Tag: Tuberculosis
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WHO Releases New Guidelines on Tuberculosis and Undernutrition: Key Recommendations
New WHO Guidelines Tie Tuberculosis Care to Nutrition In its latest move to advance the End TB Strategy, the World Health Organization (WHO) released consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB) and undernutrition. The update highlights that undernutrition remains a major driver of the TB epidemic, increasing vulnerability, diminishing treatment success, and contributing to avoidable deaths. In…
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Breakthrough: WHO Updates TB Treatment Guidelines Fueled by Mangaluru Doctors
Global shift in TB care: nutrition takes center stage The World Health Organization has revised its consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB) management, marking a decisive shift from a treatment model centered almost exclusively on pharmacology to a broader, nutrition-inclusive approach. The October update emphasizes that nutrition is a core component of TB care, recognizing that…
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Breakthrough in TB Care: WHO Embraces Nutrition, Fueled by Mangaluru Doctors
WHO Updates TB Guidelines: Nutrition Becomes a Core Component The World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB) care, marking a historic shift in how the disease is treated globally. For the first time in recent memory, nutrition is not a secondary consideration but a central pillar of TB management. This…
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Targeted Steroid Use Shows Promise Against TB
Targeted Steroid Use in TB: A Potential Complement to Antimicrobial Therapy Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, affecting more than 10 million people each year. A recent study published in Scientific Reports explores a promising strategy: targeted use of steroids as an adjunct to standard antimicrobial therapy. The goal is not to replace antibiotics…
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Targeted Steroid Use Shows Promise Against Tuberculosis
New findings open doors for adjunctive steroid therapy in TB care Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, affecting more than 10 million people each year. A new study published in Scientific Reports suggests that carefully targeted use of steroids could serve as a universal complementary treatment to bolster the body’s defense against TB while…
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Targeted Steroid Use Shows Promise Against Tuberculosis (TB)
Targeted Steroid Use in Tuberculosis: A New Complement to Antimicrobial Therapy Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, affecting more than 10 million people each year. A new study published in Scientific Reports explores how a targeted steroid approach could enhance immune defense while curbing damaging inflammation. The findings point to a nuanced role for…
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Targeted Steroid Use Could Complement TB Treatment by Boosting Macrophage Defense
Overview: Rethinking Steroids in TB care Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, infecting more than 10 million people annually and claiming around 1.25 million lives each year. While corticosteroids like dexamethasone are used in select TB scenarios, notably TB meningitis, their broader impact on immune cells—especially lung macrophages—has been unclear. A new study from…
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Targeted steroid use may boost macrophage defenses to fight TB
New insights into how dexamethasone could aid TB treatment Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, affecting more than 10 million people annually and causing around 1.25 million deaths each year. Amid ongoing efforts to curb TB, researchers at Trinity College Dublin, based at St James’s Hospital in Dublin, are revisiting the role of steroids…
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India’s Battle Against Tuberculosis: The Urgent Need for Action
The Serious Toll of Tuberculosis in India In the dense, impoverished suburbs of Mumbai, like Govandi, tuberculosis (TB) is not just a health issue but a relentless crisis affecting families daily. As India aims to become TB-free by 2025, the reality on the ground is starkly different, with reports indicating that nearly half of the…
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India’s TB Crisis: Challenges in Eliminating Tuberculosis by 2025
The Unraveling Promise: India’s TB Elimination Goal India has pledged to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years ahead of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global target. However, as the deadline looms closer, the promise appears increasingly unravelled, revealing a national health care crisis that hampers this ambitious goal. With an estimated 27% of the…