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Asthmatics Arrived in Hyderabad to Take Fish Medicine

...n half a million people gather from India and even abroad to take the medicine. With scientists and physicians mounting pressure on the government not to encourage the unscientific practice, and even approaching the court to put an end to the alleged fraud, the Goud family renamed the event as 'prasadam' or...

Taiwan Researchers Claim Cancer Therapy Alternative

...emia Sinica has applied for patent rights here and abroad for the special compounds....

Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope for Paralysis Patients

...but also in all major premier medical institutions abroad including the US. "We have the highest global rate of success of 34 percent after sustained treatment to 50 select patients," said Raj Kumar. Two 19-year old patients - Prabhdeep Singh, a musician from Punjab who lost the power to move after a mo...

Infections in UK Hospitals Drive British Patients to India

... In 2006, more than 50,000 British patients flew abroad for treatment, reflecting a 25 per cent rise over ...MRSA problem. Other reasons prompting the exodus abroad is long waiting lists and cutbacks in services offered by the National Health Service (NHS) due to b...

Pranab Mukherjee was Back Home from Hospital

...jee is not expecting any high-profile visitor from abroad this week, official sources told IANS. The minister is all set to get busy again next week when Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko may be in India. Source-IANS/L...

Teens to Be Lined Up for Vaccination Shots

...rs could also be given vaccines that are available abroad against hepatitis B and multiple strains of meningitis. A booster against whooping cough that is given to teenagers in France could be used in Britain to prevent young people from going on to infect their children when they became parents. A vacc...

NRI Doctors Relocate to India

...economy. Many foreign and Indian doctors settled abroad are now seeking to relocate to India. The Artemis Health Science (AHS), a premier medical institution in Gurgaon, near India’s capital, New Delhi, says it is getting a lot of enquiries from foreign doctors in the United States and the European Uni...

Kerala Seeks Expatriates' Help for Its Hospitals

...to help from the large number of Keralites settled abroad towards donating equipment for government hospital...the large number of non-resident Keralites settled abroad to provide us with new hospital equipment. "We will clear it and it will be given to the hospital...

Cancer-hit Geelani to Travel Abroad for Specialized Treatment

... Doctors have advised the separatist leader to go abroad and undergo specialised treatment of laser therapy to remove cancer cells from his only kidney or a renal transplantation. Geelani's right kidney was removed in 2003. Akbar, however, said the leader's passport application was pending with the exter...

Zimbabwe to Revive Human Organ Donation Programme

...atients requiring human organ donations have to go abroad as Zimbabwe does not have adequate and proper resources such as equipment and funds to conduct the operations. Source-IANS...

Over 50s Most Concerned About Global Warming

... activities, such as high car dependence, holidays abroad and eating out, are key factors contributing to th... dioxide per capita/year. They also enjoy holidays abroad and car use but spend more on home heating. Those aged 75+, have a lower carbon footprint of 11.10...

Comprehensive Reforms to Move Toward Patient-Centered Care

...ntially lower cost. But we don't need to just look abroad for proof. Within the U.S., states that rely more on primary care physicians have lower Medicare expenditures, fewer hospital admissions, fewer deaths in the Intensive Care Unit, and better overall quality.’ Source-Eurkalert SRI...

Better Healthcare for 100 Villages - Courtesy Indian American Physicians

...erage the intellectual capital of Indians residing abroad to help India. AAPI has been very forthcoming." National Knowledge Commission chairman and IAC chief Sam Pitroda said: "We want to institutionalise and streamline the efforts of people of Indian origin. The idea is to bring talent back home. "We be...

Missed Vaccination Caused Largest Measles Outbreak in U.S in 2005

...rom various states in the U.S were contracted when abroad .Seven of those cases were foreigners who had contracted the infection before entering the U.S.In all 50 of the recorded 66 cases had not recieved vaccination against measles. Measles vaccine became available for the first time in 1963.Records rev...

Tour Packages To Include Treatment And Check-up

...he] tender, loving, health care that most patients abroad are looking for." There are around 2,000 hospitals all over the country, 160 of which were in the tourist center, the metro Manila, added Clemente. But the hospitals in the country have to improve upon their facilities to achieve this aim and to be...

Government Announces Steps To Promote Ayurvedic Medicine

...egard,the Minister remarked, 'Just as universities abroad have a modern diagnostic module and a treatment module based on plant-based medicine, similarly we are working on a new curriculum wherein students will be given an orientation towards ayurveda, along with modern medicine'.The Minister also emphasise...

Double Knee replacement for a Kenyan in Chennai

...month of Ramdan, the father did'nt mind travelling abroad to have his knee surgery. The old man had neglected and severe osteo arthritis with bent knees and was unable to walk more than ten yards, tiring easily. Although there were good hospitals in Nairobi, the old man did'nt trust the Doctors in his homel...

Breast Cancer Patients Sent to Australia for Treatment

...s is the first time cancer patients have been sent abroad for radiation therapy since hundreds were treated in Australia between 2001 and 2004. The women will travel to Australia within the next few weeks. Last night the Auckland District Health Board said that this decision was taken because of a 10 per...

NHS duped by Foreigners? IVF treatments Drain NHS Finances

...public, its largest unpaid bill for a patient from abroad costing ￡3,507 for IVF and fertility drugs. Similarly Birmingham Women's Hospital has also opened up to a loss of ￡2,900 on a single unpaid bill for IVF, enabled to a woman from abroad. The modus operandi of these couples, who availed the NHS’ treat...

Malayali Nurses - Lifeline of Keralites Abroad

...Most were brought to Europe, some to earn a living abroad and some for a better future, through a nurse - ei... Actually that's one reason Malayali organisations abroad are mushrooming," said Mathew, who works in Germany. According to Mathew, Europe has more than 50 Ke...

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