The national consumer commission (NCC) has given its findings while responding towards a personal petition came to hearing against a doctor. The NCC has ruled that doctors could not be found fault and everything could not be considered as medical negligence while they perform their duties with reasonable skills and according to their consciousness.
Subhendu Majumdar, a resident of Kolkata who filed the petition against a doctor and alleged that he had lost his vision in the year 1996 due to negligence of doctor. Responding to the petition, the apex …

Following the monsoon, the contaminated water spreads water-borne diseases like gastroenteritis and jaundice with diarrhea.
Gastroenteritis is the water-borne disease that shows symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. These diseases are not caused by mosquitoes.
It is at a hike that 73 cases are registered daily against malaria for 50.
Though, it is said that only one life has been claimed so far due to gastroenteritis, the number of cases are increasing with the symptoms of gastroenteritis. About 1,322 cases have been recorded during this month alone. April recorded 1,257 and May …

Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority said that IVF pregnancies in Britain encountered higher rates of abortion.
More or less 750 women who undergone In Vitro Fertilization treatment and became pregnant aborted during the last 19 years.
The country’s watch dog said this information.
Most of the abortions happened within weeks of the test tube baby is being implanted in mothers. It is explained that this is because of the “change of heart” by the mothers- said the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority.
Some abortions were due to medical complications- reported Daily Express.
The …

A new study has revealed women who sit more than six hour daily are likely to die earlier.
The study also revealed that this risk could not be reversed by exercise and it claimed that women who sit for more than six hour daily are around 40 per cent more likely to die earlier than who sit less than three hours a day- reports the Daily Mail.
The study was conducted by the researchers of American Cancer Society and it involved about 123,000 people over 14 years,
The study also said that a …

Guinness World Records issued certificate to Junrey Balawing, a 59.93 cm (23.6inches) tall as the world’s shortest man of the world. It presented the certificate on Sunday as he celebrated his 18th birthday.
His father Reynaldo said Junrey Balawing stopped growing at the age of two and according to his mother that he is getting difficult in standing and walking on his own.
Junrey Balawing’s birth day was celebrated at his rural town Sindangan on Mindanao island in the southern Phillippines.
Craig Glenday, the official of Gunness World Records announced that Junrey Balawing …

A new study has claimed that low calorie diet of 600 calories per day reversed the type 2 diabetes in eight weeks.
The study made at Newcastle University revealed that their study has found that the low calorie diet for eight weeks reduced the fat level in the pancreas and liver and helped the insulin production return to normal.
The study said that seven out of eleven completely free from diabetes after three months.
Type 2 diabetes affects 2.5 million people in the U.K. and type 2 diabetes develops due to lack of …

Hanna adnan, a seven year old girl who is hailing from Edinburgh has made the medical history by placing artificial heart on her for three times.
Hanna was placed with the life saving machine every time when her heart failed to work.
The life saving artificial heart though helps people for survival, is said to cause danger sometimes by increased risk of stroke and patients are optioned to put in the machine for a little time only.
In the meanwhile Hanna developed antibodies which caused him to treat her difficult and she was …

New York has become the sixth US state to allow gay marriage under law.
The state senate voted 33-29 for a bill that had been already approved by the lower house which is having a democratic majority. The democratic-controlled assembly passed the bill 80-63 last week.
Already cities like Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Iowa and Washington, DC recognized the same-sex marriages and New York City now has joined the cities in allowing same-sex marriages.
By the introduction of the new law, the gay married couples could enjoy the benefits as straight couples.
New …

Vasan Eye Care Hospital, Chennai has performed its first kind of new eye surgery for glaucoma that has ensured lesser pain, quick recovery and increased success rate.
Dr. Venkataraman, chief medical officer of Vasan Eye Care Hospital said that they have used the new device which was introduced in India two weeks before and approved by Indian Government and U.S.-F.D.A. He said that this new device enables the eye surgeon to perform better than the traditional surgical procedures.
The surgery now has been done on a woman K.Leelavathi, was provided with a …

The death toll of children touched as much as 42 due to suspected illness of encephalitis in Muzaffarpur district as on Saturday.
The number of children died due to this suspected disease touched 40 on Thursday. The suspected encephalitis cases have not stopped for admission at Muzaffarpur’s Kejriwal Maternity Hospital (KDKMH).
It was stated that more than 12 children undergoing treatment at hospitals of Muzaffarpur and Patna are said to be critical.
Blood samples and spinal fluid samples were collected by a team of doctors came from New Delhi and NIV, Pune. …