High Percentage of Premature Births Contributing to Nation's High Infant Mortality Rate, Report ShowsNov. 3, 2009 -- The high percentage of preterm babies is the main cause ofthe high infant mortality rate in the U.S., the CDC says in a new report.The U.S. “does a good job of saving babies when they are born preterm,”Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, of the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics,tells...
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students think to pursue their career in a different field other than engineering/medical/management then they have a good option : career in animation.Animation is an art form in which inanimate objects are brought to life by sequencing the drawn images. Walt Disney is famous for his creative cartoons specially the Mickey mouse. From the career point of view, animation industry has a lot of opportunities.The...
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subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., the nation's No. 1 trash hauler, said Tuesday it has acquired a medical waste business.The subsidiary, WM Healthcare Solutions, has acquired Mountain High Medical Disposal Services Inc., a medical waste collection, transportation and processing company.The purchase will improve service for Waste Management's health care customers in the Salt Lake City area and Idaho,...
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Efficient management of bio-medical waste by hospitals and health care institutions remains a matter of grave concern in the country, experts said at a seminar in this Kerala capital Monday."Though the health care waste management in the country is receiving greater attention due to regulations like Biomedical Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, an effective waste management plan for health care...
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Alleging that the management of MNR Medical College was shifting ‘fake’ patients from the villages to show them to the officials of Medical Council of India (MCI), the supporters of MLA T. Jayaprakash Reddy stopped three buses filled with about 60 persons at Malkapur centre on Tuesday .Supporters of the MLA alleged that the college management planned to shift patients from Sadasivapet and Zaheerabad...
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COIMBATORE: The Fifth Indo-U.S. Emergency Medicine Summit 2009 will be held from October 30 to November 1 at the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.The meet will cover a wide range of issues such as trauma, toxicology, emergency management, disaster medicine, haemorrhagic syndrome, treating snake bites, problems during pregnancy, cardiogenic shock, fever and rashes in children and treatment...
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’09, a two-day management festival organised by the Calicut University’s Association of Management Students, got under way at the Tagore Centenary Hall here on Tuesday morning. Vice-Chancellor Anwar Jahan Zuberi inaugurated a national management meet. Deputy mayor P.T. Abdul Latheef presided over the function. Nearly 300 students from various medical colleges are participating in the...
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departments of ENT,neurology and orthopedics at PGI organized a symposium on vertigo on Saturday.Vertigo is the medical parlance for unsteadiness. It is a symptom that remains apuzzle for the medical professional and many a time it is truly difficult toreach a definite diagnosis. Various speakers stressed on the importance ofmulti-disciplinary approach for management of vertigo, which helps in early...
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“International focus will be on India during the Commonwealth Games. It is a time we should be prepared to tackle any kind of threat, whether natural or man-made, and even possible terrorist attacks,” said Angeli Qwatra, Disaster Management expert on the Health and Medical Services Committee of the Commonwealth Games.“At present we are not prepared for handling these kind of disasters which require...
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state health department has set in motion a state-wide H1N1 influenza management plan to prepare for the second wave of the global pandemic that is expected in India in winter.All government and private hospitals across Maharashtra have been asked to submit a second wave management plan and training workshops have been initiated for medical staff across the state."We are holding state-wide workshops...
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