Watch Dr. Desai discusses the study led by UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital researchers who were able to identify for the first time how to pre-empt drug resistance in TB before they have occurred, and its implications. He goes on to discuss the use of gene therapy for Thalassemia, the study concludes that therapy was safe and well-tolerated by its participants. Lastly, a major feat for India, to be one of the 4 countries in the world to have performed a breathing lung transplant. Watch Dr. Apar Jindal, Director- Advanced Lung Transplant, Yashoda Hospital, give his views on this story and the future possibilities it holds for transplant patients.

Cutting Edge: Episode 8

Director - Advanced Lung Failure, Transplant Pulmonologist. Co-Director - Lung Failure Unit, Yashoda Hospital

Three criteria must be met for a diagnosis of insomnia: complaint of trouble falling or staying asleep, adequate opportunity for sleep, and daytime dysfunction. It is a risk factor for major depression, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, suicidality, hypertension and diabetes. Polysomnography can be helpful to rule out other possible explanations for poor sleep, such as sleep apnea or movement disorders. Initial approaches to treatment should include at least one behavioral intervention such as stimulus control therapy or relaxation therapy, or the combination of cognitive therapy, stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy with or without relaxation therapy—otherwise known as cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). Dr. Apar Jindal, an esteemed specialist in sleep medicine, joins us on Medflix to give us a detailed overview of the diagnosis ad treatment of Insomnia in Adults.

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