Valedictory session for 3rd batch of 6Day Capacity Building Training Programme on“Management of Public Health Emergencies”under aegis of DM cell @MoHFW_INDIA organised by Dept. of Hospital Admin held today. Officials from Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka,Chattisgarh&AP Participated

Join ICMR 's 2nd Lancet series webinar on Expanding Antibiotic, Vaccine, and Diagnostics Development and Access to Tackle AMR 📅 Date: 23rd July 2024 (Tuesday) ⏰ Time: 3:00 - 5:00 PM IST 🔗 Link: echo.zoom.us/j/89935311228 #AMR @ICMR @TheLancet @OneHealthTrust @FINDdx

I recommend all drs & those interested in corruption in the health business to read @sumanthraman sir's book, 'Sick Business'. Corruption by drs, pharma companies, equipment companies have touched the sky. Who pays the bill? The common sick Indian, of course. Take the case of the upcoming annual SZUSICON uro conference(26-28 July 2024) at Madurai. My Urology Colleagues who hv a significant pvt practice boast that their registration fee, flights to Madurai, star hotel stay for the entire family, pick up & drop, High-end alcohol & food, local sight seeing tours in luxury cars, expensive gifts, imported chocolates hv all been arranged fr by some pvt pharma companies. Running into lakhs/dr. I playfully asked a pharma rep, why I was left out. ( This was a joke. I NEVER accept favours from pharma companies). The Pharma rep, 'matter of fact' ly told me that, since I ws now sick & hv closed my pvt practice, I ws of no use for them. They 'maintain' meticulous records of 'profits' the companies get from each Chennai dr, & corruption is adjusted accordingly. This corruption is translated into unnecessary drugs, admissions, 'drips', costly unnecessary vitamin tablet 'inserts' into prescriptions, extra useless medicines, implants, stents, unnecessary surgeries, some of which will end in death, transition from middle class to poverty by the common man. Does anyone care to regulate? The dr is happy. The company is happy. The bureaucrats r happy, since they r paid off to look the other way. Everyone is happy. All is well that ends well.

Benefits of quitting smoking offset weight gain: Quitting smoking cuts in half the risk of developing heart disease. Gaining weight after quitting doesn’t appear to reduce that benefit. #HarvardHealth #TipoftheDay

【Linezolid adverse effects】 Let’s remember five important side effects/interactions of linezolid beyond just thrombocytopenia! ASAP PO linezolid Level: Basic Importance: ★★★ #IDMedEd #IDFellow #IMResident #InternalMedicine

Congratulations @NIMHANS_BLR, India for being bestowed the prestigious 2024 Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for its work focusing on young people and child protection in primary mental health care. The award, presented at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, recognises outstanding contributions to public health and was jointly awarded to Professor Bontle Mbongwe of Botswana. NIMHANS is a globally renowned centre for mental health, neurosciences, and allied fields. This award spotlights the critical importance of mental health, which has been identified as a key priority by Regional Director @drSaimaWazed

"India's Public spending on #health has 🔼, due to STATES & not Centre. GOI has 🔽 National Health Mission (NHM) budget by avg 5.5% in real terms between 2019-24. & 🔼spending of Govt. funded #healthinsurance schemes (#AyushmanBharat PMJAY scheme). " ✍️ by Health Economist Dr. Indranil M, Prof. @OPJUniversity , Haryana. @ShamikaRavi @sujakrao @DrLahariya @urvashi01

Publication Alert Acute Coxiella burnetii Fever: hepatitis, flu-like illness and pneumonia were the most common manifestations. @SaidElZein2 @NischalR3 @RyanKhodadadiMD @omarabusaleh15 @dwchallener @ETheelPhD bit.ly/3WBhKFZ

Lowering triglycerides: Cutting back on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages is a good way to lower your triglyceride level. #HarvardHealth #TipoftheDay

Ordinary activities improve health and longevity: Doing ordinary activities like housework and gardening may help you live longer and healthier. #HarvardHealth #TipoftheDay bit.ly/4b3A8eU

Optimising antibiotic use to combat antibiotic resistance starts from right clinical diagnosis followed by right microbiology tests to guide antibiotic use. Feel free to share and use this e-learning module to teach medical students, doctors and any prescribers.

Incredible events in my medical practice! # When I saved a near-broken marriage. A young lady visited my clinic for a consultation for dyspepsia. She was married 2 years back and went through a complex impending matrimonial disaster. Right from the word go, she would choke within minutes of lying down in the bed and needed to sit up and drink water to get relief. The husband was highly understanding and caring and sought medical help from a number of physicians within and outside the state and investigations, including a series of lab tests, CT scans, and bronchoscopy. All were normal. A Psychiatrist's help was sought, and a diagnosis of Genophobia [fear of sex triggered by earlier sexual assault] was made. However, she had no sexual assault in the past. Psychotherapy and anti-psychotic medication failed to relieve her episodes. In view of the failure to maintain a matrimonial relationship, the couple mutually decided to break the marriage to get on with their lives, and the divorce process was to be completed within the next few days. While this drama was on, the wife desired to get a medical checkup for her dyspepsia, which had been bothering her, and the caring husband landed in my clinic. I listened to the painful story and ordered a routine abdominal ultrasound examination. Ultrasound revealed multiple moving roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides) in the stomach and duodenum. A video-upper GI endoscopy done within minutes of ultrasound examination was shocking. A large, thick, stout, roundworm (25 cm long) was sitting in the upper esophagus (color Photo). I immediately caught the worm with forceps and extracted it. The stomach and duodenum were loaded with a large number of actively motile roundworms, and it took me some time (same session) to remove all the worms from the stomach. I explained to the couple the nature and cause of her symptoms (as shown in the 3 images) and advised against the impending divorce. She had no more episodes of choking. [Note: Nocturnal choking caused by roundworms in the food pipe is a common symptom in our community. A seminal paper on Gastric ascariasis was published by Dr. Khuroo’s Medical Clinic in the American Journal of Gastroenterology (2010;105 (7):1675-77). Among 22 patients with gastric ascariasis, 3 presented with nocturnal choking caused by worms entering the laryngeal lumen lying down. The patients must sit up and flush the worm out of the larynx by drinking a glass of water. Since then, whenever a patient presents with such symptoms, I manage with effective anthelmintic therapy with excellent results].

Astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar used to travel 80 kilometers every week from the Yerkes Observatory to the University of Chicago, where he taught a course attended by only two students. When asked why he spent his time this way, the professor replied that they were very good students. In 1957, Lee Tsung-Dao and Yang Chen-Ning were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. The course taught by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar became the only course in history where all its attendees received a Nobel Prize.

Based on available evidence, majority of persons with pTB are anticipated to be non-infectious or of low infectious potential after 5 days of anti-TB, regardless of sputum bacteriologic status (smear, culture or NAAT) during treatment doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae199

In mild ischemic stroke, use of clopidogrel & aspirin within 24 hours after symptom onset reduces stroke recurrence. The efficacy and safety of dual antiplatelet therapy used within 72 hours have not been well studied. Full INSPIRES Research Summary: nej.md/47f7cy4

Feeding babies solid food before the age of 4 months may increase their chances of developing diabetes, obesity, and eczema. #HarvardHealth #TipoftheDay

A 70-year-old man undergoing cholangioscopy to evaluate dilatation of the common bile duct was found to have flatworms in his biliary tract (shown in a video). Read the full clinical case: nej.md/3NAhXE0

Watch | On Saturday, the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department authorities cut the bark of an Indian laurel tree in Papikonda National Park to find that the tree stores water in the summer. This knowledge was shared with the Forest department by the Konda Reddi tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group inhabitating the Papikonda hill range in the Godavari region. @naiduthehindu reports. Video: Special Arrangement.

50 years of dedication. Dr. S Chhabra, a remarkable gynecologist at MGIMS Sevagram- teaching, caring, and saving lives. Today, she retires, leaving a legacy of compassion and service. sp.kalantri.co.in/blog/2024/…

Planting a vegetable garden is a great way to eat better and get active. Gardening burns calories and can strengthen leg and back muscles. #HarvardHealth #TipoftheDay bit.ly/3vjLtbn