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Pramod Mahajan Undergoes Third Surgery

...nata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan underwent a minor surgery on Saturday as he continued to battle for ... minister and a BJP general secretary, underwent a minor surgery to give him an abdominal wash, said sources in the hospital. A CT scan was done Friday to ...

Brain Abnormalities Raise the Risk of PTSD

...with their non-combat exposed, identical twins had minor neurologic deficits. It suggests that these defici...rans without PTSD, indicating the presence of more minor neurologic abnormalities. The non-combat exposed twins of the combat veterans who had developed PTS...

India is the "IT" destination for obesity cure: med tourism

...ur hospital," asks Christine. Amir says: "I have minor diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol and I weigh 360 lbs. I have to urinate three to five times at night. I wake up in the middle of the night due to breathlessness. My family has a history of obesity." "There is a previously unrecognised need for...

240 Hours And Counting As Mahajan Continues To Battle For Life

...mic sepsis. The BJP general secretary underwent a minor surgery Saturday to give him an abdominal wash. The hospital authorities said he continued to be on medication to support the blood pressure. Earlier, the doctors had said his body was responding well to the gradual reduction of medication to mainta...

PTSD Risk Enhanced With Mild Neurologic Deficits

...rans without PTSD, indicating the presence of more minor neurologic abnormalities. The non-combat exposed twins of the combat veterans who had developed PTSD also had significantly higher scores than the non-combat exposed twins of the combat veterans who did not have the disorder. The results remained sig...

Uttar Pradesh Government's Decision To Prepone Immunization Does Not Please Experts

...dinate the campaign. 'We won’t even know what the minor side effects are, like fever. Even if a child faints due to the hot weather it will give a bad name to the campaign,' said an official....

A Futile Search for Cancer Gene

...n conclusion the researchers say that genes play a minor role in the contribution to the risk of cancer....

Varicose Vein Treatments Turn Out To Be A Viable Health Investment

...s said.“There are a lot of questions about whether minor conditions like varicose veins should really be tr... health service,” Michaels said. For patients with minor varicose veins, the economic modeling for sclerotherapy resulted in an ICER of about 3,500 British p...

NICE Comes Under Attack

..., yes with major restrictions for 32% and yes with minor restrictions for 28%. The doctors of the NHS advisory body also say that the campaigners, companies and politicians are pressurizing NICE. On the other hand groups that re campaigning for treatments such as Herceptin are not happy with the way NICE t...

PM Undergoes Wrist Surgery, Returns Home

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent a minor surgical procedure on his left wrist at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital here this morning. // 'The operation on the left wrist follows a similar procedure on his right wrist on October 13, 2005. This completes the procedure advised by doc...

Plans Of Recruiting Pas From America Causes Displeasure In Scotland

...low newly qualified science graduates to carry out minor operations after only one or two years of medical training. It was explained that Pas were commonly used in America, these people assist in surgery, conduct physical examinations, provide patient education and preventative health counselling and ar...

Doctors Said – ‘Stop Pressurising NHS Advisory Bod’

..., yes with major restrictions for 32% and yes with minor restrictions for 28%. But it was now under increasing pressure from those who seek to influence its decisions and some campaigners. Because, some drugs were not approved legally by the trusts, for example the breast cancer drug Herceptin, led to...

Saket Hospital to get Multi-speciality Facilities from Max Healthcare

...0 people, with 95 percent seeking primary care for minor ailments. Addressing the need for a comprehensive health insurance plan, Max Healthcare is working on a proposal that would not need hospitalisation to avail of monetary benefits. 'Within 60 days we will have finalised plans to offer a comprehens...

Court Dismisses 143-Crore Claim Against Hospital In Kolkata For Alleged Negligence In Treatment

...lkata, Anuradha, 36, developed a cold, a fever and minor skin rash which looked like it was spreading after a week. The skin rash was diagnosed as 'toxic epidermal necrolysis', an immune disorder that is fatal in 15-20% cases. Though her condition worsened the doctors were apparently certain that it would ...

A hard nut to crack …

...mptoms may be signs of lung cancer. But during a minor surgery, Dr Syed Tariq, a respiratory physician, stumbled upon a nut, safely ensconced in Kirchen’s left lung. The doctor, used the assistance of a camera probe inserted into the patient’s throat and right into the lungs, which detected a mysterious ...

UP Government Fixes Work Schedules for Provincial Medical Service Doctors

... there would have to conduct about 20 major and 40 minor surgeries every month and that the orthopaedic surgeon should conduct at least 50 surgeries. The ultra-sound tests and X-rays have also been fixed at around 75 and 120 every month at the district hospital. And the doctors at the district women's hosp...

Studies Show Combination Drugs As A Poor Substitute For Anti-Coagulants In Stroke

...gher incidence of not only of strokes, but also of minor bleeding episodes, in people taking the combination of aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix), They reported their findings in a report in the June 10 issue of The Lancet. It was explained that warfarin, an anticoagulant, is effective for preventing clot...

S.Africa Sets Up Task Team To Investigate Anthrax Outbreak In KNP

...ey would like to assure the public as it is only a minor outbreak of this disease and at this stage, there is no major cause for concern as similar outbreaks have occurred in the past without spreading further. He explained that the carcasses of kudu, nyala, buffalo and giraffe that were found in the extre...

PIL Raises The Issue Of Spurious Drugs

... sons, Aman and Alpesh to the hospital following a minor mishap. He purchased the injection from KEM hospital's drug store. But the shot produced a lethal reaction in Aman, who died on April 6. The injection was later found to be spurious, following which criminal case was initiated aginst the KEM authori...

Marijuana may be Helpful in Lowering Blood Pressure

...alem, Israel, has created a synthetic version of a minor cannabis constituent named cannabigerol, which has been shown to help in lowering blood pressure, reported science portal The News Medical. Maor carried out laboratory experiments with rats and found that this novel compound reduced blood pressure ...

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