Patients of Bankstown dentist advised of health risk (South Western Sydney Local Health District)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is advising patients who have undergone invasive dental procedures carried out by Dr Chao Bao Dinh at his Bankstown dental surgeries to consider seeing their GP for testing for blood-borne viruses. An investigation by SWSLHD and the Dental Council of NSW identified infection control breaches by Dr Dinh, with his practices failing to comply with relevant National Guidelines....

Dr Kwong Yiu (Kelvin) Lo – Professional misconduct – Registration cancelled (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr Kwong Yiu (Kelvin) Lo, a medical practitioner, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ('Tribunal') ... Dr Lo admitted many of the particulars of the complaints, and that this amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct ... Dr Lo's registration be cancelled; Dr Lo may not apply for a review of the order for a minimum period of two years....

Does the full moon bring out the lunatics? (Charles Sturt University)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
For his doctoral research through CSU's Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Dr Geoffrey Sheldon examined eight years of data from the Queensland Police Service. Dr Sheldon has been a police officer for more than 30 years and is a Detective Inspector within the South Brisbane District of the Queensland Police Service ... Dr Sheldon was presented with his doctoral award at a ceremony in Sydney in August....

AAP president: Pediatric screenings help alleviate poverty (The University of Mississippi Medical Center)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
(Source ... Media Contact ... Having spent much of his career in medicine helping children battle poverty, Dr ... 'It's really a privilege to have Dr ... 'There are so many issues that affect children in Mississippi that Dr ... Dreyer gets a tour of the pediatric intensive care unit from Dr ... Kids & Teens' with Dr ... Dreyer, left, talks with Dr. Rick Barr, Suzan B. Thames Professor and chair of pediatrics at UMMC, and Dr ... Dr ... 'We are honored to have Dr ... (noodl....

Pioneering drug discovery and development in Africa (Victoria University of Wellington)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
Dr Kelly Chibale, professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and founding director of the UCT Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), led a team that has discovered two new anti-malaria compound s with potential to contribute to the treatment, eradication and prevention of malaria ... Dr Chibale says he is challenging the notion that Africa is not a source of health innovation....

Media successes celebrated (RMIT - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

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Rising Media Star 2016 - Dr Anastasia Powell, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies. Global Media Star 2016 - Dr Rajesh Ramanathan, School of Science ... Public Commentator Media Star 2016 - Dr Binoy Kampmark, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies ... College of Science, Engineering and Health Media Star 2016 - Dr Mark Gregory, School of Engineering ... Dr Vincent O'Donnell, School of Media and Communication....

Call him the foil guy: Man swallows pill and wrapper, saved in rare operation

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016
Two hours later, Dr Attaulah Khan, the interventional pulmonologist at Santosh Hospital, checked him ... The medicines only helped partially but we were able to get him ready for surgery," Dr Khan told Bangalore Mirror ... We tried to control the bleeding...After that, we dissected the tablet and its cover little by little," Dr Khan explained ... Dr Mahesh, anaesthesiologist and Dr Qaisar Anwar, a physician, were part of the team led by Dr Khan....

Emergency facilities a vital key to Ebola survival (The University of Queensland)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
UQ epidemiologist Dr Ricardo Soares Magalhaes said Ebola was a highly contagious, acute haemorrhagic fever that was often fatal if not treated ... Dr Soares Magalhaes, of UQ's School of Veterinary Science and Child Health Research Centre, said the University of Florida-led study examined the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreaks in West Africa....

Chennai hospital asked to pay Rs. 10 lakh to dead patient’s family

Edit The Hindu 17 Oct 2016
The National Consumer Disputes Redress Commission has directed a Chennai hospital to pay compensation of Rs ... The National Consumer Disputes Redress Commission asked Madras Medical Mission Hospital to pay the compensation to the bereaved family of Chennai resident S.J.S ... “I have no hesitation in holding that late Dr ... Jain said ... According to the complaint, on July 11, 2007, Dr ... As per the complaint made by Dr ... They had claimed that Dr....

Pre-term babies to learn night from day (University of Western Australia)

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Dr Peter Mark, a reproductive biologist with UWA's School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, is leading a team to investigate whether the provision of regular light and dark periods can improve growth, enable earlier hospital discharge and enhance brain development in these newborns ... Dr Mark said cortisol generally peaked in the morning preparing the body to wake while melatonin built up at night readying the body for sleep....

5,4,3,2... 100 - Hope Modi wishes me: Doctor to hit a century

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016
Dr Chandrakant G Saraiya does not like to miss a good game of cricket ... Whether it is national affairs or global elections, Dr Saraiya is keenly interested ... Trump talks nonsense," Dr Saraiya laughs ... "I ask my assistant to read to me," says Dr Saraiya, who has no children but many close relatives. A former student of his, Dr Sirish Seth, remembers him as ......

'Is James bond taking Supari for killing Indians?'

Edit DNA India 17 Oct 2016
Noted oncosurgeon Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi from Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai has written an open letter to Brosnan expressing shock at the latter for endorsing cancer-causing products ... Brosnan could have used his charisma to endorse a tobacco-control campaign instead," Dr Chaturvedi told DNA ... This condition leads to cancer in 5- 7 years," Dr Chaturvedi explains....

Nip and tuck with Dr Tracy Mountford: Help! I exercise but can’t lose fat from ...

Edit The Daily Mail 17 Oct 2016
Dr Tracy Mountford answers questions from readers. This reader is concerned about the appearance of her thighs and bottom. Dr Mountford advises a non-invasive treatment ... ....
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