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Patients Treated By Female Doctors Less Likely To Die: Study
Elderly patients treated by female physicians in hospitals are less likely to die or to be readmitted, according to Harvard researchers, including one of Indian-origin.
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Security Guards Beat Up Elderly Woman For Jumping Queue At Delhi Hospital
A woman guard posted at Delhi's Sanjay Gandhi Hospital has been arrested for allegedly beating up a patient for jumping the queue.
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Man posing as doc robs elderly patient at hospital
A man posing as a doctor yesterday entered a room occupied by a 75-year-old woman patient at the Ruby Hall Clinic in the city and stole her valuables and cash. The loss to the patient, identified as Aftaabbi Daruwale, was pegged at Rs 42,000.
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Anaemia and physical decline in elderly
According to recent research, if elderly people are anaemic, they are more likely to develop serious physical problems that might prevent them from leading independent lives.
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Glaucoma treatment may cause breathing problems
Drugs commonly used to treat glaucoma can cause breathing problems in elderly patients. While topical beta-blocker therapy for glaucoma is known to cause bronchospasm in patients with asthma and COPD, findings from a new study suggest that the adverse airway effects of such therapy is also linked to airway obstruction in patients without respirator...
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Patients Treated By Female Doctors Less Likely To Die: Study
Elderly patients treated by female physicians in hospitals are less likely to die or to be readmitted, according to Harvard researchers, including one of Indian-origin.
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Security Guards Beat Up Elderly Woman For Jumping Queue At Delhi Hospital
A woman guard posted at Delhi's Sanjay Gandhi Hospital has been arrested for allegedly beating up a patient for jumping the queue.
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Man posing as doc robs elderly patient at hospital
A man posing as a doctor yesterday entered a room occupied by a 75-year-old woman patient at the Ruby Hall Clinic in the city and stole her valuables and cash. The loss to the patient, identified as Aftaabbi Daruwale, was pegged at Rs 42,000.
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Anaemia and physical decline in elderly
According to recent research, if elderly people are anaemic, they are more likely to develop serious physical problems that might prevent them from leading independent lives.
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Glaucoma treatment may cause breathing problems
Drugs commonly used to treat glaucoma can cause breathing problems in elderly patients. While topical beta-blocker therapy for glaucoma is known to cause bronchospasm in patients with asthma and COPD, findings from a new study suggest that the adverse airway effects of such therapy is also linked to airway obstruction in patients without respirator...
