Looking for Heart Disease? The Eyes Have It!
Dr. Smile 12 August, 2008
(0) Comment The eyes may carry important early clues to heart disease, signaling damage to tiny blood vessels long before symptoms start to show elsewhere, researchers reported on Tuesday.
People with a type of eye damage known as retinopathy were more likely to die of heart disease over the next 12 years than those without it, according to the team at the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne in Australia and the National University of Singapore.
They studied the retinal photographs of 3,000 people, most of whom had diabetes. Such snapshots are often taken to see if the diabetes has begun to damage the eyes. Then they checked records for deaths.
“Over 12 years, 353 participants (11.9 percent) had incident coronary heart disease-related deaths,” the researchers reported in the journal Heart.
People with retinopathy were nearly twice as likely to die of heart disease as people without it, said the team, led by the University of Sydney’s Gerald Liew.
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Good News for the Medico’s-Indian Govt to recognise Foreign PG degrees in Medicine
Dr. Smile 16 March, 2008
(4) Comment The Centre would recognise foreign post-graduate degrees in medicine by English speaking countries, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss said here today. “As a move to encourage Indian doctors who pursue further studies abroad to come back and practice here, we will recognise foreign post-graduate degrees in medicine by English speaking countries, starting with five (countries) to begin with,” he said at the convocation of National Board of Examinations under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The five nations are UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, he said adding it would be followed by Singapore and European countries. “Initially it will be a unilateral recognition.
So, whats next - Indian govt. has finally given some sort of relief for the Medico’s getting trained Internationally. And i hope the few other major countries are added to the list soon. This will definitely be a boost to the International Universities attracting Indian students for the PG program.
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