According to US FDA, Metformin can now be safely used in patients with mild and in some cases, moderate kidney impairment after decades of warning against it. Metformin previously had been contraindicated for patients with renal disease or dysfunction, as suggested by serum creatinine levels at or above 1.5 mg/dL for men and 1.4 mg/dL […]
The US Preventive Services Task Force has come out with guidelines on the use of Aspirin for the primary prevention of CVD and colorectal cancer. The recommendations were published on April 12th in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Key recommendations are: Low-dose Aspirin may be used for the primary prevention of CVD and Colorectal carcinoma in […]
An Amreli sessions court in Gujarat has sentenced BJP MP Naran Kachhadiya to a 3 year jail term and has fined him Rs.35,000 for assaulting a doctor in 2013. The court has stayed the sentence for a month for Kachhadiya and others convicted in the case to make their defense.While the conviction has been stayed, under the new […]
The Haryana state health department had earlier expressed concern over lack of control over private medical colleges. However, this time the decision to not allow any more private medical institutions to be opened, is quite strong after a meeting of the health and medical education & research departments took place on April 5. The decision now […]
The DCI (Dental Council of India) has proposed a bridge course for dental graduates to become MBBS doctors. The DCI feels the effect would be two fold – one, provide jobs for dental graduates and two, address the acute shortage of doctors across India.The bridge course proposal has been framed with help from the MCI and […]
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The UK can be rightfully thought of as the paragon of an effective primary care system ( this is not to play down their other challenges, say with cancer care). Primary care practitioners (i.e. GPs) hold a dependable niche in people’s minds, a respectable chair in the functioning of their healthcare system, and offer an […]
Last time we met we were all praises about the bolstering of fruitful general practice. We eulogised a healthcare system that runs with the GP as it’s spine and recognised the role it has to play in maintaining an economically and holistically slick healthcare system. I’ve always indulged in the habit of pertinent quoting at […]
We would all call him “doctor uncle” since the time we knew him, and somewhere along the way he lost his native name-he would be just that: our beloved doctor uncle. Every time I would think of him, a steady, inspiring image would flash in front of my eyes: neat, clean cut attire, white hair, […]
To bring down prices for medicines for critical disease like – cancer, HIV and diabetes the government revised the national list of essential medicines (NLEM) to add 106 more frequently prescribed drugs and remove 70 others which are not prescribed frequently.The move following recommendations from a core committee formed by the health ministry is expected to […]