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Life expectancy has increased… so has the disability rates!

...ding to the institute, the extra years of life may post a challenge to health authorities as more people get disabilities later in life. Women may live with disabilities for up to 20 years as a result of the longer life. GYT...

Thirty percent of nurses distressed with verbal and physical abuse

...ven percent of nurses told us that they had left a post because of aggression and two percent had left nursing completely. "Two-thirds of those who experienced aggression said that it affected their productively or led to errors in their work. Ten percent said it was the most distressing aspect of thei...

Reforms Suggested By TN Doctors’ Foru

...ere are enough senior professors to choose for the post of Dean. The haziness in this issue started with the MCI norms, which until then were mere guidelines, being made mandatory in the year 2000. A teaching medical college with 7 units is assigned 3 Post Graduate (PG) seats per unit. A PG course is f...

South Asian Men Have More Urinary Problems Than White Men

...ese selected men were then sent a questionnaire by post asking them about urinary symptoms, problems and use of local health services. 7,810 men completed the questionnaire – an overall response rate of 64 per cent. Although the response rate from South Asian men was lower – at 39 per cent - comparisons...

Warning on Avastin Updated

...even cases of nasal septum perforation reported in post market surveillance. Reversible posterior leukoe...Lichtenfeld said, "This is exactly the reason that post marketing surveillance is so important for all drugs and especially for chemotherapy drugs." Accor...

Arimidex-Herceptin Combo Therapy For Breast Cancer-Clinical Trial Findings

News of interest for post menopausal women with breast cancer positive to hormone receptors and HER2 -addition of both Herceptin (trastuzumab) from Roche// and Arimidex (anastrozole) from AstraZeneca to their treatment improves the length of progression free time by 4.8 month...

Allergy OTC Medicines–Speak With Your Pharmacis

...ch of course is another allergy symptom along with post nasal drip and coughing. There are products that contain ingredients for them as well. Points to consider before buying an OTC allergy medicine: ? Don’t choose a product with more medications than you have symptoms. ? Read the label for side eff...

Innovative treatment for Dementia

...ort of walking aide," Dr Razay said."We found that post surgery an overwhelming 94 per cent of patients showed overall improvement. Some 71 per cent improved in memory and cognitive functioning; 94 per cent had better balance and were able to walk more easily, and 73 per cent had improved urinary function...

Assam Government to Invest Rs. 60 bn to Improve Healthcare Industry

...r said. A drive to fill up 234 vacancies for the post of medical practitioners in rural areas, however, was not encouraging despite the government offering a lucrative pay packet. Poor healthcare facilities in rural areas have led to the mushrooming of quacks leading to a high mortality rate in Assam....

Breathing Exercises help cardiac patients to breeze through surgery

...cal intervention with a higher risk of developing post operative lung complications like those with diabe...k.With by pass surgeries becoming more routine and post operative lung related complications just as common, this discovery surely comes as a breakthrough f...

'Autopsies' dissected

... overlooked and not scrutinized carefully during a post mortem as compared to the cause of death of a relatively younger individual. Much too often pathologists refrain from making a careful external examination of the body before being opened up, the survey has revealed. Since the public are ignorant ...

Panic Phobias, Physical debility-“P’s”in a pd?

...s flawed in not having looked into case studies of post traumatic cases and because many of the physical disorders considered vary in severity and it fails to prove if it is the severity or associated anxiety that triggers of the disability that ensues in some cases. However in the course of study it wa...

Breast Cancer Patients Sent to Australia for Treatment

...a maximum waiting period of six to eight weeks for post surgery treatment some of the patients could wait between 10 and 12 weeks. The board has allotted around $500 for each patient, and a support person if desired, to go to Australia for the treatment. According to National Party spokesman Tony Ry...

Medical School Blog Gives Students “Dose of Reality

...was invited to submit an essay on why he’d like to post his thoughts and observations on the student experience. Bryner says he enjoys storytelling, and writing a blog also would let him provide information to prospective students on what it is like to go to the U-M Medical School. “When I write my blog...

Mittal tightens grip on steel making giant, to be its chief

...en former Arcelor chief Roland Junck was given the post of chief of the combined group, shortly after Arcelor agreed to a 22 billion euros merger (28 billion) with 56-year-old Mittal's giant Mittal Steel. But in a new restructuring proposal issued with the company's latest results Monday, Arcelor Mittal...

Eye could reveal serious health disorder

...e, it said. The eye is very much an early warning post since its blood vessels allow us to see a mini-version of the body's circulatory system before the patient experiences symptoms, explained professor Rosen. For example, if there are narrow arteries in the eye's blood vessels, it is likely that perso...

India-Born 'Dr Death' Faces Civil Suits

...orney-general Linda Lavarch had to resign from her post last month after she rejected a deal in June to bring Patel to Australia to face charges. The deal would have also allowed Patel to return to the US between court hearings and ensure the media were not tipped off about his arrival in Australia. I...

Adequate Ground Work before a Pandemic Necessary

...ina, the homeowner. Having witnessed the problems post 9/11 in New York, when there was panic after stocks depleted, she has said it is extremely na?ve and silly, if one is not prepared for an emergency. She uses the site, flutrackers.com and vouches for its reliability in enabling the exact status of ...

A novel vaccine proves a shot in the arm for colorectal cancer patients

...vered that when the vaccines were injected pre and post surgery of the cancerous growth, it activated the immune cell production in nearly 70 percent of patients. The November 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research has carried the details of this research. "This is the first vaccine shown to stimulate TNF...

Measures to Prevent HIV in Railway Employees

...l AIDS Control Organization guidelines for pre and post test counseling. · Voluntary Counseling and Test...icers in anti retroviral treatment, management and post exposure prophylaxis. Out of 268 employees in Central Railway Mumbai Division infected with HIV vi...

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