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High blood sugar in pregnancy ups heart risk in babies: study
Higher blood sugar in early pregnancy raises the baby's risk of a congenital heart defect, a study claims. "We found that in women who develop diabetes during pregnancy, we can measure risk for having a child with congenital heart disease by looking at their glucose values during the first trimester of pregnancy," said James Priest, from the Stanford University School of Medicine in the US. The research team studied medical records from 19,107 pairs of mothers and their babies born between 2009 and 2015. The records, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, included details of the mothers' prenatal care, including blood test results and any cardiac diagnoses made for the babies during pregnancy or after birth. Infants with certain genetic diseases, those born from multiple pregnancies and those whose mothers had extremely low or high body-mass-index measures were not included in the study. Of the infants in the study, 811 were diagnosed with congenital heart disease, and .
Jain conducts surprise inspection at city night-shelters
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain tonight conducted a surprise inspection of night-shelters in the city, officials said. He first visited a shelter in the vicinity of AIIMS and then went to Dandi Park shelter at Yamuna Nazar in Kashmere Gate, they said. He interacted with shelter-seekers there and asked about the problems they faced. "Are you all fine? Do not go outside in cold, spend time here," he told a resident, who had sought shelter, along with his relatives. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jain have in the past several months conducted surprise checks at various city-run hospitals, including Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, to take stock of the healthcare situation.
Complaint of overcharging against Fortis Gurgaon, another
A Gurgaon patient's family today lodged a complaint of wrong treatment and overcharging against the Fortis Memorial and Research Institute (FMRI) and the Park hospital here, a senior health department official said. Civil Surgeon BK Rajora confirmed the receipt of a complaint against both the hospitals and added that it was being looked into. The complaint filed with Rajora alleged that FMRI charged Bhim Singh (60) Rs 36.68 lakh after he was referred there with abdominal pain due to a stone in his gall bladder by Park hospital. Singh underwent treatment at the FMRI for 42 days, following which he was left bed-ridden. The treatment also affected his intestine and a kidney, the complainant alleged. Singh was initially admitted to Park hospital in Sector 47 here on April 27, 2016, with severe stomach pain. He was then referred to Fortis hospital on May 1, 2016, after his condition deteriorated, his son Jagdish said, adding that doctors found a 14-mm stone in his gall ...
Govt nod to continue National Ayush Mission till Mar 2020
The Cabinet today approved the continuation of centrally sponsored scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) till March 31, 2020 with an outlay of Rs 2,400 crore over the period. The Mission was launched in September 2014 with the objectives of providing cost effective traditional Indian medicine services like Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH). It involves upgradation of AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries, strengthening institutional capacity at the state level through upgrading such educational institutions, pharmacies, drug testing laboratories and supporting cultivation of medicinal plants by adopting good agricultural practices. The NAM is addressing the gaps in health services by supporting the efforts of state/UT governments for providing AYUSH health services/education in the country, particularly in vulnerable and far-flung areas. The mission is aimed at better access to AYUSH healthcare services through increased number of ...
West Bengal govt to upgrade ESI hospitals
The West Bengal government is planning to upgrade facilities at all ESI hospitals in the state in two phases, a senior official of the health department said today. In the first phase, five hospitals in Maniktala, Budge Budge, Asansol, Serampore and Uluberia, will be modernised with adequate facilities for critical patients. "We will set up intensive care units (ICUs) and sick newborn care units (SNCUs) at these ESI hospitals," the official told PTI, adding that the decision was made after a survey was conducted at these establishments. West Bengal, at present, has 14 ESI hospitals in Kamarhati, Sealdah, Serampore, Belur, Baltikuri, Uluberia, Kalyani, Gourhati, Budge Budge, Maniktala, Asansol, Bandel, Durgapur and Thakurpukur. The one in Manicktala, which is a referral hospital, has around 500 beds while all other hospitals collectively have around 3000 beds. The ESI, Sealdah, houses oncology and pain management units while the one in Belur in Howrah district is ...
Haryana private hospital doctors observe day-long strike
Doctors of private hospitals in Haryana today observed a day-long strike to protest the state government's decision to introduce a new legislation they fear would "wipe out" small and medium medical establishments. The strike hit healthcare services in many parts of the state. Doctors across the state this morning voiced their opposition to the government's decision to introduce the Central Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act. The Haryana chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had called the 'token' strike. IMA state president A P Setia said the association was forced to oppose the state government's decision "as the Act once implemented would wipe out small and medium medical establishments". "The Central Act 2010 is not appropriate as per the socio-economic realities of the population of Haryana. Its implementation shall be the last nail in the coffin of already acute shortage of qualified doctors. Most of the small and medium sized ...
Blood test may detect multiple sclerosis: study
A simple blood test may help detect signs of multiple sclerosis, a disease of the brain and spinal cord, according to a study. The discovery by researchers from the University of Huddersfield in the UK, using advanced mass spectrometry techniques, offers a diagnostic tool that enables the detection of multiple sclerosis (MS) to be made simply using blood samples. The current procedure for detection MS requires the invasive, often painful, process of collecting fluid from the brain and spine. The research, published in the journal Analytical Methods, has identified two natural biomarker compounds, which have been linked to multiple sclerosis. The compounds, sphingosine and dihydrosphingosine, were found to be at significantly lower concentrations in blood samples from multiple sclerosis patients. As well as offering a diagnostic tool to identify MS, the discovery will aid the investigation of the role of the compounds in the disease and assist potential new drug ...