Beverly Hospital trustees yesterday said that they would continue the hospital’s natural birthing center, one of only two such facilities in the state. The declaration made in a statement.
At the same time the statements also made it clear that the center’s future is still very much in question.
Last week, the hospital management said the birth […]
U.S. officials opened the first overseas Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing on Wednesday as they gear up for a long battle to ensure the quality of food, drug and feed imports from China.The eight FDA workers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will set up a process for pre-certifying and inspecting imports from China, […]
Over 50 percent of people with high blood pressure might not be aware of their condition, a new study has found.
Franco Cappuccio of Warwick University Medical School led the team from Britain to participate in a European study examining awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure, or hypertension, precursor of heart attacks and strokes.
The […]
Close to half of U.S. women report some form of sexual difficulty, but far fewer are distressed about their problem, a new study suggests.In a survey of more than 31,000 U.S. women, researchers found that 44 percent said they had some problem with their sexual function, including low desire and difficulty having an orgasm.
However, only […]
A Delhi court Saturday directed Max Hospital to pay a compensation of Rs.150,000 to a patient for not properly diagnosing him as a result of which he had to be shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission headed by Justice J.D. Kapoor observed that according to medical literature, sodium level […]
Erectile dysfunction may hold early clue of a heart attack, warns an expert, who expressed concern that the risk was being ignored by doctors uncomfortable with the word ‘erection’.
The warning by Geoffrey Hackett on the British Medical Journal website suggested that erectile dysfunction gives a two to three year early clue of a heart attack.
However, […]
Learn to fix a bike if you want to stay young, for this is one of the things that scientists have mentioned in their list of five daily activities that can help slow mental decline due to ageing.Other activities that can keep old age at bay are - being physically active, taking part in group […]
Hitting out at government hospitals for their casual and cavalier attitude towards patients, a consumer court Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 on an Employees State Insurance (ESI) hospital for not providing ambulance to a pregnant woman who was forced to deliver in an auto rickshaw.After the delivery, the child was not provided proper nursery […]
More than four in 10 parents with underweight and overweight children think they are in the average range.Melbourne University researchers also found that different methods of assessing children’s weight - such body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) - result in their being categorised as overweight or underweight.
More children were classified as overweight according […]
Observing the Breast Cancer Awareness month, a line-up of celebrities and socialites sashayed across the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) ramp to spread the cause and show creativity of designer duo Falguni-Shane Peacock.
The show, held late Thursday evening, saw Bollywood actresses Sameera Reddy and Minissha Lamba and socialites Farah Ali Khan, Niamat Bakshi, Tanisha […]