In an unprecedented move, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised in the Parliament to decriminalise deaths due to medical negligence by doctors, drawing a big cheer from the entire medical fraternity. Addressing the Lok Sabha, the Home Minister stated, “Currently, if there is a death due to negligence of a doctor, it is also […]
London: Junior doctors in Britain started a three-day strike in their long-standing dispute with the government over pay and conditions. Junior doctors — around half of all doctors in the National Health Service (NHS) — took strike action from 7 a.m. local time on Wednesday until Saturday morning. Further strikes, starting from January 3 next […]
New Jersey: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve Merck’s drug for chronic cough, the company said on Wednesday, marking the second rejection in less than two years. The health regulator concluded the company’s application for the drug, gefapixant, did not meet substantial evidence of effectiveness for treating refractory chronic cough and unexplained chronic […]
Presenting the Evergreen Talk Series featuring Dr. Brij Mohan Makkar, a Senior Diabetologist and Obesity Specialist from Delhi, Dr. Sameer I. Dani, an Interventional Cardiologist from Ahmedabad, and Dr. Tukaram Jamale, a Nephrologist and Kidney Transplant Physician who serves as the Head of the Department at KEM Hospital Mumbai. They provide their insights on the […]
Guwahati: In a significant development, the state government has released a budget for eight medical colleges as part of its plan to establish 21 medical colleges in Assam by 2026-2027. Currently, Assam boasts a total of 12 medical colleges. However, the government is actively engaged in the development of an additional 9 medical colleges, with […]
A recent retrospective study conducted by Mengkai Du and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, shed light on a vital aspect of maternal health: the correlation between maternal height and adverse pregnancy outcomes in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The investigation delved into how this association varied concerning gestational weight gain (GWG) […]
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released the first comprehensive evidence-based guideline on the management of pouchitis, the most common complication people with ulcerative colitis experience following surgery to remove their colon. Between 150,000 and 300,000 people with ulcerative colitis in the U.S. live with a surgically created internal reservoir or “pouch” created from their […]
Breastfeeding, even partially alongside formula feeding, changes the chemical makeup-or metabolome-of an infant’s gut in ways that positively influence brain development and may boost test scores years later, suggests new CU Boulder research. “For those who struggle with exclusively breastfeeding, this study suggests your baby can still get significant benefits if you breastfeed as much […]
The high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet is more than just a trendy weight-loss tactic. It has also been known to help control seizures in children with epilepsy, particularly those who don’t respond to first-line anti-seizure medications. In a new UCLA study published in the journal Cell Reports, researchers demonstrate that the changes the diet causes in […]
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first test that uses DNA in assessing whether certain individuals may have an elevated risk of developing opioid use disorder (OUD). As part of a clinical evaluation, the AutoGenomics, Inc. AvertD test is intended to be used prior to first exposure to oral opioid pain medications […]