A few medications cause most of the problems that lead to emergency hospitalization in older patients.
Adverse drug events (ADEs) leading to emergency department (ED) visits or emergency hospitalizations are partic...
BANGALORE: Next financial year may see more funds for Ayush. Minister of state for health and family welfare G Gandhiselvan announced this at a national seminar on 'Clinical excellence of homoeopathy in public health' on Sunday.
BANGALORE: Demanding regularisation of services and better pay, nearly 721 doctors working under the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike if government overlooks their deman...
In August of 2005, the prestigious British medical journal the Lancet published a review comparing clinical trials of homeopathy with trials of conventional medicine. The conclusion of this study, which was widely hailed as evidence that homeopathy is...
In a delayed move, the Health Ministry has directed the State Governments to shut down 14 homoeopathy colleges in their respective areas for providing substandard education.
The move came after the Ministry found t...
Blood thinner, aspirin, insulin and oral diabetes drugs account for two-thirds of nearly 100,000 hospitalizations.
An estimated 100,000 older Americans are hospitalized for adverse drug reactions yearly, and most o...
The following seven key areas are being identified and described as the requirements for ensuring quality of teaching and learning in Online Education.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The organizational structure of the institution willi...
The Electronic Service Delivery Bill – which mandates all government organisations to deliver public services through electronic mode – will be sent for Cabinet approval before the Winter session of Parliament.
This was stated ...
Recommendations for the Management of Neuropathic Pain Associated With Peripheral Nerve Entrapment.
Peripheral nerve entrapment is often associated with neuropathic pain symptoms. The...
Homoeopathy, using technology of remote support, in this project we have treated nearly 14300 patients. With the vision of reaching the poor and needy, an initiative was undertaken by Mind Technologies for the state of Tripura.
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Online examination system to pave the way for a clean, fair, fast and efficient examination and evaluation process
The government on Monday launched a national online examination system which can be adopted by coll...
Released Complete Dynamics version 11.7.
This version contains a pre release of the Complete Repertory edition 2012.
Strongly improved the program speed and reduced the use of computerÂ...
 Agartala, Nov 23 (IANS): Tripura has become the only NE State to receive an international award for tele-homoeopathy, where patients in rural areas are diagnosed bydoctors through video-conferencing, a minister said here on Wednesday.
NIH study first to show effect in this age group; long-term significance unknown
Toddlers receiving anti-HIV drugs have higher cholesterol levels, on average, than do their peers who do not have HIV, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Hea...
The English translation of the Swiss Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report on Homeopathy will be published in the UK on 30th November 2011. We are glad to bring you a taster of the contents of this exciting report.
The 2006 HTA...
In what may be a major step to overhaul the medical education scenario in the State, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has become the first university in the country to tie up with Quality Council of India (QCI) and apply for the ...
NEW DELHI: India's allocation for health is all set to double. The Planning Commission has decided to increase its spending on health to 2.5% of the GDP in the 12th Five Year Plan that starts next year.
This is in accordance with the recommendation made by the ...
BHUBANESWAR: Taking a cue from Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, the Orissa government on Wednesday converted the confiscated house of retired IAS officer Sanjib Kumar Ray, convicted in a disproportionate assets case, into a homeopathic dispensary in Bhubane...
SURAT: Investigation into the Rs 3.97 lakh Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) scam has revealed that the accused Dr Satyendra Singh, a homeopath, used to offer allopathic treatment to the beneficiaries.
The accu...
In the area where other state universities have failed, the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has showed the way. After a slew of complaints regarding lack of infrastructure, facilities and shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff in various colleg...
Harvey Bigelsen MD.
The profession suffered greatly from infighting, complacency, the rise of the pharmaceutical industry, and opposition from modern, scientific medicine.
The American Medical A...
It's ironic that in a state sponsored medical system such as England's, there has been a big push by the medical powers to eliminate funding for homeopathy.
Homeopathic hospitals in England have budgets that are miniscule compared ...
This will enable students to use open source learning material including that from the IITs, said chairman of National Innovation Council Sam Pitroda
A student enrolled in a college or a university will soon be able to pursue cross...
PANAJI: Goa government will provide one-time grant-in-aid of Rs Ten lakh to ayruvedic and homeopathic college and hospitals in the state for purchase of one ambulance. Hospitals receiving grants under the scheme will have to provide free treatment to mentally challe...
Solving the mystery that hung over the recent outbreak of fevers resembling Japanese Encephalitis (JE) here, it has been confirmed that several of these cases were that of the West Nile fever, an illness categorized as a ‘potentially serious' one across the world.