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Supreme Court defers hearing of petition seeking protection for Doctors

Dr KK Aggarwal & Advocate Ira Gupta, 19 June 2019
#Multispeciality

The Supreme Court has deferred the hearing in the petition seeking protection for Doctors in the government hospitals.The Court was of the view that while the larger question of protection for Doctors needs consideration, the matter is not urgent anymore given the fact that the strike by the Doctors in West Bengal, as well as other States, has now been called off.The Vacation Bench of Ju ...more

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FDA approves new treatment for pediatric patients with type 2 diabetes
eMediNexus, 18 June 2019
#Diabetes and Endocrinology #Internal Medicine #Pathology and Lab Medicine #Pediatrics #Pharmacist

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Victoza (liraglutide) injection for treatment of pediatric patients 10 years or older with type 2 diabetes. Victoza is the first non-insulin drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes in pediatric patients since metformin was approved for pediatric use in 2000. Victoza has been approved to treat adult patients with type 2 diabetes since 2010... (FDA, June ...more

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How to treat and prevent deaths due to low sugar in children
Dr K K Aggarwal, 19 June 2019
#Multispeciality

Dr K K AggarwalPresident Heart Care Foundation of IndiaWHO definitions hypoglycaemia in children with signs of illness as blood sugar less than 45 mg / dl and i ...more

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Blood pressure drug can slow down Alzheimer's disease, says study
PTI, 19 June 2019
#Multispeciality

A new study suggests that a high blood pressure drug has the potential to slow down Alzheimers disease by improving the flow of blood to parts of the brain link ...more

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Encephalitis outbreak: Bihar CM visits Muzaffarpur hospital; toll reaches 108
, 18 June 2019
#Multispeciality

Muzaffarpur: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday, two weeks following the Acute ...more

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Draft law proposes 10-year jail, Rs 5 lakh fine for violence against doctors
Abantika Ghosh, 18 June 2019
#Multispeciality

As he wrote to Chief Ministers last Saturday, asking them to frame laws for protection of medical professionals, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan attached ...more

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                                                    Necrotizing Infections Rise With Warming Oceans, Study Shows                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 18 June 2019                                            

                                                #Emergency Medicine                                            
                                                #Infectious Diseases                                            
                                                #Internal Medicine                                            
                                                As ocean temperatures increase, serious Vibrio vulnificus infections are on the rise in previously nonendemic areas, according to                                                 ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Researchers Find Way to Convert Type A Blood to Type O                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 18 June 2019                                            

                                                #Hematology                                            
                                                #Hospital Medicine                                            
                                                #Internal Medicine                                            
                                                #Pathology and Lab Medicine                                            
                                                #Pharmacist                                            
                                                Researchers have found a way to use a pair of enzymes from a human gut bacterium to convert type A to the universal donor type O b                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Father's Smoking During Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Kids                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 17 June 2019                                            

                                                #Obstetrics and Gynecology                                            
                                                #Pediatrics                                            
                                                Children who are exposed to tobacco smoke from their fathers while theyre in the womb may be more likely than those who are not to                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Incivility in ORs Linked to Diminished Clinical Performance                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 17 June 2019                                            

                                                #Anesthesiology                                            
                                                #General Surgery                                            
                                                #Hospital Medicine                                            
                                                Research on anesthesiology residents exposed to incivility in a simulated operating room environment indicates that rudeness in th                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Gabapentinoids Tied to Suicidal Behavior and Unintentional Overdose                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 16 June 2019                                            

                                                #Internal Medicine                                            
                                                #Neurology                                            
                                                #Psychiatry                                            
                                                Gabapentinoid prescriptions were associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior and unintentional overdose, a population c                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Novel Sickle Cell Drug Improves Hemoglobin Characteristics                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 15 June 2019                                            

                                                #Hematology                                            
                                                #Hospital Medicine                                            
                                                #Pharmacist                                            
                                                For sickle cell disease, novel oral agent voxelotor improved hemoglobin characteristics in the phase III HOPE trial.Levels of norm                                                ...MORE
                                            
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Prevention of allergy with diverse and healthy microbiota.
eMediNexus, 13 June 2019
#Allergy and Immunology #Pediatrics

A new study published in Current Opinion in Pediatrics aimed to determine various associations of the human mi ...MORE

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A common skin bacterium put children with severe eczema at higher risk of food allergy
eMediNexus, 06 June 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

In a new study, scientists from Kings College London, have found that young children with severe eczema infect ...MORE

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Food and Wheeze Allergies in Children Born through Cesarean Section.
eMediNexus, 31 May 2019
#Allergy and Immunology #Pediatrics

A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology examined whether Cesarean delivery (CD) increase ...MORE

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European Commission Approves Dupilumab for Severe Asthma
eMediNexus, 11 May 2019
#Allergy and Immunology #Orthopedics #Pediatrics #Pharmacist

The European Commission (EC) has approved dupilumab (Dupixent) as add-on maintenance therapy for patients 12 y ...MORE

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Bilateral Antrochoanal polyps in an adult female: A rare case
P Verma, N Jain, M Arya, L Vaid, PP Singh, 13 June 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

Verma P 1, Jain N ,1 Arya M2 , Vaid L 3, Singh PP3Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadu ...MORE

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Role of tenofovir as a rescue therapy for recurrence of hepatitis B virus in a liver transplant recipient with several nucleo(s/t)ide treatment failures
, 06 June 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

Case presentationA 68-year-old man was transferred to a hospital for hepatocellular carcinoma.HistoryThe patient had pain in upper right part of his belly. He m ...MORE

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Is tenofovir a good therapeutic option in a renal transplant recipient with chronic hepatitis B and nucleos(t)ide multidrug resistance?
, 30 May 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

Case presentationA 52-year-old man who had undergone kidney transplantation for chronic renal failure and complicated chronic hepatitis B was referred for multi ...MORE

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Use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based antiretroviral therapy in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus following unilateral nephrectomy
, 23 May 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

Case presentationA 48-year-old male presented with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness.HistoryThe patient suffered from human immunodeficiency virus for wh ...MORE

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eMediNexus, 18 June 2019
#Obstetrics and Gynecology

A 55-year-old lady presenting to outpatient department (OPD) with postmenopausal bleeding for 3 months has a 1x1 cm nodule on the anterior lip of cervix. The most appropriate investigation to be done subsequently is: ...MORE

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