Study shows antibody-dependent SARS-CoV-2 transmission and pathogenesis -SRAS tnedneped-ydobitna swohs ydutS sisenegohtap dna noissimsnart 2-VoC By Neha Mathur Feb 23 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. *Important notice: bioRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information. In […]

A Lab Leak in China Most Likely Origin of Covid Pandem… https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-origin-china-lab-lea… ◆ WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVENATIONAL SECURITY Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says U.S. agency’s revised assessment is based on new intelligence A campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, in 2020. PHOTO: HECTOR RETAMAL�AGENCE FRANCE�PRESSE�GETTY […]

Community and close contact exposures continue to drive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. CDC and other public health authorities recommend community mitigation strategies to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (1,2). Characterization of community exposures can be difficult to assess when widespread transmission is occurring, especially from asymptomatic per- sons within […]

Healing the Economy: Estimating the Economic Impact of India’s Vaccination and Related Measures† Working Paper* Amit Kapoor1 Richard Dasher2 † The authors would like to thank Rishi Jain, Shivani Kowadkar, Sheen Zutshi, and Teesta Bose for their research assistance. * The views presented here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the […]

Ten Traits of Great PhysiciansJohn P. Higgins, MD, MBA, MPhilMcGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Tex.ABSTRACTThere are certain traits that differentiate great doctors from good doctors. This article will discuss some of these traits along with tips you can incorporate to go from good to great. By applying these […]

ADVANCED DIRECTIVEI _______(name) age _ years Indian, residing at ________ ___________________________ (address) hereby exercise my right to make decisions about my healthcare. This document titled “Advanced Directive” shall come into force when I am unable, due to my physical or mental incapacity, to make my own healthcare decisions. In the event of losing my capacity […]

[Downloaded free from http://www.amhonline.org on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, IP: 117.214.33.192]Original ArticleAn observational study on drug prescribing pattern of psychotropic medication in psychiatry outpatient department of a medical college in Eastern IndiaUjjwal Bandyopadhyay1, Debanjan Bhattacharjee2, Avik Chakraborty3*1Associate Professor, 2Senior Resident, 3Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, ESI‐PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College and ESIC Hospital and ODC (EZ), […]

Can a Million Chinese People Die and Nobody Know? Official statistics on COVID can’t be trusted, because they serve Beijing’s political interests. Making the dead disappear is only part of it. By Michael Schuman FEBRUARY 24, 2023, 7:40 AM ET Can a million people vanish from the planet without the world knowing? It seems impossible […]

What is Spirometry? V Spirometry is a method of assessing lung function by measuring the total volume of air the patient can expel from the lungs after a maximal inhalation.  Indications: Diagnostic •To evaluate  respiratory symptoms, signs, or abnormal laboratory tests •To measure the effect of disease on pulmonary function •To screen individuals at risk of […]

HHS Public Access Author manuscriptCurr Alzheimer Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 August 28.Author Manuscript Author Manuscript Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptPublished in final edited form as:Curr Alzheimer Res. 2012 July ; 9(6): 746–758.N-Methyl D-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptor Antagonists and Memantine Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia and Parkinson’s DiseaseDavid Olivares1, Varun K. Deshpande2, Ying Shi2, […]

INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (HQs.)(Registered under the Societies Act XXI of 1860)Mutually Affiliated with the British & Nepal Medical AssociationsI.M.A. House, Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi-110 002Telephones: +91-11-2337 0009 (10 lines), 23378680 / +91-9999116375, 9999116376, Fax: +91-11-23379470Website: http://www.ima-india.org ; Email: hsg@ima-india.orgNational PresidentDr. Sharad Kr. Agarwal+91-9717111942 np@ima-india.orgImmediate Past National PresidentDr. Sahajanand Pd. Singh+91-9334118698 sahajsurgery.phulwarisharif@gmail.comHonorary Secretary GeneralDr. Anilkumar J. […]

Beware doctorsLandmark formula for compensation by Supreme Court. (70 – age) x annual income + 30% for inflation – 1/3 for expenses. Hence if a 35 year old person dies due to medical negligence and has a monthly income of 2 lakhs (70-35) x 24lakhs = 8.4 crores. Add 30% =10.92 cr – 1/3 for […]

—( )— REGISTERED NO. DL—(N)04/0007/2003—19EXTRAORDINARY II — 1PART II — Section 1PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY66]No.66] NEWDELHI,THURSDAY,DECEMBER05,2019/AGRAHAYANA14,1941(SAKA)Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department)New Delhi, the 5th December, 2019/Agrahayana 14, 1941 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of […]

Recent professional conduct regulations by the National Medical Commission NMC for registered medical practitioners RMPs are penned down in this article. The Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has released draft rules entitled “National Medical Commission, Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2022.” The proposed regulations include a broad […]

First Kraken, now Orthrus: Monsters from Greek mythology are taking a new form – of COVID-19 variants. Now experts warn of Orthrus. Officially called CH.1.1, this Omicron spawn could leave the fast-spreading Kraken behind XBB.1.5, also known as Kraken, is the most dominant virus in the US right now. But experts warn that Orthrus could […]

Arun(name changed) a 26 yr old male nurse approached me with a problem not very frequently associated with his age. He said he was passing urine frequently ( every 10 min,he said) for the past few months. He had been dismissed from his hospital job recently ( A 🧵) because of this problem. He had […]

Patient questions on Covid Your patients may still ask a few questions about Covid and the recent variant. American Medical Association has provided a set if brief and lucid answers to the most common concrrns and or questions (Collated by CovidRxExchange) SummaryWhat is already known about this topic? The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2-related sublineage XBB.1.5 is […]

Little about Sickle Cell AnaemiaSigns and symptoms of sickle cell anemia usually appear around 6 months of age. They vary from person to person and may change over time. Signs and symptoms can include: Anemia. Sickle cells break apart easily and die. Red blood cells usually live for about 120 days before they need to […]

Facing the New Covid-19 RealityWe’ve come a long way. From the early, ter- rifying days of a rapidly spreading deadly infection to the current circumstances in which — despite a recent steep rise in transmissionclinical terrain and to take to heart the lessons learned from the Covid-19 response thus far — both the successes and […]

The viral video on vaccine that is circulating on the social media I reviewed the video after I received it from multiple sources. I call it sensational content, sensational because it provokes the animal within us and makes us drop the rationality of reasoning. It happens to almost all of us unless we ignore it […]

INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (HQs.)(Registered under the Societies Act XXI of 1860)Mutually Affiliated with the British & Nepal Medical AssociationsI.M.A. House, Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi-110 002Telephones: +91-11-2337 0009 (10 lines), 23378680 / +91-9999116375, 9999116376, Fax: +91-11-23379470Website: http://www.ima-india.org ; Email: hsg@ima-india.orgNational PresidentDr. Sharad Kr. Agarwal+91-9717111942 np@ima-india.orgImmediate Past National PresidentDr. Sahajanand Pd. Singh+91-9334118698 sahajsurgery.phulwarisharif@gmail.comHonorary Secretary GeneralDr. Anilkumar J. […]

Came across nice article, especially for Doctors ‘Do you practice?’‘Have you stopped seeing patients?’‘Ohh, you work only in clinic, not in hospital?’‘ All the time you are seen at some places’‘Look at xyz, how big hospital he /she built. What are you doing?’Look at abc. How famous doctor he is. Why don’t you become like […]

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Why did the strategy for significantly increasing BA.4 and BA.5 neutralizing antibodies using a bivalent vaccine fail? The most likely explanation is imprinting. The immune systems of people immunized with the bivalent vaccine, all of whom had previously been vaccinated, were primed to respond to the ancestral strain of SARS-CoV-2. (Collated by CovidRxExchange) They therefore […]

August 2017 National Cancer Grid Guidelines for Stocking and Dispensing Essential Narcotic Drugs in Medical Institutions NCG Palliative Care CommitteeCompiled in August 2017 by Nandini Vallath, M R Rajagopal, Tripti Tandon Disclaimer The information provided below is under review by the central government, at the time of writing this chapter. The reader is requested to […]

August 2017 National Cancer Grid Guidelines for Stocking and Dispensing Essential Narcotic Drugs in Medical Institutions NCG Palliative Care Committee Compiled in August 2017 by Nandini Vallath, M R Rajagopal, Tripti Tandon Disclaimer The information provided below is under review by the central government, at the time of writing this chapter. The reader is requested […]

Dr Veena Aggarwal, Consultant Womens’ Health, CMD and Editor-in-Chief, IJCP Group & Medtalks Trustee, Dr KK’s Heart Care Foundation of India 23 January 2023 Covid-19 patients are 81 times more likely to die during the acute phase of the illness, according to a study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research. This risk remained high by […]

Supplementary appendixThis appendix formed part of the original submission and has been peer reviewed. We post it as supplied by the authors.Supplement to: Faust JS, Renton B, Chen AJ, et al. Uncoupling of all-cause excess mortality from COVID-19 cases in a highly vaccinated state. Lancet Infect Dis 2022; published online Aug 22. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00547-3. Table of […]

OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY Mairaj Ahmed Ansari, Jamia Hamdard University, India REVIEWED BY Tinhinane Fali, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France Bibhiti Das, University of Mississippi Medical Center, United States *CORRESPONDENCE Paddy Ssentongo pssentongo@pennstatehealth.psu.edu SPECIALTY SECTION This article was submitted to Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention, a section of the […]

Brain Research validates concepts propounded by Patanjali in Yoga Sutras. Posted on November 8, 2020 by nsraghavan Scientists have been preoccupied for centuries trying to understand consciousness. Even today, it remains one of the most important unanswered questions of modern neuroscience. Nevertheless, there are several insights on this subject that have been well researched and accepted by scientific community. […]

Their definition of long COVID is a condition in which a child or young person has symptoms (at least one of which is a physical symptom) that: 1.Have continued or developed after a diagnosis of COVID-19 (confirmed with one or more positive COVID tests) 2.Impact their physical, mental or social wellbeing The definition, published in […]

DALIAN, China — Around 900 million people in China, or 64% of the population, had contracted COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic (collated by CovidRxExchange) as of Wednesday, according to a report by local researchers. Cumulative deaths since December have topped 345,000, and are expected to (collated by CovidRxExchange) reach 1.7 million by the […]

OPINIONGUEST ESSAYThere Has Never Been a Better Time to Be ShortJan. 1, 2023ImageAn illustration of primates evolving into men on a green background.Credit…Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times; images by Man_Half-tube, via Getty ImagesBy Mara AltmanMs. Altman is a writer and the author of “Gross Anatomy.”Leer en españolSign up for the Opinion Today newsletter […]

The new england journal of medicine Original ArticleAntibody Status and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care WorkersS.F. Lumley, D. O’Donnell, N.E. Stoesser, P.C. Matthews, A. Howarth, S.B. Hatch, B.D. Marsden, S. Cox, T. James, F. Warren, L.J. Peck, T.G. Ritter, Z. de Toledo, L. Warren, D. Axten, R.J. Cornall, E.Y. Jones, D.I. Stuart, G. […]

LOOTERAS AND THE ‘LOOTED’by Dr. Pranav Kodial, Dahanu “Looteras! That’s what these doctors are, I tell you. Thieves, in white coats.” The big-moustached gentleman in his early-sixties concluded his outburst with a loud snort. His friend sitting opposite him agreed wholeheartedly. I was in the train, en route to my hospital. These two gentlemen were […]

National Youth Day12th January 2023Best wishes onSwami Vivekanand Jayanti“विकवित युिा; विकवित भारत”Youth (15-29 years) comprise 27 % ofour population.Let us rededicate ourselves compassionately towards theirEmotional & Mental Health.1 Stress Management in YouthDr. Deepak RathodSenior Psychiatrist & Management TrainerStress is the general term applied to the pressure people feel in life. No one is immune to […]

Before 1979 no expiry date was mentioned on medicines, this practice started in USA in 1979. An article shared by Dr Mohsin Jaffer of Florida, USA_ DO MEDICINES REALLY EXPIRE OR ARE WE TAKEN FOR A RIDE? By Richard Altschuler If a bottle of Tylenol, (Paracetamol) for example, says something like “Do not use after […]

डॉक्टर साहब का हेयर सलून————————-(व्यंग्य)डॉक्टर्स में बढ़ती बेरोज़गारी से तंग आकर एक चिकित्सक ने हेयर सलून खोलने का विचार किया।चूँकि उन्होंने कुछ वर्ष मेडिकल प्रोफेशन में भी हाथ पैर मारे थे इसलिए वहाँ सीखी तकनीक को यहाँ लागू करने का निश्चय किया।सलून के लिए सबसे पहले बैंक से भारी भरकम लोन लिया और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय तकनीक […]

WORKING TOGETHER Bridging the Gap Between Medical Practitioners and LGBTIQA FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION BINDUMADHAV KHIRE WORKING TOGETHER Bridging the Gap between Medical Practitioners and LGBTIQA FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION Bindumadhav Khire Published by: Bindumadhav Khire WORKING TOGETHER Bridging the Gap between Medical Practitioners and LGBTIQA Bindumadhav Khire ISBN Paperback: 978-93-5620-586-4 Published by: Bindumadhav Khire Printers: Pratima […]

बुजुर्गो को चूहा मत बनाइये… एक आश्चर्यजनक रीति चल पड़ी है, बुजुर्ग बीमार हुए, एम्बुलेंस बुलाओ, जेब के अनुसार 3 स्टार या 5 स्टार अस्पताल ले जाओ, ICU में भर्ती करो और फिर जैसा जैसा डाक्टर कहता जाए, मानते जाओ। और अस्पताल के हर डाक्टर, कर्मचारी के सामने आप कहते है कि “पैसे की चिंता […]

Flatulence – How to approach: Dr. YK Amdekar A A A Flatulence is a common problem in the community presenting as abdominal bloating or discomfort, excessive farting or burping. Diet and lifestyle-related issues predominate in apparently healthy persons. However, flatulence of sudden onset or as a persistent symptom in a sick individual demands further evaluation to rule […]

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Savior sibling A savior baby or savior sibling is a child who is conceived in order to provide a stem cell transplant to a sibling that is affected with a fatal disease, such as cancer or Fanconi anemia, that can best be treated by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.  The savior sibling is conceived through in vitro fertilization. Fertilized zygotes are tested for genetic compatibility (human leukocyte […]

Support E Voting If ours is not a profession how then can it be a noble profession ? The fundamental Characteristics of a Profession as opposed to a trade is that a profession has to have professional autonomy and is self regulatory. Various laws and their interpretation by judiciary have removed both these key features. […]

AS INTRODUCED IN THE RAJYASABHA             THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL INFLATION BILL, 2022   A     BILL   to provide for the establishment of a National Commission for Controlling Medical Inflation in order to monitor, regulate and standardise the rising costs of medicines, medical diagnostic tests and […]