Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death; this year approximately 5 million persons worldwide will die from tobacco-related heart attacks, strokes, cancers, and other diseases, if proper measures for its prevention and treatment are not taken.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6020a1.htm?s_cid=mm6020a1_w
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package is available at:
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/2008/en/index.html
Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Impediments to Health Sciences Librarianship Progress
Health Sciences librarianship is one of the oldest and noblest of professions. It is a profession that is dedicated to serving the humanity. Providing timely and accurate information has a great impact to the development of a healthy society. Nevertheless, this profession does not share the respect of those other professions in our country.
Few impediments to their progress are:
Lack of academic recognition,
Institutional politics,
Lack of appropriate assessment,
Lack of appreciation,
Non-competitive librarian salaries,
Unable to retain the talented professionals.
This is in spite of the fact that librarians are the silent heroes behind the success stories of students, researchers, medical doctors, etc.
Health Sciences librarianship is one of the oldest and noblest of professions. It is a profession that is dedicated to serving the humanity. Providing timely and accurate information has a great impact to the development of a healthy society. Nevertheless, this profession does not share the respect of those other professions in our country.
Few impediments to their progress are:
Lack of academic recognition,
Institutional politics,
Lack of appropriate assessment,
Lack of appreciation,
Non-competitive librarian salaries,
Unable to retain the talented professionals.
This is in spite of the fact that librarians are the silent heroes behind the success stories of students, researchers, medical doctors, etc.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Disconnected in the connected world
Though it is tough to live alone but the technology has shaped the life differently.Connectivity is no longer a luxury,rather a necessity today.Even the rural market recognises this dynamic shift. World Telecom Day was celebrated on May 17,2011. According to the data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI),the number of telephone subscribers in the country reached 806.13 million at the end of January 2011 from 787.28 million in December 2010,thereby registering a growth rate of 2.39 per cent. It is expected that by 2020, the widespread application of mobility, broadband and cloud will be the key driver of the growth of telecom industry in both rural and urban India.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
AIIMS acquires latest MRI machine
NEW DELHI: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has acquired a multi-crore rupee technology which, doctors claim, would help in improving the outcome of brain surgeries and ensuring speedy recovery to patients.
NEW DELHI: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has acquired a multi-crore rupee technology which, doctors claim, would help in improving the outcome of brain surgeries and ensuring speedy recovery to patients.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
At 65, Indian life expectancy up 8yrs since 1990
NEW DELHI: An average Indian (factoring in both genders) lived eight years longer in 2009, compared to two decades ago. However, that figure was still three years less than the global average life expectancy (LE).
An average Indian woman lived three years more than her male counterpart in 2009. While a woman lived for 66 years, the LE of an Indian man stood at 63 years. At the turn of the century, an Indian woman lived for 62 years while a man lived till 60.
According to the World Health Organization's health statistics 2011, released late on Friday, an average Indian lived till 65 years in 2009. In comparison, an average Indian lived for 57 years in 1990 and 61 years in 2000.
NEW DELHI: An average Indian (factoring in both genders) lived eight years longer in 2009, compared to two decades ago. However, that figure was still three years less than the global average life expectancy (LE).
An average Indian woman lived three years more than her male counterpart in 2009. While a woman lived for 66 years, the LE of an Indian man stood at 63 years. At the turn of the century, an Indian woman lived for 62 years while a man lived till 60.
According to the World Health Organization's health statistics 2011, released late on Friday, an average Indian lived till 65 years in 2009. In comparison, an average Indian lived for 57 years in 1990 and 61 years in 2000.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Libraries and Democracy
Libraries are frequently described in such terms as the “cornerstones of liberty” and as a “democratic institution”. These descriptions offer lofty aspirations which have considerable support among both many librarians and many library users. (Alex Byrne)
Sunday, May 8, 2011
National meet of medical varsity V-Cs starts today
Pune:The first national conclave of vice-chancellors of medical universities will be held from May 6-7 at Yashada. Medical reforms and the quality of medical education are the key topics that will be taken up at the meet that will be inaugurated by Medical Education Minister Vijay Kumar Gavit.
Pune:The first national conclave of vice-chancellors of medical universities will be held from May 6-7 at Yashada. Medical reforms and the quality of medical education are the key topics that will be taken up at the meet that will be inaugurated by Medical Education Minister Vijay Kumar Gavit.
World Thalassemia Day today
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which the red blood cells contain a reduced amount of haemoglobin, or in severe cases, a lack of haemoglobin in the cells. Haemoglobin is the oxygen carrying protein part of the red blood cell and a decreased level is the cause of most types of anaemia.
World Malaria Day: 25th April
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which the red blood cells contain a reduced amount of haemoglobin, or in severe cases, a lack of haemoglobin in the cells. Haemoglobin is the oxygen carrying protein part of the red blood cell and a decreased level is the cause of most types of anaemia.
World Malaria Day: 25th April
Health budget may go up by 2%
NEW DELHI: India plans to increase its allocation for health to 2%-3% of its GDP over the next five years.
Public spending on health was 0·94% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004–05, which was among the lowest in the world.
Private expenditure on health in India is about 78% as compared to 14% in the Maldives, Bhutan (29%), Sri Lanka (53%), Thailand (31%) and China (61%).
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday owned up to the growing health burden.
NEW DELHI: India plans to increase its allocation for health to 2%-3% of its GDP over the next five years.
Public spending on health was 0·94% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004–05, which was among the lowest in the world.
Private expenditure on health in India is about 78% as compared to 14% in the Maldives, Bhutan (29%), Sri Lanka (53%), Thailand (31%) and China (61%).
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday owned up to the growing health burden.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Spurt in head injuries to women
NEW DELHI: Almost one in every five head injury case reported to AIIMS involves a woman victim and the numbers showed a sharp increase last year, data from the institute's trauma centre reveals.
60% TB dosages in India defy treatment norms
NEW DELHI: Almost 60% of dosages being prescribed to patients suffering from Tuberculosis — the world's most infectious disease — in India don't correspondent with standard TB treatment guidelines. The figure is nearly twice the average of nine other countries that have a high burden of TB
KEM brings hope to epilepsy treatment
MUMBAI: Twenty-seven-year-old Dilip Joshi is content. Ever since doctors of KEM Hospital, Parel, operated on his brain, he has stopped having seizures that disrupted his life thrice every week. "They have cured my epilepsy,'' he said.
NEW DELHI: Almost one in every five head injury case reported to AIIMS involves a woman victim and the numbers showed a sharp increase last year, data from the institute's trauma centre reveals.
60% TB dosages in India defy treatment norms
NEW DELHI: Almost 60% of dosages being prescribed to patients suffering from Tuberculosis — the world's most infectious disease — in India don't correspondent with standard TB treatment guidelines. The figure is nearly twice the average of nine other countries that have a high burden of TB
KEM brings hope to epilepsy treatment
MUMBAI: Twenty-seven-year-old Dilip Joshi is content. Ever since doctors of KEM Hospital, Parel, operated on his brain, he has stopped having seizures that disrupted his life thrice every week. "They have cured my epilepsy,'' he said.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
India's population will peak at 1.7bn in 2060: UN study
India populationAccording to population projections released by the United Nations, India's share in the world's population will peak in 2030.India's population is projected to peak at 1.718 billion in 2060, after which it will decline. At its peak, India will be the most populous country there has ever been or probably ever will be.
According to population projections released by the United Nations on Tuesday, India's share in the world's population will peak in 2030 after which it will decline, and the growth in the world's population from then on will be fuelled by Africa.
India populationAccording to population projections released by the United Nations, India's share in the world's population will peak in 2030.India's population is projected to peak at 1.718 billion in 2060, after which it will decline. At its peak, India will be the most populous country there has ever been or probably ever will be.
According to population projections released by the United Nations on Tuesday, India's share in the world's population will peak in 2030 after which it will decline, and the growth in the world's population from then on will be fuelled by Africa.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The Invisible Web/ Deep Web
The Deep Web (also called Deepnet, the invisible Web, DarkNet, Undernet or the hidden Web) refers to World Wide Web content that is not part of the Surface Web, which is indexed by standard search engines.
Mike Bergman, credited with coining the phrase, has said that searching on the Internet today can be compared to dragging a net across the surface of the ocean; a great deal may be caught in the net, but there is a wealth of information that is deep and therefore missed. Most of the Web's information is buried far down on dynamically generated sites, and standard search engines do not find it. Traditional search engines cannot "see" or retrieve content in the deep Web – those pages do not exist until they are created dynamically as the result of a specific search. The deep Web is several orders of magnitude larger than the surface Web.
Sources that are accessible are perceived to be economical, physical and psychological sense tended to be used often.
Mike Bergman, credited with coining the phrase, has said that searching on the Internet today can be compared to dragging a net across the surface of the ocean; a great deal may be caught in the net, but there is a wealth of information that is deep and therefore missed. Most of the Web's information is buried far down on dynamically generated sites, and standard search engines do not find it. Traditional search engines cannot "see" or retrieve content in the deep Web – those pages do not exist until they are created dynamically as the result of a specific search. The deep Web is several orders of magnitude larger than the surface Web.
Sources that are accessible are perceived to be economical, physical and psychological sense tended to be used often.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Docs drop the scalpel for obese women
NEW DELHI: It's time you cut that flab and shed those extra kilos. Particularly if you are a woman. It's just not about that extra spring in your step, it's also about staving off a lifethreatening situation if you land on the operation table. Doctors say, they are finding it extremely difficult to operate upon obese women.
Prominent surgeons in the city say they are taking recourse to minimal invasive techniques and natural access vaginal surgery to deal with the problem. And in a hitech leap, even robots are being used in surgeries.
NEW DELHI: It's time you cut that flab and shed those extra kilos. Particularly if you are a woman. It's just not about that extra spring in your step, it's also about staving off a lifethreatening situation if you land on the operation table. Doctors say, they are finding it extremely difficult to operate upon obese women.
Prominent surgeons in the city say they are taking recourse to minimal invasive techniques and natural access vaginal surgery to deal with the problem. And in a hitech leap, even robots are being used in surgeries.
Lay off fat, say new diet rules for Indians
MUMBAI: If you have been on a high-carb (carbohydrate), high-fat, low-protein diet — it's time to make some changes. New national dietary guidelines for Indians fine-tuned to suit the urban sedentary lifestyle, suggest decrease in consumption of saturated fat, eating complex carbs (cereals and pulses), high-fibre food (fruits and vegetables), increase in consumption of proteins (soya, whole grams and milk) and a decreased salt intake.
MUMBAI: If you have been on a high-carb (carbohydrate), high-fat, low-protein diet — it's time to make some changes. New national dietary guidelines for Indians fine-tuned to suit the urban sedentary lifestyle, suggest decrease in consumption of saturated fat, eating complex carbs (cereals and pulses), high-fibre food (fruits and vegetables), increase in consumption of proteins (soya, whole grams and milk) and a decreased salt intake.
Lay off fat, say new diet rules for Indians
MUMBAI: If you have been on a high-carb (carbohydrate), high-fat, low-protein diet — it's time to make some changes. New national dietary guidelines for Indians fine-tuned to suit the urban sedentary lifestyle, suggest decrease in consumption of saturated fat, eating complex carbs (cereals and pulses), high-fibre food (fruits and vegetables), increase in consumption of proteins (soya, whole grams and milk) and a decreased salt intake.
MUMBAI: If you have been on a high-carb (carbohydrate), high-fat, low-protein diet — it's time to make some changes. New national dietary guidelines for Indians fine-tuned to suit the urban sedentary lifestyle, suggest decrease in consumption of saturated fat, eating complex carbs (cereals and pulses), high-fibre food (fruits and vegetables), increase in consumption of proteins (soya, whole grams and milk) and a decreased salt intake.
Cash cards to lessen AIIMS payment pain
New Delhi: AIIMS is going the smart way. Patients will no longer have to go through the rigmarole of paying bills separately but can instead pay for all the services — registration charges, diagnostics facilities, bed charges, cost for medical implants and surgical consumables — through a smart card or cash card to be issued at the time of admission. You can recharge the card for a certain amount, and can top it up according to requirement. The extra cash will be returned at the time of discharge.
According to top officials, the expression of interest has been advertised for implementation of the multi-crore project.
“The smart card system will be first introduced at the Cardio-Neuro Centre as a pilot project since they already have a package system. The same facilities will then be extended to all the departments and OPD,” said Vineet Chawdhry, deputy director (administration), AIIMS.
New Delhi: AIIMS is going the smart way. Patients will no longer have to go through the rigmarole of paying bills separately but can instead pay for all the services — registration charges, diagnostics facilities, bed charges, cost for medical implants and surgical consumables — through a smart card or cash card to be issued at the time of admission. You can recharge the card for a certain amount, and can top it up according to requirement. The extra cash will be returned at the time of discharge.
According to top officials, the expression of interest has been advertised for implementation of the multi-crore project.
“The smart card system will be first introduced at the Cardio-Neuro Centre as a pilot project since they already have a package system. The same facilities will then be extended to all the departments and OPD,” said Vineet Chawdhry, deputy director (administration), AIIMS.
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