30, June 2014

Indian govt to focus on ’2020: Vision for Healthcare in India’

The Health Minister also unfurled the ‘Swasth India’ portal which, apart from showcasing medical advancement and recommending panacea for the benefit of Indians, would facilitate online permission for Indian American doctors to serve in the areas of their choice in India. ‘Swasth India’ would make it possible for any US-based Indian doctor to select the areas they wish to serve in India, seek and receive formal approval from Medical Council of India (MCI) on their qualifications, and address all other government issues within 15 days.  

‘Before leaving on this trip, I had written to MCI that existing bottlenecks should be eased and if permission is held up beyond 15 days, then it should be deemed automatically granted,’ Harsh Vardhan said. The president of MCI, Jayashreeben Mehta, was present on the occasion. Harsh Vardhan?s theme, ’2020: Vision for Healthcare in India’ drew warm appreciation from the audience. He stressed that under Modi’s overarching leadership, health policy making and its implementation will not be the monopoly of the government but would be guided by the lived experience of hundreds of experts who will be urged to bring local solutions to local problems.  

‘For the first time we have a Prime Minister who is committed to serving every mother and child, every Indian young and old, with free and clean hospitals, generic medicines, rational drug policy, healthy lifestyles and, most importantly, enough doctors. I urge the Indian Diaspora to avail this historic opportunity to contribute to realising this dream,’ the Health Minister said. The Minister admitted that in the areas of telemedicine, seminal research, surveillance and early warning systems and, most importantly, medical insurance, he could do with the proven expertise of Indian American doctors.  

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

30.06.2014

Music, dancing may help your baby develop social skills

Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada have found that bouncing to a musical beat in time with others could instill helpfulness in babies.

While it has already been proven that people who move in time together in activities ranging from dancing to rowing a boat are likely to bond and work together, the McMaster study is believed to be the first to study the effects on babies.

‘Moving in sync with others is an important part of musical activities,’ says lead author and doctoral student Laura Cirelli. ‘These effects show that movement is a fundamental part of music that affects social behavior from a very young age.’

Researchers worked in pairs to bounce each baby in the study, which tested a total of 68 babies.

When the music started playing, one researcher bounced the baby in a forward facing carrier, while the other researcher stood facing the baby and the person holding him.

The pairs of researchers bounced either in sync or at a different tempo, depending upon whether they were in the test or control group.

When the music stopped, subjects were given a classical test of child altruism in which the researcher who had been facing him would pretend to accidentally drop an object to see if the baby would help him.

The babies who had been bounced in sync with the researcher across from them were 20 percent more likely to help than those bounced offbeat.

Cirelli believes her findings are significant towards building a more cooperative social climate and that singing, clapping and dancing in time to music should be an essential part of developmental learning.

Moving forward, Cirelli is now working on a project to determine whether the babies’ bouncing-inspired helpfulness extends to others, or if it is geared solely towards his bouncing partner.

The study will be published in an upcoming issue of Developmental Science.

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

30.06.2014

Don’t raise your voice …Improve your argument