Entries by aaron

Digital impressions reduced clinical time for fabricating full-arch implant-supported prostheses

Digital impressions reduced clinical time for fabricating full-arch implant-supported prostheses suggests a new study published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. With the growing use of digital scanning, an evaluation of the clinical impact of digital scans versus conventional impressions in complete arch implant-supported prostheses is needed. However, systematic reviews on this subject are lacking. […]

Record-breaking six days Doctors’ Strike to pile pressure on England Health Service

London: Junior doctors in England will begin a six-day walkout on Wednesday, the longest strike in the state-run National Health Service’s (NHS) 75-year history which is set to hit patient care during its seasonal winter peak in demand.  Like in other key sectors over the past year, junior doctors represented by the British Medical Association […]

Supreme Court Junks Plea Challenging Anti-NEET Signature Campaign

New Delhi: The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged the signature campaign against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exams has now been Supreme Court. Dravida Munnetra Khazagam (DMK), the ruling party in Tamil Nadu State, reportedly organized this signature campaign against the centralized common entrance test NEET for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses. Rejecting […]

AstraZeneca Gets CDSCO Panel Nod to Study anticancer drug Volrustomig

New Delhi: The drug major AstraZeneca has got approval from the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to conduct the Phase III clinical trial of the Monoclonal Antibody Volrustomig. This came after the drug major AstraZeneca presented Phase III clinical trial protocol No. D798AC00001. The above study is […]

Topical Vancomycin Effective in Reducing Surgical site Infecitons after Cranial Surgeries

A recent study conducted by researchers based in NIMHANS and AIIMS, and published in Neurology India suggests that topical vancomycin used in cranial neurosurgery procedures is quite effective in reducing post-op surgical site infections (SSIs) , including cases where implants like VP shunts have been placed. World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended several steps to […]

Kerala HC rejects 12 year old’s abortion petition

In a shocking revelation, the Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea seeking the termination of the pregnancy of a 12-year-old girl allegedly involved in an incestuous relationship with her minor brother. The court, in its December 22 order, cited the advanced stage of the pregnancy, currently at 34 weeks, and declared termination at this […]

Cashless medical facility for Haryana Govt employees under Ayushman Bharat

Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Monday announced a cashless medical facility for government employees and their dependents on the occasion of New Year. The state government had initiated the scheme on a pilot basis, initially covering employees from the fisheries and horticulture departments, offering cashless healthcare facilities starting November 1, 2023. Today, the coverage has […]

Healthy omega-3 fats may delay progression of deadly pulmonary fibrosis

UVA  researchers  have found in a new study that higher levels of omega-3 were associated with better lung function  and longer transplant-free survival in pulmonary fibrosis patients. Researchers conducted  the study to  find out whether healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and […]