Medical Council of India wants doctors to write in capital letters
The Medical Council of India has suggested that, henceforth,
doctors should write their prescriptions in capital letters.
The Medical Council of
India has driven another nail into
the coffin of the ancient practice of handwritten communication by suggesting
that, henceforth, doctors should write their prescriptions in capital
letters.
Of course their intentions are admirable, as mistakes arising out of illegibly written names of medicines — as opposed to other kinds of indecipherable documents — can be very dangerous, but the solution will definitely lead to the demise of practically the last bastion of the written word. After all, personal letters, schoolwork, greeting cards, scholarly treatises, literary endeavours and even print journalism have all succumbed to the lure of the keyboard. In fact, poor handwriting will probably come to be regarded as one of the hallmarks of 21stcentury human civilisation.
As block lettering is hardly conducive to the smooth flow of thought from medical mind to prescription paper, it will not be long before the printed word takes over here as well, with technology's helping hand. Sadly, since legibility as an eligibility criterion for medical admissions and hospital appointments would be hard to institutionalise, it would seem that the skill that arguably numbered among the major factors that eventually distinguished humans from our fellow great apes such as gorillas is doomed to extinction.
04.04.2014
Morning sunlight may be secret of staying lean
Washington: A new study has revealed that people
who are exposed to earlier sunlight are leaner than other people.
The study has found that that the timing, intensity and
duration of light exposure affects one's weight, as people exposed to even
moderately bright light in the morning have a significantly lower body mass
index.
The study's senior author Phyllis C. Zee said that light is
the most potent agent to synchronize one's internal body clock that regulates
circadian rhythms, which in turn also regulate energy balance and about 20 to
30 minutes of morning light is enough to affect BMI.
Zee said that if a person doesn't get sufficient light at
the appropriate time of day, it could de-synchronize the internal body clock,
which is known to alter metabolism and can lead to weight gain.
The study is published in the journal PLOS ONE.
04.04.2014
New blood test could predict risk of sudden cardiac
death
Washington: A researcher has found that a simple blood test
can predict a person's risk for sudden cardiac death.
Samuel C. Dudley , M.D., Ph.D, chief of cardiology at the
CVI, said that the primary prevention model for at-risk patients in the U.S. is
to implant an ICD before a cardiac event happens. While it's better to be safe,
this has led to widespread overuse of ICDs throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Samuel C. Dudley , M.D., Ph.D, chief of cardiology at the
CVI, said that the primary prevention model for at-risk patients in the U.S. is
to implant an ICD before a cardiac event happens. While it's better to be safe,
this has led to widespread overuse of ICDs throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Dudley asserted that with this blood test, they can refine
the need for such a device, and instead implant the cardiac defibrillators only
in the most severe cases of sudden cardiac death risk.
The new blood test is in a pilot phase and will be validated
in a large, multi-site trial led by Dudley and other researchers at Lifespan's
CVI anticipated to start this fall.
The study has been published online in the Journal of the
American College of Cardiology.
04.04.2014
It is not what we get. But who we become,
what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives
Anthony Robbins
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