there is a lesson to be learned in every experience, Covid- 19 could transform the world of health for the better if only we care to remember the takeaways.
FIGHTING TOGETHER
Covid-19 is teaching us one lesson, over and over: the power of collective vision and action. As the World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general says: “Every sector and every individual must be involved in this fight.” In India, various wings of the government have come together to offer an integrated response. In tandem, civil society has shown exemplary zeal in helping vulnerable individuals and communities.