The researchers at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Lucknow have recently found that certain leprosy drugs might help treat myeloma, a type of blood cancer. Clinical Researcher Sabyasachi Sanyal at CDRI in collaboration with clinical haematology department of King George’s Medical University screened FDA-approved drugs in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) cells and found that […]
The government has decided to make it mandatory for all medical colleges to have emergency medicine department by 2022. This initiative aims at improving the trauma care of the country. V K Paul, the Board of Governors chairman said that they want to develop a cadre of emergency medicine specialists so that one doesn’t have […]
A 73-year-old doctor at a tea estate in Assam’s Jorhat district died hours after being beaten by garden workers. The workers allegedly beat up the doctor following the death of one of their colleagues who was undergoing treatment at the estate hospital. “The garden doctor, 73-year-old Dr Deben Dutta was assaulted following the death of […]
Five years ago, Whatsapp was just another communication tool for Dr Padmanabha Kamath. But, this interventional cardiologist from Mangaluru still remembers an incident which shook his thoughts and forced him to start a new WhatsApp group, ‘Cardiology at Doorsteps’ (CAD). He was distraught when he read the news of a young auto-rickshaw driver in a […]
The scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Italy are developing a technology that can completely bypass the eyeball and send messages directly to the brain to restore vision to the blind. They will be doing this by stimulating the optic nerve with intraneural electrode known as […]
The incidents of violence against the doctors in India continue to occur at an alarming rate. To curb the situation, the Pune doctors have decided to stop providing treatment for those who verbally or physically abuse them. The Pune chapter of Indian Medical Association is the first in the country to start such an initiative. […]
A recent study finds out that antibiotic use is linked to the higher risk of developing bowel cancer. The findings, published online in the journal Gut conclude that there is an association between antibiotic use and an increase in colon cancer risk, but a decrease in rectal cancer risk. According to the researchers, the findings […]
A team of MBBS students from AIIMS jointly with IIT Delhi has developed a unique broadcasting stethoscope to help the medical students and teachers. The students can learn the auscultation technique- listening to sounds from the heart, lungs and other organs for diagnosis- while the faculty can use this stethoscope for mass teaching. “While teaching, […]
A low-cost, four-in-one pill, can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third, a study shows. This daily pill contains blood-thinning aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure. All these medications are readily available, but the idea is that combining them into one tablet will make compliance easier. […]
People visit hospitals when they are sick. What if the hospitals itself make them sick? A large number of people who visit hospitals come back with something more serious. Hospital Acquired Infections, commonly known as HAI’s or nosocomial infections are infections that patients contract while receiving health care. It is developed from a hospital or […]