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

In a judgement that might stir up another controversy, pitting the doctors against the consumer activists, negligent doctors in Kerala have been asked to pay three lakh rupees as compensation to the family of a pregnant woman who died due to aftershock of spinal anesthesia.The issue of doctors coming under the umbrella of consumer protection act has been a very controversial one with lega...

Chennai AIDS Campaign Highlights The Social Neglect Faced By Victims

A workshop held recently in Chennai has brought out the wide spread ignorance of the general public regarding modes of HIV transmission to the spotlight.// A one-day workshop was organized by the Chennai branch of Family Planning Association of India to create awareness regarding the prevalence and spread of HIV. Multipurpose Health Workers (MPHWs) working in the Urban Health Posts (U...

The negative advancement

Scientific study suggests that the much famed tanning salons, which employes sunbeds to achieve tanning could increase the chances of a number of more common skin cancers. However, research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute claims to have found a relationship between// tanning lamps and many types of skin cancer like basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma...

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

Malaria, Tuberculosisand leprosy, are the world’s most neglected diseases along with diseases such as kala azar(leishmaniasis),sleeping sickness( human African trypanosomiasis)and Chagas disease, that afflict the deeply impoverished in developing countries and account for 90% of the global disease burden however ironically, a mere 10% of global health research is devoted to these diseases...

Negative Emotions Could Lead To Stroke

Experiencing anger, strong negative emotions, or a sudden change in body position may increase an individual’s chances of having a stroke//, say researchers based on findings of a recent study . The research is based on a survey conducted by 200 people who suffered an ischemic stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), also known as a “mini-stroke.” These types of strokes, which are am...

Neglected Gum Disease Could Increase Risk Of Heart Attack and Stroke

People with gum disease are more likely to suffer from atherosclerosis, or a narrowing of blood vessels that can lead to heart attack // or stroke shows latest research . For the study researchers measured the bacteria levels in the mouths of 657 people who had no history of heart attack or stroke. The thickness of the subjects' carotid artery, used to identify atherosclerosis, was also...

Do Not Neglect Your Abdominal Pain/ Swelling - Help Your Doctor In Early Cancer Detection

A majority of cancer in women can be detected early if the early symptoms are not neglected and the right tests be ordered to diagnose the aggressiveness of the fast growing tumor. // Elderly women with ovarian cancer are twice as likely to visit a doctor and report symptoms such as abdominal swelling or pelvic pain. If these symptoms are taken into careful consideration, ovarian canc...

Consuming Vinegar Before A Meal Found To Help Dieters Eat Less

Results of the study show that increasing intake of the common flavouring at mealtimes or consuming it in a drink may help dieters eat less and reduce cravings brought on by sugar peaks// after meals. A significant dose-response relationship between the amount of vinegar consumed by 12 healthy subjects and their glucose and insulin responses to white bread was observed. For the study, vo...

People Still Neglect To Use Sunscreen In Spite Of Cancer Warnings

People, like college athletes, use less or no sunscreen in spite of staying under direct sunlight for long hours. College athletes who participate in outdoor sports spend a significant amount of time practicing and competing in direct sun // , often during peak hours. Because they are spending so much time in the sun, they have a high risk for developing skin cancer, yet few of them regu...

Patient Negligence - Significant Problem In The Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women. Despite the awareness programmes and the massive screening strategies, it has not possible to eliminate the fear associated with the disease. Mammography is one of the routine tests // used in the early identification of the disease. However, a new study finds the number of women getting routine screening mammography may be l...

Commercial grape juices and vinegars found rich in antioxidants

Just as rust can damage a car, oxidation, or oxidative stress can damage the cells and may also contribute to aging.// Antioxidants help prevent this oxidation and may help increase immune function and possibly decrease risk of infection and cancer. Antioxidants exist as vitamins, minerals and other compounds in foods. With the increasing interest in the function and diversity of anti...

Dental health neglected by over 60 % of Indians

Oral health is something that should occupy greater priority in India due to the ever-increasing number people addicted to smoking and chewing practices. There has been a considerable increase in the incidence of Oral cancer among Asian men. // In India and Sri Lanka, where chewing tobacco is used with betel nuts and reverse smoking is practiced, there is a striking incidence of oral...

Negative Impact Of Hepatitis C Infection In Renal Transplant Recipients

Recent research demonstrates that hepatitis C virus infection is a bad prognostic indicator for patient and graft survival duration in renal transplant recipients//. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is reported in 3%-64% of renal allograft recipients; the prevalence depends on the geographic area. Infections are the commonest cause of death in renal transplant recipients. Researchers...

Negative Effects Of Sedatives

Elderly people taking sedatives for a sounder sleep could suffer from side effects like dizziness or loss of balance, a study says//. Such people could try non-drug therapies instead, it says. Canadian researchers led by Usoa Busto detail an analysis of 24 studies carried out between 1966 and 2003, covering 2,417 participants over 60, the online edition of BBC News reported....

Neglect In Childhood Could Cause Abnormal Behaviour In Adults

Children neglected in their childhood are likely to develop abnormal behaviour, says a study.Psychologist Seth Pollak and doctoral student Alison Wismer Fries at University of Wisconsin-Madison studied// 18 four-year-old adoptees, who had spent their first years in orphanages in Russia and Romania, mostly in a neglected environment. Even though the children now live in stable homes...

Indian Doctor Suspended For Negligence In UK

An Indian doctor has been suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC) of Britain for six months for failing to spot obvious signs of a severe infection in a patient who later died.// Rajeev Srivastava, 40, now based in Dundee, has been suspended for failing to act when 31-year-old Sean Phillips fell ill after a routine knee operation at the Southampton General Hospital....

Initial tests negative for bird flu in Romanian Woman

Initial tests on a 81 years old Romanian woman admitted to Matei Bals Infectious Disease Hospital from a village in East Romania has proved negative for the bird flu virus. The woman was admitted to hospital soon after she had fever and respiratory tract problem.// The old woman belonged to the village where earlier reports of bird flu virus in birds were detected and the entire village...

Woman Tests Negative For Japanese Encephalitis: Health Minister

Blood tests of a Malaysian woman have turned out to be negative for the presence of Japanese Encephalitis virus, // according to a statement issued by the health minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek. The Malaysian health officials are closely monitoring the situation, however. The victim, Norhayati Awang is currently being treated at the High Dependency Ward at Hospital Raja Perempuan Zaina...

Young People Not to Be Neglected In AIDS War

In an attempt to curb the spread of AIDS/HIV, which is haunting the world for over two decades now, health officials and Government authorities from over 20 different countries in the Asia Pacific // Region would meet in Pattaya, located in Thailand. Ensuring a universal access to AIDS/HIV treatment and prevention would be the main focus of the AIDS conference. Following the failure o...

Killing Power Of Bleach Enhanced By Addition Of Vinegar

It is often simple answers that provide effective solutions to major problems. This is especially true in the case of disinfection as it has now been found that addition of white vinegar to common household bleach (diluted form) can effectively destroy bacterial spores. // Researchers from MicroChem Lab, Texas have found out this simple yet significant solution to bacterial contaminat...

Bihar Government Dismissed Doctors For Negligence

Seven doctors were dismissed by the Bihar government on Wednesday for neglecting their duties according to official sources.// The Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Nitish Kumar gave the nod for the dismissal of the doctors from service, which was carried out with immediate effect. Last week, the government dismissed three medical officers and initiated departmental proceedings...

Bird Flu Test Results Negative: India

The blood samples taken from all the suspected patients, where the first bird flu case was reported, proved to be negative. The authorities affirmed that out of 95 residents 94 were cleared off the disease. // The remaining case was being retested and the result would be known Friday, an official statement issued here said. "There is no human case of avian influenza till now....

Negative Effects of Asthma Can Be Countered With Personality changes

Daphne Koinis Mitchell, PhD, with the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC) and Brown Medical School studied the effect of asthma on children. She said that // those who have high self-esteem and good problem-solving skills may be less likely to have their asthma symptoms interfere with school. These children inspite of facing the stress related to urban scenario and facing as...

21 Year Old Tests Negative for the Human Form Of Bird-Flu

Doctors have cleared a 21 year old man, who tested negative for the human form of the bird-flu. The man was rushed to the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, in Bucharest// , after he exhibited flu like symptoms. This man lives in the southwest village of Cetate, where H5N1 had infected the birds in the area. Further tests are slated to be performed at the Bucharest national laboratory....

Disney in Trouble? Negative Excitement in Disneyland, Paris

None would deny the adrenaline rush at Disneyland Paris, though now, it appears to be caught unawares in the eye of the bird-flu storm//. Ruffled up, Disney land Paris is shrugging away the allegation of tucking away a dead swan. This is especially unwelcome news, as panic over bird flu is all over Europe. The scare permeated in Disneyland after two unions, the French Democratic Worke...

Negative religious 'Spirituality' related to depression in physicians

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers revealed that residents who have negative religious and spiritual characteristics have higher risk for depressive symptoms.// The study was done by collection of data through surveys which said that the risk for significant depressive symptoms was greater among respondents who reported negative religious coping mechanisms, poorer spiritual well...

Indonesian Traveler Tests Negative For Bird Flu, Singapore Safe

Bird flu tests conducted on a 64-year-old Indonesian woman, admitted to the National University Hospital, have turned out to be negative. The woman, who had traveled to Singapore from Indonesia //, was subjected to a H5N1 influenza PCR test, as a precautionary measure. Reports of bird flu infection in humans and poultry have been reported in Indonesia. In view of the bird flu threat...

Insomnia affects direction and route memory negatively

According to a US study insomnia or loss of sleep affects finding way around negatively. It has an impact on route and navigation and there is difficulty finding the way around.// This was tried and tested on rats. When sleep was tampered with rats' spatial memory was affected. Still, experts at UK were not convinced and divided over the findings published in the Journa...

Incidence Of HIV/AIDS In The Indian Armed Forces Negligible

The incidence of HIV/AIDS in the Indian armed forces is a mere 0.028 percent as compared to the national average and efforts are being made to reduce// this even further, the military's top doctor said Thursday. "Contracting HIV/AIDS is not a crime. Not reporting it is a crime," Surgeon Vice Admiral Vijay K. Singh, director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services, said at a brief...

Neglect of the Elderly by the Community

In America the old people were being failed by the NHS says a joint report from the Healthcare Commission, the Audit Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection. // Elder abuse is hurting old people, physically and emotionally. The report said that old people are subject to patronising and thoughtless attitudes from some doctors and carers. In hospital they are moved from one...

Hospital Booked For Negligence

Southampton University Hospitals which is under the NHS trust failed to adequately supervise two doctors. Amit Misra and Rajeev Srivastava were working// at Southampton General Hospital. It led to the death of the patient Sean Phillips, 31, of Kent, after a routine knee surgery. He suffered toxic shock syndrome. The hospital admitted that it had not properly managed the senior house offi...

Private Nursing Home in Madhya Pradesh Fined For Negligence

A private nursing home in Bhopal and two of its doctors have been asked by the Madhya Pradesh Consumer forum to pay a Rs.100,000 fine for alleged// post-operative negligence resulting in the death of a patient. Phool Chand Soni admitted his wife Sarla to Ayushman Hospital following swelling in her uterus and respiratory trouble. "Investigations revealed a tumor in her uter...

Chicken Samples Test Negative For Bird Flu In Chattisgarh

Around 5,500 chicken samples collected from various poultry farms across the state of Chattisgarh have tested negative for bird flu, authorities said //. "Chhattisgasrh has not a single bird flu case as the chicken samples sent last month tested negative at the High Security Animal Disease Lab at Bhopal," said Amir Ali, director, animal husbandry department. An official sta...

Court Rejects Case of Negligence by Disabled Children against the Doctors

In Australia the High Court dismissed the cases from two severely disabled children. These cases were mainly raised to claim compensation. Both the children were born after negligent medical advice. //One such is that of Alexia Harriton, 25 who is deaf, blind and mentally disabled. She said that her family doctor had not informed her mother about the rubella infection early in her mother'...

Symptoms In Dementia Patients Negatively Correlates With The Characteristics Of Caregivers

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – According to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues, symptoms like wandering, hallucinations// and restlessness associated with dementia are found to increase if the patients' caregivers are young, less educated, over-burdened or depressed. ‘These symptoms are part of the disease and the caregivers aren't causing them, but certa...

Consumer Court Dismisses Rs 143 Crore Negligence Claim

New Delhi. The National Consumer Commission today dismissed the medical negligence claim to the tune of Rs 143 Crores filed by a US-based doctor //who had alleged that his wife died because of negligence given at a Kolkata hospital. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Bench comprising Justice M B Shah, Justice K S Gupta and Member Rajya Lakshmi, in its judgment, absolve...

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

New Delhi, June 1: The apex consumer court in New Delhi on Wednesday dismissed the highest ever medical compensation case of claim that was filed by an Indian born// US scientist Kunal Saha for the death of his wife in 1998, which he alleged due to the wrongful treatment. Making a statement from Ohio Saha said that the judgement of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (...

Apex Consumer Court Rejects Rs 143 Cr Medical Negligence Claim

Observing that error of judgement of doctors while treating a rare disease does not amount to deficiency of service // , the National Consumer Commission today dismissed the medical negligence claim case to the tune of Rs 143.08 crore filed by a US-based doctor whose wife died almost nine years ago here after she suffered a deadly skin allergy. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal...

HIV Patients Criticise NBMCH's Negative Role

The North Bengal Medical College and Hospital has described the criticism of its alleged negligence of HIV-positive persons as baseless. // The superintendent and principal of NBMCH, Dr J B Saha, said here today that the allegation had no basis. Yesterday around 200 HIV-positive persons under the banner of 'Sanghabaddha' a voluntary organisation of HIV positive persons, dem...

Rs 5 Lakh Compensation To Patient For Negligence In Treatment

A Delhi Consumer Court has directed a city-based private hospital to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to a man who developed 'inability to walk or move on account //of the negligence' during a surgery for thigh bone fracture. The North District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum comprising President K K Chopra and members Neeru Mittal and R K Prabhakar, acting on the complaint of one Shiv K...