Dr. A K Dutta
Dr A K Dutta is a practising general physician with clinical care experience of 13 years. He is based in Delhi and attached to a premier private hospital in South Delhi. He can be reached at: ashokdutta2011@gmail.com
Women who are metabolically healthy but obese have higher risk of cardiovascular diseases compared to normal weight metabolically healthy women
Obesity alone can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases in women - including those who are otherwise fit.
A new study...
An artificial pancreas measures blood sugar and transmits that information to an insulin pump
If your pancreas is acting up and cannot control your blood sugar any more, why not get a machine to do that for you? Why not,...
Current methods are subjective, the evaluators' biases tend to creep inResearchers at the Johns Hopkins University have devised a method in which a smartphone application may be used to determine the severity of Parkinson's Disease (PD).
In an article in...
The drug when given to humans can kill mosquitoes that bite them upto 28 days after treatment
A drug commonly used to treat parasitic diseases could have use in malaria control too.
A randomised trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases...
Of particular concern is the possibility of "moral hazard" procedures like elective C-secs bleeding the exchequerThird party clinical audits, pre-authorisation of non-emergency procedures and reimbursement of possible "moral hazard" procedures like Caesarean sections and hysterectomies only if they are...
Government reply in the Lok Sabha highlights the massive manpower shortage plaguing mental healthcare even though as per the law it is the patient's right to get treated
India is grappling with a crippling shortage of mental health professionals, the...
Health cover plan is important but in the battle against non-communicable diseases, prevention may hold the key for India's huge rural population with scant access to tertiary careIn the noise over whether the National Health Protection Scheme is financially...
Rates of diabetes and hypertension are high among middle-aged and elderly people across all regions and social groups of India, a nationally representative study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found. The study...
The road to a few square inches of space may rarely have been so hotly contested but implementing tobacco control measures has never been easy anywhere in the world.
Monday's Supreme Court stay on the Karnataka High Court order against...
