Category archives for: Medical

Brain Drain of Doctors from the sub Saharan countries

Brain Drain of students

As per the new data sub Saharan African countries lose about $2 billion in training the doctors since usually the expert doctors or the clinicians leave their home land to find work in more developed and prosperous countries. A study done by the Canadian scientists showed that South Africa and Zimbabwe are the worst affected [...]

Doctors at ERs often Skip Diagnostics test for fever in kids

Doctors at ERs

According to a new study, the babies and toddlers who come at the ER with high fever which has inexplicable reasons often do not receive any kind of diagnostic test to reach to the source of the high temperature. The researchers say that they are not sure whether this is a positive or a negative [...]

Chinese Premiere urged to stop discrimination by HIV positive men

Chinese Premiere

Three school teachers in China, who have alleged that they have been wrongfully thrown out of their jobs because of the fact that their employers have prejudices against them being HIV positive, have urged the Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao to end this kind of discrimination. The petition, which is one of its kind, was delivered [...]

US gives Green Signal to Human Cord Blood Cells Therapy

Human cord blood cells therapy

U S drug regulators have given a green signal to the therapy that uses cells of human blood from the placenta and the umbilical cord to treat people with cancer and related diseases. This treatment offers potentially life-saving treatment options and involves treatment from a hematopoietic stem cell which is a cell isolated from the [...]

Good Oral Health for a Happy Heart

Good oral health

According to a recent study done by the researchers in Taiwan the people with good oral hygiene had a significant lower risk of heart attacks and strokes.  The percentages being lowered to 24 and 13 percent respectively. Poor dental health is assumed to be the major reason behind heart diseases. These findings were presented at [...]

Bayer JnJ anti-clot Drug cuts death in Heart Diseases

Bayer JnJ anti-clot Drug

According to a recently released data, Xarelto , a blood clot preventer introduced by the Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s group, can cut down the risk of death by more than 30 percent when used on top of  some standard  anti platelet agents or blood thinners as they are commonly known to us. The [...]

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