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Pharmacia may take 51.5 percent Abbott stake

PHARMACIA Corp is close to signing a deal to acquire the 51.5 per cent stake in Abbott Laboratories India held by fellow US drugmaker Abbott Laboratories Inc. An industry source who declined to be identified, said Pharmacia could reach an agreement in the next few days to buy the stake in Abbott Laboratories India. // "If all goes well, senior Abbott officials from the company’s regi...

Children! Protecting them from medical mistakes

The rate for potential medical problems, according to earlier studies, is three times higher for children than for adults. The rates for babies in hospitals are even higher. However, a new effort by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) may help prevent medical errors in children.// The effort, an educational campaign is aime...

Costly mistakes help better understand OCD: obsessive compulsive disorder

Mistakes committed, which cost us dearly, like deleting important files or leaving gas open, trigger specific // reactions in the brain. According to the published work of US scientists in the Journal of Neuroscience, one area becomes more active after "costly" mistakes. This may help understand OCD better. The study examined the brains of 12 healthy adults using a functional M...

Epidural Mistakes Proves To Be Fatal Blunders

Epidurals are usually given during childbirth to ease the pain during labor. But such epidurals proved to be fatal due to hospital blunders //. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) in response has issued warnings to doctors and midwives over the drug usage. Statistics show that about 200 errors have been committed due a period of one year. The epidural is supposed to be administere...

Tata Industries picks up stake in Indigene Pharmaceuticals

Tata Industries Ltd today said it has acquired a significant stake in Indigene Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of US-based indigene Pharma Inc// , for an undisclosed amount. Indigene, which is involved in biopharmaceuticals, has been in the business of both prescription and consumer healthcare products. Commenting on the strategic alliance with Indigene, Tata Group Chairman R...

Stakes Higher for Elderly Women Exposed to Air Pollution

Post-menopausal women exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants, are at a higher risk of cardiovascular problems than previously thought, reveal a new study.// The study conducted by Women’s Health Initiative, which is funded by the government of America, has brought out findings that urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to raise its limits on air pollutant concentratio...

Delhi Medical Board to Probe Mistaken Surgery on Child

The medical board of the Delhi government will investigate the case of a four-year-old child who was mistakenly operated //upon for congenital hernia instead of an extra finger in a government hospital here. Kapil Brijpal was taken to a wrong operation theatre Tuesday in the Baba Ambedkar Hopsital in Rohini, where he had been admitted for removing the sixth finger of his right hand. <...

Learning to Prevent Medical Mistakes in Caring for Stroke Patients

Medical errors and adverse events can happen in patients with stroke, and hospital procedures need to be modified to reduce the likelihood// of error and patients getting hurt, according to a study. For the study, researchers analyzed provider-reported adverse events and errors within a voluntary and mandatory event reporting system in stroke patients admitted to Strong Memorial Hosp...

Most Pediatric Chemotherapy Mistakes Reach Patients

The vast majority of chemotherapy errors identified in children reach patients, according to one of the first epidemiological studies of cancer drug errors in children . Published in the July 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study concluded that the antimetabolite class of chemotherapeutic agents are most likely associated with errors, a...

Brain Signal Prevents Us from Repeating Mistakes

Psychologists from the University of Exeter have identified an 'early warning signal' in the brain that helps us avoid repeating previous mistakes. Their research identifies, for the first time, a mechanism in the brain that reacts in just 0.1 seconds to things that have resulted in us making errors in the past. Previous research has shown that we learn more about things for which...

This is How We Learn from Our Past Mistakes

Psychologists from the University of Exeter have revealed that an 'early warning signal' in the brain helps us avoid repeating previous mistakes. The study has discovered a mechanism in the brain that reacts in just 0.1 seconds to things that have resulted in us making errors in the past. Earlier research has shown that we learn more about things for which we initially make incorr...