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NABH Health accreditations final draft to be released by this month

Indian Hospitals would have to apply for Health care accreditation standards that will make them compile to Quality standards and strict hygienic conditions. Healthcare accreditation has become important// due to increased number of hospitals and physicians providing health care which may lead to sub-standard treatment to patients, an accreditation system will help to monitor the quality...

Indian National in Saudi Jail will be released soon

Kerala: The jailed Indian National in Saudi Arabia, is confirmed to be released from the prison in the course of this week. The prisoner had been nailed on charges of causing partial blindness to a Saudi national. // This case has been in the International media glare for quite a while. Naushad’s release was decided after the victim, the Saudi National pardoned him for the injury cau...

New Guidelines Released for Patients Suffering from Heart Disease

With Heart diseases and cardio problems on the rise have brought the world to stand and take notice. New guidelines are being proposed to save the future generations //. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have released practical guidelines and pays attention to valvular heart disease. Valve disease most often strikes the mitral valve, whic...

A Comprehensive CD-ROM On HIV/AIDS Released By Center for HIV Information

The Center for HIV Information is all set to release a new CD-ROM collects and refines HIV/AIDS information for developing world. // The Center for HIV Information at the University of California, San Francisco, have announced their plans to release a free CD-ROM that contain more than 40 selected chapters from the HIV InSite Knowledge Base, which is an online collection of comprehens...

Donate Kidney And Get Released From Jail Soon

A bill is proposed to be passed in South Carolina, which will enable the early release of inmates from jail if they donate their kidneys//. If this bill is passed, then the prisoners could bring down their stay in the jail by as many as 180 days. Democratic Senator Ralph Anderson who is recommending this legislation opines that the passing of this bill could help a lot of patients who a...

Figures on Substance Abuse in School Going Teens Released

The Information Centre for Health and Social Care has come out with results from its survey of under 16s,// under which 8200 students of different schools in UK were quizzed. It was seen that one in ten secondary students aged 11 to 15 light up daily. The research also claimed that surprisingly, it was girls who outnumbered boys in smoking. Government’s targets are aimed at reducing...

Toolkit Released To Employers Of Expecting Mothers

An online survey of 2080 mothers has revealed that only four-in-ten mums thought their bosses understood how to handle pregnant staff - and only half said// they thought they were aware of their own rights and responsibilities. The survey also revealed that 30,000 British women every year lose their jobs just for having a child. Other figures were that almost 45 per cent of w...

New Reflux Guidelines Released

New, updated guidelines for esophageal reflux testing appear in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Developed and approved by the American College of// Gastroenterology, these guidelines summarize advances in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) diagnostic testing and how they have modified the clinical management of esophageal disorders. “Gastroenterologists are confronted wi...

Paris Hilton to Be Released on Tuesday

Paris Hilton will finally be a free bird on June 26, after spending 23 days in the slammer. The release date was determined by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Inmate Reception Center. The exact hour of the heiress' release was however not disclosed. Although her sentence was for 45 days, authorities have said that 22 days have been slashed, as...

The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released

A few months back, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new birth control pill, Lybrel. It is as effective at preventing pregnancy as the other pills already in the market , but overrides them with one advantage: Women who take it will never get their periods. Lybrel is landing on pharmacy shelves this month. Now menstruation may never be the same- it may disappear altogether....