Drug Abuse: ShishaThe Standard Digital News (press release) (blog)Said to have its origin in India, shisha is a glass-bottomed water pipe in which fruit flavoured tobacco is covered with foil and roasted in charcoal. The aromatic tobacco smoke, which t…
Guidelines for liver cancer on the anvilThe New Indian ExpressEven as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or primary liver cancer has begun to be counted among the most common cancers, the focus has shifted to developing guidelines on diagnosis and treatmen…
TwoCircles.netA Pennyworth experienceTwoCircles.netManifestation of my latent TB happened under immune compromised situation, confirmed by a radiological conference facilitated by Dr Randeep Guleria at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). I…
Khaleej TimesKerala doctor in rare surgical featKhaleej TimesArenowned heart surgeon from the south Indian state of Kerala has successfully performed a unique procedure to surgically remove two blocked coronary stents, followed by a bypass operation. T…
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Bitten by girl, housing society seceratary dies of heart attack
Daily News & Analysis A resident of a Nalasopara-based housing society gave the building’s secretary a heart attack, literally. On Friday, Prashant Kishan Sawant, secretary of Vijay Apartment, was arguing with Govind Gupta, his wife Urmila and daughter Rubita Gupta. Amidst … |
Urgent care center Doctors Express to open: Danbury business briefsDanbury News TimesDoors will open to patients in March with a staff of physicians, x-ray technicians, and medical assistants, ready and available to treat everything from cuts and fract…
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Maurice Merlin paintings and prints on display at Huntington Library
Pasadena Sun The muted colors of the farm scene “Wash Day” (1940s) suggest Dust Bowl devastation in the making, while his Detroit images all seem to suffer from visual black lung. A poster for a government survey (1943’s “Mobilize Michigan”) has the kind of bold … |
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California’s Prop 65 and Public Health Concerns over Methyl Isocyanate
Environmental Expert (press release) In Bhopal, India, accidental acute inhalation exposure to methyl isocyanate resulted in the deaths of about 3,800 people and adverse health effects in greater than 170,000 survivors.” “Occupational exposure to methyl isocyanate may occur with … The … |
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Organ transplant: Doctors cheer move to scrap NOC
Times of India His doctor, Bharat Shah, who had moved the Bombay high court against the need for an NOC for interstate transplants when the donor and recipient are related, is ecstatic. “The problem is that this NOC was interpreted and followed differently in … |
Chandigarh TribuneH1N1 snuffs out two more livesChandigarh TribuneTwo days ago, a 27-year-old man who was referred from a nursing home to the RML Hospital lost his battle to the fatal virus following a lung infection. In his case too, doctors at RML sa…