State of the art reVIeW                     O Joe Hines,1 Stephen J Pandol2    1Department of Surgery, David Ge en School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095- 6904, USA 2Department of Medicine, Cedar-Sinai […]

“`”डॉक्टर साहब, आप की शिकायत आयी है। आप मरीज का इलाज न करके नोटस् और ट्रीटमेंट लिखने में व्यस्त रहे। इलाज देर से होने से मरीज खत्म हो गया।”“` “सर, मरीज सीरियस था। कुछ भी हो सकता था। मैंने उसे चेक कर लिया था। उसके बाद मैं उसका ट्रीटमेंट लिखने लगा। जब ट्रीटमेंट लिख चुका […]

Articles                          Lancet Psychiatry 2020; 7: 64–77 Published Online December 17, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2215-0366(19)30416-X See Comment page 6 *Contributed equally Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK […]

Several years ago, I bought a smartphone and soon came to love it. Being able to send an e-mail, look up a fact, or buy something no matter where I was meant a previously unimaginable gain in productivity. Every time I got an e-mail, the phone emitted a ping and I would deal with whatever […]

*Tirukkural was written by Tiruvalluvar (a Tamil poet/writer) more than 5,000 yrs ago. It’s one of the ancient sciences on Human Behaviour, which has not changed in spite of modern education & technology!* SOME GOLDEN THOUGHTS OF THIRUKKURAL:* 1. *If your children lie to you often, it is because you over-react too harshly to their […]

Dying is an interesting business. Most of us probably hope to just drop, quickly, out like a light. But that scenario is one of the least likely, as became clear during last week’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings in Canberra. At the heart of the issue is the matter of directives […]

Criminal Liabilities In Medical Profession Multimedia section begins Multimedia section ends Multimedia section begins Multimedia section ends Ignorance of the law is never an excuse especially when it comes to the medical profession, the doctors are under tremendous pressure to perform at the best of their ability and follow the lawsuit in general as their […]

Written by Dr Dhananjay Kelkar ex (medical director.. deenanath mangeshkar hospital Pune ) Robotic surgery and more…. Last 12 months, i am looking at robotic surgery and perceived future of high tech surgery. The focus of surgery is shifting from patient needs and benefits to leadership in surgery and perceived needs. Companies come up with […]

Nguyen Quoc Vuong Tran, An Nghia Nguyen, Kyoko Takabe, Zentaro Yamagata, Kunio Miyake  PII: DOI: Reference: To appear in: Received date: Revised date: Accepted date: S0892-0362(16)30114-3 doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.05.002 NTT 6700 Neurotoxicology and Teratology 17 October 2016 9 May 2017 11 May 2017 Please cite this article as: Nguyen Quoc Vuong Tran, An Nghia Nguyen, […]

A plucky amateur dared to question a celebrated psychological finding. He wound up blowing the whole theory wide open. Narratively | • Vinnie Rotondaro Illustrations by Kevin Huizenga. It was autumn of 2011. Sitting in a dimly lit London classroom, taking notes from a teacher’s slides, Nick Brown could not believe his eyes. By training […]

Clinical Infectious Diseases SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE Treatment Options for Carbapenem-resistant Gram- negative Bacterial Infections Yohei Doi1,2 1Center for Innovative Antimicrobial Therapy, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania; and 2Departments of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the greatest threats […]

Taking low carbohydrate diet and substituting carbohydrates proteins has become a leading dogma for all those who care for their looks and health. A high-protein diet is believed to keep you fit and help you lose fat and retain lean muscle mass. In an article published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Dr Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Dr Holly […]

*Please circulate this far and wide. It is a chat with Dr. Abdullahi Oluwalogbon (Heart and Utility Specialist). The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.* QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: *Question 1:* What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his or her heart? *Answer:* 1. Diet – Less […]

CLINICAL UPDATES : Here, in order of anticipated importance, are the Cleveland Clinic’s list of top 10 medical innovations for 2020. 1. DUAL-ACTING OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG ROMOSOZUMAB In April, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved romosozumab (Evenity, Amgen), the first drug for osteoporosis that both increases bone formation and decreases bone resorption. It is indicated for […]

Why should a library that specialises in the history and culture of medicine commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death? Dr Anna Maerker, who provides a Shakespeare and Medicine lecture at the Wellcome Library for acting students, kicks off our Shakespeare-inspired blog series with some good reasons ‘why?’. Students from RADA at the Shakespeare and […]

  Thenal Health Policy 2017 outlines a robust framewr)rk for achieving Health for All through the adoption of the basic principles of accessibility, quality and affordabitity, and by leveraging the power of information and communication technologies to strengthen rhe healthcire delivery systems. The historic and landmark launch ot Ayushman Bharat Schem€, which is cperational […]

Shakespeare, Smith, and Medicine Shakespeare has long been known for his medical knowledge.  References to disease, doctors, and treatments occur in almost every play––in some, like Hamlet, Troilus, Coriolanus, Lear and Timon, to the extent that they permeate the atmosphere with morbidity.  Hamlet’s muttered remark: “Something is rotten in the State of Denmark” initiates a […]

Read it and apply, esp the part on diet. Useful for all MEN over-40: A useful article / talk on Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) or in simple terms, Enlarged Prostate. Diet is the most important part of this talk which is something within our control; and it works. FULL TEXT OF PROSTATE HEALTH AWARENESS LECTURE […]

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Page 1 of 7 AJRCCM Articles in Press. Published on 28-October- Matthew Cove MBChB1, John A. Kellum MD2 Addresses: – 1 – 2 – Department of Medicine, National University Health System, NUHS Tower Block Level 10, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore. Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of […]

©️ Dr. Rajas Deshpande “Have you forgotten your oath, doctor?” asked the Hon’ble minister to Dr. Prasad. The fat elderly reporter accompanying the Hon’ble minister laughed. “We must teach these doctors a lesson” he said. Being a doctor, good language and behavior is essential. So Dr. Prasad swallowed the immediate reaction that had sprung to […]

In the history of medical care, medical records served one purpose and two masters: to record diagnosis and treatment for physicians to refer to and for patients to use to transfer care when they desired. The medical record was a simple 3 x 5 or ledger card in the 1950s. The patient paid directly for […]

 VIEWPOINT Christoph U. Correll, MD Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, New York; Department of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine, Donald and Barbara School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York; The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Manhasset, New York; and Department of Child and Adolescent […]

         Volume 61, Number 6 November-December 2019                                       EDITORIAL Recovery […]

The book is a good effort. However , there are serious problems in the doctor- patient relationship and the way medicine is commercialised. Here are two recent stories from The Hindu- open page. The remedies have to be at multiple levels including the way medicine is practiced. Murthy The Hindu, Oct 20 2019 Recently, I […]

a new study appearing in the journal Science, a team led by Michigan Medicine researchers, working with collaborators at Harvard, has discovered a specific mechanism by which a “weapon” used by the immune system, called itaconate, targets Mtb. Researchers only recently discovered that itaconate is produced in large amounts by the immune system when under […]

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति 29/10/19 भोपाल माननीय महोदय, डॉक्टर कफ़ील खान के भविष्य की योजना तथा स्वस्थ भारत (Health for all) कैम्पेन का शुभारम्भ भारत की स्वास्थ्य प्रणाली को एक बड़ी सुधार की जरूरत है | 1-स्वास्थ्य सेवा का मूल पहलू- प्राथमिक स्वास्थ्य सेवा जर्जरस्थिति मे है | 2-सार्वजनिक व्यय कुल जीडीपी का 1.2% स्थिर है | […]

*Can meditation change your genes??* How many times have you heard people say, ‘Oh it’s in my genes. There is nothing I can do about it!’ or, ‘Of course she is good in math! Her father is a math professor. It’s in her genes’ ? We are beginning to think of our genes as our […]

 Fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing Fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing Tips and Strategies for Addressing Common Clinical Challenges JULIE A. SCHUMACHER MICHAEL B. MADSON 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland […]

Case Ms. P presented to a dental clinic with complaints of pain in her lower jaw.  Her condition was assessed by Dr. A, and it was diagnosed by her that the pain was arising from the seventh tooth of the patient and that the tooth required immediate extraction. Ms. P followed Dr. A’s advice and […]

There is one very important thing both you and your hubby-to-be need to get done before D-Day. Medical check-ups are not only advised, but a must do for a happy and healthy married life. Many are apprehensive about this, and have pre-conceived notions, but doing this will help you avoid unwanted and unneeded stress and […]