What straitjackets have to do with Eames chairs and the mutations of policy ideals. One of the 19th-century’s most notorious socioarchitectural phenomena were the “insane asylums” that housed the era’s mentally ill — enormous and stunning buildings whose architecture stood in stark contrast with the ominous athmosphere of their inner workings. Fascinated by this phenomenon […]
GUEST ARTICLES Should there be an ‘Exit Test’ for MBBS graduates? Saturday, March 22, 2014 by Dr Praveenlal Kuttichira Tweet ‘The Hitavada – The People’s Paper’ of March 10 carried an article titled MCI clears ‘Exit Test’ for MBBS pass-outs. The article was written by Mr Vikas Vaidya from Nagpur dated Feb 9. The matter never appeared […]
Plasma chromogranin A after severe burn trauma. Lindahl A.E., Low A., Stridsberg M., Sjoberg F., Ekselius L., Gerdin B. Neuropeptides 4 Plasma chromogranin A after severe burn trauma. Lindahl A.E., Low A., Stridsberg M., Sjoberg F., Ekselius L., Gerdin B. Neuropeptides 47:207-212(2013) · Mapped (3) Elevated serum levels of Chromogranin A in hepatocellular carcinoma. Biondi […]
“Is Med School Worth the Dollars, Stress, and Decade Spent in Training?” I hear this question a lot. Even some of my most capable and well-adjusted friends and fellow medical students have confided to me that in the midst of medical school, they questioned whether this was the right profession for them and whether medical […]
CHAPTER XI MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION (sec. 73 to 93) 86. All proceedings before the Commission and the Board, shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 of the Indian Penal code. 91. (4) If the mental health establishment does not comply with the orders or directions […]
Medicines for rich patients only? Gopal Dabade, Mar 13, 2014 : Cost of medicines is the most debated topic even among civil society members and several heads of governments. Modern medicines play an important role in saving lives and also in improving quality of life. Not many know that vast majority of people do not […]
You’re Drinking the Wrong Kind of Milk And we’re not talking about soy or almond, either. —By Josh Harkinson | Wed Mar. 12, 2014 3:00 AM GMT Tweet Okea/Thinkstock When my in-laws moved from India to the United States some 35 years ago, they couldn’t believe the low cost and abundance of our milk—until they developed […]
Does an affair mean you should divorce? Posted on March 2, 2014 By David Joel Miller 7 things you need to know if you stay together after an affair Divorce After an Affair? Divorce Cake Photo courtesy of Flickr (DrJohnBullas) So one partner has had an affair, should you divorce? Should you stay and try to work […]
In the last two decades, dozens of scientific papers have been published on the biological origins of homosexuality – another announcement was made last week. It’s becoming scientific orthodoxy. But how does it fit with Darwin’s theory of evolution? Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s hit song Same Love, which has become an unofficial anthem of the […]
(AMENDED UPTO DECEMBER 2010) (Published in Part III, Section 4 of the Gazette of India, dated 6th April,2002) MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, dated 11th March, 2002 Click here to view / read this Regulation No. MCI-211(2)/2001/Registration. In exercise of the powers conferred under section 20A read w ith section 33(m) of the […]
A GP in US under medicare who provides 80 or more services on 20 or more days of the year is generally considered to be guilty of inappropriate practice, because professional bodies say it is not possible to effectively treat such large numbers of patients.Most state that the average number of patient you can see […]
The Death of a Buddha SHARE THIS LINK October 1, 2006 – 1:10 am | By Dr Shyam Bhat Tagged under Buddha, Depression, existential anxiety, J. Clin. psychiatry, spirituality, treatment dilemma Buddha (Sanskrit): “Awakened” or “that which has become aware” Let us suppose that you, a psychiatrist from 21st-century America,are transported back in time to the 5th century B.C., to a […]
Continuing statins in critically ill patients reduces delirium Continued use of statins may help prevent delirium in critically ill patients who received statins before hospital admission, according to a new study of 470 intensive care patients in the UK. “This is the first study using a validated delirium screening tool, the Confusion Assessment Method-ICU […]
ISTOCKPHOTO Shares Tweets Stumble Email More + (MoneyWatch) If you are brilliant, ambitious and gifted in science, you may consider becoming a doctor. If so, think twice. According to a new survey by personal finance site NerdWallet, most doctors are dissatisfied with the job, and less than half would choose a career in medicine if they […]
What about Kejriwal’s personality? I am using Enneagram, one of the theories used to understand human beings and their leadership styles. Based on secondary research, watching his interviews and analysing his overall public persona, Kejriwal would be a Type 6 according to Enneagram personality type. This is in no way putting him inside a box […]
Revealing the True Intent and Spirit of the Bhagavad Gita in its Historical Context Author: Dharma Kāmatā (Dr. K.P.S. Kamath). Pages: 480 (color-coded), Price Rs. 595 To get your printed copy in India send check or money order for Rs. 655 (Rs. 595+60 for postage) made to: K.R. Kamath, ‘Nisarg’ 6th Main Rd, Laxmindra Nagar, P.O Kunjibettu, Udupi, 576102, […]
Emotional First Aid: A set of life skills used by lay citizens and emergency responders to provide the support a person who is emotionally shocked needs immediately following a crisis event. HOW TO HELP THE EMOTIONALLY INJURED AFTER TRAGEDY STRIKES Reach Out Physically Position yourself at the victims side and at his level. Touch unless the […]
Suicide: Psychological autopsy, a research tool for prevention Created: 2005. Go to: Expert advisory group and authors Expert group and authors Agnès batt, Public Health Department, Faculty of medicine, Rennes Frank bellivier, Neurobiology and psychiatry, INSERM U513, Créteil Benoît delatte, Psychiatric hospital Beau Vallon, Saint-Gervais, Belgium Odile spreux-varoquaux, Pharmacology, Hospital Versailles, Le Chesnay, Faculty of medicine, Paris-Ile de […]
By MARIA KONNIKOVAJAN. 11, 2014 SLEEP seems like a perfectly fine waste of time. Why would our bodies evolve to spend close to one-third of our lives completely out of it, when we could instead be doing something useful or exciting? Something that would, as an added bonus, be less likely to get us killed back […]
According to the Telegraph, Dr Brian Dias, from the department of psychiatry at Emory University, said: ”From a translational perspective, our results allow us to appreciate how the experiences of a parent, before even conceiving offspring, markedly influence both structure and function in the nervous system of subsequent generations. “Such a phenomenon may contribute to the etiology […]
Science is a very serious business, so what tickles a rational mind? In a not very scientific experiment, we asked a sample of great minds for their favourite jokes Statisticians: not totally reliable. Physics ■ Two theoretical physicists are lost at the top of a mountain. Theoretical physicist No 1 pulls out a map and peruses […]
It’s time again for the year’s ten best from NIMH. A year that included a 16-day government shutdown and a 5.2 percent sequester also saw some outstanding scientific breakthroughs and historic changes in policy. Befitting the complexity of the problems, many of the breakthroughs were not individually reported findings but the cumulative results of several […]
Ray Massey/Getty Images Just in time to protect patients from the dangers of holiday cheer, a new scholarly review from a British medical journal describes many harmful effects wrought by laughter. Among the alarms it sounds: The force of laughing can dislocate jaws, prompt asthma attacks, cause headaches, make hernias protrude. It can provoke cardiac […]
Maternal depressions alter the baby’s brain structure According to a study from Singapore, if a pregnant woman is depressive, this affects her baby’s brain structure. The children have a life-long increased risk of developing a mental disease, warn scientists in “Biological Psychiatry”. 157 pregnant women were involved in a study undertaken by the National University […]
A person is diagnosed with tachycardia when the heart rate is more than 100 beats per minute (BPM). The normal resting heart rate for adults is about 60 to 100 BPM and for infants, it is about 110 BPM. Tachycardia after eating is an uncommon disorder and for the people who experience it, it can […]
Book of Lamentations By SAM KRISS Vincent van Gogh Corridor in the Asylum (1889) This review is from TNI Vol. 22: Self-Help, out in November. Subscribe now for $2 and get it first.A new dystopian novel in the classic mode takes the form of a dictionary of madness The best dystopian literature, or at least the most effective, manages to show […]
Specialists provide an evidence-based review of the condition and its management Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown cause that is characterised by the formation of immune granulomas in various organs, mainly the lungs and the lymphatic system. Studies show that sarcoidosis might be the result of an exaggerated granulomatous reaction after exposure to unidentified […]
Oct 15, 2013 338 views 3 stars Is vitamin D supplementation still warranted for osteoporosis prevention? Background Findings from recent meta-analyses of vitamin D supplementation without co-administration of calcium have not shown fracture prevention, possibly because of insufficient power or inappropriate doses, or because the intervention was not targeted to deficient populations. Despite these data, almost […]
Sachin’s Psyche Harish Shetty [this was pulished as a cover story in THE WEEK magazine /Oct 1998. I accepted the assignement impulsively when the editor called from Cochin[Kochi] I had hard copies preserved but accidently just saw the soft copy on the net now. i had interviwed his first nanny an old lady who lived […]
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy Sep 24, 201317 views 4 stars Retrospective study of SUDEP cases occurring in monitoring units Background Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of death in people with chronic refractory epilepsy. Very rarely, SUDEP occurs in epilepsy monitoring units, providing highly informative data for its still elusive […]
14 Responses By ASHISH JHA, MD I visited Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi today – an institution with 1,531 beds and 145% occupancy rate. Yes, 145%. You do the math. A lot of bed sharing and asking families to bring in cots. It’s right across the street from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the premier public […]
“It is a treatable, manageable disease, on par with hypertension and diabetes” Temporary ill-health including schizophrenia, a mental illness, which is curable, cannot be a ground for divorce under Section 13 (1) (iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, the Supreme Court has held. A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and V. Gopala Gowda, quoting Vedic […]
Reducing the dose of epilepsy medication guards against birth DEFECTS If pregnant women take epilepsy medications with valproic acid, the danger of birth defects such as spina bifida or hypospadias is greatly increased. Australian researchers have now discovered that this risk can be significantly lowered by reducing the dose, reports “Neurology”. The scientists from the […]
Understanding the major health problems in the United States and how they are changing over time is critical for informing national health policy. Objectives To measure the burden of diseases, injuries, and leading risk factors in the United States from 1990 to 2010 and to compare these measurements with those of the 34 countries in […]
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease slowly progresses to end-stage renal disease and has no effective therapy. A pilot study suggested that the somatostatin analogue octreotide longacting release (LAR) could be nephroprotective in this context. We aimed to assess the effect of 3 years of octreotide-LAR treatment on kidney and cyst growth and renal function decline […]
The use of LSD and other psychedelics does not increase the risk of developing mental health problems – on the contrary. This is the result of a study undertaken by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and published in “PLOS ONE”. Evaluating data from more than 130,000 people, including 22,000 who had experience […]
Antidepressants during pregnancy can be tricky For years, pregnant women who suffer from depression have been told it’s safer for them and their unborn child to continue taking antidepressants during pregnancy. Now a new study is challenging that advice, suggesting the opposite is true and advocating against most women taking these drugs. If the depression is […]
Importance Depression has been identified as a risk factor for dementia among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus but the cognitive domains and patient groups most affected have not been identified. Objective To determine whether comorbid depression in patients with type 2 diabetes accelerates cognitive decline. Design A 40-month cohort study of participants in the […]
If mild or moderate strokes are treated within 90 minutes, the probability of permanent disability would be greatly reduced. This is shown in an international study under the leadership of Finnish researchers at the University of Helsinki. The results were printed in the American Heart Association’s (AHA) journal “Stroke”. The study showed that if people […]
Contents Page No. Executive Summary ……………….. 02 1. Preamble ……………….. 04 2. Current scenario ……………….. 05 3. Challenges faced ……………….. 06 4. Initiatives in the past by MCI ……………….. 08 5. Recommended actions ……………….. 09 6. Outcome and Benefits ……………….. 11 Executive Summary Preventing and treating NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES(NCD) is […]
A close relationship between grandparents and grandchildren reduces symptoms of depression in both well into grandchildren’s adulthood, according to a US study presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. The researchers at Boston College used data from the Longitudinal Study of Generations, a survey of 3- and 4-generation US families with […]
Importance Beginning in 2005, the incidence of suicide deaths in the US military began to sharply increase. Unique stressors, such as combat deployments, have been assumed to underlie the increasing incidence. Previous military suicide studies, however, have relied on case series and cross-sectional investigations and have not linked data during service with postservice periods. Objective […]
Monday, August 12, 2013 by Vidhi Rathee New Delhi: Monika, a migraine patient, felt as if a thick fog has descended on her brain, as once again she felt heavy and drowsy while reading the prescription letter to take another dose of afternoon pills. She feels lethargic and inactive to perform her daily household tasks, […]
Exercise could be the best medicine against Alzheimer’s. A study of persons with slight cognitive impairments found that brain functions had improved following a 12-week, moderate training program. The results were published in the “Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease”. Researchers at the University of Maryland divided the study participants (60 to 88 years old) into two […]
AS evidence accumulates about the many health benefits of religious practice, prayer is looking better and better. Some atheists have even gone public with their own prayer-for-health’s-sake practice. Enlarge This Image T. M. Luhrmann ROOM FOR DEBATE Should Atheists Pray? What’s the point of prayer? Is it just for believers, or would praying be a […]
MUMBAI: In a shocking representation of the lack of essential healthcare, the largest chunk of doctors in the country do not hold the MBBS degree (bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery) — a basic prerequisite to practice modern medicine (allopathy). Instead, they have degrees of alternative medicine like ayurveda or homeopathy, but they may still […]
Toolkit for Physician Financial Transparency Reports (Sunshine Act) The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices and biologicals that participate in U.S. federal health care programs to report certain payments and items of value given to physicians and teaching hospitals. Toolkit for Sunshine ActManufacturers are required to collect and track […]
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