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In a historical judgement,the Supreme Court of India has appointed a three member comittee headed by Former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha to oversee the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI). The MCI is the chief regulator of the medical profession and education in India. Other members of this committee apart from […]
AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik has reportedly said that doctors prescribing non-ayurvedic medicines are “anti-nationals”. During a recent visit to Kolhapur district of Maharashtra he said, “Some ayurveda practitioners have told me that doctors prescribing allopathy medicines often advise patients not to opt for ayurveda. Such doctors are anti-nationals”. Naik was inaugrating an ayurvede research centre at […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to reduce inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal, a leading source of arsenic exposure in infants. Relative to body weight, rice intake for infants, primarily through infant rice cereal, is about three times greater than for adults. Moreover, national intake data show that people consume the […]
People don’t need to check cholesterol levels on an empty stomach, suggests new research conducted on 300,000 participants across Denmark, Canada and the United States.The research was published in the European Heart Journal. So far, fasting was needed before cholesterol and triglyceride measurements in all countries except Denmark, where non-fasting sampling has been adopted since […]
According to a recent review of the world’s largest database of peer reviewed literature India has a handful of the best medical universities. Four medical colleges in India rank among the top 10 universities globally that published the most research between 2004-2014. On the other hand, 60% of the country’s medical colleges and teaching hospitals […]
The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to develop a system which would allow the state to take action against hospitals and doctors who detain patients and hold up bodies for non-payment of medical bills. “Illegal detention should set criminal law into motion. A mechanism is much needed to enable the state to take […]
WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has recommended the use of Sanofi’s dengue vaccine- Dengvaxia to control the spread of the life threatening mosquitoe borne disease. Dengvaxia has already been already approved for four countries including Brazil and Mexico. In a statement Sanofi reps stated that, ” The SAGE advises that countries with high dengue transmission […]