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Compounds in Ginger and Sunshine Vitamin may help to Treat Patients of Asthma otherwise Difficult to Treat

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:33:05 PDT

Ginger has a great presence in Indian kitchens. Its role in relieving sore throat as a household remedy is also well recognised. Now, it has made its presence felt in treatment of...

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New Easy to Use Malaria Test Kit (LAMP) Detects Low Level of Parasite in Blood

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:30:26 PDT

A new, easy to use and highly sensitive test that detects malaria parasite in patients suffering from malaria has been developed in UK. It detects malaria with least number of parasites in the...

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Air Pollution Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Diseases

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sat, 04 May 2013 21:05:51 PDT

It has been published in the PLOS MEDICINE that suspended particles in the atmosphere may increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases through atherosclerosis. Before the Air Pollution Control...

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How to Proceed where Conventional Investigations fail to Diagnose Cause of Raised Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:12:57 PDT

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a blood test frequently ordered for joint pain, fever of long duration, cancer, muscle pain, malaise and in patients with many other symptoms. Measurement...

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King of Fruits Mango May Actually Do Good to Diabetics

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:37:25 PDT

Generally, diabetics are advised not to take sweets and sweet fruits; so also mango. But, a new research by Edralin Lucas, an associate professor of nutritional sciences at Oklahoma State University...

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Male Pattern Baldness may be a Tale-Tell Story of Cardiovascular Risk and Prostate Cancer

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:48:04 PDT

Researchers have found out an association between male pattern baldness with increased cardiovascular and prostate cancer risk. They studied it on 36 990 participants. In the three cohort studies,...

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Physical Activity and Calorie Restrictions are the Keys to Reduce Obesity Cancer Link.

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:26:20 PST

Now is proved beyond doubt that overweight individuals are prone for several diseases and suffer form morbidities. About 80 percent of the most common diseases are linked to obesity and a sedentary...

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Pre-requisites for Serum Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:04:36 PST

Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a screening test for cancer of prostate in several countries. While, raised value signifies possibility of cancer of prostate that has spread beyond limits of...

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Sugar Dressing to Treat Non-Healing Wounds

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:10:37 PST

Yes, I have seen in my childhood; we were being advised to put commonly available sugar in household to stop bleeding from fresh wounds and to heal chronic ulcers. That was forgotten since long, only...

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Inexpensive Rabies Vaccine Produced from Tobacco Plant

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:11:51 PST

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The Symptoms and Signs those are Strongly Suggestive of Acute Appendicitis

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:20:32 PST

Appendicitis is both very easy and very difficult to diagnose. That may result in undue delay in starting the correct treatment or may result in removal of innocent appendix, while the real disease...

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Candidates for Tamoxifen Therapy in Breast Cancer may Benefit from CYP2D6 Blood Test for the Effectiveness of the Therapy

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:07:40 PST

Candidates for tamoxifen therapy suffering from breast cancer may benefit from a blood test for CYP2D6 to know whether the therapy will be very effective in them. For nearly a decade, breast cancer...

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Patients of HER2 Negative Breast Cancer may Benefit from Drugs Used for HER2 Positive Breast Cancer

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:26:41 PST

Until recently, no targeted treatment was available for HER2 negative breast cancers, those are negative for Estrogen Receptor (ER), Progesterone Receptor (PR) and Human Epidermal Growth Factor...

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Cholesterol Lowering Drug and Some Other Interact with Grape Fruit Leading to Dangerous Consequences

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:37:49 PST

There are now more than 85 drugs that may interact with grapefruit. The list includes some statins that lower cholesterol (such as atorvastatin, lovastatin, and simvastatin), some antibiotics,...

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Taking Dietary Nutrients is better than the Supplements

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:38:59 PDT

I sometimes wonder why our medical representatives come to doctors requesting to prescribe protein, vitamin, calcium and omega3 fatty acid supplements. Many times they will request prescription of...

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Foods those can help after Age of Forty

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:25:36 PDT

1 OATS Fiber soluble or insoluble, help us in many ways to keep off some of the deadly conditions; constipation, colon cancer, rise of bad cholesterol and growth of unwanted bacteria in gut....

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Phase Contrast Tomography for 3D Image of Breast cancer

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:35:13 PDT

Conventionally, breast cancer imaging is done by mammography that gives a 2D view. CT of breast can give good quality image but requires a larger dose of x-rays. To get good 3D image with less...

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Fat Cell Response to Insulin Decreased in Sleep Deprived State

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:37:29 PDT

Sleep, as generally perceived is required to give brain adequate rest. Now, it has been shown by a group of researchers lead by Matthew Brady, PhD, associate professor of medicine and vice-chair of...

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Breast Implants may Hide Cancer and are Associated with Rare Lymphoma

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:24:27 PDT

Approximately 25,000 women in the UK go for breast implants in a year. A study was conducted on 40,000 women with implants, of whom 409 got diagnosed for late stage breast...

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Can Marijuana be Used to Cure Cancer?

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:33:00 PDT

Some time back, I had read an article, wherein it was described how a young man was getting treated himself with marijuana for a incurable brain tumor; losing hope from medicines available at...

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FDA Approves Linaclotide for Irritable Bowel Disease with Constipation

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:34:53 PDT

On August, 30th 2012 US FDA approved linaclotide for irritable Bowel Disease with constipation in adults. According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated 63 million people are affected...

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What can Cause Low Sperm Count

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:30:25 PDT

The normal semen; 1. Quantity- 2-5 ml/ ejaculate, 2. Number of spermatozoa- 20-150 millions/ml, should not be less than 15 millions/ml. 3. Morphology- No structural defect at least in 80-90%,...

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Coronary CT Angioghaphy can be a Better Idea to Evaluate Chest Pain of Non-Cardiac Origin

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:46:10 PDT

Traditionally, acute heart attack presenting with the symptoms like chest pain is evaluated by means of ECG (Electrocardiography) and cardiac enzyme assays like cardiac troponin test (A Blood test). ...

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Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Copper Alloy can Kill Harmful Bacteria like E. Coli in Food
Traditionally, in Odisha, food was being served in plates made up of copper alloy. We have seen saints using copper alloy pots to store water and drink from it. The bacteria cells sometimes died out on copper surfaces within hours, while they survived for up to two weeks on stainless steel.

Copper Alloy can Kill Harmful Bacteria like E. Coli in Food

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:10:31 PDT

Traditionally, in Odisha, food was being served in plates made up of copper alloy. We have seen saints using copper alloy pots to store water and drink from it. Unfortunately, after stainless steel...

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FDA Approved Emtricitabine+Tenofovir Combination for HIV Prevention

drppanda@gmail.com (Dr.Prahallad Panda) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:24:01 PDT

English: Diagram of the HIV virus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Emtricitabine+Tenofovir (Truvada) can prevet HIV transmission and AIDS upto 75% of heterosexual partners, where one partner is carrier...

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Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Rice Variety in India “Swarna” having Low Glycemic Index is Good for Diabetics
Now, it ahs been seen that “Swarna'” a variety of rice extensively cultivated in India has a low GI; and varieties like Doongara and Basmati from Australia have a medium GI. Low GI diets can reduce the likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes, and are also useful for helping diabetics to better manage their condition.

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Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

How Aspirin can Prevent Cancer Cell Growth
Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Sheffield have now identified how long-term and low doses use of NSAIDs may help to stave off cancer cells of some essential factors like prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on which their early growth depends.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Bleeding During Catheterization of Male Urethra
I was called at 10.30 PM to attend a case of bleeding from urethra following urethral catheterization in a semiconscious male, admitted to the medicine ward. I went and saw a healthy male in sixties bleeding from urethra. The foley's catheter, a narrow silicon tube used for draining the retained urine was in the hand of a paramedic.

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Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT

A Common Blood Pressure Lowering Drug Verapamil may Slow Or Reverse Diabetes
A common medication for high-blood-pressure and angina, verapamil, a calcium channel blocker has been seen to protect or reverse diabetes-related death of pancreatic beta cells, those responsible for secretion of insulin; according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study published March 22 in the journal Diabetes. Read more in; http://clinicianonnet.blogspot.in/2012/03/common-blood-pressure-lowering-drug.html

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Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Initial Study Links White Rice Consumption to Type II Diabetes Mellitus
In a recent study in Asian countries , a possible association between white rice consumption and diabetes has been suspected. The researchers suspect that white rice contributes to diabetes risk because of its high glycemic index (64) when compared with brown rice (55), whole wheat (41), or barley (25). Read more in; http://clinicianonnet.blogspot.in/2012/03/initial-study-links-white-rice.html

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT

School Bags should not be More than 10% of the weight of Child Or Else can Cause Back Pain ~ From A Clinician's Bioscope
Many times children are burdened with excessive weight of school bag, so is the amount of task for home work; that is, at a time when they are also supposed to play more. In addition to physical strain, it also puts mental strain; every parent now-a-days, want their child to top in the classroom, so is also the competition. Read more in; http://clinispot.blogspot.in/2012/03/school-bags-should-not-be-more-than-10.html