Sibutramine, the obesity drug, loses its weight
Posted by: admin on: May 5, 2011
For once, Indian Government has acted fast and has banned Sibutramine due to serious cardiovascular risks in users. We need a strict watchdog to take similar action on drugs that cause more side effects than actual effects.
Team@CMHF
How to quit smoking?
Posted by: admin on: May 5, 2011
Today knowing well enough that smoking is the single most important risk factor for IHD & Lung Cancer, many doctors continue to smoke under several justifications – stress, concentration etc etc. The very first step for quitting is to shun ambivalence about quitting and making a firm resolve to quit at any cost. No sacrifice is big enough to justify giving up in midstream.
Team@CMHF
10 Recent Stark, False Claims and Kickback Lawsuits Involving Hospitals and Health Systems
Posted by: admin on: May 5, 2011
It is time that we in India start talking of fraud in healthcare, more openly and stop pushing it under the carpet. What we don’t realize is FRAUD is single most significant factor in Health Insurance not getting its deserved place in a consumer’s mind. Across the globe, no one is spared! With a wave of exposing scams on, let us start exposing fraudulent billing by hospitals.
Team@CMHF
Why Do Patients “Disrespect” Doctors?
Posted by: admin on: May 5, 2011
Doctors today lament that patients don’t respect them anymore! Or at least not as much! Instances abound where patients have beaten up doctors and burnt hospitals. Have we ever thought “Why?”. In a country where doctors were akin to God, why such did-respect? As always, no studies in India, let us see what our western colleagues have to say…
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Short duration of sleep increases risk of colorectal adenoma
Posted by: admin on: May 5, 2011
With incidence of colorectal cancer on the rise in India, largely due to constipation, induced by increased consumption of refined flour, the incidence is likely to further rise with GenNext having turned sleepless, thanks to their way of living and having fun.
Team@CMHF
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