http://www.rxpgnews.com/ Medical News and Information Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:48:22 PST en-us http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Chaos-at-Mumbai-government-hospitals-as-victims-pour-in_132783.shtml Medical News Mumbai, Nov 29 - The Mumbai terror assault, which has left at least 327 people injured and many traumatised, has laid bare the poor state of government hospitals in India's financial capital. Patients are complaining of chaos, inadequate facilities and many are even opting for more expensive private medical institutes. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:14:10 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Chaos-at-Mumbai-government-hospitals-as-victims-pour-in_132783.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Pictorial-warning-on-tobacco-items-not-during-UPA-tenure-Ramadoss_132785.shtml Medical News Chennai, Nov 29 - Admitting defeat in ensuring pictorial health warnings on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products, India's Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Saturday said the decision has been deferred by at least six months -- by when the current United Progressive Alliance government would have finished its term. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:01:16 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Pictorial-warning-on-tobacco-items-not-during-UPA-tenure-Ramadoss_132785.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Terrifying-images-of-Mumbai-terror-attack-could-impact-children-experts_132772.shtml Medical News New Delhi, Nov 29 - The death dance in India's commercial hub is finally over. But the terrifying images - flames leaping out of the windows of a hotel, sounds of loud explosions and gunfire, people ducking in fear as grenades burst - flashing on television for over 59 hours, have made psychiatrists fear the impact on children. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:44:01 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Terrifying-images-of-Mumbai-terror-attack-could-impact-children-experts_132772.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Assam-bird-flu-due-to-migratory-birds-Ramadoss_132742.shtml Medical News Chennai, Nov 29 - Migratory birds are behind the fresh outbreak of bird flu in Assam, Indian Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said Saturday, adding that culling operations had started in the northeastern state and 'inter-country bird movements are under close scrutiny'. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:02:13 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/Assam-bird-flu-due-to-migratory-birds-Ramadoss_132742.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/12000-birds-culled-in-Assam-after-bird-flu-outbreak_132711.shtml Medical News Guwahati, Nov 29 - Authorities in Assam have culled some 12,000 of the estimated 60,000 birds ordered to be killed after an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in the region, officials said Saturday. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:48:46 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/12000-birds-culled-in-Assam-after-bird-flu-outbreak_132711.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/tuberculosis/PA-824_Promising_new_drug_for_TB_132793.shtml Tuberculosis An international team of biochemists has discovered how an experimental drug unleashes its destructive force inside the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB). The finding could help scientists develop ways to treat dormant TB infections, and suggests a strategy for drug development against other bacteria as well. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:43:40 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/tuberculosis/PA-824_Promising_new_drug_for_TB_132793.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/genetics/New_screening_132792.shtml Genetics A new national screening strategy in Denmark has halved the number of infants born with Down's syndrome and increased the number of infants diagnosed before birth by 30%, according to a study published on bmj.com. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:34:26 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/genetics/New_screening_132792.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/dialysis/Clear_advantage_of_high_efficacy_Haemodiafiltration_over_conventional_hemodialysis_132791.shtml Dialysis Suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a growing number of patients at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), have become the beneficiaries of a North American breakthrough: high efficacy hemodiafiltration (HDF). Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:19:20 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/dialysis/Clear_advantage_of_high_efficacy_Haemodiafiltration_over_conventional_hemodialysis_132791.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/WHO-asks-India-to-wake-up-to-diabetic-tsunami_132667.shtml Medical News Chennai, Nov 28 - The World Health Organisation - Friday said India has a long way to go towards controlling the incidence of diabetes in the country, which has assumed dimensions of a 'tsunami'. Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:28:52 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/WHO-asks-India-to-wake-up-to-diabetic-tsunami_132667.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/About-30000-poultry-to-be-culled-in-Assam_132591.shtml Medical News Guwahati, Nov 28 - About 30,000 chickens and ducks will be culled in Assam during the next four days as an outbreak of bird flu in poultry has been reported in the state, an official said. Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:23:04 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/About-30000-poultry-to-be-culled-in-Assam_132591.shtml