New Delhi: Doctors representing foreign medical graduates (FMGs) recently met the National Medical Commission (NMC) officials to discuss various issues faced by medical graduates from abroad. These issues include the limited number of available internship seats for the FMGs, the issue of non-payment of stipend to the FMG Interns and the opposition against the 3-year internship […]
New Delhi: Noting that there is an unmet medical need in India, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted approval to the drug major AstraZeneca to import and market Eculizumab Concentrate for solution for infusion 300 mg for the treatment of patients with Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria […]
A recent study conducted by the Christian Medical College, Vellore, has uncovered a concerning trend among diabetes patients in India: a rising number of toe and foot amputations due to diabetes-related sores. Published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Direct, the study reveals that the risk of subsequent amputations triples after the first procedure, underscoring the […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Central Government how it could fix uniform rates in private hospitals across the country when market forces should ideally drive such matters. Such observations were made by the Supreme Court bench of Justices BR Gavau and Sandeep Mehta while considering the plea by All India Ophthalmological Society, which […]
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to Super Speciality courses – NEET SS may not be held this year, recent minutes of the meeting of the National Medical Commission (NMC) have revealed. NMC shared the minutes of the meeting dated 23.02.2024 with the social and political activist Dr Vivek Pandey, who had sought the details […]
Here are the top health news for the day: NEET SS 2024 may not be conducted this year Recent minutes of the National Medical Commission (NMC) meeting have revealed that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to Super Speciality courses—NEET SS—may not be held this year. NMC shared the minutes of the meeting dated 23.02.2024 […]
New Delhi- The National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has invited applications for the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination- FMGE June 2024. For candidates appearing for FMGE, NBE has also released an information bulletin detailing the instructions to fill out the online FMGE application form for June 2024. FMGE for June 2024 will be […]
Researchers have found that the stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR), a measure of acute hyperglycemia in response to stress, can predict cardiovascular mortality in triple-vessel disease (TVD) patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). A study involving TVD patients with ACS from two independent centers observed a strong association between high SHR levels and an increased risk […]
China: A recent study has revealed that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is correlated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The findings were published online in the International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention on February 1, 2024. “This retrospective study revealed that patients with thicker […]
New research has discovered that neotame, one of the new generation of artificial sweeteners, is capable of damaging the human intestine and causing illness. The study is the first to show that neotame can cause previously healthy gut bacteria to become diseased and invade the gut wall-potentially leading to health issues including irritable bowel syndrome […]