Over the last 6 months, at least 20 incidents of Doctors being attacked by patient’s relatives have been reported. Unreported cases could be even more. In one of the latest incidents, a senior Gastroenterologist from Allahabad was attacked inside the ICU premises because of death of a serious patient. A duty doctor in Panvel was […]
Tasso Inc., a company with the University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to make blood sampling less painful and more convenient. The company was started by three people who studied microfluidics and wanted to use what they had learned to help people and to make products that are useful. They are, Ben Moga, the president, Ben Casavant, […]
Researchers from the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are now working to develop the next generation of anti-viral treatments. Although, the molecular process by which an anti-HIV drug induces lethal mutations in the virus’s genetic material is especially difficult to study, it is now being clarified by a newly developed spectroscopy […]
Our country is witnessing an attack on doctors every alternative day, which can be attributed to lax laws and implementation. But here is an Act that can land a doctor in jail for minor mistakes and the irony here is that this law is implemented strictly. Radiologists, gynecologists, sonologists and doctors alike united across the […]
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The treatment for endometrial cancer of the uterus, one of the most common forms of gynecologic cancer, is removing the uterus and in some cases chemotherapy if the risk of recurrence is deemed high. About 10-15% of patients, who are considered as low risk patients for recurrence according to classic diagnostics, suffer recurrences. Researchers at […]
A new study has demonstrated that genetically modified Salmonella can be used to kill cancer cells. It has been known for years that certain strains of bacteria, including Salmonella enterica, can kill cancer cells. Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium has been shown to not only colonize solid tumors, but also to exhibit an intrinsic antitumor effect. […]
For the first time there is biological evidence of repair of damaged myelin in the human brain. A new study suggests that an investigational drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) may repair damaged myelin, the fatty material that protects nerves. This study advances the field of neuro-reparative therapies. 82 people who had their first incident of […]
US researchers have found that a common allergy drug may be useful in treating hepatitis C, the chronic liver infection. Around 185 million people worldwide suffer from hepatitis C, which can lead to cancer and cirrhosis of the liver. The currently existing drugs against Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), like Sovaldi, are expensive, have some side effects and […]
There is an increased risk of cardiovascular events in patients who take high doses of the anti-inflammatory ibuprofen, according to the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The committee states that when taken at doses of 2400 mg/day or higher, there is a small increase in the risk of Myocardial […]