Editorial
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO
1st September 2020Multispeciality
With input from Dr Monica Vasudev
1071: Minutes of Virtual Meeting of CMAAO NMAs on “Covid-19 Update” 29th August, 2020, Saturday, 9.30am-10.30am. Participants: Member NMAs - Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, Dr Marthanda Pillai, Member World Medical Council, Dr Alvin Yee-Shing Chan, Hong Kong, Dr Prakash Budhathoky, Nepal. Invitees: Dr Russell D’Souza, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Australia, Dr S Sharma, Editor IJCP Group. Key points from the discussion... Read more »
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
1st September 2020Multispeciality
Cases: 1M: April 2, 2 M April 15, 3 M: April 27, 4 M May 8; 5 M 20 May, 6 M 30th May, 7 M 7th June, 8M by 15 June, 9 M 22nd June, 10 M 29th June. 11 M 4th July, 16 M , 17 M 29 July, 18 M ist August, 21 .8 M 16 August, 25 M 30th August. Ground Zero: Wuhan in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity. Coronavirus Cases: 25,393,704, Deaths: 850,673, Recovered: 17,710,802... Read more »
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1st September 2020Gastroenterology Hepatology Multispeciality
It has been observed that elevated liver function tests (LFTs) is a common finding in adult patients with Turner syndrome (TS). However, these data are lacking in children and adolescents.
Wójcik and investigators conducted a trial to examine the occurrence of abnormal LFTs in children... Read more »
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Hypertension Update
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1st September 2020 Hypertension
Hypertension is one of the primary cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Blood pressure (BP) lowering treatments can reduce the occurrence of myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure and CV and all-cause mortality. The detection of high BP is an important step in any CV prevention strategy with excellent health benefits... Read more » |
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1st September 2020Allergy & Immunology Multispeciality
Recent evidence suggests that the elderly are at an increased risk for COVID-19 infections – with those over 70 and 80 being the most impacted, especially, residents of care homes and in clinical settings, ethnic minorities, those who work indoors and those who are overweight and obese... Read more »
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News From All Specialities
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1st September 2020 Business and MedicinePathology & Lab Medicine
India recorded 78,512 fresh novel coronavirus infections on Monday, slightly lower than the previous day record of the highest single-day tally of infections for any country during this pandemic.
On Sunday, India recorded 78,761 new cases, which exceeded the previous record of 77,299 new cases... Read more »
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1st September 2020Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
Kolkata: With intensification of the race for a COVID-19 vaccine, Bangladesh's leading pharma company Beximco has announced its investment in Serum India Limited (SIL) for the development of the vaccine.
The deal would ensure that Bangladesh is one of the first countries to attain an agreed amount of the vaccine... Read more »
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1st September 2020 Cardiology Public Health
The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has been observed to present with an array of phenotypes, from asymptomatic to severe, rapid multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and death. While the mechanisms that...Read more »
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1st September 2020 Emergency Medicine Pathology & Lab Medicine
NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his attention to more than 87,000 healthcare workers who have got infected with COVID-19 as well as 573 healthcare workers who have succumbed to the viral disease. IMA calls for more care for their welfare...Read more »
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1st September 2020 Pulmonary Medicine Pharmacists
The coronavirus can stay in the noses and throats of children for weeks altogether even if they don't show any symptoms, suggests a study from South Korea. This might explain the silent spread of the virus.
The study included data on 91 asymptomatic,... Read more »
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1st September 2020 Neurology Pharmacists
Longer, more frequent naps during daytime in elderly adults appear to predict a higher risk of incident Alzheimer's dementia over time, suggested an actigraphy study.
Elderly people who napped more than once a day had 1.3-times higher risk of developing future Alzheimer's dementia, reported a study presented at the virtual SLEEP 2020,...Read more »
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Medicolegal Corner
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1st September 2020
Res ipsa loquitur is a legal Latin Maxim which means “the thing (situation) speaks for itself.”
The principle of res ipsa loquitur is an evidential principle, which, in some cases, allows the court to draw an inference of negligence.
...Read more »
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eMedi Humor
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1st September 2020
Mike and Rob were laying tiles on a roof when a sudden gust of wind came and knocked down their ladder.
"I have an idea," said Mike. "We'll throw you down, and then you can pick up the ladder."
"What, do you think I'm stupid?" Rob replied." I have an idea. I'll shine my flashlight,...Read more »
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eMedi Quiz
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1st September 2020
a. LDL
b. Cholesterol
c. VLDL...Read more »
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Lifestyle Updates
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1st September 2020
• Get vaccinated with the flu and pneumococcal vaccines
• Practice respiratory and cough hygiene to protect yourself against respiratory infections that may lead to pneumonia.
• Respiratory hygiene: Keep a distance of minimum 3-6 ft, from a person who is coughing, sneezing or singing, to prevent cross infection,... Read more »
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1st September 2020
Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha are the four fundamental principles of our very existence which means earning righteously with a desire to fulfil the inner happiness.
Righteous earning is called ‘Artha’ and mistakenly it has been linked to materialistic money. In mythology,...Read more »
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1st September 2020
Engineer John Roebling started building the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge was completed in 1883, 13 years later.
This creative engineer was excited about an idea of building a bridge that would connect New York with the Long Island...Read more »
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Medical Voice
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1st September 2020
Geneva: Attempts to reach herd immunity naturally would be dangerous and fraught with scores of deaths, while vaccination is a safer and more effective path, Maria van Kerkhove, the Covid-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday...Read more »
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Survey
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Question 1 : Which of these courses would you pay for - You can select multiple options
How to modernize clinic
Growing your digitize you clinic and practice...Read more »
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Question 1 : How confident are you that you could recognize and respond to a potential coronavirus case?
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Moderately confident...Read more »
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Medbytes
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Nephrology |
Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are the choice of therapy for post-stroke patients. A large-scale prospective study of 2667 post-stroke hypertensive patients treated with cilnidipine assessed BP control and adverse reactions in the patients... Read more » |
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