Diabetic nerve therapy shows 'striking' results
Research into a new treatment for nerve damage caused by diabetes could bring relief to millions of diabetic patients, say experts. The treatment might also reduce the number of amputations of toes and feet if early effects on nerve protection and regeneration are borne out long-term. Nerve disease in diabetes is the major cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputations in Europe and North...Striking the right balance between excitation and inhibition
Neurons in the brain and spinal cord come in two flavors, excitatory neurons that transmit and amplify signals, and inhibitory neurons that inhibit and refine those signals. Although investigators have long appreciated that these two classes of neurons exist in the central nervous system, little is known about how cells decide to become inhibitory or excitatory during embryonic development. Rese...Signature Campaign: Striking doctors take to the streets
Mumbai: The Doctors’ strike seems to be only intensifying, even after eight days//. Now resident doctors from hospitals have embarked on a public signature campaign at several railway stations in the city. Resident doctors in lab coats, representing their alma mater, were seen filling up railway stations to appeal to the public. Doctors from JJ hospital, KEM hospital, thronged the sta...Striking Doctors Urged By AP High Court To End Strike
The Andhra Pradesh high court Friday asked striking junior doctors in government-run hospitals to end their stir by April 18 and warned// that otherwise they would face contempt of court proceedings. Taking serious note of the continuing strike by 2,500 junior doctors, the court said they could leave the country if they didn't trust the Indian healthcare system. It also asked the Medic...Striking Doctors Form Human Chain, Block Traffic
Striking junior doctors formed a human chain to protest quota in higher education while anti-reservationists from the University of Allahabad blocked traffic// on the Grand Trunk Road for about half-an-hour today. Medical services at the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital remained disrupted for the fifth consecutive day as medicos formed a human chain to protest the reservation system. Some...Striking Students Asked to Vacate Hostels
Amidst hectic efforts to end the medicos stir, the government has issued notices to resident doctors to vacate hostels and warned senior faculty members// who are supporting them. "We have issued notices to agitating resident doctors to vacate hostels if they fail to return to work," Health Ministry officials said here today. The step was taken after government issued adve...