Chandigarh, May 13 : Firebrand Congress leader and Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has damaged his vocal cords by delivering back to back speeches at about 80 rallies last month, has now been put on medication, his office said here on Monday.

According to the statement, ”Navjot Singh Sidhu campaigned across the country, addressing 80 rallies in 28 days. Continuous speech has severely impacted his vocal cords to the extent that they bled at times”.

”Mr Sidhu consulted physicians on early Sunday morning in Chandigarh, who advised two alternatives. Either the balm coating over his damaged throat, which would required him not to speak for four days, or a severe measure of anti-inflammatory injections and steroid medication along with complete rest for 48 hours,” it said.

Mr Sidhu insisted with the doctors to continue campaigning in the remaining days as the Lok Sabha elections reach their final phase. He choose the anti-inflammatory injections and steroid medication to rest for just two days because balm coating would have hampered his ability to speak for the next four days.
At the moment Mr Sidhu is under medication and in process of a quick recovery to return-back to campaigning at the earliest, the statement added.

Mr Sidhu would resume his campaigning for the Congress party from May 14 throughout the country. He would be addressing public meetings in Patna Sahib (Bihar) on May 14, in Paonta Sahib, Bilaspur and Nalagarh in Himachal Prade4sh on the next day.
On May 16 and 17, Mr Sidhu would be campaigning in Madhya Pradesh, the statement said.

The discovery of the rare condition was astounding, especially because Bentley had lived so long.

 Rose Marie Bentley was an avid swimmer, raised five kids, helped her husband run a feed store, and lived to the ripe age of 99. (Photo: AP)

Salem: Rose Marie Bentley was an avid swimmer, raised five kids, helped her husband run a feed store, and lived to the ripe age of 99. It was only after she died that medical students discovered that all her internal organs — except for her heart — were in the wrong place.

The discovery of the rare condition, which was presented this week to a conference of anatomists, was astounding — especially because Bentley had lived so long.

People with the condition known as situs inversus with levocardia often have life-threatening cardiac ailments and other abnormalities, according to Oregon Health & Science University.

Cameron Walker’s class at the university in Portland was examining the heart of a cadaver last year when they noticed the blood vessels were different.

When they opened the abdominal cavity, they saw that all the other organs were on the wrong side.

The unusual blood vessels helped the heart compensate. In a telephone interview Tuesday, Walker described his reaction to the find as “definitely a mix of curiosity, fascination and a sense of wanting to explore a little bit of a medical mystery — a medical marvel really — that was in front of us.”

“And I would say the students felt something very similar,” Walker, an assistant professor of anatomy, told The Associated Press.

Bentley’s family had not known about the condition, which OHSU says occurs only once in every 22,000 births. Apparently Bentley didn’t either. Bentley, who lived in Molalla, 40 kilometers south of Portland, had led a normal life.

Her only recurrent physical complaint was arthritis, her daughter Louise Allee remembered. But there were signs.

When Bentley was in her 50s, she underwent a hysterectomy, and the doctor also wanted to remove the appendix.

But he couldn’t find it, Allee said in a phone interview.

When Bentley had her gallbladder removed at least a decade later, it was on the opposite side of where it should have been, she said.

“No one said a thing,” Allee said. Bentley had agreed to donate her body to OHSU, Oregon’s only academic health center.

“This is an important case that really gave us an opportunity to talk about the importance of future clinicians paying attention to subtle anatomic variations, not just large anatomic variations, in terms of addressing their future patients as individuals,” Walker said.

“Don’t judge a book by its cover, and always check and see what you’ve got before you talk about care.”

He has researched how long people with the condition have lived, and he found no documented cases in which a person lived beyond age 73.

Bentley surpassed that by 26 years. Her husband, James, died about 15 years ago.

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In a bizarre turn of events, a businessman from Mumbai’s Saki Naka died nearly two days after a hair transplant, as reported by a leading daily. The exact reason behind the death still remains a mystery as the autopsy findings are inconclusive.

However, doctors at the hospital where the hair transplantation was performed said the death was likely due to a strong allergic reaction.

43-year-old Shrawan Kumar Chaudhary reached Powai’s Hiranandani Hospital on Friday with breathing difficulty and swelling on his face and throat. Apparently, the doctor-on-duty had identified the signs like that of a life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.

On reaching the hospital, Chaudhury went into a state of shock and a cardiologist was also summoned to revive his heart, but he passed away on Saturday around 6.45 AM. According to police, Chaudhary was implanted with 9,500 hair grafts in a procedure that lasted for over 15 hours.

A similar incident took place in the year 2016 when a final year medical student in Chennai, died after getting a hair transplant. 22-year-old Santosh died within two days after the surgery. The victim’s mother had said her son developed a fever immediately after the 10-hour-procedure that involved around 1,200 hair transplants.

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Senior Citizens Celebrate Week Of Love With “Young Elder’s Walkathon” 

While everyone shares gifts to make their loved ones feel special, what’s better than gifting yourself with a healthier life? Big Bazaar, one of India’s leading hypermarket by Future Group organized “Young Elder’s Walkathon” recently to celebrate love for fitness & good health. Big Bazaar’s “Young Elder’s Walkathon” was held in 40 plus cities with over 1 lakh participants who joined the walkathon in their respective cities.

 As part of Big Bazaar’s “Young Elder’s Walkathon”, a path was identified 1 km away from the respective store in each city. Young elders participating in the Walkathon demonstrated what true love stands for by happily joining the 1 km walk to the stores where they were provided with refreshments. The young elders who participated were overwhelmed with happiness at the finish line for completing the Walkathon.

 Senior citizens form a very special part of Big Bazaar’s customer base. To celebrate their youthfulness, Big Bazaar had started Young Elder’s Day at all Big Bazaar stores. Celebrated every Thurs, several activities are being held at the stores to make their shopping special. Young Elders at Big Bazaar can now take ample amount of rest at special seating’s for them in between shopping. Other special initiatives include Priority Shopping which has assisted shopping, separate checkouts, guaranteed trolley for elders, VIP status for complaint resolutions & hotline for home deliveries. 

Big Bazaar is the flagship hypermarket retail chain from Future Group & is present in over 140 cities across the country. The Group also operates Big Bazaar GenNxt which integrates superior shopping experiences with innovations such as interactive digital screens, sit-down checkouts & smart customer service. Big Bazaar promises to offer the “Har Din Lowest Price” with a massive price drop on over 1,500 everyday-use items at all the stores in the country. It also offers a host of value-added services like home delivery, fast billing & grinding flour amongst others. Big Bazaar has created mega shopping properties like “SabseSaste Din”, “Public Holiday Sale”, “Smart Search”, “Wednesday Bazaar” & “Great Indian Home Festival” which empowers the customers to shop the best at the lowest price. Through “Future Pay” digital wallet, Big Bazaar provides its consumers with cash credits that can be redeemed for future purchases at all its stores in the country. 

Nasheman News : At least 12 persons have died and over 30 others were taken ill after consuming spurious liquor at a tea garden in Assam’s Golaghat district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Thursday night at Salmira tea estate in Golaghat, 300 km from here.

“We have got 12 bodies here at the Golaghat Civil Hospital. Apart from these, there are reports of death of people from adjoining areas of the tea estate,” Golaghat Additional Deputy Commissioner Dhiraj told IANS.

He said they have referred 27 others to the Jorhat Medical College for better treatment and condition of some is serious.

Locals said several people consumed liquor in the estate from a particular seller on Thursday night. Several of them took ill immediately and many have not even been hospitalised.

They also complained about a nexus between police authorities and illegal liquor sellers.

[Nasheman news] New York Active, middle-aged men who can complete more than 40 push-ups at a time had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes compared to those who did less than 10 push-ups, says a new study.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, showed that men who are able to do more than 40 push-ups had a 96 per cent reduced risk of CVD events compared with those who were able to do less than 10 push-ups. 

In addition, push-up capacity was more strongly associated with lower incidence of cardiovascular disease events than was aerobic capacity as estimated by a submaximal treadmill exercise test.

For the study, the researchers from Harvard University analysed health data from 1,104 active male firefighters whose mean age was 39.6. 

During the 10-year study period, 37 CVD-related outcomes were reported. 

“Our findings provide evidence that push-up capacity could be an easy, no-cost method to help assess cardiovascular disease risk in almost any setting,” said lead author Justin Yang at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the US. 

The results are not generalisable to women, men of other ages or who are less active, the researchers noted.

Live Total Knee Arthroplasty surgery was performed at Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal in association with Karnataka Orthopaedic Association. The live surgery was performed using latest minimally invasive techniques, implants and recent advancements in the field of joint replacement.

Dr. Ravi Kelkar is one of the veteran doctor in the field of Orthopaedics, who has performed more than 4,000 knee replacement surgeries co-ordinated the programme. The surgery was performed between 9:30am and 11:30am.Post the surgery ‘hands on saw bone workshop’ was conducted, where the delegates performed on the prototypes and experienced the Total Knee Arthroplasty surgery. The workshop also consisted of Live surgery and lecture sessions on topic related to Total Knee Arthroplasty from eminent faculties.

Over 2,000 delegatesfrom India and overseas attended the event to understand the latest trends in the field of orthopaedics. This live knee replacement surgery was designed to deliver enhance education on Total Knee Arthroplasty which will help orthopaedic surgeons to improve their skills and also help to clear myths about this procedure. 

“Knee replacement surgeries are very beneficial for patients who are suffering from chronic knee problems. The surgery helps patients return to their active lifestyle soon. We have performed the surgery live, so that it helps in providing an educative experience to the medical students” said Dr. Ravi Kelkar, Consultant Orthopaedics, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal.

About Columbia Asia

Columbia Asia is an international private healthcare company founded by an American entrepreneur, Mr. Daniel Baty in 1996. From the outset, Columbia Asia envisioned to provide quality, affordable healthcare services easily accessed by people wherever they live – driven by our vision statement, a passion for making people better.It is owned by an investment fund, International Columbia US, LLC (ICU). In 2016, Mitsui & Co., a Japanese conglomerate with deep operating experience in Asia joined as a shareholder in ICU.

Today, Columbia Asia is one of the largest and fastest growing hospital groups in Asia. It currently has 12 hospitals in Malaysia, 11 in India, 2 in Vietnam and 3 in Indonesia. 

With no more than 200 beds per hospital, it leverages modern technology to provide efficient specialist care and to reduce length of hospital stays which results in more cost-effective care. The hospitals of Columbia Asia provide a wide array of specialist services such as General Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Bariatric surgery and more.  These are appropriately supported by ancillary services that include an Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Care Unit, Physiotherapy, Laboratory, Pharmacy and Imaging.  

At Columbia Asia, strict clinical governance, ethics and excellence is demanded.

Nasheman News :  Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to be shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital for examination, a BJP official said here on Thursday.

“The Chief Minister will be shifted to the AIIMS for a regular check up either later today or on Friday. It is a routine check up. He is expected to be admitted to AIIMS for 48 hours,” the Bharatiya Janata Part official said, requesting anonymity.

The former Defence Minister is suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed in February last year. He has been in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and New York since then.

On Wednesday while presenting the state budget for 2019-20, he made a brief speech from his chair, even as he was strapped with medical paraphernalia.

Nasheman News : Even though the number of leprosy cases have steadily declined worldwide, an estimated two lakh cases continue to be reported every year, with India accounting for more than half, said World Health Organization (WHO).

“Leprosy-related discrimination, stigma and prejudice are the most powerful barriers to ending leprosy for good, especially given the disease is 100 per cent curable when detected early,” said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia.

According to WHO, apart from India, a significant number of leprosy cases are detected in the Southeast Asia region, Brazil, sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific.

“Though leprosy is often equated with serious deformity and disability, the percentage of patients having these symptoms is down to six per cent, demonstrating the disease is being diagnosed earlier than ever,” Singh added.

She further noted that core public health interventions such as active case-finding, improved treatment regimens and strengthened surveillance continue to drive down leprosy’s incidence and spread, but the disease’s bio-social components must be brought to the fore.

“As outlined in WHO’s Global Leprosy Strategy 2016-2020, policies that promote inclusion and aim at ending leprosy-related discrimination, stigma and prejudice should be at the front and at the centre of all leprosy programmes, as powerful tools to achieve a leprosy-free world,” she noted.

Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that Arun Jaitley, who is in the United States for medical treatment, was in good health and recovering rapidly.

Jaitley, who ran the finance ministry, would not be presenting the interim budget on Feb. 1, news agency Reuters reported quoting its sources. The government has not commented on his medical condition.

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