ICD-10

What do you know about ICD-10?

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The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (known as “ICD-10″) is a medical classification list for the coding of diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases, as maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO).^[1] The code set allows more than 14,400 different codes and permits the tracking of many new diagnoses. Using optional subclassifications, the codes can be expanded to over 16,000 codes. Using codes that are meant to be reported in a separate data field, the level of detail that is reported by ICD can be further increased, using a simplified multiaxial approach.

The WHO provides detailed information about ICD online, and makes available a set of materials online, such as an ICD-10 online browser,^[2]ICD-10 Training, ICD-10 online training,^[3] ICD-10 online training support,^[4] and study guide materials for download.

Nadi Impulse Simulogram

Nadi Impulse Simulogram is a unique advanced Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis software, that monitors impulses of molecules and cells in pulse developed by Dr. N.D. Raju of Hyderbad. This program works on the basis of Nadi input values decoded in to Kurma Nadi and Vasuli Nadi outputs. It develops various graphs of Dosha Gati index, Sroto pravrutti, krama and dusti, Chakra activity, Dhatuparinama Index, etc. in graphical manner, where the interpretation is made simple. Contact Dr. N. Dharmanandan Raju at idid_raju@yahoo.com or +9885040369.

viral Infections

by Gupta Virupaksha form Medical library 

Acute myeloid leukemia

Treatment of relapsed undifferentiated acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M0) with Ayurvedic -Therapy – Balendu Prakash

V C P Cancer Research Foundation (Scientifi c and Industrial Research Organization), Mandir Marg, Turner Road, Clement Town, Dehradun, India

A 16-year-old boy was detected with acute myeloid leukemia (AML – M0) with bone marrow pathology showing 85% blasts in February 07, 1997. He received two cycles of induction chemotherapy (3+7 protocol) with daunomycin and cytosar, following which he achieved incomplete remission with bone marrow aspirate showing 14% blasts. Subsequently, the patient received two cycles of high-dose cytosine arabinoside Ara-C and achieved remission. However,

his disease relapsed on August 29, 1997. Peripheral blood smear showed 6% blast cells and bone marrow showed 40% blast cells. The patient refused further chemotherapy and/or bone marrow transplant and volunteered for Ayurvedic therapy (AYT) advocated by the author from September 09, 1997. Bone marrow studies done after six months of AYT indicated that the disease was in remission. The AYT was continued for fi ve years and stopped. Thereafter, the patient received intermittent maintenance AYT for three months in the next two years. At present, the patient is normal and healthy and has completed 12 years of disease-free survival with AYT. [read more]

Dhatri Avaleha in Thalassemia

Evaluation of Dhatri Avaleha as adjuvant therapy in Thalassemia (Anukta Vyadhi in Ayurveda)
Ruchi Singh, K. S. Patel, I. P. Anand, Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar
Thalassemia is the commonest single gene disorder in India. About 10,000 infants with Thalassemia major are born every year. The present study was under taken with a hope to prevail better quality of life to the Thalassemic patients. Pallor being the chief complaint, a randomized controlled trial was undertaken with Dhatri Avaleha as it is specially mentioned for Pandu, Kamala & Haleemaka Roga. Children between age group of 1 to 15 years were randomly divided in two groups: Drug treated group (Group A) and Control group (Group B). Assessment was done on subjective and objective parameters after 30 and 60 days of treatment with follow up of two month. Statistically significant (P<0.01) result was obtained in Blood transfusion interval in group ‘A’ in comparison to group ‘B’. Dhatri Avaleha may have a potential to increase blood transfusion interval and decrease secondary infection and thus it can be used as supportive therapy with modern medical management.  ||Read More||

Anaemia

By Ayurmitra Dr. K.S.R. Prasad

at : National Campaigns on Ksharasutra, Geriatric care, Anemia Control, Management of Chronic Diseases and Mother & Child Health Care through Ayurveda – workshop

Organized by: National Ayurveda Research Institute for Vector Borne Diseases, Vijayawada (Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha, Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India)

 

In Association with: Dr. N. R. S. Govt. Ayurvedic College, Vijayawada on 27th March 2011

 

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Cancer Treatment

Ayurvedic Medicine Formulations from India Reviewed for Cancer Treatment
A panel of researchers  and clinicians was convened by the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) on June 30, 2010 to discuss cases of cancer patients in India treated with metal-based Ayurvedic treatment (MBAT) formulations.
The meeting provided an opportunity for NCI staff and outside experts to review and discuss some of the case reports which Vaidya Balendu Prakash, an Ayurvedic practitioner from Mumbai, India had submitted via the NCI Best Case Series (BCS)( program. Director of OCCAM’s Case Review and Intramural Science Program (CRISP), Dr. Farah Zia, noted, “The NCI BCS program offers CAM practitioners expert assistance in identifying and compiling persuasive case studies as well as the opportunity to have their data evaluated by NCI. The goal of the program is to make a determination about whether or not NCI-initiated research is warranted.”
Mr. Prakash provided background on his practice of Rasa-Chikista, a branch of the ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine system, which uses compounds made of various combinations of native plants, animal products, and metals (mercury, gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, and zinc). The ayurvedic compounds are created through a “tedious method of preparation” of grinding, heating and combining the various compounds that can take 2-3 years to complete for each batch, he noted.
Mr. Prakash learned about the preparation and use of ayurvedic medicines from his father, an Ayurvedic physician who used one of the compounds to treat cancer for the first time in 1973 in a 38-year-old man with pancreatic cancer. The patient, who was considered terminally ill, had noticeably improved after six months treatment, and he remains alive today, Mr. Prakash reported. Despite this success, his father was unable to consistently replicate the results with other cancer patients, which Mr. Prakash later understood was probably due to batch variations in the ayurvedic formulation process.
After the death of his father, Mr. Prakash decided to prepare the same ayurvedic medicines while documenting the process and has used these preparations on many cancer patients. He presented findings from case studies of 14 patients with different leukemias and solid tumors treated with ayurvedic compounds . The typical treatment lasts 5-7 years, Mr. Prakash noted. He reported uniformly positive responses and long-term survival for most of the patients.
Dr. Irina Maric, a pathologist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, reviewed cytology slides from a few of Mr. Prakash’s case studies, that include patients who were treated by him in the late 1990s. “The slides are about 13-years-old now, and there is marked degradation of the material in the slides and very poor preservation,” she said, making confirmation of the patients’ diagnoses very difficult. Mr. Prakash apologized and noted he usually was unable to get good quality slides and pathology reports from the hospitals his patients had attended before, during, and after ayurvedic treatment.
NCI staff discuss Mr. Prakash’s cases in a lively roundtable discussion.
Dr. David Newman, director of NCI’s Natural Products Branch, questioned Mr. Prakash about the controls and standardization used in the ayurvedic formulation process. Dr. Newman also asked if Mr. Prakash conducted chemical analyses of the individual batches of the ayurvedic compounds to help identify what specific chemicals may be causing the responses in the cancer patients. Mr. Prakash said he has taken steps to achieve standardization of the batches, monitoring and controlling the temperatures used in melting and combining the various ingredients, including the metals used in creating the ayurvedic medicines. However, he acknowledged that he has not done chemical analyses of his ayurvedic compounds but that he is currently in discussions with a center in
India to do so.
The remainder of the discussion explored Mr. Prakash’s past attempts and future plans to participate in collaborative clinical research projects and the kind of information that would be necessary to complete the NIH Best Case Series review,  OCCAM’s director, Dr. Jeffrey White promised to follow up with Mr. Prakash to request additional data and case studies of more recent patients and to make suggestions for next steps in NCI’s evaluation of the ayurvedic  compounds. Such investigations fit with the Institute’s goal in CAM research to study novel therapeutics in the pharmacopoeia of traditional medical systems around the world, Dr. White said.
NCI CAM News is produced by the Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM). The Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) was established in October 1998 to coordinate and support the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) activities related to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). OCCAM also serves as a focal point for NCI’s collaboration with other governmental and non-governmental organizations on cancer CAM issues.
For inquiries on CAM and cancer, call 1-800-4-CANCER or visit www.cancer.gov/cam.

Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 609
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
E-mail: ncioccam-r@mail.nih.gov

http://cancer.gov/cam

• Farah Zia, M.D.
• Hematology/Oncology
• National Cancer Institute
• Director, Case Review and Intramural Science Program (CRISP)
• DCTD/OCCAM
• 6116 Executive Blvd, suite 609
• Bethesda, MD 20852-8339
• tel:  301-496-6986
• fax:  301-480-0075

Vaidya Balendu Prakash

Ayurveda Consultant at:

Ipca Laboratories Ltd, Mumbai

Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Delhi

VCP Cancer Research Foundation ( SIROs), Dehradun
Mobile:      +91 93224 92770, + 91 93103 64823, + 91 98370 28544
Fax:          +91 135 2640909
email: padaav@gmail.com, vcpcrf@gmail.com
Personal email: balenduprakash@gmail.com.
Website – www.padaav.com
Contact address:
VCP Cancer Research Foundation (SIROS)
Off Turner Road, Clement Town, Dehradun – 248002, Uttrakhand, INDIA
Tel: +91-135-2640792, 2640405,  2643443
Fax: +91-135-2640909

Wow Breast! Oh Bra! 4 U

Wow Breast Oh Bra 4 U :: 314 pages :: pdf format :: 8.6 mb

19^th October is observed as World Breast Cancer Day. In India, still the awareness of the Breast health is not developed. Many women feels that the Breast as sex stimulator and just to feed the baby. They neither know or feel about the maintenance of Breast nor care about the problems which could be faced in later days. Here a small effort of net available material at one place to get awareness.

It compiles all angles of Breast and Long way to understand Breast and sexuality. Medically not objectionable but socially some parts are.  Discriminated viewing is request. <: Compiler :>

• contents -
• Breast-medicinenet
• Cleavage (breasts) – Wikipedia
• Secondary sex characteristic – Wikipedia
• Breasts and Self-Image Introduction
• Dictionary-breast
• Teen girls questions about breasts
• Altered Breast Development in Young Girls from an Agricultural Environment
• Breast – Wikipedia
• Small Breasts
• Small Breast
• I have very small breast – Yahoo! Answers
• Breast Budding in Girls
• Breast development during puberty
• Breasts and body image in puberty
• Brassiere – Wikipedia
• Wonderbra – Wikipedia
• Mammary gland – Wikipedia
• Breast self-examination – Wikipedia
• Breast bondage – Wikipedia
• Breast fetishism – Wikipedia
• Lactation – Wikipedia
• Milk line – Wikipedia
• Do you need breast implants
• Enhance your Breasts Naturally
• Disorders of the Breast
• ACS  New Evidence Supports Chemotherapy, Tamoxifen for Small Breast Tumors
• BigTitFantasy
• BREAST IRONING
• Breast Ultrasound
• Mammography on Small Breasts
• Breast MRI
• Nipple – Wikipedia
• pictures of normal non-sexual breasts
• Mammary intercourse – Wikipedia
• Sexual intercourse – Wikipedia
• Sex organ – Wikipedia
• Public nudity – Wikipedia
• Intimate part – Wikipedia
• Sexual obsessions – Wikipedia
• List of sex positions – Wikipedia
• Sexual addiction – Wikipedia
• Cybersex – Wikipedia
• Antisexualism – Wikipedia
• Dating Tips For Men and Women
• Brit couples urged to have fewer sex partners as infections rise
• Lifestyle diseases bigger threat than AIDS

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Osteoporosis and Osteopenia

100 Questions & Answers About Osteoporosis and Osteopenia, Second Edition
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; 2 edition (December 9, 2009) | ISBN: 0763777803 | 344 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Approximately ten million Americans have osteoporosis and thirty-four million have osteopenia (low bone mass) with many more at risk. Whether you suspect you may have these conditions or have a friend or relative with osteoporosis or osteopenia, this informative book offers help for men and women of all ages. 100 Questions & Answers About Osteoporosis and Osteopenia, Second Edition, provides authoritative practical answers to your questions about treatment options, lifestyle decisions to improve bone health, sources of support, comments from men and women with bone loss, and much more. This new edition has been completely revised and updated with the latest information.

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Obesity

Obesity (Health and Medical Issues Today)
Greenwood Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0313334609 | Pages: 248 | PDF | 1.65 MB

Every day, newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest controversies over healthcare and medical advances, but they do not have the space to provide detailed background on the issues. Websites and weblogs provide information from activists and partisans intent on presenting their side of a story. But where can students – or even ordinary citizens – go to obtain unbiased, detailed background on the medical issues affecting their daily lives? This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides readers and researchers a balanced, in-depth introduction to the medical, scientific, legal, and cultural issues surrounding obesity and its import in today’s world of healthcare. Obesity is organized to provide researchers with easy access to the information they need:
Section 1 provides overview chapters on the background information needed to intelligently understand the issues and controversies surrounding obesity, such as the physiology of obesity and the business of the diet industry Section 2 offers capsule examinations of the contemporary issues and debates that provoke the most heated disagreements and misunderstandings, such as whether obesity is an illness and the connection between weight and genetics Section 3 includes reference material on obesity, including primary source documents from important players in the struggle over obesity, a timeline of important events, and an annotated bibliography of useful print and electronic resources. This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides everything a student requires to understand the issues involved in obesity and provides a springboard for further research into the issue.

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Bathsheba’s Breast

Bathsheba’s Breast: Women, Cancer, and History
The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2002-05-29 | ISBN: 0801869366 | 320 pages | PDF | 1.5 MB

The stories of women throughout the ages who have confronted breast cancer, from ancient times to the present.

In 1967, an Italian surgeon touring Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum stopped in front of Rembrandt’s Bathsheba at the Well, on loan from the Louvre, and noticed an asymmetry to Bathsheba’s left breast; it seemed distended, swollen near the armpit, discolored, and marked with a distinctive pitting. With a little research, the physician learned that Rembrandt’s model, his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels, later died after a long illness, and he conjectured in a celebrated article for an Italian medical journal that the cause of her death was almost certainly breast cancer.

A horror known to every culture in every age, breast cancer has been responsible for the deaths of 25 million women throughout history. An Egyptian physician writing 3,500 years ago concluded that there was no treatment for the disease. Later surgeons recommended excising the tumor or, in extreme cases, the entire breast. This was the treatment advocated by the court physician to sixth-century Byzantine empress Theodora, the wife of Justinian, though she chose to die in pain rather than lose her breast. Only in the past few decades has treatment advanced beyond disfiguring surgery.

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Lipoma

A lipoma is a benign tumor composed of fatty tissue. They are the most common form of soft tissue tumor.^[1] Lipomas are soft to the touch, usually movable, and are generally painless. Many lipomas are small (under one centimeter diameter) but can enlarge to sizes greater than six centimeters. Lipomas are commonly found in adults from 40 to 60 years of age, but can also be found in children. Some sources claim that malignant transformation can occur,^[2] while others say that this has yet to be convincingly documented.^[3]

read more at wikipedia

Types

Lipoma removed from human torso

There are several subtypes of lipoma^[4]:624-5:

• Angiolipoleiomyoma is an acquired, solitary, asymptomatic acral nodule, characterized histologically by well-circumscribed subcutaneous tumors composed of smooth muscle cells, blood vessels, connective tissue, and fat.^[4]:627

• Angiolipoma is a painful subcutaneous nodule, having all other features of a typical lipoma.^[4]:624[5]

• Chondroid lipomas are deep-seated, firm, yellow tumors that characteristically occur on the legs of women.^[4]:625

• Corpus callosum lipoma is a rare congenital condition which may or may not present with symptoms.^[6] Lipomas are usually relatively small with diameters of about 1–3 cm,^[7] but in rare cases they can grow over several years into “giant lipomas” that are 10–20 cm across and weigh up to 4–5 kg.^[8][9]

• Hibernoma is a lipoma of brown fat.

• Intradermal spindle cell lipoma is distinct in that it most commonly affects women, and has a wide distribution, occurring with relatively equal frequency on the head and neck, trunk, and upper and lower extremities.^[4]:625[5]

• Neural fibrolipoma is an overgrowth of fibro-fatty tissue along a nerve trunk that often leads to nerve compression.^[4]:625

• Pleomorphic lipomas, like spindle-cell lipomas, occur for the most part on the backs and necks of elderly men, and are characterized by floret giant cells with overlapping nuclei.^[4]:625

• Spindle-cell lipoma is an asymptomatic, slow-growing subcutaneous tumor that has a predilection for the posterior back, neck, and shoulders of older men.^[4]:625

• Superficial subcutaneous lipoma, the most common type of lipoma, lies just below the surface of the skin.^[3] Most occur on the trunk, thighs and the forearms, although they may be found anywhere in the body where fat is located.