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‘Not all blood in stools is piles’

May 23, 2013
Blood in the stool can be quite frightening, whether you feel pain or not. The issue is most people believe that all such bleeding occurs due to piles. They either don't do anything about it or opt for natural remedies and delay …

Court orders nursing home to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation for medical negligence

November 29, 2012
Two docs, a nursing home and its owner was ordered by a consumer forum to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to the widow and children of the late Dinesh Gupta who died after a gall-bladder removal surgery in 2008. The South West …

Vilasrao Deshmukh showing signs of improvement

August 8, 2012
On Tuesday evening, 24 hours after he was flown to Chennai, Vilasrao Deshmukh is showing signs of improvement.  “His condition is stable. But he will remain hospitalised for two more days,” said an official of Global Health …

Garlic 100 times more potent than popular antibiotics at combating food-borne illnesses

May 4, 2012
Researchers have isolated a compound in garlic that is a 100 times more potent than popular antibiotics in combating Campylobacter bacteria, one of the commonest causes of intestinal illness. Some 2.4 million Americans alone are …

Amitabh Bachchan experiences abdominal pain, to undergo CT-scan

April 10, 2012
var ven_video_key="MCs4NDI1OHx8NTg5fHxudWxsfHwxLDEsMQ=="; var ven_width="405"; var ven_height="325"; Two months after his surgery, mega-star Amitabh Bachchan is again ill and suffering from "excruciating pain" for the …