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    Smart watches can be helpful in predicting future risk of atrial fibrillation, heart failure

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    UK: A new study led by UCL researchers has suggested the use of wearable devices such as smartwatches for detecting a higher risk of developing heart failure and irregular heart rhythms in later life.  “In middle-aged individuals without cardiovascular disease, premature contractions identified in 15 s single-lead ECGs strongly associated with an increased risk of […] More

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    Limited internship seats, thousands of FMGE graduates facing uncertain future

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    Even after clearing the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), MBBS graduates from abroad are facing difficulties to get themselves enrolled for the mandatory two-year internship programme in India. Due to the scarcity of adequate Internship seats, around 2000 such FMG doctors are facing an uncertain future as they will not be able to register/ practice […] More

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    Cannabis And India: A Promising Future

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    The interest in medical cannabis, CBD-infused medicines and consumer goods such as food and cosmetics has gained considerable momentum over the last decade. Wide-spread reporting on the ability of cannabis to alleviate inflammation, insomnia and anxiety has resonated with consumers globally and Indians seem to be gradually warming up to the potential of cannabis. Interest […] More

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    Limited Internship Seats, Thousands of FMGE graduates facing Uncertain Future

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    New Delhi: Even after clearing the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), MBBS graduates from abroad are facing difficulties to get themselves enrolled for the mandatory two-year internship programme in India. Due to the scarcity of adequate Internship seats, around 2000 such FMG doctors are facing an uncertain future as they will not be able to register/ […] More

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    Heart Organoids May Change Future Research

    Heart Organoids May Change Future Research

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    Researchers publishing in Nature Biotechnology have generated epicardioids, which are pluripotent, self-organizing stem cells that allow for better understanding, research, and potentially prevention and treatment of heart disease. A background of heart development The epicardium, a layer of cells surrounding the heart, plays a major role in human embryonic development. Some of these cells migrate […] More

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    Retinal OCT measurements may Predict future cognitive impairment

    Retinal OCT measurements may Predict future cognitive impairment

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    Researchers have found in a retrospective study after examining 50,000 optical coherence tomography (OCT) images from a large database that thicknesses of several different retinal layers were significantly associated with Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease polygenic risk scores. Further higher baseline thickness of two specific retinal layers was also significantly associated with poorer clinical cognitive […] More

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    Health Persspecitves: Future of Orthopedics surgery as a branch

    Health Persspecitves: Future of Orthopedics surgery as a branch

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    With 1 million doctors, India is the country with the most doctors in the entire globe. Every year, more than 80,000 medical students from 529 medical colleges in India graduate as MBBS doctors. Orthopedics, one of the most specialized fields of medicine, has had ups and downs over time. A medical specialty called orthopedics focuses […] More