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Amid COVID-19 restrictions, amputees say they’ve struggled to get the care they depend on to survive and thrive. Members of disadvantaged communities may have had it even worse.

Scientists repair spinal cord injuries using patients’ stem cells 11 In a Phase II trial, all 13 patients who received an intravenous infusion of their own mesenchymal stem cells had improvements in neurological function six months later. In a new study, investigators demonstrated the feasibility, safety and efficacy of using a single intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to treat spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. According to the researchers, more than half of patients had s...

What Is Acute Heart Failure? Here’s What You Need to Know Lisa Marie Conklin Replay Video What is heart failure? If ever there were a prize awarded for "most misleading name given to a medical condition," heart failure would win hands down. "Heart failure (also called congestive heart failure) is a terrible name which suggests the heart has stopped working completely," says Anthony Steimle, MD, a cardiologist and assistant physician in chief of cardiovascular services at Kaise...

The Economic Survey brings out the economic trends in the country and facilitates a better appreciation of the mobilisation of resources and their allocation in the Union Budget. The Survey analyses the trends in agricultural and industrial production, infrastructure, employment, money supply, prices, imports, exports, foreign exchange reserves and other relevant economic factors that have a bearing on the Budget. It is presented in Parliament ahead of the Budget for the ensuing year.   The...