Editorial |
Dr K K Aggarwal, President CMAAO
4th June 2020Multispeciality
(With inputs from Dr Monica Vasudev)
936: Round Table Expert Zoom Meeting on "Formulas in relation to COVID-19 pandemic for better understanding of data" 30th May, 2020; 11am-12pm
Participants: Dr KK Aggarwal; Dr Alex Thomas; Dr AK Agarwal; Dr DR Rai; Dr Suneela Garg; Dr Girdhar Gyani; Dr Ashok Gupta; Dr Jayakrishnan Alapet; Mr Bejon Misra; Dr K Kalra; Mrs Upasana Arora; Dr Major Prachi Garg; Ms Ira Gupta; Dr Sanchita Sharma... Read more » |
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
4th June 2020Multispeciality
Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8; 5M May 20, 6M May 30
Ground Zero: Wuhan - in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity
Doubling time India 14.5 days, USA 33 days, Brazil 13 days, Russia 18 days, Spain 47 days, UK 35 days, Italy 55 days,... Read more » |
Alloveda Liver Update |
4th June 2020Gastroenterology Hepatology Multispeciality
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is estimated to affect around 10% of reproductive-aged women. Provided PCOS is a risk factor for imaging-confirmed steatosis, Sarkar and colleagues conducted a study... Read more » |
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Derma Update |
4th June 2020 Dermatology
A survey was done among 40 010 children aged three to six-years in seven Chinese cities, including Beijing, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Shanghai, Nanjing, Changsha, and Chongqing, during 2010-2012 to investigate... Read more » |
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News From All Specialities |
4th June 2020 Business and Medicine Pathology & Lab Medicine
A record number of countries are monitoring and reporting on antibiotic resistance - a significant step forward in the global fight against drug resistance.
However, the data highlights that a disturbing number of bacterial infections are increasingly resistant to the medicines used to treat them... Read more » |
4th June 2020 Business and Medicine Pathology & Lab Medicine
A British government report has noted that death rates from COVID-19 in the UK are highest among people of black and Asian ethnic groups. These groups are also likely to be at increased risk of acquiring the infection.
The review by Public Health England (PHE) assessing the impact... Read more » |
4th June 2020 Pulmonary Medicine Pathology & Lab Medicine
WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. Army vaccine researcher has stated it was reasonable to expect that some sort of coronavirus vaccine could be available to part of the U.S. population by the end of this year.
Colonel Wendy Sammons-Jackson, director of the U.S. Military Infectious Disease Research Program,...Read more » |
4th June 2020 Pharmacists Pathology & Lab Medicine
Pneumonia and other pulmonary complications were noted in half of postsurgical patients with perioperative COVID-19, and the complications were linked with a higher risk for early death, reported an international study.
Of the 1,128 patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2...Read more » |
4th June 2020 Diabetes and Endocrinology Pharmacists
Dairy consumption does not appear to improve bone mineral density (BMD) or reduce the risk of osteoporotic fracture in women charting menopause, suggested a new analysis of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)...Read more » |
Medicolegal Corner |
4th June 2020
No, it is not mandatory for the registered medical practitioner to specify in which specialty he has done his post-graduation qualification (MD/MS) on the prescription made by him to his patient.
As per the provisions of Clause 1.4.2 of Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct,...Read more » |
eMedi Humor |
4th June 2020
And God populated the Earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach and green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
And Satan created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth the 99-cent double cheeseburger...Read more » |
eMedi Quiz |
4th June 2020
a. Medulloblastomas
b. Pineoblastomas
c. Pineal germinoma...Read more » |
Lifestyle Updates |
4th June 2020
Sewa, Simran and Sangat are the three principles of life as per the Vedic literature. Even Adi Shankaracharya described Sangat as the main force for living a spiritual life.
Sangat is the company of people you live with. Living in the company of good people makes one good and the reverse is also true... Read more » |
4th June 2020
Our body is the largest pharmaceutical group in the world and has the capacity to heal each and every disease. The very fact that there is a receptor for every drug in the body means that the body has the capacity to produce that drug. Music is one such modality, which can heal by initiating various chains...Read more » |
4th June 2020
Life is full of ups and downs. It is easy to lose hope and confidence. This little story helps us to realize that no matter what happens, we remain valuable as individuals.
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up ...Read more » |
Medical Voice |
4th June 2020
Gilead Sciences Inc.’s drug remdesivir showed only a limited benefit in a large trial of more moderate patients with Covid-19, a result that may shift perceptions of the therapy already cleared for use in severe cases of the disease.
In the phase 3 trial, a group of moderately ill, hospitalized patients getting the drug for five days...Read more » |
Survey |
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 » |
Question 1 : How confident are you that you could recognize and respond to a potential coronavirus case?
Very confident
Moderately confident...Read more » |
Medbytes |
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From Other Newsletter |
Orthopedic |
Potu and colleagues designed a study to determine the efficacy of petroleum ether extract of Cissus quadrangularis (CQ) on the development of osteopenia in ovariectomy-induced experimental models... Read more » |
Nephrology |
By now we all are aware of novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) which is a highly contagious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-coronavirus (CoV)-2. The disease is mainly manifested as a respiratory illness with interstitial and alveolar pneumonia,... Read more » |
Pediatrics |
The skin is the outer most barrier that ensures protection from external harm. The understanding of role of skin has evolved from an inert mechanical barrier to an active organ that can sense alarming signals and mount perfectly adapted defense measures in response to invading pathogens.. Read more »
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