Editorial

Do institutional rankings really matter?

Dr Veena Aggarwal, Consultant Womens’ Health, CMD and Editor-in-Chief, IJCP Group & Medtalks
17th February 2023 Multispeciality
Every year, magazines, newspapers publish a list of top ranked educational institutes in the country. While these rankings enlighten us about the best colleges and universities in the country, concerns have been raised about the credibility, integrity, accuracy of the metrics involved. Figuring in the list of top-ranked institutes comes with a lot of prestige attached... Read more »

Guest Editorial

Ensuring Optimal Screen Time in Children (0 to 11 Years): Hacks and Heuristics

Dr Meenakshi Verma, Dr Suneet Kumar Verma and Dr Sanjay Kalra
17th February 2023 Multispeciality
Excessive screen time has emerged as a significant threat to child health. This communication lists various hacks and heuristics that can be used for children of varying age groups, to optimize their screen time. This information is useful for all health care professionals who manage children and/or counsel their patients. Imagine losing your phones for a day! Hasn’t even the thought of it created a chaos in your mind already?...Read more »

WFSBP guidelines for treating anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and posttraumatic stress disorders

17th February 2023 Neurology
The article summarizes the third version of the guideline of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force for the Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety,...Read more »

News From All Specialities

WHO Considers Mpox Still an International Health Emergency

17th February 2023 Pathology & Lab Medicine Infectious Diseases
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that it still considers mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, as a global health emergency despite a decline in cases. The emergency committee of the UN agency for health, which met last Friday,...Read more »

Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi to Offer Better Dialysis Services to Patients through its New Unit

17th February 2023 Nephrology Internal Medicine
Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital has launched a new hemodialysis unit to offer patients with renal issues the highest caliber of dialysis care. According to the authorities, online hemodiafiltration (HDF) equipment...Read more »

Study Shows 59% of Long Covid Patients Suffer Organ Damage One Year after Diagnosis

17th February 2023 Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
In a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, organ damage persisted in 59% of long-term Covid patients a year after the onset of symptoms, even in those who were not significantly... Read more »

COPD Diagnosis Easier with “CAPTURE” Screening

17th February 2023 Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
Research published in JAMA demonstrated that a novel tool, "CAPTURE" has the potential to assist primary care physicians in identifying patients with undiagnosed (COPD). The goal of the COPD Assessment in Primary Care to Identify Undiagnosed Respiratory Disease & Exacerbation...Read more »

Treating Oral Bacteria may Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

17th February 2023 Internal Medicine Family Medicine
A recent study reported that there might be another risk factor that medical professionals should consider when assessing heart disease risk in patients. It suggests that treating mouth infections or colonization with the bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum could lower...Read more »

Medicolegal Corner

Child Sexual Abuse

17th February 2023
• The age of a child for the purpose of Child Sexual Abuse is defined up to 18 years. • Children represent 42% of Indian population. Up to 50% of children face sexual abuse during childhood and 21.9% of children face severe sexual abuse (penetrative) during childhood...Read more »

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From Other Newsletters

Dermatology

American Academy of Dermatology Comments on a Study on the Absorption of Sunscreen Ingredients

The study "Effect of Sunscreen Application Under Maximal Use Conditions on Plasma Concentration of Sunscreen Active Ingredients", published in the Journal of the American Medical Association,... Read more »

Surgery Digest

Impact of Multimorbidity on Long-Term Outcomes after Emergency General Surgery

The impact of multimorbidity on long-term outcomes for older emergency general surgery patients remains unclear. The present study thus identified Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older who underwent... Read more »

Recovery Digest

Narrative Review of Low-Intake Dehydration in Older Adults

Low-intake dehydration is one of the commonest and most frequent chronic conditions in older adults, which can be associated with adverse health outcomes like poorer cognitive performance, lowered quality of life, worsened course of illness and recovery,... Read more »

Gastroenterology

Approach to chronic constipation in primary care

Chronic constipation is a common complaint and adversely impacts quality of life. Most patients with chronic constipation largely present to the primary care physician, who is most often the first point of contact for the patient. Though it can be managed at the primary care level,... Read more »

Gynecology

Maternal and infant outcomes of maternal postpartum depression

The postpartum period also carries the time risk for the emergence of maternal postpartum depression. However, little is known about the overall maternal outcomes of maternal postpartum depression. Slomian J et al., in their study,...Read more »

Pediatrics

Treatment for children with acute diarrhea in countries with constrained resources

Diarrhea is characterized by loose, watery, and frequent bowel movements (at least 3 times a day). Diarrhea causes 1.5 to 2 million deaths annually and is dubbed the second leading cause of child mortality among... Read more »

Allergy-and-Immunology

Individual Characteristics and Blood Eosinophil Counts in Adults with Asthma or COPD.

Elevated blood eosinophil (bEOS) counts are markers of inflammation associated with poorer outcomes in individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... Read more »

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