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Lady Doctor from Nepal to Help Katrina victims

...rthern Nepal. The clinics provide free or low cost healthcare to the Sherpas of the Khumbhu region. The gesture comes after the Nepal government pledged $25,000 as assistance for the hurricane victims and called on citizens to chip in. (Source: IANS)...

Nanotechnology Revolution To Be Spearheaded By European Union

...al diseases, which will help to reduce the cost of healthcare // . European Union to develop Nanotechnology in the next 10 years which will help to cure diseases such as heart diseases, diabetes, Cancer, HIV infection, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Six billion dollars (4.84 billion euros) are invested i...

Patient Negligence - Significant Problem In The Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

...s prone to poor patient recall or single community healthcare facility use. The researchers found 36 percent of women 40 and over in New Hampshire had either never had a mammogram or had not had one in over 27 months. Older women over 80 years old were more likely than younger women to not receive screening. ...

New Treatment Discovered For Pediatric Cholera

...stay is important as it reduces the demands on the healthcare system. Currently, WHO recommends a 3-day, 12-dose course of antibiotic treatment with either tetracycline or erythromycin for treatment of cholera in children. Researchers from Center for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh had compared the ...

Surgeons in India to Mend ‘Pakistani Hearts’ by treating 70 Childrn

...d warmth between the once warring nations. Indian healthcare system today is far advanced than many countries a...de, this gesture is also likely to give the Indian healthcare industry a boost in the International arena. Corporate hospital in India should take a cue from this...

New And More Effective Treatment For Cholera

...stay is important as it reduces the demands on the healthcare system. Currently, WHO recommends a 3-day, 12-dose course of antibiotic treatment with either tetracycline or erythromycin for treatment of cholera in children. A comparison of the effectiveness of a 3-day, 12-dose course of erythromycin with a sing...

Reliance Infocomm Tied With Apollo To Provide Telemedicine Services

...panies, said Wednesday it had tied up with private healthcare chain Apollo Hospitals to provide telemedicine ser...d cyber stores in 105 cities to offer high-quality healthcare services. Reliance WebWorld will offer access to the Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (AT...

Medical Fraternity Urged To Revamp Indian Healthcare

...orld, as he urged the medical fraternity to revamp healthcare within the next decade//. Launching the golden j...IIMS and policy makers would have to refashion the healthcare system to meet the needs of this segment of society. The prime minister was conferred with an hono...

Doctors May Not Be Ready To Tackle Bio-terrorism

...major bio-terrorist attack. Education and training healthcare providers in disease recognition, treatment and prevention strategies have the potential to significantly limit the effects of a bio-terrorism attack., said the researchers. In the study, 631 physicians at 30 internal medicine residency programs in ...

Specialized Clinics For Manipur's AIDS Patients

...derstanding with the Manipur government to provide healthcare services, particularly to those living with HIV/AI...apter of the MSF would be involved in the proposed healthcare project in Manipur's southern district of Churachandpur, about 65 km from state capital Imphal. "It...

Indian hospitals require International Accreditation

...tals and physicians providing the health care, the healthcare standards should me monitored for the benefit of t...ch requires international Accreditation for Indian healthcare industry. Due to increased number of health care hospitals, an accrediting system will help in monit...

Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Helps In Removing Thyroid Cysts

... "Thyroid swellings, known as goitres, are a major healthcare issue in India, especially the sub-Himalayan belt of the states, stretching 2,400 km from Kashmir to the Naga Hills in the east. "Considering that a large number of goitres needing surgery occur in young and middle aged women, there is a major role...

PM announces a new health care order for India

...ll as internationally. The effectiveness// of the healthcare system in India came to focus after the Tsunami to...erence he stated that, it was vital to look at the healthcare problems not as a whole, but treat each state’s healthcare problems individually to improve the over...

A call to epileptic mothers to help reduce birth defects

...nd certain psychiatric disorders, to talk to their healthcare // providers about treatment options. Nearly 2.1 m...establish a more successful partnership with their healthcare providers: 1. Work with your healthcare provider to find the medication that works best for you. 2...

Avenues to opened for medical tourists following relaxation of visa regulations

... about the facilities available in the country for healthcare and the costs involved. After simplifying the clearance of medical visa, the Government is now working towards setting up a National Accreditation Health Board to accredit hospitals to ensure quality healthcare. “Hospitals are already getting pat...

Collaborations planned between British Organization and Indian health care industry

... a few years later," Connor said. Chairman of the healthcare sub-committee of CII's southern region G. Bakthavathsalam called for "partnerships in technology transfer and clinical trials" and said that Britain's Royal College of Surgeons had chosen a medical college hospital in Coimbatore for research partners...

British Healthcare Mission Explores Partnership Possibilities With Indian Healthcare Sector

...he // United Kingdom Trade and Investment's (UKTI) healthcare mission to lead the discussion with Indian partner...by David Hawkins and the group had discussion with healthcare providers like Apollo Hospitals, KG Hospital in Coimbatore and Trivitron Medical systems. Mike Con...

Smokers blow up ￡90,000 in a Lifetim

...cers and diseases- if the collective cost of their healthcare is taken into account this figure would perhaps triple. ...

Unsafe Injections and Unclean Hand hygiene major cause of hospital infections in India

...imated 40% or more patients infection is caused by healthcare associated infections of which 4,384 children’s everyday die of healthcare associated infections in developing countries and these nosocomial infections can be controlled by p...

Birth Defects Caused By Acne Medication Can Be Minimized By Voluntary Pregnancy Prevention

...g the drug. In addition, the results showed that healthcare professionals and their patients failed to comply with a number of key SMART and/or PPP requirements. According to these requirements, women must have two negative pregnancy tests before receiving a prescription, yet 76 percent of the women in the st...

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