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cellphones can affect pace maker

2012-02-10T11:00:00.001+05:30

Mobiles can affect pacemakers: DoT

NEW DELHI: People with medical implants like pacemakers must not keep their cellphones in their shirt pockets.

The latest directive by the department of telecommunication says that "people having active medical implants should preferably keep the cellphone at least 15cm away from the implant" . An office memorandum circulated by the ministry of communications and IT on January 25 says manufacturer's mobile handset booklets will have to contain the safety precaution.

Sachin Pilot, MoS for communications and IT, said this was one of the recommendations made by the inter-ministerial panel that DoT has accepted . "Necessary changes in the design and packaging for compliance with this instruction will have to be in place by September 1," Pilot said.

Dr Aparna Jaswal, senior cardiologist at Escorts Heart Research Centre, said it is safe for patients with implants to talk on a cellphone, but they must avoid placing it directly over the pacemaker.

"The pacemaker could misinterpret the cellphone signal as a heartbeat and withhold pacing, producing symptoms such as sudden fatigue . The phone must be kept six inches away from pacemaker and the patient must talk on the phone from the ear not close to the site," he added.

According to the US FDA, radio frequency energy (RF) from cellphones can interact with pacemakers which are called electromagnetic interference (EMI). If EMI occur, it could affect a pacemaker in three ways: stopping the device from delivering the stimulating pulses that regulate heart's rhythm, cause it to deliver the pulses irregularly or cause the implant to ignore the heart's own rhythm.

The ministry's memorandum says cellphone manufacturers must mention the following : use wireless or handsfree with a low power bluetooth emitter, make sure phone has a low SAR, keep calls short or send SMS instead.

times of India http://toi.in/Y_kn1Y

2012-02-07T00:25:00.002+05:30

recently i came across a way to save files to phone and pc simultaneouslyFREE just like i cloud for iphones for android its cool try here

easily saving and sharing awesome better than i cloud

future trends for doctors in india

2011-05-14T22:34:00.004+05:30

SEE WHAT MCI HAS IN STORE FOR US IN THE FUTURE FOR ALL THE DOCTORS. those who join pg and also for the ones who join mbbs freshly... apparently they are gono call them ad IMG or "INDIAN MEDICAL GRADUATE"
just follow the link given here and u can read all about it

LIFE OF AN MBBS STUDENT

2010-12-09T22:09:00.004+05:30

life of an MBBS STUDENT in a case form
Hello everyone, I just want to explain the happenings in our college in a case format. Hope you guys enjoy it .

An 17 year old male patient by name Mr RNK, presented to Dr PESIMSR (that's my college) with chief complaints of an ambition to become a doctor since childhood. He was apparently asymptomatic before the thought, and the presenting complaint was sudden in onset after seeing, gradual in progression, with an ever increasing severity since the past 2 years and was stimulating in character, aggravated by seeing the successful doctors, and relieved after enjoying with the non medical friends.
His past history - No similar complaints in the past. He is not a known ratta master/MUG POT . There were no similar complaints from the other members of the family. On general examination, he was conscious, coherent, co operative, well oriented to time, space and person, but is little disturbed. Higher functions - normal. Attitude - ambitious. No abnormality was detected on clinical examination. He was admitted, for observation to relieve his complaint, and was subjected to a battery of investigations spanning over a 5 and a half years, involving all the senior members of the college.

At first he was reluctant to get treated (ragging), but gradually was cooperative. He was put under tremendous pressure in the later part of the first year. Complained of palpitations and nausea the day before the exam. Was not prescribed anything. He ultimately cleared the first year exam. This phenomenon continued till the third year, and a good response was noted as his chief complaint started to show some sort of improvement. All of his engineering friends were well settled. He was aging. He was feeling insecure. Somehow, by god's grace, he was able to clear the final mbbs exam. BUT, that journey-- was filled with a lot of pressure, tension, insercurity, etc. He became tired of the investigations and even questioned his mind during the announcement of results. He did not have any previous experience of doing this. Ultimately he did it.

Today he doubts, he doubts of his intellectual curiosity, whether he really needed this. He is even more confused than before about his ambition. He wants to achieve and prove it to the world that he is something in the world. He realises that the journey which he faced is just a preview of the future. Digging his own road, he found himself landed nowhere. Now he wants to go back to that very time, and then change everything, but then he is confused again as what to change. The treatment and investigations the college gave were too much for him. And suddenly he realises one thing. ... it is this journey which makes him unique. it is this very journey that makes a man out of you, that gives you all the stress needed in the world, and top of all the individuality which is also a by-product of this arduous journey. He did a bit of soul searching and realised that this is the way life here is and hence his complaint grew in terms of severity. He realised that every person who joins medicine and is ambitious in finishing the journey is a successful person. Every doctor represents a success story. There is nothing like an unsuccessful or a successful practitioner. A physician is always a physician. This chap now realises that he was just grinded mentally and physically ,,,, and finally he became a doctor, without realising.

MORAL - MBBS TEACHES YOU A LOT OF THINGS, SOME OF WHICH LIKE EXAM FEAR GET THE HELL OUT OF YOU. ENJOY THE JOURNEY AND FORGET ABOUT STRESS. RESULT WILL BE A BY PRODUCT OF YOUR UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY.

but it is after your mbbs life starts part of which is an awful lacuna which gets filled up with joy when u get thru ur entrances and embark towards ur final destination.....

MEDICAL BOOKS

2009-08-05T00:47:00.002+05:30

IF U R LOOKING FOR MEDICAL TEXT BOOKS LOOK NO FURTHER

HERE YOU CAN FIND SOME OF THE BEST BOOKS THAT U R LOOKING FOR

grays anatomy
grants anatomy
guytons physiology
ganong physiology
harpers biochemistry
robins pathology 6h and 7th
forensics
ophtalmology colour atlas, text books
harrisons 17th edition
cecils text book of medicine
both for pc and palm
nelsons peaditrics
sabistons surgery
bailey
williams obstetrics
cmdt 2009 (for palm no where on the net)
clinical medicine book
ecg
xrays
kaplans usmle books
psychiatry
many many many more just look into my links section

2009-06-12T03:43:00.001+05:30

RADIOLOGY LINKS

2009-06-12T00:40:00.000+05:30

IMPORTANT WEBSITES FOR RADIOLOGY

very good site with radiology cases

http://www.hopkins-arthritis.som.jhmi.e ... adrds.html

http://www.learningradiology.com/

http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/

http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/radiology/radio.html

http://www.auntminnie.com/index.asp?sec=def
http://www.investigativeradiology.com/pt/re/invrad/home.htm;jsessionid=FRdJccGfxgP4ZBVSnktPJvdB2Sv1npNzQVVLzD8VCq6NdNL1q0YQ!1209472165!-949856144!8091!-1

http://www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/crad/
http://www.skeletalrad.org/

http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Radiology/
http://www.eurorad.org/
http://www.springerlink.com/(01tphn55zzfzxnyxddxuenbl)/app/home/journal.asp?referrer=parent&backto=linkingpublicationresults,1:103078,1
http://www.radinfonet.com/

http://www.radiologyweb.com/

http://www.kjronline.org/

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/rad.html

http://rad.usuhs.mil/glossary.html

http://radiology.stanford.edu/

http://radiology.ucsf.edu/
http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/pemxray.html

http://www.radweb.mc.duke.edu/

http://www.radcentral.com/

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0004-8461

http://members.aol.com/garyrad/radcent.htm

http://www.docguide.com/crc.nsf/web-bySpecDisp?OpenForm&spec=Radiology

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/r/radiology.htm

http://radiology.emory.edu/

http://www.evidencebasedradiology.net/

http://www.radiologytoday.net/

http://www.dent.ucla.edu/sod/depts/oral_rad/courses/DS451c/

http://www.fpnotebook.com/RAD.htm
http://www1.omi.tulane.edu/departments/radiology/RAD_HOME.HTM

http://www.allny.com/health/radiology.html

http://home.worldonline.nl/~knmg1588/radilogiesites.htm

http://www.ptcentral.com/radiology/

http://www.learningradiology.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiology

http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/radiology/

http://dmfr.birjournals.org/

http://www.radiologist.com/

http://www.radiologyeducation.com/

http://www.radiology.northwestern.edu/

http://www.thepetcenter.com/xra/xray.html

http://www.lww.com/product/?0020-9996

http://www.avalon.net/~dpeterson/radiology.htm

http://www.med.nus.edu.sg/diagrad/
http://www.cmelist.com/radiology.htm
http://classes.kumc.edu/som/radanatomy/region.htm
http://www.xray2000.co.uk/ibase5/index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1368/
http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/cxr/
http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Radio/curriculum/Structure/Les3_f.htm
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/pulmonar/cxr/atlas/cxratlas_f.ht
http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/cxr/
http://anatomy.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/index_en.htm
http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/imaging/
http://medicine.ucsd.edu/clinicalimg/GenRec.html
http://www.mdchoice.com/xray/xr.asp#head
http://www.mdchoice.com/xray/ctscan/Ct.asp
http://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_journals/Ra ... maging.htm
http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/ ... index.html
http://www.e-radiography.net/index.htm
http://rad.usuhs.mil/
http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/
below site is the Home site of Virigina Univ. Radiology Dept. It contains all Radiology specialities

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/