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Individuals with sleep related breathing disorders more prone to heart disease

...en though studies have not been very confirmatory, medical practioners have advised general public who suspect that, they have sleep related breathing disorders, under go diagnostic tests for heart disease as soon as possible. Changes in life style and treatment can result in a significant cure....

Stem cell research- now Nobel Laureates join the debate

...t only to generals, the killing of human beings in medical research is an issue too important to be left only to scientists, even Nobel laureates." As of now the arguments continue but the matter is sure to reach higher temperatures very soon. Keep watching this space for more juicy stories on the latest de...

Two doctors suspended for wrong brain surgery

...es of America and the incident created a furore in medical circles both in India and the United States. Thoug...become cynical and pass censures against the whole medical fraternity based on these isolated cases, it is indeed worrying that such terrible mistakes continue...

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

...play screens connected to the Internet, electronic medical records storage, digital imaging and a wireless co...g doctors and other caregivers to access patients' medical records from anywhere, inside or outside the hospital.The hospital will come up at Birmingham, Alaba...

Teens turning to Internet for medical queries

...s the agony aunt column in magazines now it is the medical portals, which clarify the doubts and dispel the fears of the teens.More than 75% of teens surveyed, in a study in California and New York, used the Internet to find answers to questions nagging them. Some were personal queries and some were based on...

Lure of the home turf brings back NRI doctors

...i, who put 15 years in the US behind him towork as medical director at Max, agree. ``I have been wanting to come back to India for the last two years, but didn'tfind a decent hospital that I would be comfortable working in. The Fortisfacility is top of the line. Its like having a US hospital transplantedhere...

Patients often assume wrongly that they are allergic to penicillin

A team of researchers who reviewed medical literature on the accuracy of penicillin allergies has come out with a startling expose!!!! Nearly 80% of people who claim that they are allergic to penicillin actually are under the misconception that they are allergic to the drug. The researchers...

Negligent doctors asked to cough up 3 lakhs for death of patient

...gal, Kerala will serve as a grim warning to errant medical practitioners. Mrs. Chandrakala, wife of S Sharma ...la’s relatives who the Commission said died due to medical negligence and lack of proper post-operative care. Dr Sathy M.Pillai and Dr K G Madhavan Pillai of ...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...lude drug manufacturing, shipping, transportation, medical training and patient education....

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...lude drug manufacturing, shipping, transportation, medical training and patient education....

Cancer patients turning to Internet for information

...xt physicians need to be aware of various Internet medical sites so they can guide the patients to the most reliable, accurate and updated information. Dr. James M.Metz of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center in Philadelphia echoed these ideas at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual me...

IMA to create database on physicians

... is embarking on an exercise to grade hospital and medical institutions in the country, according to Dr. Sanj...iance with ORGMARG to create a database on all the medical practitioners in the country, be it allopathy or homeopathy, he said. The process of cataloging med...

Emphasis to ban Drugs ads by Doctors

...rb the doctor-patient relationship. But the FDA's medical officer Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, who oversaw the propos...ld encourage patients who otherwise would not seek medical attention when needed. This point has been emphasised by Psychiartrist Dr. Saul Levin said ads for a...

"Make AIDS Therapy affordable" - Physicians demand

...n developing countries. Dr. Anne-Valerie Kaninda, medical advisor for Doctors without borders (commonly known as Medicines Sans Frontieres, or MSF), MSF provides healthcare assistance in 18 countries that are overburdened with infectious disease, war and disasters, came out with the point that these 34 mill...

A better way to measure cholesterol

...ls is becoming an increasingly important part of a medical check. Generally, it is assumed that high density lipoprotein (HDL, or 'good' cholesterol) levels should be high, and low density lipoprotein (LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol) low. At Johns Hopkins University in the US, researchers believe that...

Helping stroke patients to recover balance

... Lyon neurological laboratory of INSERM the French medical research agency, gave wedge shaped spectacles with prismatic lenses to patients with postural problems. These made objects appear 10 degrees farther to the right or the left than they were. As expected, when the patients were asked to point to obje...

Ear infection- a new treatment

...om the throat into the middle ear cavity. Swedish medical experts have successfully treated children with chronic ear infection – ironically by infecting them with bacteria.Naturally occurring bacteria, such as alpha steptococci,protect the body from such infections. However children who get a lot of ear in...

Early detection of heart attack

...nic attack. But the symptom is always treated as a medical emergency, and a series of tests is given to the patient to determine whether they have indeed suffered a heart attack.// These tests normally take a minimum of 24 hours and require hospital admission. At the Manchester Royal Infirmary in England,...

Chaste plant a boon

... results, agnus castus should now be considered by medical practitioners as a therapeutic option for women suffering from PMS. ...

Doctor samples come under the ambit of advertisement

...sician's sample by pharmaceutical companies to the medical profession is in nature of advertisement expenditu...and such confidence could be created mainly by the medical practitioners prescribing the drug. It was contended by appellant that the physician's samples we...

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