Monthly Archives: June 2021
The Dragon Man
The Dragon Man lived more than 146,000 years ago in a chilly region in northeastern China, as depicted in this reconstruction. ILLUSTRATION BY CHUANG ZHAO Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. SCIENCENEWS ‘Dragon Man’ skull may be new species, shaking up human family tree Hidden down a well for decades, the stunningly […]
Best medical colleges in the world
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine takes the prestigious title of the world’s medical school for 2021, that’s according to the CEOWORLD magazine. Harvard Medical School earned itself a respectable second place, with Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is ranked third. The 2021 rankings placed NYU Grossman School of Medicine in […]
Guidance for Management of Pregnant Women in COVID-19 Pandemic
  Guidance for Management of Pregnant Women in COVID-19 Pandemic  ICMR – National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health Jehangir Merwanji Street, Parel, Mumbai – 400 012 PREFACE These infection prevention and control considerations are for healthcare facilities providing obstetric care for pregnant patients with confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or pregnant Persons […]
Medical data in India
आए दिन डॉक्टरों को कूटने वाली भारत की “भोत समझदार” जनता के लिए कुछ भोत इम्पोर्टेन्ट जानकारियाँ… 1. भारत में दस हज़ार लोगों के लिए एक डॉक्टर उपलब्ध है। विश्व मानकों के अनुसार एक हज़ार लोगों पर एक डॉक्टर होना चाहिये। 2. भारत की सरकार जीडीपी का सिर्फ़ 1.02 प्रतिशत स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं पर ख़र्च करती […]
*THE VEBLEN EFFECT*
*THE VEBLEN EFFECT* At 23, Julius Caesar was a junior politician on the way up – and he had substantial advantages: Confidence and Brains! While sailing across the Aegean Sea, he was captured by Sicilian pirates. They demanded a ransom: 20 talents of silver. That is about 620 Kg, worth about $600,000 today. Caesar told […]
Epilepsy Competencies & Learning Objectives for Primary Health Care
International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Primary Care Task Force of the Education Council Epilepsy Competencies & Learning Objectives for Primary Health Care 6 Domains | 26 Competencies | 85 Learning Objectives 1.0 Diagnosis . 1.1 Define what is a seizure and epilepsy? 1.1.1 Demonstrate working knowledge of what is an epileptic seizure. 1.1.2 Demonstrate working […]
How to get your research published… …and then
 How to get your research published… …and then noticed. elsevier.com/authors  Contents Introduction Getting published Getting noticed Tracking your impact Why publish with Elsevier? Useful links 1 2 23 27 29 31            December 2020 Copyright © 2020 Elsevier All rights reserved   […]
How to Write and Publish an Academic Research Paper
How to Write and Publish an Academic Research Paper 101 Tips from JournalPrep.com 1. The research paper topic should be unique and there should be a logical reason to study it. 2. Do your homework. Make sure you know what investigators in your field and other fields have published about your topic (or similar topics). […]
RABIES PROPHYLAXIS DURING COVID -19 PANDEMIC
 ASSOCIATION FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF RABIES IN INDIA APCRI 1. Should we give rabies vaccines and immunoglobulins to animal bite cases if they have received COVID-19 vaccines recently? Yes; Post Exposure Prophylaxis is life-saving in all animal exposures for all age groups [1, 7]. A complete course of vaccination and immunoglobulins/ monoclonal antibodies […]
COVID-19: A methyl-group assault
 Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID- 19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company’s public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the […]
PVL
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) in Children What is periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) in children? Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is a softening of white brain tissue near the ventricles. The ventricles are fluid-filled chambers in the brain. These are the spaces in the brain that contain the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The white matter is the inner part of the […]
Values in Healthcare
Contents Part 1: Introduction Introduction ……………………………………………………………..1 WhyContents Part 1: Introduction Introduction ……………………………………………………………..1 Why Values in Healthcare? : an introductory paper ………………………2 . 1 A Values-based Approach…………………………………………….8 . 2 A Spiritual Approach……………………………………………….12 . 3 Values in Healthcare Programme ………………………………….14 OHPs 1–8 Part 2: Guidance for Facilitators Introduction…………………………………………………………….25 . 1 Structure of Values in Healthcare Programme………………………25 . […]
A GREAT MEDICAL TRAGEDY.
The 1970s saw a intense competition between various countries in producing the first test tube baby. The Americans were almost there but their own quagmire of legal laws handed over the victory to Dr. Robert Edwards of the UK. History was created when the first IVF baby, Louis J Brown was delivered on 25 July […]
Ragging at s n medical college agra
I still remember that day I was on the dice lifting up Dr Malviya and repelled Dhakka etal single handed ,as when I challenged and pushed them away they ran out of the class I still remember Vijaya Sharma spotted me and told Dr Malviya about my action. I was called to the Principals residence […]
The answers have changed…
Came across this well written article. Needs to be given wide circulation. “Our Answers Have Changed – the root cause of liberal & international angst against India” By Kishore Asthana In 1942, Albert Einstein was teaching at Oxford and he gave his senior students an examination. Later, when his assistant asked him why he had […]
Fire. NOC. For clinical establishment
All CDMOs & CMO Rourkela, Sundergarh. Sub: Fire Prevention measures in Hospitals and clinical establishments. Sir/Madam, As pr the recommendation of the Joint Committee, the following categories of Hospitals/clinical establishments require a Fire Safety Clearance Certificate from the Fire Prevention Wing of the office of “Directorate General, Fire Service, Home Guards & Civil Defense, Odisha, […]
Trust and faith ….
Trust and faith …. 333 BCE. Alexander’s army was passing through Cicilia (Modern day Turkey). Alexander the Great decided to take a bath in the icy water of the river Cidnus (Now called ‘Berdan’). The following day he developed fever, and gradually it led to febrile convulsions. The royal physicians accompanying the king were very […]
चिकित्सकों का दुरुपयोग
15 वर्षों की नौकरी के अनुभव के आधार पर बताना चाहूँगा कि भारी कमी के बावजूद चिकित्सकों का कहाँ कहाँ दुरुपयोग किया जाता है – 1. सबसे ज्यादा दुरुपयोग VIP ड्यूटीज में, जब किसी एक VIP के लिए कई-कई चिकित्सकों को, अस्पतालों से हटा कर एम्बुलेंस में ठूँस कर घंटों के लिए बैठा दिया जाता […]
Covid
The possibility that the pandemic began with an escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is attracting fresh attention. President Biden has asked the national intelligence community to redouble efforts to investigate. Much of the public discussion has focused on circumstantial evidence: mysterious illnesses in late 2019; the lab’s work intentionally supercharging viruses to increase […]
Causes of loss of Doctors image, consequences & remedy
Part 1 Dr. Rahul Jain, Psychiatrist, West Bengal June 2017 (PDF files are difficult to read in mobiles. I would like to request you to read it in your laptop. Also if the hyperlinks do not work in your mobile, please open with another PDF reader app, or read the PDF in your computer) In […]
To mix or not to mix – compatibilities of parenteral drug solutions
To mix or not to mix – compatibilities of parenteral drug solutions Peter Murney, Deputy Director, Pharmacy Department, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney  Summary many injectable drugs cannot be mixed together in syringes or infusions. Some cannot be safely diluted in infusion bags. Incompatibility can involve precipitation, ionic reactions, evolution of gas and denaturation […]
Cow urine has been granted US Patents (No. 6,896,907 and 6,410,059)
 USOO6896907B2 (12)UnitedStatesPatent (10)PatentNo.: US6,896,907B2 Khanujaetal. (54) USE OF BOACTIVE FRACTION FROM COW URINEDISTILLATE(“GO-MUTRA)AS A BIO-ENHANCER OF ANTI-INFECTIVE, ANT-CANCERAGENTS AND NUTRIENTS (75) Inventors: SumanPreetSinghKhanuja, (45)DateofPatent: May24,2005 (60) ProvisionalaplicationNo.60/241,842,filedonOct.20, 2000. (51) Int.Cl.”.A61K35/24;A61K35/23 (52) U.S.Cl..424/558;424/537 (58) FieldofSearch.424/537,558 Lucknow(IN);SushilKumar, Lucknow(IN);AjitKumarShasany, Lucknow(IN);JaiShankarArya, Lucknow(IN);MahendraPandurang Darokar,Lucknow(IN);Monika Singh,Lucknow(IN);PrachiSinha, Lucknow(IN);SoumyaAwasthi, Lucknow(IN);SubhashChandra Gupta,Lucknow(IN);VivekKumar Gupta,Lucknow(IN);MadanMohan Gupta,Lucknow(IN);Ram Kishore Verma,Lucknow(IN);SwetaAgarwal, Lucknow(IN);SunilBalkrishna Mansinghka,Maharashtra(IN);Suresh HaribhauDawle,Maharashtra(IN) (73) ASSignee: Council ofScientificand […]
Ramdev
*गंभीर चिंतन,आत्ममंथन* *(कुछ जरूरी बिंदु)* *किसी भी व्यक्ति के पूर्व में किये अच्छे कर्मों के आधार पर उसे जो सम्मान दिया गया,वो तत्कालीन था।उसे वर्तमान में किये जा रहे कर्मों के आधार पर ही सम्मान मिलना चाहिए।उसे लगातार सम्मान पाने के लिए लगातार सम्मानजनक कार्य करने होंगे।अंधभक्ति आदमी को अंधा बना देती है।* *उदाहरण के […]
CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUSHRUTA TO ANATOMY
 HISTORICAL GLIMPSE Anatomy Journal of Africa, 2014; 3 (2): 362 – 365 Deepa, K Pushpalatha Correspondence to: Dr Deepa Bhat, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, JSS Medical College, JSS University, S S Nagar, Mysore, Karnataka. 570015. (India) E-mail: deepavijaybhat@gmail.com ABSTRACT Sushruta, a practitioner of ancient Indian Medicine has made significant contributions to various branches […]
Indian Medico- Legal Ethics Association
Logo Indian Medico- Legal Ethics Association Professional Assistance / Welfare Scheme . 1) The scheme shall be known as PAS “Professional Assistance Scheme”. . 2) ONLY the life member of IMLEA & IAP shall be the beneficiary of this scheme on yearly basis. The member can renew to remain continuous beneficiary of this scheme by […]
Violence against doctors
The Indian Journal of Medical Research Wolters Kluwer — Medknow Publications Violence against doctors: A wake-up call Kanjaksha Ghosh Additional article information ‘No physician, however conscientious or careful, can tell what day or hour he may not be the object of some undeserved attack, malicious accusation, black mail or suit for damages….’1 The above paragraph […]
Headache
Oxford Textbook of Headache Syndromes EDITED &v Michel Ferrari Joost Haan AndrewCharles David W. Dodick SEGlES EDITOR Fumihiko Sakai Christopher Kennard ALL CONTENT AVAILABLE AT OXFORDMEDICINE .COM  Oxford Textbook of Headache Syndromes OXFORD TEXTBOOKS IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Published Oxford Textbook of Epilepsy and Epileptic Seizures Edited by Simon Shorvon, Renzo Guerrini, Mark Cook, and […]
33 Ways to Write Stronger Characters
33 Ways to Write Stronger Characters The Well-Storied Podcast 33 Ways to Write Stronger Characters 00:00 | 17:58 /wave Rewind Speed Forward Info Share /footer /episode-container CHAPTERS THE WELL-STORIED PODCAST 33 Ways to Write Stronger Characters JUL 31, 2020 Kristen Kieffer Episode Transcript: http://www.well-storied.com/strongercharacters If you want readers to invest in your characters and their […]