Doctors

Cutting down on the intake of salt can go a long way in preventing kidney diseases at a young age, say health experts. Kidney failure is among the top five major causes of death in the country. There has been an increase in the number of patients in the age group of 25 to 30 [...]

When 86-year-old Carol Wittwer took a taxi to the emergency room, she expected to be admitted to the hospital. She didn’t anticipate being asked if she cooks for herself. If she has friends in her high-rise. Or if she could spell lunch backward. Wittwer’s care is part of a new approach to older patients as [...]

Hypertension continues to affect millions across the world and leads to close to 7 million premature death every year globally. The World Health Organisation describes blood pressure as “the force of blood against the artery walls as it circulates through the body. High blood pressure or hypertension is the constant pumping of blood through blood [...]

QWe have a busy house and enjoy hosting our kids’ friends and our own guests. What advice do you have for redesigning a kitchen for entertaining? What island, seating and table solutions do you suggest, and what surfaces are best for kitchens that are supposed to be lived in, not just cooked in? NY, by [...]

WHEN HILLARY CLINTON seemed to collapse while getting helped into the back of a black van earlier this month, Jane Orient, a physician in Tucson, Arizona, says it felt like a vindication. In early August, she’d published an op-ed on the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons’ website questioning whether Clinton has a traumatic brain [...]

Apprehensive of an adverse impact on organ transplant programmes in the country following the arrests of doctors in the kidney racket at the L.H. Hiranandani Hospital, a delegation of medical experts met State Health Minister Deepak Sawant on Saturday. The delegation comprised representatives from the Mumbai Urology Society, Mumbai Nephrology group, Association of Medical Consultants [...]

Anesthesia eases the pain of millions of children who must have surgery every year, but parents who are worried about the safety of these medications should talk to their anesthesiologist about their fears, experts advise. “Particularly in infants and toddlers, surgery is only recommended when necessary for the child’s health, so parents should not avoid [...]

Many male primary care doctors regard heart disease as a man’s issue and don’t assess risk in female patients, a new French study finds. Many of these physicians “will be surprised by our findings, and I hope this will help them ensure they assess [heart] risk equally in their male and female patients,” said lead [...]

Despite concerns aired by doctors that advanced practice clinicians are redundant and prescribe unnecessary tests and treatment, researchers suggest they could become a key part of healthcare as more and more people gain access to services. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles found that, for a range of conditions and treatments, clinicians are [...]

extra than 2,000 docs are calling for the establishment of a single-payer medical health insurancegadget, signing directly to a plan they are saying would take healthcare non-profit and allow care to beavailable for all people who needs it. The Physicians for a countrywide health application on Thursday launched their plan to move to a Medicare-fashion [...]

A medical doctors organization in the U.k. is now recommending e-cigarettes be a few of the gear used toassist human beings cease smoking cigarettes, pointing to “vaping” as less of a risk to fitness thanbreathing in the burning fumes of tobacco. The Royal college of Physicians issued the advice with acknowledgement that the entire risks [...]

TUESDAY, April 12, 2016 — Use of the word “breakthrough” in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s expedited approval process could mislead doctors about the new drugs’ actual benefits, researchers warn. The U.S. Congress in 2012 gave FDA the power to designate a drug as a “breakthrough therapy” if preliminary clinical evidence suggests an advantage [...]