Water is vital for the living, especially humans. Water makes up most of your body and is essential for many everyday critical bodily functions, including regulating your body temperature, aiding your brain function, eliminating waste, and carrying nutrients and oxygen across your body. Every person needs to consume a certain amount of water to ensure […]
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has now set a deadline for Foreign Medical Graduates to avail the benefits of the Academic Mobility Programme. Issuing a Public Notice on 07.12.2023, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) mentioned that medical students abroad are allowed to migrate to other countries to complete […]
Bangalore: Taking action against its employees who were providing cancer medicines to the indoor admitted patients from other sources than the hospital dispensary, a Bengauluru hospital has now filed a police complaint against its 3 employees. Based on the complaint filed by the managing trustee of Dr BS Srinath of Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Center , a […]
Government Medical College Hospital, located in Kanyakumari, has started its first breast milk bank in the hospital. Kanyakumari Collector said that this facility will be of great help to many neo-natal patients. Doctors at the hospital’s neo-natal department outlined the six stages of the breast milk collection process. For more details, check out the link […]
Netherlands: Findings from a randomized trial showed clofazimine to be a safe and effective alternative to rifampicin for the treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD). Retrospective studies have suggested clofazimine as an alternative to rifampicin in MAC-PD treatment. Sanne M.H. Zweijpfenning, Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and colleagues sought […]
While travelling in the Delhi metro, a young doctor lost his life within seconds due to a cardiac arrest in front of a crowd inside the metro train near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station on Saturday. The student was travelling to ISBT by boarding the Delhi Metro from Ballabhgarh when he suddenly collapsed inside […]
Tamil Nadu: In an unfortunate incident, a 30-year-old doctor was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Chulamedu, Chennai. The victim was pursuing his MCh. in Surgical Gastroenterology at Madras Medical College. Also Read: Operations at Natco Pharma Chennai factory temporarily disrupted due to cyclone The dead body of a doctor named P. Maruthapandian, […]
Holding a Tirunelveli-based hospital and its attending doctor guilty of unfair trade practices and services deficiencies, the Circuit Bench of the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Madurai directed them to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Welfare Fund. The consumer court gave such an order after noting […]
Here are the top health stories for the day: TN Hospital, doctor penalized for forcing patient to buy from overcharging in-house pharmacy Holding a Tirunelveli-based hospital and its attending doctor guilty of unfair trade practices and services deficiencies, the Circuit Bench of the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Madurai directed them to […]
A recent double-blind, placebo-controlled trial tested the efficacy of adjunctive rosiglitazone treatment alongside standard antimalarial care in Mozambican children with severe malaria. The findings were published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases. The study comprised 180 children and examined if rosiglitazone, a medication commonly used in diabetes management, could impact the levels of circulating angiopoietin-2 […]