Tag: Medical
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High Cholesterol – A Medical Fraud
August 13, 2018 -
NEET 2018: SC dismisses plea seeking age relaxation
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking removal of upper age limit for candidates in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2018. NEET is a common national level entrance exam conducted for admission to medical courses. As per news reports, Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) decision to fix the upper age limit at 25 …
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February 24, 2018 -
Violence in pvt hospital, family of dead patient alleges overcharging
Violence rocked Peerless Hospital at EM Bypass today after a group of angry relatives of a dead patient alleged that the hospital authorities charged a hefty amount of medical bill around four lakh rupees showing the patient alive for two or three days in the intensive care unit (ICU). Swapan Mondal, a 55 year-old resident …
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February 18, 2018 -
Villagers benefit from NHPC medical camp
The TLD-IV Power Station of the NHPC organised a free medical camp at the Samthar High School, Samthar, Kalimpong District, on 20 January. The camp was organized in association with Paramount Hospital, Siliguri, and on the request of the local people there, NHPC officials said. A team of doctors and paramedical staff from the hospital, …
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January 26, 2018 -
Caste discrimination: Medical student tries to commit suicide
A medical student tried to commit suicide over caste discrimination harrassment by his seniors for more than a year at the BJ Medical College in Ahemddbad. Dr M Mariraj who had come from Tamil Nadu for his Master of Surgery at the B J Medical College here had been suffering the harassment for more than …
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January 7, 2018 -
Medical mish-mash
Medical science is a much too specialised discipline and does not lend scope for cutting corners. This is quite the most charitable construct that can be placed on the Bill that was tabled in Parliament last Friday, to bridge the gap between allopathy on the one hand and homoeopathy, ayurveda, unani, and siddha at another …
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January 3, 2018 -
New electronic nose can ‘sniff out’ colon diseases
Scientists have developed an electronic nose that can non-invasively detect colon diseases and distinguish between patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The device – named Moosy 32 eNose – can also tell whether the disease is active, with close to 90 per cent accuracy. In the future this type of equipment could be available …
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December 28, 2017 -
India provides medical assistance to Yemen
India on Wednesday provided medical assistance worth about $1 million to Yemen in response to a request from the Yemeni government. According to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry, Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar presented a box of anti-cholera medicines to Yemeni Ambassador Abdulmalik Abdullah Al-Eryani at a token handing …
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December 27, 2017 -
Govt’s door-to-door campaign against TB
Around one million cases of tuberculosis get missed every year.
December 11, 2017 -
Haryana gives cashless medical services to employees, pensioners
Haryana Health Department has notified the policy for providing cashless medical services to the state government employees and pensioners with effect from November 30, this year. A spokesperson of the department said that the scheme would be only for regular government employees and pensioners. He said that spouses and dependents of regular state government employees …
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November 21, 2017 -
Betterment of ailing humanity
From medieval times till the present, blood transfusion techniques have changed with developing technology.
November 16, 2017 -
Five new malaria vaccine targets identified
Scientists discovered that different antibodies were attacking the parasite at different steps as it invaded the red blood cell.
October 25, 2017 -
India issues six more medical visas to Pakistanis
India has issued six more medical visas to Pakistani nationals seeking treatment, including two for bone marrow transplants and a five-year-old suffering from eye cancer. “We are giving visa for the bone marrow treatment of your son Mohammed Shayaan Noorwala in India,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted on Tuesday in response to a request …
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October 17, 2017 -
Treating a serious medical condition
A stroke is always an emergency and it is important to be able to recognise the symptoms and get help immediately.
August 29, 2017 -
Centre seeks report from UP on children’s deaths
The Centre on Saturday sought a detailed report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the deaths of more than 60 children in the past five days at a Gorakhpur hospital, said Health Ministry sources. Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel and Health Secretary CK Mishra were asked to visit Gorakhpur and look into the …
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August 12, 2017 -
Organ trafficking: business as usual
A Kuwaiti recipient, a Pakistani donor; an Israeli recipient, a Ukrainian donor; an American recipient, an Indian donor, an so on — the global dimensions of organ trafficking were exposed in shocking detail at an international summit on the subject at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican in February. Every region, encompassing more …
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May 28, 2017 -
Gathering moss
And when thou art weary I’ll find thee a bed, of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.” These words by the English Romantic poet, John Keats (1795-1821), articulate that even the humble moss can comfort the weary. There is much to be imbibed from this plant and indeed, moss has its own place in …
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May 11, 2017