State to crack down on online pharmacies
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-28 14:47:40 -0700 | health-news
Many portals sell restricted-category drugs that cannot be bought without valid prescription Some buy books online, some buy clothes and jewellery. Some others get their daily dose of medicines from the Internet. The spurt in the number of online pharmacies,...
Former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan admitted to hospital
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-28 07:10:01 -0700 | health-news
Lok Janashakati Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan has been admitted to a private hospital here after he complained of chest congestion. Doctors attending Paswan at Fortis Hospital here said that the Rajya Sabha MP was "absolutely fine" and he would...
Lack of sleep may reduce a man's sperm count
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-28 05:39:16 -0700 | health-news
Lack of sleep can reduce a person's sperm count by up to a fourth in addition to reducing their quality, a new study warns. Researchers found that men who slept poorly had lower sperm counts and fewer sperm that had...
China's Fosun Pharma buys Alma for $240m
Source: Globes Online
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-28 05:35:47 -0700 | health-news
58, Globes' correspondent China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. (SH: 600196; HK: 02196) and its subsidiary Pramerica-Fosun Fund have announced the acquisition of a 95.6% stake in Alma Lasers Ltd. for $240 million...Alma Lasers manufactures laser, light-based, radiofrequency...
Personality strength helps fish win fights
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-28 03:47:16 -0700 | health-news
When predicting the outcome of a fight, the big guy doesn't always win, according to new research on fish. Scientists at the University of Exeter and Texas A&M University found that when fish fight over food, it is personality, rather...
The art of preservation
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-27 23:29:17 -0700 | health-news
Though the fluid in the preservation jar generally goes by the moniker formalin', there is much more to it, says pathology museum curator Janardhan Reddy. He juggles various fluids, pitching them in jars at precise combinations to make sure the...
Museum in Gummidipoondi offers a 'hearty' welcome to visitors
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-27 23:29:12 -0700 | health-news
The HIndu Visitors at the Maurice Lev & Saroja Bharati Cardiac Museum at Frontier Mediville at Gummidipoondi on Saturday...Ganesan In the vast room guarded by a solid ornate wooden door are about 8,000 hearts...Jostling against the translucent fluid in glass...
Bacteria are becoming bolder
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-27 20:53:49 -0700 | health-news
Patients should ensure that they don't medicate themselves and ask for antibiotics only when really needed. Illustration: Sreejith Kumar Antibiotics are often used as an excuse for poor infection control Arjun (name changed) is an 8-year-old boy who was being...
Fight those super bugs
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-27 06:58:31 -0700 | health-news
The irrational use of antibiotics and the resultant emergence of super bugs has led to an alarming increase in Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR). Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) has emerged as the new-age threat to public health. AMR occurs when micro-organisms develop resistance...
4 steps to decode a critical illness plan
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-27 03:09:34 -0700 | health-news
And this, ironically, in a country where the onus of planning and paying for critical illness is on the individual and not the employer or the government! It is therefore very important for us to understand the concept of critical...
Facing HC contempt, ESMA, resident doctors resume work
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-26 22:49:34 -0700 | health-news
Saturday. "As per a high court decision, continuation of strike will be contempt of court...Over 3,000 doctors across the state participated in the strike seeking an increase of Rs 10,000 in stipend of Rs 31,000 and cancellation of the rural...
Gangrape trial: Have licence to administer morphine, doc tells court
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-27 09:04:15 -0700 | health-news
After the defence counsel recently alleged that morphine was administered to the December 16 gangrape victim by doctors of Safdarjung Hospital without having the "legal authorisation" to do so, a senior doctor submitted a copy of the licence authorising the...
Lupin voluntarily recalls anti-infectious drug from US market
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-26 04:24:51 -0700 | health-news
The nationwide recall has been initiated by the company on January, 31 this year...Financial and other implications of the recall could not be ascertained as an email sent to the company seeking comments remained unanswered. Suprax contains cefixime, which is...
Resident doctors'' strike enters day 3
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-25 22:33:17 -0700 | health-news
Around 70 per cent patients have been turned away or discharged from public hospitals in the city to keep emergency services running...The association has demanded an increment of Rs 10,000 in their salaries...Friday to resume work, some of them have...
?Remarkable reduction in malaria cases in Chennai Corporation area?
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-04-25 16:08:00 -0700 | health-news
In the span of two decades, Tamil Nadu wrestled with malaria, and within that period, the State managed some modest victory over the disease. From over a lakh cases in the 1990's, and a significant percentage of them in the...
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