Ruling in support of a New Hampshire law, the federal court upheld the right of states to prohibit the sale of doctor-specific prescription drug data.
Pharmaceutical industry and companies that collect prescription data for use in drug marketing are facing setback after the ruling of federal appeals court.
The case is a defeat for two large data-mining [...]
Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
And 60 percent of 12,000 general practice physicians found they would not recommend medicine as a career.
“The whole thing has spun out [...]
A large number of people, including three doctors, are suspected to be affected by dengue fever in this commercial capital of Kerala, worried health officials said Tuesday.
There has been an increasing number of patients arriving with fever in Kochi General Hospital, Radhakrishnan, superintendent of the hospital, told IANS.
‘Three doctors of the hospital are suffering with [...]
A new species of microbes, isolated by scientists, can contaminate raw milk even under refrigeration.
Many countries have outlawed raw milk because of its potential contamination by harmful microbes. It then tastes bitter with a thick, sticky feel.
‘When we looked at the bacteria living in raw milk, we found that many of them had not been [...]
If your child asks you for some loose cash for eating at the school canteen or a pizza luncheon - consider not giving in, for his sake!
A recent study reveals that 85 percent of school children between 10-14 years, diagnosed with diabetes are obese owing to their improper eating habits.
The on-going study was [...]
Although the link between cell phones and brain tumour remains inconclusive till date, a new study has warned that the ‘technological advancement’ can pose number of risks to people’s neurological health.
Recent studies have shown that cell phones increase the risk of developing a brain tumor.
Now, taking examples from real-life scenarios, the American Association of Neurological [...]
Awareness is the key to check diabetes, was the message given by over 400 children, some who were themselves suffering from the disease, who participated in a peace march in the capital Friday to mark the World Diabetes Day.
Children from over 20 schools in Delhi walked from Jantar Mantar to the Parliament Street to spread [...]
Same-sex heart transplants give better result in the terms of medical values. According to a new study, heart transplant patients are as much as 25% more likely to survive if the sex of the donor is the same as the patient’s.
Dr. Eric Weiss of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore studied UNOS records for 18,240 heart [...]
Results of a study in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry suggest that an individualized rehabilitation program effectively reduces disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
“Persons with MS are expected to have a normal lifespan and live for many decades with a range of problems,” Dr. Fary Khan, of the University of Melbourne, Australia, [...]
India will soon introduce an injectible polio vaccine (IPV) in the nine troubled districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, considered to be the hotbed of polio in the country, to check the spread of the epidemic.
‘The IPV vaccine would be introduced in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar districts to control the spread of the disease,’ Health [...]