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When choosing a doctor, how do online ratings factor in?
A new study by the University of Michigan Medical School has found people increasingly rely on online ratings when choosing a physician. Researchers discovered 59 percent of the more than 2,000 people...
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Are doctors part of the healthcare problem?
Dr Aniruddha Malpani, an IVF specialist and a vehement supporter of patient advocacy and information therapy tells us why doctors sometimes are a hindrance in our healthcare system. I was part of a...
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Is your doctor hygienic? Here are tips to stay safe during a hospital visit
We all go to doctors or hospitals expecting a cure for our ailments, but did you know that visiting a doctor can actually make you more ill? According to two independent studies — one conducted in DY...
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Five arrested as CBI crack down on fake doctors
In a nationwide raid conducted against fake doctors, the CBI said Thursday it arrested five people for obtaining fraudulent registration certificate from Medical Council of India (MCI) and registered a...
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Indian doctors lend a helping hand to their Mozambican counterparts
Half a dozen Indian doctors arrived in Mozambique to help national health authorities increase health capacity, Maputo Central Hospital General Director Joao Fumane said Friday. The Indian doctors are...
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Revealed — why doctors don’t want resuscitation for themselves
According to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, most physicians would choose a do-not-resuscitate or ‘no code’ status for themselves when they are terminally ill. Unlike what they actually...
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Strengthen relationship with patients: Harsh Vardhan tells doctors
Doctors should work towards strengthening their relationship with patients, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said here Thursday. Taking a round of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),...
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US specialists training Kolkata doctors on emergency care
With trauma-related deaths occurring in India every 1.9 minutes, a private hospital here has joined forces with a US university to train specialists in emergency medical care. The Peerless Hospital has...
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National Doctors’ Day — Tell us who your favourite doctor is and why
Doctors, often thought of with fondness, can be real-life heroes. While in some cases the outcomes of their treatment might not be great, there are times when they have saved our lives or that of a...
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National Doctors’ Day 2014: What your doctors do to put their patients first
July 1 is the celebrated as National Doctors’ Day in India. Today on the occasion of National Doctors’ Day, we are celebrating the theme ‘Putting patients first’ to commemorate our country’s doctors...
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SLIM — an organisation committed to doing away with unnecessary medical tests
(Picture for representational purposes only) We often think of doctors as people who strive to do what’s best for us. But that might not always be the truth. After several instances of people...
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Indian-American doctors to help India keep healthy
One of the largest ethnic organisations in the US, representing about 100,000 Indian doctors settled here, is working on a plan to help India improve its health services in a coordinated fashion. The...
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Union Budget 2014-15: Doctors react to the ‘uninspiring and pedestrian’ budget
Reacting to Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget 2014-15, Dr Pavan Kumar, consultant cardiac surgeon at Lilavati Hospital and Head of Cardiac Surgery Department and Telemedicine Center at Nanavati Hospital in...
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Sunanda Tharoor autopsy — CAT hears AIIMS doctor’s plea
The AIIMS Friday accused Sudhir Gupta, who is in the centre of a controversy over the autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar, of creating adverse publicity regarding the institute by levelling baseless...
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Indian-American doctors seek younger generation’s involvement
One of the largest ethnic professional organisations representing some 100,000 Indian American physicians is trying to involve the younger generation even as it looks at new ways of giving back to the...
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AIIMS assault on docs — strike called off
A strike by doctors at AIIMS here today was called off late in the evening after hospital officials agreed to fulfill their demands for adequate security following an attack by a patient’s relatives on...
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FIFA World Cup 2014: Should doctors be responsible for substitutions of...
A recent study suggests that sports authorities should give doctors the decision making power of who should return to the field, considering the long-term neurological affect of repeated concussions...
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Does a doctor’s working conditions affect the way he works? The doctors seem...
Doctors in the government health sector want the country’s health facilities to improve. To achieve this, they want their own working conditions to improve first. For the first time, government doctors...
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Website to help doctors explain to patients in Bengali
A new website will help bridge the language barrier that often impedes doctors’ efforts to explain diagnosis to patients in Bengali. The site www.bangla.net.in will be a key tool for medical...
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Proposal to regularise fees creates chaos among doctors
The Rajya Sabha’s proposal to cap doctor’s consultation charges has created chaos in the medical fraternity. If the proposal is approved, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is ready to go to the...
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