Category: Dr Kutikuppala Surya Rao

For the last six weeks in many parts of Andhra Pradesh children and adults are suffering from Pink eye otherwise called conjunctivitis. The symptoms are swelling and redness in the inside of the eyelid and the white part of the eye may also feel itchy and painful. Pink eye is common, and some types of…

While making preparations for a run for SMA Spinal muscular atrophy, I am reminded about the great scientist Stephan Hawking who suffered from a similar disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). These are the two most common motor neuron disorders, which share typical pathological hallmarks while remaining genetically distinct. The ALS could not stop…