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Indian hospitals require International Accreditation

...itation is recognized globally. JCAHO monitors the performance improvement, management of the environment of care, organizational structure, leadership and management of information in hospitals before giving its accreditation. For better recognisation and quality maintenance it is the duty of the health care p...

Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Production Is More Profitable Than Small Molecule Drugs

...different in terms of competitive threats, so past performance is not necessarily a guide”. Source: Nature Biotechnlogy....

HIIP- A Novel Inhaled Insulin Delivery System As An Alternative To Injectable Insulin Therapy

... October issue of Diabetes Care, evaluated the key performance features of a novel inhaled insulin delivery system -- human insulin inhalation powder (HIIP) -- based on AIR particle technology and its relative biopotency compared with subcutaneous (SC) insulin lispro. The researchers enrolled 20 healthy, nonsm...

Promotion Of Medical Research In India Is The Need Of The Hour: ICMR

...ving a report from K Kasturirangan, who headed the performance appraisal board constituted to review the working of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and recommend ways to rejuvenate medical research in India. To begin with, it has been strongly recommended to remove the freeze on recruitments so t...

Prose Memory Deficits Found To Be Associated With Schizophrenia

...at patients with schizophrenia would have a poorer performance compared with healthy controls on all constructs studied, with the exception of false recognition, in which healthy controls were hypothesized to commit a greater number of false positives in the recognition task of the prose passage. This study in...

Exercise Can Strenghten Knee Cartilage

...reported gains in physical activity and functional performance tests compared with subjects in the control group. Improvements in tests of aerobic capacity and stamina affirmed the self-reported changes. Also, MRI measures of the glycosaminoglycan content showed a strong correlation with the increased physical t...

Early Lung cancer detected by studying Cheek Cells

...sample of patients in order to validate the test’s performance and our earlier research work on studying the cell nuclear changes can extend a significant distance from the site of a malignancy and we have already conducted a successful clinical trial for our sputum test for lung cancer. Mr. W. Michael Alberts...

MRI can predict risk of cardiac arrhythmia by identification of scar tissue

...tion in the incidence of infection and the ease of performance add to the credit of the MRI technique over the other options available....

Effect Of Cooling And Exercise To Be Analyzed In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

...mine how different cooling methods affect exercise performance and core body temperature. The patients will also swallow a temperature pill developed by the NASA that would transmit the temperature reading to an external monitor during its travel through the human body. Various physiological measurements th...

Tiagabine Enhances Sleep Maintenance In Insomnia Patients

...ive effect on sleep and next-morning alertness and performance in adult patients with primary insomnia.// Prima...n sleep and next-morning alertness and psychomotor performance in adult patients with primary insomnia. Fifty-eight middle-aged patients were randomized for the ...

Biopsies Of Human Skin And Bone Marrow Support T Cell Development

...less specific elements of the immune system in the performance of effector functions, and serving as a repository for immunologic memory. The ability to generate T cells suitable for use in human patients could lead to significant advances in the treatment of immunodeficiencies and malignancies. Such therapies...

New Drug Found To Improve Driving Performance In Young Adults With ADHD

...t of ADDERALL XR, a major ADHD therapy, on driving performance in young adult patients with ADHD. Participants re...ctively. All patients were evaluated for driving performance after the medication was administered. The STISIM was used to analyze the critical driving skills, ...

Now Employers Focus On Employees Mental health

...t of anxiety and depressive disorders on workplace performance and profits. It points to employer-guaranteed specialized psychiatric care as both cost effective and humane. According to the report, employees with anxiety and depressive disorders work fewer hours, are more likely to end up on disability, and ar...

Doctors unhappy with insurer’s ratings proposa

...ssary since a lot of clients are demanding quality performance since they shell out a lot of money for their health. But doctors say that United Healthcare’s physician-rating program is not error-free and is unfair at best. They say that the idea is good, but opine that in the drive to save costs, patients' heal...

Mixed Opinion Regarding Common Medical And Engineering Entrance Test

...dmission should be based on their higher secondary performance rather than in the common entrance test. It is high time the officials involved in conducting the entrance exam come to a sensible agreement keeping in mind the psychological trauma faced by both parents and students alike....

Are You Ill? Have A Hard Laugh!

...ayanagi said. 'The licensed therapists never need performance or tools or any special monologues,' she said, adding they have a good understanding of their individual patients' feelings. The therapists should never laugh at their patients or their illnesses. And they should never hurt their patients' feelings....

Watching Violent, Churning Movie Scenes Affect Problem-Solving Ability

...lowing the viewing, participants were assessed for performance on word-association tasks. Lists of three words were given and participants were asked to provide a fourth word that could be combined with each of the three other words to form compound words. Non-stressed participants answered correctly 39 percen...

High Levels Of Noise In Work Place Found To Increase Blood Pressure

...reduction in the noise levels can lead to improved performance hence productivity. Appropriate measures have to be taken by the employers to enforce use of hearing protection. Provision of training regarding the use of ear protection devices and display of reminders in the form of posters in lunchrooms can sensi...

Stress Levels Determine Problem-Solving Abilities Of An Individual

...ty. A significant difference was noted amongst the performance of those who watched the two different movies. If ... found. Measures of blood pressure, heart rate and performance on cognitive flexibility tests all indicated the propranolol reduced the effects of the stress. ...

Is it ok to let kids watch too much of television?

... watch television also demonstrate a poor academic performance with lower scores in maths and reading sections. Some people argue that kids can be allowed to watch educational programmes on television to improve their general knowledge. Although it is true that there are benefits to educational programs, the stu...

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