emergency medicine

Culture, language, religion and region play important roles in an individual being favored or discriminated against, but the mother of all reasons is, the person's skin color.

The use of CCTA in low-to-intermediate-risk patients with coronary ailments in the emergency department is effective in reducing their hospital stay by facilitating their early discharge.

Go easy on sweets and fireworks and make this a safe and healthy Diwali.

This day, March 20, we celebrate head injury awareness day. This ‘celebration’ acquires specific significance in India, which has the largest annual incidences of head injuries.

The Indonesian earthquake that measured 6.2 on Richter scale caused massive number of casualties and destruction of property. What next follows will be diseases

Diabetes is associated with sudden cardiac death, although the exact direct relationship is unclear.

Enjoy a safe and happy Diwali keeping in mind the well -being of your family, friends, neighbors, the less- fortunate and pets!

Suicides can be prevented. Medindia interviewed Dr. Lakshmi Vijayakumar international resource person for suicide prevention and research and learnt how to save desperate lives.

The Tsunami is a series of large ocean waves, caused by an underwater activity, like an earthquake, volcanic eruption or a landslide, which displaces a large body of water

One of the world's leading herpetologists, Dr. Ian Simpson, is campaigning for greater awareness of the right way to tackle snakebites.

The eighth World Kidney Day focuses on Acute Kidney Injury, a common life threatening condition.

Preventing suicides is a social responsibility.“Suicide Prevention in different cultures” should remind people that though suicides are committed on an impulse, the reasons may differ according to countries and cultures.