In a tragic case of medical negligence, a 25-year-old woman has lost her life after allegedly being given the wrong blood by a lab technician. The incident happened at a prominent government hospital in Bangalore.
Acting on a complaint from Rajeshwari’s family, Malleswaram police booked cases against Dr Suresh, a physician, nurse Bhagyalakshmi and two other employees of the government-run KC General Hospital.
The increased risk of heart attack or stroke associated with many arthritis drugs may be avoidable, a new international study has claimed.
Drugs such as Vioxx, diclofenac, ibuprofen and Celebrex operate by blocking an enzyme known as COX-2, whose presence in blood vessels has up until now been held responsible for these side effects.
The study, co-authored by researchers at Imperial College London, carried out on mice has revealed that COX-2 is largely absent from the major blood vessels and instead found in the brain, gut, and kidney as well as the thymus gland in the chest.
Pakistan Premier’s special envoy Shaharyar M Khan on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and conveyed Islamabad’s “sincere desire” to move forward on improving relations with India.
He also delivered a letter from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif containing warm expressions of goodwill and good wishes for Singh, the government and people of India, a statement released by the Pakistan High Commission here said.
The letter also conveys Pakistan’s “sincere desire to move forward on improving relations with India. These sentiments were warmly reciprocated by Singh,” it said.
Giving kids whole milk may be a better option over skim milk, a new research has revealed.
According to Dr. David S. Ludwig, an endocrinologist at Boston Children`s Hospital, and Dr. Walter C. Willet, Fredrick John Stare professor of epidemiology and nutrition chair at the Harvard School of Public Health in Cambridge wanted to find which milk is more nutritious.
Their study showed that 2 cups of milk is enough for children, CBS News reported.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Friday said the union home ministry must clarify whether David Headley, key conspirator in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, told NIA that Ishrat Jehan, shot dead by Gujarat Police, had terrorist links.
Digvijaya Singh, who met Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday, said confusing statements were being made by different security agencies – the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
A urine test can now determine whether a transplanted kidney recipient is in the process of rejecting the donated organ, as well as identifying who is at risk of rejection several weeks and even months before symptoms appear.
Staying mentally active by reading books or writing letters helps protect the brain in old age, says a new American study.
The study, published in Neurology, says performing mental challenges leads to slower cognitive decline. It adds weight to the idea that dementia onset can be delayed by lifestyle factors, BBC reported.
In the study by the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, 294 people over the age of 55 were given tests that measured memory and thinking, every year for about six years until their deaths.
Indian doctors in collaboration with a Russian lab have developed software to differentiate dengue, malaria and other viral fevers, otherwise a challenging task due to their similar symptoms, an official said Friday.
The software, developed by a team of doctors from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) and Lab Tech Ltd in St Petersburg, is expected to aid in faster detection, reduction in cost of treatment and minimisation of antibiotic resistance as only fever-specific antibiotics need to be given to patients.
A new study suggests George Washington could have been the first person to use the name ‘United States of America’, along with laying the foundation stones for the American republic.
According to The Christian Science Monitor, historians have long tried to pinpoint exactly when the name ‘United States of America’ was first used and by whom, and because Washington gave his name to the capital, it could be possible that he also gave the United States of America its name, with a letter written by Washington’s aide-de camp also suggesting the same.
The Congress government in Karnataka is all set to roll out its “block-buster” election promise of providing 30 kg of rice per month to BPL families at Re one per kg from July 10 and sees no impediment in its implementation.
Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Dinesh Gundurao said today Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would launch the programme here, which would be simultaneously unveiled in all districts.
The Philippines said on Friday it would keep its 340 peacekeepers in the Golan Heights provided it gets requested additional heavier weapons and protection.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino would reject a proposal to pull the Filipinos out if the United Nations met his requests to boost security, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a statement.
“Subject to meeting considerations which the Philippines has made to enhance the security and safety of our peacekeepers, the president has expressed the Philippines is prepared to continue its UNDOF participation,” he said.
The boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday met local leaders to ask for their blessing to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant after a public tongue-lashing for bypassing them this week.
Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Tuesday they would ask Japan’s nuclear watchdog for the green light to re-fire two of the seven units at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in northern Niigata prefecture.
The entire power station has been shuttered since around 12 months after the tsunami-sparked meltdowns at Fukushima in March 2011.
An Australian women’s group defended ousted premier Julia Gillard on Friday, saying the nation’s first female leader had battled treachery in her own party and “gross disrespect” while in office.
In large advertisements in major newspapers, the Victorian Women’s Trust said the unwed, atheist Gillard had faced enmity not only from her political opposition, but members of her own Labour Party and an often hostile media.
The US Navy has decided to add three more patrol coastal ships to its force in the Arabian Gulf, with a total of eight patrol coastal ships to be permanently stationed in the US Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.
According to Gulf News, Tempest, Squall and Thunderbolt arrived in Bahrain on July 3, with Hurricane and Monsoon projected to complete the Navy’s plan to station 10 PCs in Bahrain by the spring of 2014, with the US Navy saying in a statement that PC’s were a fast, reliable platform that could respond to emergent requirements in a shallow water environment.
Parliamentary proceedings against three JD(U) MPs of Lok Sabha facing charges under anti-defection law have been withdrawn by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar following a request by the party.
Accepting JD(U)’s request withdrawing its complaint against the MPs – Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’, Sushil Singh and Mangni Lal Mandal, Kumar on Thursday dropped the proceedings against them.
Accusing the Centre of “betrayal” on the Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Friday threatened to launch a fresh stir at Ramlila ground in Delhi later this year to raise the pitch over the issue.
“After the Parliament had passed a resolution in favour of a strong Lokpal Bill, the Prime Minister had given us a written assurance that our concerns would be addressed and a strong and effective ombudsman will be in place. Two years have elapsed since then”, Hazare told reporters here.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has come under attack by Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma, Friday advised him to learn some decorum as the way in which he was talking is not Congress culture.
“What should I say about him…It’s good that an old colleague is discussing me…Irrespective of whether he is talking positive or negative atleast he is discussing me…What harm do I have in this.
“He should learn some decorum. This is not the Congress culture,” Yadav said here when asked about Verma’s recent remarks against him.
As institutions of higher learning face faculty crunch, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday urged students who opt for higher education abroad to remain engaged with “often difficult, and somewhat noisy democracy of ours.”
Addressing the 45th convocation of IIT Kanpur, Mukherjee said to support major expansion of technical education, large budgetary provisions have been made for infrastructure development and research support to the faculty.
“While all these institutes are attracting good students, they are facing shortage of faculty,” Mukherjee said.
Documents seized by security forces in Maoist-hit Koraput district reveal that the rebels appear to have started training cadres to gun down helicopters used in ferrying security personnel for counter-insurgency operations.
This came to light after security forces recovered certain documents listing techniques to shoot down choppers and other aircraft from Maoist camps in Naranga forest of Narayanpatna two days ago.
“We suspect the Red rebels are being trained in it (bringing down choppers),” said DIG (BSF) Sumer Singh.
Indian doctors in collaboration with a Russian lab have developed software to differentiate dengue, malaria and other viral fevers, otherwise a challenging task due to their similar symptoms, an official said Friday.
The software, developed by a team of doctors from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) and Lab Tech Ltd in St Petersburg, is expected to aid in faster detection, reduction in cost of treatment and minimisation of antibiotic resistance as only fever-specific antibiotics need to be given to patients.
Indian cinema is like a massive bouquet of wildflowers of different colours and smells. You really can’t judge “Policegiri”, Sanjay Dutt’s hefty homage to hero-giri completed before serving the remainder of his prison term, against the soft gently-undulating movements of the week’s other release “Lootera”. If Vikramaditya Motwane’s film is soft-petalled rose, “Policegiri” is a wild cactus flower from the desert.
A urine test can now determine whether a transplanted kidney recipient is in the process of rejecting the donated organ, as well as identifying who is at risk of rejection several weeks and even months before symptoms appear.
The Uttarakhand government has urged the union health ministry to send more doctors to the flood-ravaged state.
The state has made a fresh request for 238 specialists in the fields of anaesthesia, surgery, general medicine, paediatrics and gynaecology, a senior health ministry official here said, adding the request is being processed on a fast track basis.
A local court has directed a retired school teacher to pay Rs 5,000 per month as interim maintenance to his 68-year-old estranged wife, who is living at her brother’s house since last one year.
Hearing the maintenance suit filed by the woman, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rashmi Nanda yesterday asked the 70-year-old retired school teacher to pay Rs 5,000 every month to his wife.
The woman had filed a maintenance suit in September last year alleging negligence on the part of her husband, who is a pensioner and owns 21 bigha agricultural land.
The ‘Taste of Britain Curry Festival’ is all set to travel to the home of curries, India, with leading British chefs aiming to recreate an exclusive selection of dishes that have become a hit in the European country.
Beginning on August 23 at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kolkata, the festival will see seven British chefs produce as many as 70 dishes including high street favourites like British Chicken Tikka Masala, Lamb chops with plum and coriander sauce and Bengal Lancers shrimp curry.