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Doctors at risk- the ugly side of the noble profession

...hreat was verbal threat but even life threats were also reported. Even female doctors were not spared. But very few doctors, who were physically assaulted, actually reported the incident to the police.The report says hospitals should advice doctors on what causes aggression, how to deal with it, how to co...

Gene linked to early puberty in girls

...of testosterone, the male hormone, in the body and also the effects of a gene, which induces the onset of puberty, determine the age of puberty. During the age of puberty, girls develop breasts and other secondary sexual characters.The gene called CYP1B1, acts by breaking down testosterone in the body of ...

Oracle Corp. to help build world's first "Digital Hospital"

...ements will reduce the overall cost of care.It was also added at the briefing that another 10 sites where the hospital can be duplicated have been identified. Its now the era of cyber hospitals!!!...

Water - The silent killer!!!

...at wave conditions and thirst for water, there are also many lives, which are taken away due to water borne infections. The best remedy to this problem is to be aware of the dangers and to consume safe water always....

Lure of the home turf brings back NRI doctors

...livery system andgive back to one's own country is also a huge motivator for Dr Singh, whoaccepted almost a 40 per cent pay cut to do this. Dr Joshi, also driven by the need to give back to the country and to give histwo children a firsthand feel of their...

Development of AIDS vaccine -- Chiron Corp in talks with four Indian cos

...facilities of Shanta Biotechnics during 2000. ``We also have the advantage of possessing recombinant DNA t...A-approved research-cum-manufacturing facility and also to take up joint initiatives with pharma majors like the above, he said. Various studies and foreca...

Skinny people need to exercise too

...ple. But recent study shows that skinny people are also prone to developing heart diseases because fitness and fatness are both important factors in the genesis of various heart ailments. Dr. Peter T. Katzmarzyk of York University in North York, Canada, who headed the study, says that heart disease does ...

Depression may cause delayed wound healing

...ep schedule, which often accompany depression, may also interfere with the normal workings of the immune system, the authors note. This is not the first research into the nexus between psychosomatic features and wound healing. Further research is still continuin....

India to benefit from pharma companies' move

...ing life-saving medicines." The move was welcomed also by ACTSA (Action for South Africa), which led the campaign against drug companies in Britain. The development holds promise for all developing countries, a spokeswoman said. NGOs are now preparing to fight the fundamental WTO rules. "The fight to ch...

Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

...completed by 2002. Reddy said Apollo Hospitals had also firmed up plans to enter health insurance and had ...es to function as a third party administrator. He also added that the revenue this year will be to the tune of 33 crores as against 25 crores last financia...

Beware of the oral patch! It could be cancer!!!

...rs often remove them as a precaution. But there is also no good way to tell whether they have removed enou...tic markers for oral cancer. For instance, there's also a risk of cancer if cells from the white patches have lost one gene from any of a number of specific...

Be happy: live long

...or the school's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. He also added, "Our theory is that negative emotional stat... dementia or Alzheimer's disease later in life. It also has shown that folic acid may help fight the ravaging affects of the disease, which robs the elderly...

“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs

...just over reacting.He says that clot formation can also occur if a person spends long hours in front of the computer. Basically when a person spends hours without any activity, in a seated position, there is a lot of stasis of blood (pooling of blood) in his lower limbs and this predisposes to clot forma...

New drug helps boost cancer treatment

...acne-like skin rash that occurs because skin cells also contain large amounts of epidermal growth factor receptors....

The World Bank funds private Hospital in India

...the poor." International development agencies are also concerned at the bank's involvement in this private venture. Mike Rowson, director of Medical Action for Global Security, said: "The bank is supposed to be focusing on the poor, and it should be supporting government run health services, not a privat...

Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

...edles. Healthcare workers, especially nurses, are also considered high risk for hepatitis C because of “...context that tattoos assume significance. Tattoos also spread infection like needle stick injuries. Moreover this can also dangerously expose a person to ...

Antidepressants come in handy for patients on treatment for hepatitis, cancers and multiple sclerosis

...ion that could cause people to stop treatment, but also help in other ways. Study participants who took P...n and fewer instances of gastric irritations. They also reported less confusion or memory problems and slightly less fatigue than people who didn’t get the ...

Diabetes and Depression often go hand-in-hand

...such as overeating and getting little exercise are also key to the development of type 2 diabetes-the form...tant. Fighting depression can prevent diabetes and also its complications. Therefore, treatment of a mood problem not only improves the mood, but also impro...

Parke-Davis (India) runs into rough weather – Court orders attachment of asset

...mer employees. The management of the company have also approached the same court and pleaded for grant of stay order on the attachment proceedings. The case will come up for hearing on May 29th. The bone of contention between the employees and the managements is the voluntary retirement scheme. The fo...

Antibiotics losing their power against acne

...iotic or an alternate therapy. The scientists are also probing the possibility of harnessing a therapeutic vaccine to prevent acne. If successful, this can prove to be an effective solution for millions of patients, most of them teenagers, suffering from physical and psychological trauma of severe acne....

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