Lives Saved through Simple Changes
...tter ensure beta-blockers and aspirin are actually ordered and delivered so that further heart muscle damage is prevented as well as , simple steps needed to prevent life-threatening surgical infection. About a year and a half ago such practices were uncommon in hospitals. Today, the incorporation of these...Orissa to Send Coke, Pepsi Samples for Testing
The Orissa government has ordered administrations of all 30 districts to collect Pepsi and Coca-Cola soft drink samples within the next three days.// The officials were Thursday asked to send the samples to the state capital Bhubaneswar, said a senior health department official. ...Brain Defect boy Compensated for Medical Error
...tional Consumer Dispute Redressal (NCDR) forum has ordered the Cosmopolitan Hospital here and two doctors to pay Rs.1.1 million ($24,300) to the parents of Chakkara alias Naveen Thomas, holding them responsible for medical negligence. The money was given away last month. But Chakkara doesn't know anything ...Finally, light at the end of the tunnel for those suffering tunnel vision
... on a pair of glasses, may just be what the doctor ordered for visually impaired individuals. It is estimated that 1-in-200 Americans above the age of 55 suffer from tunnel vision. "We are very pleased with the results of this first evaluation and hope that with further study and refinement, we may soon ma...Woman Critically Ill After Getting Wrong Blood
...a relative. Institute director N.N. Agrawal has ordered a probe into the incident. "We are probing the matter. The guilty will not be spared," he told Leela Devi's family. Two months ago in the same hospital, a Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) constable underwent a knee operation after he was mistaken for s...Chemistry Over The Counter: Is It Just What The Doctor Ordered?
... the action to a mere probe, while other countries ordered a ban on this drug. Sadly, this drug is still available over the counter. The Heady Mix India manufactures psychotropic drugs for medicinal purposes, and many of these drugs are easily available without an authentic prescription. The IT Boom has...‘Search and Destroy’ operation against dengue mosquitoes in Philippins
...alth Secretary Francisco Duque. “The president has ordered me to keep dengue under control and make sure it does not reach epidemic proportions,” he said. “The public should not let fogging operations being conducted by local governments because it might worsen the dengue problem in your areas,” Eric Taya...MRI Technology Dramatically Improves Breast Cancer Diagnosis
...RI is not usually performed the same day, but when ordered has proven a tremendous benefit to patients. Currently, an MRI mammogram is paid for patients with Medicare and some private insurance policies. Smith warned it is important for patients to check with their insurance company before going though the...Post-operated Cataract Patients Lose Eyes
...t added. State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered a probe into the incident and said a team of ophthalmologists will examine the eyes of all people who were operated. The state government will also bear all the medical expenses of the operated people if they require further treatment, the chief mi...Delhi High Court Blames Government 'Inaction' on Dengue Outbreak
...al. The Central Government and the MCD have been// ordered to file an affidavit within 7 days regarding this issue. The National Dengue Action plan was provided Rs 11372 cr to take appropriate measures to prevent the dengue outbreak, but still nothing concrete seems to have been done. Despite Rs 21 cr bein...Dengue Death Toll Raises to Six in UP
...rious concern for us' said Misra, adding, 'we have ordered spraying of insecticides in all mosquito-prone areas and hope to contain the virus soon.' Source-IANS...Iraqi children with Various Illness Arrives in Bahrain for Treatment
...king, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, had in July ordered the children be treated immediately following a meeting with Shamma. Source-IANS...Neo-Natal Intensive Care Ordered to Shut Down in Phillipines
...led to these deaths. The health secretary also has ordered the immediate decontamination of the intensive care unit. . MT...Judicial Probe Ordered for Botched Eye Surgery Camp
The Assam government Friday ordered a judicial probe to investigate a botched cataract surgery camp at the Guwahati Medical College in which 38 people were blinded.// Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the enquiry would be conducted by a retired judge of the Gauhati High Court ...First Major Study of Mammalian “Disorderly” Proteis
...i.e., fully folded into specific shapes); or mixed ordered or disordered proteins (MPs), which have both structured and unstructured parts. “This work further illustrates that the disorderliness of IUPs isn’t just a curiosity,” said Charles Galea, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Kriwacki’s lab. “This chara...Switzerland to stock bird flu vaccine
...any, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health had ordered 8 million doses of its H5N1 vaccine for protection against influenza pandemic which can be activated by bird flu. After the review and approval of the regulatory file for the pre-pandemic vaccine by the Swiss regulatory agency, Swissmedic, the vacc...Tribals in the Brink of Extinction due to Malnutrition and Diseases
...strict administration into action. Doctors were ordered to be present in a mobile health unit set up in Gudgudia to arrest the health crisis. The supervisor of the area was suspended, the anganwadi worker was given a show-cause notice, and the child development project officer's salary stopped. These s...Probe Ordered into Children’s Death in Chhattisgar
Raipur: Authorities ordered a probe Saturday a day after two minors died minutes after receiving an injection at a government health// centre in Korba district of Chhattisgarh. Two brothers, Umashanker, 6 years, and Gaurishankar, 4 years, died within 10 minutes after they rece......GP or family planning clinic. Last March Durex had ordered a major recall after counterfeit condoms were discovered. The agency said it was working with Durex's parent company SSL International to track down the fakes. NLA...Indian company charged with fraud in supply of Aids test kit
...am Sharma to several states across India and has ordered an investigation to look into the mayhem that has been caused by the sale of postdated obsolete blood test kits used to test donor blood before blood transfusion to needy reciepients . The proprietors of the company are currently under police custo...