Death threat to Dental student who eloped and got married
Anshida, 21, is studying to be a dentist. 24-year-old Gautam, is an engineer. The two had eloped after Anshida’s parents were getting her married elsewhere, and got married under police protection. But now, even though the house is still protected by the police, the threats are increasing by the day. NEWSLINK
80 million bacteria tranfered by KISSING
Results showed that after kissing intimately, the quantity of bacteria in the other individual’s saliva rose threefold, and during a 10-second kiss, a total of 80 million bacteria were transferred.
“This study indicates that a shared salivary microbiota requires a frequent and recent bacterial exchange and is therefore most pronounced in couples with relatively high intimate kiss frequencies,” MORE HERE
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The murky world of college inspections
Random ? selection of inspectors, look at the pic below, Alarm bells are ringing at this pattern because the bribing of MCI inspectors, treating them to lavish lunches and dinners and expensive gifts by private medical colleges, have been widely reported in the past. For a private medical college, permission to increase the number of seats following a favourable inspection brings in capitation fee of Rs 50-80 lakh per seat. FULL STORY
Dental clinics hotbeds of infection
Most clinic are small rooms which have inadequate space and the practitioners tend to cut costs by spending little on equipment for infection-control “A dental clinic has to be more careful about infection control than even the operation theatre. This is because most come as walk-in patients for invasive procedures. If proper safety methods are not adopted, the risk of transmission is high,” said Dr Dibyendu Mazumder, president DCI. A recent study published in International Journal of Infection Control on ‘healthcare waste disposal among private dentists’ conducted in Indore found one-third of clinics did not segregate materials before disposal. ..MORE HERE
Bribe from pharma company- 300 doc s under lens
The Medical Council of India has summoned about 300 doctors from across the country to Delhi to answer questions on an anonymous complaint that they had been bribed by a pharmaceutical firm. About 100 of these doctors appeared before MCI’s ethics committee on Monday. NEWSLINK
Bill gate supports investment in India dental chain
Bill gate has invested in $20 million in Unitus Seed Fund. Unitus has taken early stakes in more than a dozen for-profit startups providing health, education and livelihoods, for Indian families living on less than $10 a day. Unitus, with headquarters in Seattle and Bangalore, in its first year has made 14 investments of generally between $100,000 and $250,000 in companies such as Smile Merchants, which operates low-income dental clinics near Mumbai..NEWSLINK
Role of homeopathy in Post-Surgical Dental Implants Paresthesia
Hypericum and Causticum, from the homeopathic therapy, and effective help in the resolution of post-surgical dental implant. According to the results observed in the present case, the authors conclude that the use of Homeopathy as a complementary therapy is effective in treating postoperative paresthesia. However, controlled trials are needed to assess the real benefit of homeopathy as an adjunct in the treatment of post-surgical paresthesia. FULL PAPER MORE HOMEO TIPS
Periodontal disease linked to increased risk of kidney disease
In a study of blacks with normal kidney function, those with severe periodontal disease developed chronic kidney disease (CKD) at 4 times the rate of those without severe periodontal disease. The study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014.
Periodontal disease is a chronic bacterial infection of the oral cavity, and it disproportionately affects African Americans. It’s also been implicated as a potential risk factor for CKD. To investigate this potential link, researchers led by Vanessa Grubbs, MD (University of California, San Francisco) analyzed 699 African American adults who underwent complete dental examinations. NEWSLINK
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