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Knee Arthritis? Options That Can Help Keep You Active

Posted by Dr. Prateek Gupta | July 28, 2010 | views (3) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Patients between the ages of 40 and 60 are experiencing knee arthritis, is growing day by day. This patient population presents a unique set of treatment challenges. Understanding available options and tailoring treatments to each patient’s needs and desires is the key to successful outcomes. We examined both surgical and non-surgical treatments available for younger patients with knee arthritis, to determine the best action for patients who want to continue to participate in demanding...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its treatment

Posted by testtubebabyclinic | July 16, 2010 | views (7) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder caused due to the imbalance of hormones in the body. It is characterized by abnormal amounts of the male hormone androgen which results irregular periods, and cysts in the ovaries. Cysts are small sacs filled with fluid. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common female endocrine disorders affecting approximately 5%-10% of women of reproductive age (12-45 years old) and was once thought erroneously to be...

Fallopian tube sperm perfusion- Reason for Unexplained infertility

Posted by testtubebabyclinic | July 06, 2010 | views (12) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Treatment of unexplained infertility and Fallopian tube sperm perfusion. If you are thinking about trying fertility treatments to help you conceive, you will likely undergo a variety of tests to determine the source of your infertility. However, many couples undergo dozens of tests only to come up with few answers. Known as unexplained infertility, such a situation can often be quite frustrating for everyone involved. Unfortunately, it is quite common and can sometimes hinder the...

Know about LGBT surrogacy in India

Posted by iwannagetpregnant | July 06, 2010 | views (13) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Gay tourism or LGBT surrogacy tourism in India Now everyone can have baby , with the new draft bill on its way soon surrogacy in India will open its doors of commercial surrogacy for all couples, Single men, single women, gays and lesbians may soon get the legal sanction to undergo surrogacy in India. Best part is the draft Bill legalizing surrogacy in India — the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) [Regulation] Bill 2010 has provided...

Medicine on the Move

Posted by drneelesh | June 16, 2010 | views (6) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Like all other devices, medical and health devices are all going WireLess.A new cloud based wireless device for Health/Medical monitoring seems to be launched every week! Eric Topol highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's future - all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds. And to borrow the MacD tagline, I'm Loving It. Eric Topol highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's future - all...

Surrogate India, Surrogacy in india, Egg Donor in India

Posted by iwannagetpregnant | June 08, 2010 | views (35) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Low Cost Fertility Treatments Available In India. Parenthood is a life changing and eternally rewarding experience. In the past 2 decades, there has been a spectacular change in the field of reproductive technologies. Reproductive sciences have come in with techniques like donor insemination, in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer methods which have completely revolutionized the reproductive environment. These techniques have infused hope into many infertile couples and singles, who long to have a child of...

Indigenous A(H1N1) vaccine launched

Posted by meraMD Admin | June 03, 2010 | views (17) | comments (0) | Add as friend

From today Vaxiflu-S will be available for Rs. 350 on prescription; it will be effective for one year India on Thursday launched its first indigenously manufactured anti-influenza vaccine that will protect people against the A(H1N1) flu, which has killed over 1,500 people in the country since the pandemic broke out last year. Manufactured by Zydus-Cadila Healthcare, Vaxiflu-S will be available in markets from Friday. The monovalent single-dose vaccine, available for Rs.350 on prescription, will be...

HUGE THYROID

Posted by drkhanji | May 14, 2010 | views (10) | comments (0) | Add as friend

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN A PATIENT WITH HUGE THYROID Airway management of a patient with a huge thyroid swelling is a real challenge to the anaesthetist. The anaesthetic concerns and the management of airway are discussed here. 60 year old female patient is admitted to the A&E department with history of neck swelling and stridor. She is a known case of medullary carcinoma thyroid with lymph node metastases. The patient assumed a sitting position as stridor exacerbated...

KERATOCONUS PERMANENT TREATMENT

Posted by visioncareindia | April 30, 2010 | views (17) | comments (0) | Add as friend

"C3R –Corneal Collagen Cross Linking with Riboflavin" treatment for keratoconus patients with 100 % result.C3R is a revolutionary treatment. Corneal Collagen Cross Linking with Riboflavin (C3R) is for treating keratoconus permanently at G.G.S.I.EYE RESEARCH & CURE CENTRE, DELHI , INDIA. .This treatment is a simple, non surgical, non invasive treatment of one hour (30 minutes per eye).It halts the progress of keratoconus & Corneal thinning and increases corneal strength .In our series of patient treated...

Oxinium knee replacement India

Posted by drakvenkat | March 18, 2010 | views (26) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Oxinium knee replacement was first introduced by Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam. After the Genesis model, he launched the Journey Oxinium knee. In this video a British patient talks about his double Oxinium Journey knee replacements.

MCI chief seeks law to curb 'gifts' by pharma cos to docs

Posted by meraMD Admin | March 16, 2010 | views (18) | comments (0) | Add as friend

The president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), Dr Ketan Desai, has submitted a letter to the Health Ministry seeking legislation to regulate the pharmaceutical industry’s practice of giving freebies to doctors to influence their prescribing habits. “The MCI has no jurisdiction over the pharma industry. The MCI’s ban on doctors accepting gifts, travel facilities and hospitality of any kind from any pharmaceutical or allied health care industry will only apply to doctors. But...

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN COUNSELLING FOR DOCTORS

Posted by rajanbhonsle | March 16, 2010 | views (6) | comments (0) | Add as friend

An intensive "professional level" practical training program in psychological counselling (based on Humanistic Psychotherapy) has been organized by the Institute of Human Technology at the Heart To Heart Counselling Centre, 10 Jerbai Baug, Near Gloria Church, Ambedkar Rd., Byculla (E), Mumbai 27. The course is a certificate course in counselling and includes intensive practical training in the scientific, contemporary and internationally most widely accepted Methodology (Scientific technique) of Counselling by an international trainer Dr. Minnu...

Crf management in ayurveda

Posted by ayurveda | February 19, 2010 | views (43) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) is the progressive loss of kidney function. The kidneys attempt to compensate for renal damage by hyperfiltration (excessive straining of the blood). Over time, hyperfiltration causes further loss of function. Chronic loss of function causes generalized wasting (shrinking in size) and progressive scarring within all parts of the kidneys. In time, overall scarring obscures the site of the initial damage. Yet, it is not until over 70% of the normal combined...

Humor: doctor's contribution

Posted by meraMD Humor | January 03, 2010 | views (29) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Doctors were told to contribute to the construction of a new wing at the hospital. What did they do? The allergists voted to scratch it. The dermatologists preferred no rash moves. The gastroenterologists had a gut feeling about it. The neurologists thought the administration had a lot of nerve. The obstetricians stated they were laboring under a misconception. The ophthalmologists considered the idea short-sighted. The orthopedists issued a joint resolution. The pathologists yelled, "over my...

Swine Flu: Infection control measures at health facility

Posted by meraMD Admin | December 18, 2009 | views (31) | comments (0) | Add as friend

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has come up with the set of measure for infection control at health facility. These measure are mentioned below. For full details refer to the original document here. Droplet Precautions: Advise healthcare personnel to observe Droplet Precautions (i.e., wearing a surgical or procedure masks for close contact), in addition to Standard Precautions, when examining a patient with symptoms of a respiratory infection, particularly if fever is...

Humor: Drink a lot?

Posted by meraMD Humor | December 13, 2009 | views (21) | comments (0) | Add as friend

"Doctor, Doctor, You've got to help me - I just can't stop my hands from shaking!""Do you drink a lot?""Not really - I spill most of it.

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