About 90.5% of 4,325 eligible doctors have accepted the Hospital Authority’s settlement package in relation to their claims for compensation for rest days, statutory or public holidays and overtime. The amount involved is around $440 million.
Some women experience vaginal itching, burning and other symptoms after sex. They might be allergic to their partner’s semen. According to new research, the extremely rare allergies to seminal fluid can cause symptoms ranging from simple irritation to anaphylactic shock.
Angioplasty is found not effective for some patients after the first 12 hours of the heart attack. This common heart procedure is overused with no benefits to the patient.
British researchers have developed a vaccine that stimulates colorectal cancer patients’ immune systems to fight cancerous cells.
The Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for concerted efforts for the welfare of the children. ?Interests of the children are our topmost priority. An independent status has been given to the women and Child development department so that needs of the children can be taken care of?, this was stated by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh while distributing National Awards here today. Dr. Singh said special arrangements have to be made for the look after the orphan children and the children who need special care.
The Health and Family Welfare pavilion at the India International Trade Fair 2006 was inaugurated by Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, here today.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked the overall #1 hospital in New York City, according to New York magazine’s 2006 “Best Hospitals” issue.
By fine-tuning “fine-needle aspiration” biopsies with a super-fast genetic microarray technology, a team of surgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City says they can greatly enhance the accuracy of these tests.
The American Medical Association?s (AMA) House of Delegates unanimously and enthusiastically passed a resolution introduced by The Endocrine Society and other concerned organizations urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to increase its oversight and regulation of so-called bioidentical hormones.
Regimens to treat HIV infection that are based on a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) are at least as effective as treatment with a protease inhibitor but require patients to take fewer pills each day, according to a new study funded in part by HHS? Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.