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Medtronic's Carelink: It has made it easier for clinicians to monitor patients with implantable cardiac devices, including pacemakers, cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) devices, which improve the heart's pumping efficiency or blood flow and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death or deadly arrhythmias.

Wonderfood

Papaya:  The fruit contains a high amount of potassium and the flesh of papaya is very high in Vitamin A. The seeds and leaves are useful in treating intestinal worms found in the body. It helps prevent constipation and also aid in digestion. Papaya contains the protein called papain which is a digestive enzyme that helps in natural digestion process. Papaya juice helps in alleviating infections of the colon by clearing away the infection, pus and mucus. Regular consumption will help in improving the problem. The skin of papaya is excellent for treating skin wounds and places that do not heal quickly. Papaya is low in calories and high in nutritive value hence it is an excellent food for those on a diet. Regularly consuming papaya helps to relieve morning sickness.

it’sback!

•  Fight against leprosy has made great progress in the past two decades. The number of highly endemic countries has gone down from 122 in 1985 to less than 20.  But in countries where the disease is endemic, new case-detection rates have been either static or showing increases.
• Globally, every 2 minutes, a new case of leprosy is detected and 7 out of every 10 cases is a child.
• In 2012 there were 2,32,850 new cases of leprosy, with 94 per cent of these cases restricted to 15 endemic countrieslike South-East Asia and Africa.

Tiptop

• According to executive summary of a study Healthcare Access in India by IMS Health, an increasing population is using private healthcare facilities for both in-patient and out-patient treatments
• long waiting times, lack of available doctors, absence of diagnostic facilities and low quality of care are main reasons for choosing private treatment

Studycentre

Pneumococcal disease can causes two million deaths among children a year. But with the help of vaccines, around 7,00,000 deaths could be prevented by 2015, reveals GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals. By taking vaccination on time, some industrialised countries have witnesses 80 per cent decline in hospitalisations.