VIEW IN APP In an interview with ETHealthworld, Prof. Dr Alok Ahuja, CEO, Dr Ahuja's Pathology & Imaging Centre, Dehradun, talks about the challenges in Indian healthcare. Edited excerpts: Doctors were governed by IMC Act and the government is now introducing 'Clinical Establishment Act'. What is the need for such a regulation now?The Indian Medical […]

For information: Dear Seniors & Friends, As the news regarding the suspension of leading orthopedic surgeon (30 years in practice) of KEM hospital Mumbai by Medical Council of India for practicing with a lapsed license has surfaced, the issue of legal importance of Medical council Registrations has come into the limelight. The said orthopedic surgeon, against […]

It is clear that relevant qualifications as prescribed in the First, Second or Third Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act 102 of 1956) must be followed by each and every registered medical practitioner. While, it is unacceptable that doctors are unaware of these requirements, yet, there are a large number of […]

Gout is the commonest crystal arthropathy that has seen a dramatic increase in its prevalence in the last decade.Gout often presents as severe monoarthritis of acute onset in lower limb joints such as the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint or ankle.Though the ways for its management and prophylaxis have improved remarkably in recent times it is […]

Ketamine is a well-known dissociative anesthetic that has also been misused as a hallucinogenic club drug (“special K”). Recently, this NMDA receptor antagonist has shown promise in rapidly reversing the symptoms of depression and acute suicidality. I got really excited about ketamine back in residency, and read all the papers by Carlos Zarate, one of […]

Dr KK AggarwalNational President, IMA In a judgement in the case of Bijoy Sinha Roy (D) vs Biswanath Das & Ors. Civil Appeal no(S).4761 of 2009 with C.A. Nos. 4762-4763 of 2009, delivered on August 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of India concurred with the appellant (since deceased) when it said, “We however, find that […]

Question Answers quoted from "Medico-Legal and Ethical Issues in Cardiology and General Medicine" by Leslie Tay, Catherine Tay. " A 40-year-old gentleman experienced a sudden onset of chest pain and diaphoresis whilst shopping. He is admitted to hospital and a diagnosis of an acute myocardial infarction is made on his ECG. He has primary angioplasty […]

ShareTele-empathy is not being empathetic over the phone. It is not crying in the sad parts of your favorite TV show. It is not beaming empathetic thoughts magically across time and space. No, tele-empathy is a technology. I should rather say, it’s a group of technologies recently being created to increase the empathy of health […]

MD vs. DNP: 20,000 hours make a differenceNIRAN S. AL-AGBA, MD | PHYSICIAN | ShareAs Southern states entertain legislation granting nurse practitioners independent practice rights, there are some finer details which deserve careful deliberation.  While nurse practitioners are intelligent, capable, and contribute much to our healthcare system, they are not physicians and lack the same […]

Robotic NeurorehabilitationNeurological disorders leave most with devastating disabilities such as the loss of movement in an arm or leg, and the accompanying loss of freedom of movement. Initially, these disabilities were considered incurable and therapy often focused on training people to use their "good side."Fortunately research shows that the concept of "task-specific learning", in Neurorehabilitation […]

Catatonia is now recognized as a motor and mood dysregulation syndrome that is found among men and women of all ages.[2] We closely follow Kahlbaum's description. Onsets are often acute, manifested in repetitive behaviors, stupors and frenzied and delirious states. Some forms are malignant, leading to death. Before Kahlbaum named catatonia, a syndrome of catalepsy […]

Max FinkPage issuesMax Fink (née Maximilian) ( born January 16, 1923) is an American neurologist and psychiatrist best known for his work on ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). His early work also included studies on the effect of psychoactive drugs on brain electrical activity; more recently he has written about the syndromes of catatonia and melancholia. Education, […]

British society just cannot get comfortable with the reality of medication for depression. Despite widespread use, they still attract disapproval. New research appears to strike a decisive blow against widely publicised claims that antidepressant medications such as Prozac, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) are no better than sugar pills for people with depression.Elias Eriksson, […]

August 28, 2017 Dr. Abraar Karan(Gerald Herbert/AP)A rainbow of thin wires were tangled up in his matted hair, each one connected to a small probe that would measure the electrical activity in his brain.We weren’t sure if Mr. S was having a seizure, or if he was unable to respond to us for some other […]

The concept of schizophrenia is dying. Harried for decades by psychology, it now appears to have been fatally wounded by psychiatry, the very profession that once sustained it. Its passing will not be mourned.Today, having a diagnosis of schizophrenia is associated with a life-expectancy reduction of nearly two decades. By some criteria, only one in […]

Dhirajlal Rambhia KVO Merau Kutchh Health Care Services by a clinical establishment, an authorised medical practitioner or para-medic is exempted under GST. Under this exemption, all treatment or diagnosis or care for any illness, injury, deformity, abnormality or pregnancy by a clinical establishment is covered. Authorised medical practitioners in any recognised branch of medicine like […]

) Recently, the Government of Maharashtra has introduced the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2017 in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly that categorically includes doctors and hospitals in the definition of establishment. This bill is in sharp contrast with the previous numerous court judgments that implied that individual medical […]

Dr. Narayanan Harimohan (now in Brunei) on Facebook:- "The future of Indian medical sector looks to me of only two choices, one is shoddy government setups with skilled and hard working doctors but one where quality will not be the priority because of demanding situation and poor infrastructure, and, the second will be multinational corporate […]

Episode 1. I’m a surgeon. I’d like to think that I’m resilient and well adjusted, having gone through medical school and rigorous surgical training. I’ve been a doctor for 13 years and much of that period has been spent training to be as good a surgeon as I could ever be. I have great family […]

Take ur time and read through. 1. In the lifetime of family settings, there are 3 Dispensations of Power. 2. The 1st is the first 25 years in the life of the family (father, mother, children) where power indisputably rests with the father. 3. The 2nd is after the kids have grown & started working […]

[Act No. 3 of 1897] 1[4th February, 1897.]1. This Act has been amended in its application to–(1) The Punjab by the Epidemic Diseases (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1944 (Punjab Act 3 of 1944); in East Punjab by East Punjab by East Punjab Act 1 of 1947;(2) The C.P. and Berar by the C.P.and Berar Epidemic Diseases […]

The Evolution of Addiction Recovery – More than a half century ago, the book Alcoholics Anonymous brought into the mainstream of American consciousness the idea that alcoholism is a physiological disease, as opposed to a moral failing.Until then, America thought on the matter was dominated by the Calvinist principles of our Puritan forbearers. This tradition, […]

Many applications will require a higher percentage than the 19%. That's where Concentrated Oxygen fills the need. Concentrated Oxygen refers to oxygen which is a minimum of 90% pure with moisture removed to a -100 deg F dew-point. It can be produced from an oxygen concentrator or delivered in a pressurized cylinder bottle. There are […]

Conn HastingsScience Writer and Editor Scientists in Brazil have imaged elderly female yoga practitioners’ brains and found they have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, in brain areas associated with cognitive functions like attention and memory. The results suggest that yoga could be a way to protect against cognitive decline in old age.As […]

HEALTHCAREISRO tie-up with healthcare experts to reduce medical errorsBy Namita Kohli | August 19, 2017Representational ImageA unique collaboration between space scientists and healthcare professionals is set to take the country closer to the goal of “error-free” healthcare. The first step in this direction is Health Quest, a new set of guidelines for critical care units […]

David A. Johnson, MDDISCLOSURES August 17, 2017 Hello. I'm Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.When it comes to caring for patients who need proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), one of the most troubling things they can tell you is that they've stopped taking their medication because […]

By /react-text Yudhijit Bhattacharjeereact-text: 10 Photographs by /react-text Dan WintersThis story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Approvedby Mom. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. More Indianthan you thinkDiscover more 0 In the fall of 1989 Princeton University welcomed into its freshman class a young man named Alexi Santana, whose life story […]

For a century or more, Sigmund Freud has cast a long shadow not just over the field of psychoanalysis but over the entire way we think of ourselves as human beings. His theory of the unconscious and his work on dreams, in particular, retain a firm grip on the western imagination, shaping the realms of […]

The story of Upendranath Brahmachari is the story of a forgotten man, remembered only when a street in Kolkata that bears his name shows up on Google Maps. Even here, Brahmachari was handed down a recognition that for more than a century belonged to John Claudius Loudon, the Scottish botanist. A nation that knows not […]

Alcoholic patients commonly develop a variety of acid-base and electrolyte disturbances. The aim of this review is to describe the most commonly encountered abnormalities and their significant role in the patients’ morbidity and mortality. Physicians should be aware of these clinically important disturbances caused by alcohol abuse and their underlying pathophysiological mechanisms involved for their […]

Article NavigationM. R. M. J. Burin C. C. H. CookAlcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 35, Issue 2, 1 March 2000, Pages 188–189, https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/35.2.188Published: 01 March 2000 Article history/.ww-history/.pub-history-wrap for mobile PDF Cite Permissions Share/.toolbar-inner-wrapAbstractA case is presented where a 25-year-old man developed a serious hypokalaemia (K+ 2.2 mmol/l) during alcohol withdrawal, despite intravenous saline treatment and […]

CME | May 07, 2013 | Electroconvulsive Therapy, Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, CME, Neuropsychiatry, Panic AttacksBy Nash N. Boutros, MDLinked ArticlesThe Electroencephalogram in the Management of Psychiatric ConditionsElectroconvulsive Therapy: The Second Most Controversial Medical ProcedureContemporary ECT for Depression Part 1: Practice UpdateContemporary ECT, Part 2: Mechanism of Action and Future Research DirectionsIs ECT an Ethical Treatment?Table: […]

Gretchen L. Birbeck, E Chomba, […], and the Neurologic & Psychiatric Society of Zambia (NPSZ)Additional article informationBackgroundElectroenphalograph (EEG) technology via a Natus Bio-Logic Ceegraph digital EEG machine will be available at University Teaching Hospital (UTH) very soon. In anticipation of this newly available technology, members of the Neurologic & Psychiatric Society of Zambia discussed the […]

HEALTH. DAVID DECHER FEBRUARY 16, 2013 Share1K Stumble3 Tweet Pin8 +118 Share5SHARES1KThe Placebo Effect is one of the strangest and least understood phenomenons found in human physiology and psychology. Most of us know a thing or two about it, namely that we can essentially cure ourselves of maladies simply because we believe we are being […]

A 58-year-old man has been diagnosed with systolic heart failure (HF) with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class-II symptoms and ejection fraction 25%. The patient had a history of hospitalizations for heart failure. The chief complaints of the patient were dyspnea on exertion (DOE), poor sleep and appetite. (*This case is hypothetical and designed for […]

Coagulation disorders are disruptions in the body’s ability to control blood clotting. Coagulation disorders can result in either a hemorrhage (too little clotting that causes an increased risk of bleeding) or thrombosis (too much clotting that causes blood clots to obstruct blood flow).These clotting disorders develop due to several conditions.Major causes of coagulation disorders resulting […]

.et_pb_column .et_pb_counters.et_pb_column.et_pb_row.et_pb_sectionWHAT IS PANDAS?  PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections) occurs when strep triggers a misdirected immune response results in inflammation on a child’s brain. In turn, the child quickly begins to exhibit life changing symptoms such as OCD, anxiety, tics, personality changes, decline in math and handwriting abilities, sensory sensitivities, restrictive […]

A few years ago, psychological scientist Kurt Gray came across the final statements of 500 Texas inmates executed between 1982 and 2013. (The state’s Department of Criminal Justice posts them online.) As he read these inmates’ surprisingly sanguine last words, Gray wondered if their positivity was a fluke or part of a broader psychological trend.So […]

The AYUSH ministry has set up a high-level committee at the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy to “deal with issues related to false propaganda against homeopathy” as well as “other related issues.” Credit: PixabayNew Delhi: The AYUSH ministry is not taking kindly to jibes made about homeopathy, to the extent that it has set […]

Contents [hide] 1 Introduction 2 Incidence 3 Risk factors for stroke 4 Pathogenesis 4.1 Extracranial arterial pathology 4.2 Subclavian steal 5 Clinical presentation 5.1 Asymptomatic 5.2 Symptomatic 5.2.1 Transient ischaemic attacks 5.2.2 Stroke in evolution/complete stroke 6 Investigations 7 Treatment 7.1 Symptomatic carotid disease 7.2 Asymptomatic carotid disease 7.3 Carotid endarterectomy 7.4 Carotid stenting 7.5 […]

The soul of psychiatry resides in synapses and synaptic functions and any disorder inducing synaptic dysfunction invariably will lead to psychiatric symptoms sooner or later.(Synaptic autoimmune encephalopathies are the biggest example of it and psychiatry would forever be indebted to that catagory for this revelation) And epilepsy always induces synaptic dysfunction. So epilepsy won't ever […]

Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:03 PM EDT In a bold scientific step that helps open the door to organ transplants from animals, researchers at Harvard and a private company have created gene-edited piglets cleansed of viruses that might cause disease in humans.The advance, reported on Thursday in the journal Science, may make it possible one […]

* (C) Dr. Sachin LandgeTranslation: Dr. Rajas Deshpande “One doesn’t need to be a doctor to start a hospital, just as one can start a hotel without knowing how to cook”. Big businessmen and corporates who must invest their money in profitable ventures knew this very well. Up came gigantic buildings under the title ‘advanced […]

DrAbhayShuklaandDrArunGadre |July5,2017|15:14PHOTO ILLUSTRATION By NILANJAN DAS The difference between a rational, ethical doctor and one who is not can be the crucial difference between good health outcomes and bad health outcomes, and sometimes even between life and death. As doctors who have practised and interacted with many other doctors, we share clues about how to […]

Hairy tales: Mass delusions are symptoms of social stress, which really do need remedyingAugust 8, 2017, 2:00 AM IST It would be funny if it wasn’t both a symptom and cause of very real misery. Over the last two months women from across Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab have reported that somebody cut […]