New Delhi: The shortage of faculty across the medical colleges in India is not only due to the genuine shortage of qualified faculty, but it is also because even the available faculty often lacks the inclination to teach at the college level, a Parliamentary Health Panel recently opined in its report. In order to deal with […]
Jaipur: Three nurses who have recently completed their PhD have been denied permission to use ‘Dr’ title with their names by the Rajasthan medical and health department. The nurses posted in the health department had sent a proposal to it to allow them to use ‘Dr’ with their names after completing their PhD. Suresh Nawal, director […]
Injection of a substance to block an artery feeding the dura (protective sack around the brain) along with surgery to remove pooled blood reduced the risk that patients will require repeat surgery compared to surgical drainage alone, according to preliminary late-breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2024. The meeting, […]
New Delhi: Reviewing the Phase II clinical study protocol of CagriSema, a combination medication that includes semaglutide and Cagrilintide, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has opined the drug major NovoNordisk to submit detailed safety data from Phase I study and to include the Nephrologists as principal […]
A first year MBBS student has levelled allegations of ragging against his seniors at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The matter came to light after the father of the MBBS student complained before the anti-ragging cell accusing two of his son’s seniors of beating him up inside the […]
Mumbai: The national regulatory authority of India, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) 10mg tablets to reduce the risk of sustained decline in eGFR (only for patients with eGFR 30-90 ml/min/1.73m2), end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death, and hospitalization in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of progression. This indication […]
New Delhi: A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a doctor at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in central Delhi, police said on Wednesday. When Ashutosh Tripathi, a resident of Burari, was caught from the emergency department on Tuesday he was wearing a stethoscope and carrying a doctor’s coat in his bag, an official […]
In a groundbreaking development, a recent study has unveiled promising results for the treatment of pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency, a rare hereditary disease causing chronic hemolytic anemia. They found that Mitapivat is highlighted as the first disease-modifying pharmacotherapy to have beneficial effects on iron overload in patients with PK deficiency as stimulation of mutant PK enzyme (PKR) […]
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Hospital Board of India (HBI) have jointly released an advisory regarding the ‘Cashless Everywhere’ program initiated by the General Insurance Corporation (GIC), voicing the medical sector’s apprehensions about its vague details and potential effects. The announcement, made by Dr. AK Ravikumar, head of IMA HBI HORS, pointed out the […]
It is crucial to understand the exam pattern to prepare for the prestigious MBBS entrance test- NEET. This year’s NEET 2024 is scheduled to be held on May 5, 2024. In its recently released information bulletin along with the application form, the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body for NEET, has specified the […]