Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a systemic and progressive disease characterized by hyperglycemia causing dysfunction in beta cells and peripheral insulin resistance affecting more than 370 million people worldwide. Insulin mediates its physiological effects through the binding to the insulin receptor (INSR) at the plasma membrane level of […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY Ovarian disorders have become a common problem for women in the present day. For detection of the diseases, ultrasonographic imaging of ovarian morphology is used mostly to diagnose the reproductive status of the women. Metabolic and hormonal disbalances cause negative ( undernutrition) or positive (obesity) energy impairment. Ultrasonic metrices are used […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata As quoted by Gilda Radner, “Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge scary-it’s an act of infinite optimism”. Several factors come into play while dealing with pregnancy. The health of the mother and the baby-to-be is taken care of where the […]
Arjama Roy, Amity University Kolkata Obesity is a serious medical condition involving an excessive accumulation of body fat which increases the risk of health disorders. The prevalence of obesity is growing at an alarming rate in western countries. It is found that patients with high BMI (< 30) are undergoing surgical procedures, multiple times. In […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University In a recent study conducted on lung samples obtained from 79 patients who died of COVID-19, researchers from the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia discovered the SARS-CoV-2 virus can not only damage red blood cells (RBCs) but also prevent the new formation of key red blood cells (namely, Erythrocytes). […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) towards the latter part of 2019 had brought mankind to a screeching halt for some time. The global pandemic that followed in its wake is something that every nation of the world is still grappling hard to recover from. […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Barcelona Institute for Global Health, for the first time, pointed out the relationships between multiple urban lifestyles, and body mass index (BMI) exposure. There is growing evidence that urban exposures like air pollution and a huge population are directly declining the growth and increasing obesity in children. Data was collected from 80,000 children living in […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College Kolkata The classical functions of the skeleton are locomotion, protection and mineral homeostasis. In addition to the conventional structural functions of the skeleton, it has also functioned as a site for significant glucose uptake and is also involved in the regulation of whole-body glucose metabolism. Recent observations have shown that […]
Pratyushee Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The beginning of anything auspicious or good was followed by sweets or any other kind of sugar stuff. This is what we Indians believe and follow for ages. From grandmothers treating us to chocolates upon meeting them to celebrating our birthdays by cutting cakes, sweets, or broadly speaking, sugar has […]
Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata Circadian rhythm is a 24-hour biological, natural rhythm that controls various regulatory internal mechanism including homeostasis, sleep-wake cycle etc. Different external (jet lag, night shift work, late-night eating) and internal factor (gene mutation, ageing, insomnia) are responsible for disruption of the circadian rhythm. Though rare disruption manages to keep the […]
