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Medical info-media portal Ibex MedWorld launched
With the availability of high quality doctors, professionals and skilled manpower in the medical field, communication skills, robust technologies, wellness and holistic treatments and relatively lower cost of treatment compared to western world, India is playing a major role in Medical Tourism, opined Dr Pradeep Mahajan, Chairman, Trans Asia Chamber of Commerce - Medical Tourism.He was speaking at the launch of medical info-media portal www.ibexmedworld.com by Ibex New Concepts Pvt Ltd at a function organised in Pune on Wednesday. Dr. Shrikant Raje, Director Grand Medical Tourism, and Medivision Super Speciality Hospital, Shaikh Azam, Director Ibex New Concepts Pvt Ltd, Dr. Neha Shaikh - representative Medical Tourism Ibex New Concepts were present on the occasion.Azam said that Ibex New Concepts Pvt Ltd has launched www.ibexmedworld.com to collate information on Indian concepts like yoga, export Ayurveda, made in India medical equipment, medical tourism and online second opinion, ...
Twitter bots, Russian trolls spread misinformation on vaccines
Social media bots and Russian trolls promoted discord and spread false information about vaccines on Twitter, a study has found. Using tactics similar to those at work during the 2016 United States presidential election, these Twitter accounts entered into vaccine debates months before election season was underway. Researchers from the George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University in the US examined thousands of tweets sent between July 2014 and September 2017. They found several accounts, now known to belong to the same Russian trolls who interfered in the US election, as well as marketing and malware bots, tweeted about vaccines and skewed online health communications. "The vast majority of Americans believe vaccines are safe and effective, but looking at Twitter gives the impression that there is a lot of debate. It turns out that many anti-vaccine tweets come from accounts whose provenance is unclear," said David Broniatowski, an assistant professor at George ...
Why people procrastinate decoded
Scientist have identified brain regions that make people procrastinate -- to put tasks off rather than tackling them directly. Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in Germany used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to identified two brain areas whose volume and functional connectivity are linked to an individual's ability to control their actions. They examined 264 women and men in an MRI scanner. They assessed the volume of individual brain regions and the functional connectivity between them. In addition, all participants completed a survey measuring their own ability to execute action control. Individuals with poor action control had a larger amygdala. Moreover, the functional connection between the amygdala and the so-called dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dorsal ACC) was less pronounced. The primary function of the amygdala is to assess different situations with regard to their respective outcomes and to warn us about potential negative consequences of particular actions. The .
Clay may help fight bacteria in wounds: Study
Using mud or wet clay as a topical skin treatment - a common practice in some cultures - may help fight disease-causing bacteria in wounds, a study has found. Researcher from Arizona State University in the US found that at least one type of clay has antibacterial effects against bacteria such as Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, including resistant strains such as CRE and MRSA. The clay suspension was effective against a number of bacteria both in their planktonic and biofilm states. "We showed that this reduced iron-bearing clay can kill some strains of bacteria under the laboratory conditions used, including bacteria grown as biofilms, which can be particularly challenging to treat," said Robin Patel, a clinical microbiologist at Mayo Clinic in the US. Biofilms occur when bacteria attach to surfaces and develop a film or protective coating making them relatively resistant to antibiotics. They appear in two-thirds of the infections seen by physicians. The research, ...
Know the potential biomarkers of cerebral aneurysm risk
Turns out, aneurysm occurs anywhere throughout the circulatory system, but most commonly develop along the aorta and in blood vessels of the brain.Expansive arterial remodeling (EAR) comprises a genetically programmed biological response designed to restore homeostatic levels of arterial wall stress after an increase in vessel flow load occurs. The magnitude and rate of EAR reactions relative to local hemodynamic stress fields and the tensile strength of vascular tissue determine whether the process will result in a stable mural structure (adaptive remodeling) or an unstable mural structure that progresses to form an aneurysm (maladaptive remodeling).A recent study revealed the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptive and maladaptive remodeling of cerebral arteries for the first time.In this study, investigators flow loaded the basilar artery in rats by performing bilateral carotid artery ligation. Flow-induced changes in basilar artery morphometry and histology were correlated with ..
Study highlights risks for intensive blood pressure control
Efforts to reduce blood pressures for patients with hypertension is an important factor in reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke, but a new study has found that attaining a lower blood pressure could create a subpopulation of patients whose blood pressures may go too low, which can further pose risk for serious falls and fainting.A new study conducted at Kaiser Permanente found that if patients with hypertension, taking prescribed medications, experience unusually low blood pressures, they are twice as likely to experience a fall or faint as patients whose treated blood pressure remains 110mmHg and above.To determine the effects of blood pressure reduction among hypertension on patients, a team of researchers studied the electronic health records of more than 475,000 patients who were prescribed medication to treat hypertension. Over a one-year period, both mean and minimum systolic blood pressure readings of less than 110 mmHg were associated with higher rates of serious falls
Air pollution could fuel chronic kidney disease
Apart from increasing the risk of respiratory problems and other life-threatening conditions, a recent study has found that air pollution may also be a threat to your kidneys.A University of Michigan study has highlighted the lesser-known connection."Similar to smoking, air pollution contains harmful toxins that can directly affect the kidneys," said Jennifer Bragg-Gresham, the study's lead author."Kidneys have a large volume of blood flowing through them, and if anything harms the circulatory system, the kidneys will be the first to sense those effects."People with diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure or heart disease are at increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Which is why high-risk patients who live in heavily populated or polluted areas should recognise the danger and take precautions, Bragg-Gresham said.The study's co-author, Rajiv Saran, a Michigan Medicine nephrologist, said, "If you look at areas that are heavily polluted versus areas that are less ...
UP: Cloth detected in woman's stomach
In yet another incident of medical apathy, a woman was discharged from a district hospital with a piece of cloth inside her stomach post a surgery in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district.Speaking to ANI, the woman's husband claimed that a doctor of the district government hospital left a piece of cloth in her stomach during the operation."When she complained of pain, the doctor referred her to a private hospital. The cloth has been removed after another operation but she is still bleeding," he added.Furthermore, the woman's son said that in spite of the medical negligence, the doctors charged money to operate on the woman to remove the piece of cloth after she started to bleed post her surgery."We took her to the hospital when she was bleeding, we were called twice after she complained of pain. We did an Ultrasonography and then the doctors saw a piece of cloth inside her stomach. However, they took money again to operate," he said.Even after the piece of cloth was removed, the woman ...
Uttarakhand HC orders sealing of unregistered hospitals
The Uttarakhand High Court today ordered to seal all the hospitals and clinics running without registration in the state. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari instructed to seal all such hospitals in the state. Hearing a PIL, the court asked the government to strictly adhere to the provisions of law and fix the prices of various medical tests. The court delivered the order after two private hospitals running at Dooraha in Bajpur and Kailkheda were found operating illegally and no action was taken against them. It expressed dismay that the two hospitals neither had qualified doctors nor were registered. Despite this, doctors without degree or specialisation were conducting surgery, the court said. An investigation team found that 10 patients were to be operated upon by persons who neither had MBBS degree nor any specialisation for conducting surgery. The Court has asked to seal such hospitals whose registration has not been done under the
Euthanasia of boy: HC appoints panel to suggest experts
The Madras High Court today appointed a three-member independent committee to suggest experts to examine a nine-year-old boy, whose father had made a plea for the child's passive euthanasia, and file a report. A division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and S Baskaran appointed a neurosurgeon Dr Reginald, paediatrician Dr P Ramachandran and chief medical officer of Central Government Health Scheme Dr Uma Maheswari as committee members and directed them to suggest experts within two weeks. The issue pertains to a plea of R Thirumeni, whose son Paavendhan is in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) since birth in 2008. The Supreme Court had held that fundamental right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution includes the right to die with dignity. Paavendhan has not only been in a vegetative state since birth, but also suffers from epileptic seizures, ranging between 10 and 20 times a day when controlled by medicines. The maximum number of such attacks he had suffered in a ...
Veteran US senator McCain ends cancer treatment
Veteran US senator and war hero John McCain -- a towering figure in American politics for decades -- has stopped treatment for brain cancer, his family announced today, one year after the Republican went public with his diagnosis. The announcement signals the beginning of the end of a tough battle with an aggressive form of cancer -- and of a storied life that took the Naval Academy graduate from a Hanoi prison to the doorstep of the White House. "The progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict," the 81-year-old senator's loved ones said in a statement. "With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment." McCain has spent more than three decades in the upper chamber of Congress, looming large in debates over war and peace and the moral direction of the nation. The Navy fighter pilot spent years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after being shot down while on a bombing mission over Hanoi. He lost the 2008 presidential ...
Green corridor helps transportation of liver from IGI Airport to Vasant Kunj hospital in 13 mins
A special green corridor was created by the Delhi Traffic Police today which helped transport a liver from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport to a hospital in Vasant Kunj in 13 minutes, the police said. The green corridor was provided on a route of 12 kilometres to take the organ from IGI Airport-Terminal-3 to ILBS Hospital in Vasant Kunj where the patient suffering from a liver disease was admitted, they said. The liver had to be replanted into the recipient within four hours of its retrieval from the donor, said Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic). The liver was transported from PGI Hospital in Chandigarh to New Delhi through a Jet Airways flight. In a well-planned and coordinated move, the distance from the airport to the hospital could be covered in just 13 minutes which would have normally taken more than 30 minutes, the officer said.
Cancerous vulva removed, reconstructed at same sitting in govt
Surgeons of a government hospital today removed the cancerous vulva of a woman and reconstructed it in the same sitting, which they claimed to be a first of its kind operation in the country. The 50-year-old patient who was suffering from cancer of vulva, the female external genital, was operated on at the Kalyani JNM Hospital in Nadia district, gynaecologist Dr Mriganka Mouli Saha, who headed the team of doctors, said. The vulva was reconstructed through plastic surgery so that she can lead a normal life, he said. It took the team of 10 doctors around five hours to complete the entire process using local anaesthesia. "The excision and reconstruction of vulva in the same sitting of oncosurgery are carried out for the first time in India," Saha said. The patient had visited the hospital with gynaecological problems on August 4 and following tests, it was confirmed that she was suffering from vulvar carcinoma, the gynaecologist said. The operation was successful and the ...
Maneka Gandhi pitches for lab-grown meat
Union minister Maneka Gandhi today strongly favoured promotion of 'clean meat' (laboratory-grown meat) against animal meat which, she said, may not be healthy. "Clean meat has been invented. The cellular multiplications of meat cells in a meat serum is already there. The point is, how do we put it into a commercial form and how do we involve industry?" she told reporters here. She was speaking after inaugurating an event on 'The Future of Protein: A summit on the new food revolution' at the CSIR-Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here. The CCMB and Humane Society International (HSI) India have recently signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and promote clean meat in India. Gandhi said government institutions like the CCMB should conduct research on the subject and make the data available to all as the technology would remain expensive (and may not replace animals) if foreign countries are allowed to develop and distribute it in the country. The technology on .
KIMS Hospitals opens new facility in Vizag
Leading South Indian healthcare major KIMS Hospitals on Friday launched its 7th facility, KIMS ICON Hospital, in Visakhapatnam.
Dr. Pariksith Singh's new books endorsed by industry stalwarts
Physician, philosopher, and poet, Dr. Pariksith Singh released three books on Saturday, during the Pondy Literature Festival. The books were launched by Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.'Swayam Ka Ghuspaithiya' is Dr. Pariksith Singh's most recent compilation of Hindi poetry that sheds light on the irrefutable presence of an internal conflict ravaging all of humanity, while simultaneously exploring the intricacies of human nature. The book showcases profound poetry, leaving an indelible mark on the psyche of the reader.Pariksith Singh was referred to as 'the poet of the future', by Vedanti, teacher and critic, who further described him as a poet with the innate ability to collaborate form and feeling, philosophy and practice and meaning and style in a thought-provoking format. "Pariksith's poetry is not philosophy in verse but an invitation to experience the world in a different way," added Vedanti.'There was a Girl I Loved ...
25 docs, paramedics from city hospital leave for Kerala
Twenty five doctors and paramedical staff from a city hospital today left for rain ravaged Kerala with medicines and food to help the state set up emergency medical camps,while another hospital too sent essential items. The team from Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital left for Thrissur and Palakkad, carrying with them Rs 10 lakh worth relief material,including surgical material, the Hospital's Executive Director Dr Arun N Palaniswami said in a release. This was intended to help the government machinery in that state organise several emergency medical camps, he said. The team would split into two groups, one heading for Thrissur and the other for Palakkad and camp in these cities for three days to screen people for any diseases or infections, he said. If these cities required further assistance, the hospital would not mind extending it, he said. City based Muthus Hospital sent three truckloads of medicines, drinking water and food to Ernakulam, Aluva and Alapuzha, chairman
Early self regulation skills may cut toddlers' obesity risk
Parents who teach their toddlers self regulation skills may help them maintain a healthy weight, finds a study .
How E.coli could aid in fight against anaemia
Researchers have found that Escherichia coli (E. coli) -- the most prevalent bacterium in the human and animal gut -- plays a critical role in promoting health by boosting iron absorption, challenging the previous held notion that it causes food poisoning or steals nutrients from its host.
Dr. Pariksith Singh's new book endorsed by industry stalwarts
Physician, philosopher, and poet, Dr. Pariksith Singh released three books on Saturday, during the Pondy Literature Festival. The books were launched by Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.'Swayam Ka Ghuspaithiya' is Dr. Pariksith Singh's most recent compilation of Hindi poetry that sheds light on the irrefutable presence of an internal conflict ravaging all of humanity, while simultaneously exploring the intricacies of human nature. The book showcases profound poetry, leaving an indelible mark on the psyche of the reader.Pariksith Singh was referred to as 'the poet of the future', by Vedanti, teacher and critic, who further described him as a poet with the innate ability to collaborate form and feeling, philosophy and practice and meaning and style in a thought-provoking format. "Pariksith's poetry is not philosophy in verse but an invitation to experience the world in a different way," added Vedanti.'There was a Girl I Loved ...