Why new born screening is crucial
Congenital heart disease (CHD) refers to a range of heart defects that are present in a child at birth and affect the normal functioning of the heart. These are the most common type of birth defects,...
View ArticlePioneering INIC program provides benefits for preemies (Wheaton Franciscan...
(Source: Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-Iowa Inc) posted 11/2/2015 in News Thanks to a pioneering Covenant Medical Center program, preemie Hannah Jackson wasn't separated at birth from her parents....
View ArticleInjectible polio vaccine to be introduced from March
The State government is all set to introduce an injectible polio vaccine, in addition to the existing oral polio vaccine, as part of the universal immunisation programme in Telangana. In the third...
View ArticleCooling treatment to revive babies with brain damage
CHENNAI: Grandmothers have never failed to advise new moms to keep their sick babies warm. Now, a growing breed of doctors are turning grandma's wisdom on its head, when it comes to babies with brain...
View ArticleCool way to revive babies with brain damage
CHENNAI: Grandmothers have never failed to advise new moms to keep their sick babies warm. Now, a growing breed of doctors are turning grandma's wisdom on its head, when it comes to babies with brain...
View ArticleCustodial death: Victim's kin plans legal recourse against police
A day after the funeral of Devaraj who died under mysterious circumstances in police custody at Hunsur rural station on Thursday, his estranged family members are pinning hopes on police to do justice...
View ArticleMedical negligence victim given Rs 1.6L compensation
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed a city-based hospital and its medical practitioner to pay Rs 1.6 lakh compensation to a 32-year-old housewife for...
View ArticleA double tragedy for this family
The family members of Aparna S., the 28-year-old private bank employee who died soon after delivering at Motherhood Hospitals, a private birthing centre in Sahakarnagar on Wednesday, had to bear with...
View ArticleJanssen Data Presentations At American College Of Rheumatology Meeting...
(Source: Johnson & Johnson) More than 35 Janssen abstract presentations highlight breadth of rheumatology portfolio and research HORSHAM, PA (November 4, 2015) - Janssen Biotech, Inc. announced...
View ArticleHow to avoid the risks and costs of unneeded C-sections
On Danica McCluer's last appointment before the due date of her first child, her doctor said measurements showed her baby was likely to be big. Instead of her having a natural birth, as McCluer had...
View ArticleEleven AHN Registered Nurses To Be Honored Saturday at 15th Annual Cameos of...
(Source: Allegheny Health Network) Eleven Allegheny Health Network registered nurses will be among the honorees at the 15th annual awards gala for Cameos of Caring® recipients on Saturday, Nov. 7, at...
View ArticlePrecarious child delivery at Lahore's Lady Willingdon
LAHORE: A woman gave birth to a baby in the stairs of the Lady Willingdon Hospital on Tuesday when the duty doctors allegedly delayed treatment. The condition of the mother and baby was said to be...
View ArticleEmergency services unaffected by doctors’ protest
Doctors in Health Service in the district went on casual leave en masse and stayed away from government hospitals on Friday in protest against the government’s decision to suspend a doctor alleging...
View ArticleBreastfeeding pain linked to postpartum depression
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Women who stop breastfeeding due to pain or difficulty getting babies to nurse may be more likely to develop postpartum depression than mothers who stop nursing for...
View ArticleTechnology For A Healthier Future
One of the starkest and most pressing divides between developed and developing nations is the differing life expectancies of mothers and infants. Around 6.3 million children under the age of 5 die...
View ArticleCameraman dead, doctor suspended in Thiruvananthapuram
The Cantonment police have registered a case following complaints from relatives and colleagues of a television channel cameraman who died in the General Hospital (GH)...
View ArticleCameraman dead, doctor suspended
The Cantonment police have registered a case following complaints from relatives and colleagues of a television channel cameraman who died in the General Hospital...
View ArticleConsumer forum rejects medical neglect complaint
PUNE: Pune district consumer disputes redressal forum has held that the onus to prove medical negligence lies on the complainant. The forum has made it clear that the complainant must establish...
View ArticleVaccinations made friendly (WHO - World Health Organization)
(Source: WHO - World Health Organization) October 2015 WHO/O. Asselin Through tears, cries and with arms wrapped around their mothers or other caregivers, children brave routine life-saving...
View ArticleSwine flu claims four more lives in Telangana
Hyderabad: Two women who had given birth recently were among the four persons who succumbed to swine flu in the city on Thursday, taking the total number of deaths to 14 since August 1. Officials said...
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