Posted by: admin on: May 6, 2011
Stroke, till recently, was taken as an Acute Vascular (Arterial) Event with clinicians labeling patients as Stroke MCA territory/ Stroke ACA territory. Cerebral venous thrombosis related strokes, although rare, but more so in pregnant women/ those on OCPs have been identified as leading to significant morbidity. Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: May 6, 2011
Urinary symptoms abound, especially in women; a large percentage self medicating with entry level (or higher) quinolone (just a few tablets; never a course). With increasing instance of pyelonephritis induced CRF in young women, it is time we took notice of how such infections are to be treated. Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: April 30, 2011
The Institute Of Medicine is widely recognized as setting guidelines for pregnancy. The last time they revised their estimates was in 1990. Figure out the Body mass index (BMI). It doesn’t directly measure the fat, but research has shown BMI correlates with accurate measurements of body fat. a.If BMI is less than 18.5= Underweight b.BMI […]
Posted by: admin on: April 29, 2011
More than half a million children under 15 in the United States go under the knife each year to have their tonsils removed. As such, it’s one of the most common surgical procedures. It’s not a totally benign procedure — the bleed rate is 5 percent or a few tens of thousands — and obviously, […]
Posted by: admin on: April 28, 2011
The first overhaul in four years of the American Heart Association guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in women has lowered the threshold for who is considered “high risk,” “There have been a couple of major changes,” she notes. “As well as the lowering of this threshold, we also focus on what can be accomplished in […]