This article is reproduced with permission from Dr. Roshan Radhakrishnan – an Anaesthesiologist. Friend. Foodie. Occasionally published here and there. Aquarian. Winner of the “Best Creative Writing Blog in India” award. He blogs at http://www.godyears.net/ Why I will never allow my child to become a doctor in India A pup was walking down the street when it came […]
An international group of researchers reported at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) in Geneva, Switzerland, that cancer DNA circulating in the bloodstream of lung cancer patients can provide doctors with vital mutation information that can help optimize treatment when tumor tissue is not available. Sometimes, tumors are not available for testing via standard methods […]
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 […]
A large dose of a blood thinning drug called heparin is administered during open-heart surgery to prevent clot formation. However, an overdose of heparin causes complications from excessive bleeding. A common countermeasure for this is the compound protamine sulfate, which binds to heparin to reverse its effects. The problem with protamine, a natural compound that […]
In the cut-throat competition for postgraduate medical entrance, where a single question can change the fate of a PG aspirant, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) in Maharashtra has committed 43 mistakes in Common Entrance Test(CET) question paper for MD/MS admissions. The examination held on January 4, grabbed an attendance of 9,815 students, […]
A recent circular has been passed by Health & Family Welfare Department (H&FW Dept.) of Delhi favouring the resident doctors. The government has finally taken notice to the hardships faced by the resident doctors in various hospitals at the national capital territory of Delhi. This circular was issued by H&FW department considering that resident doctors […]
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We are announcing our seed funding today ! We have raised a seed round from Kae Capita, Teruhide Sato (founder of Beenos) and GSF India. More to come soon…Kae has a strong mobile portfolio and the value Kae will bring on the table will be immense. “We are very excited to be part of the […]