Expert Opinion

Written by 28 June, 2015 9:35 pm Category Archives Articles, Medicolegal case of the month, Periodic Features.

Dr. Dilip B. Walke Pune Chairperson, Ethics & Medico Legal Committee, FOGSI E-mail: dbwalke@hotmail.com   Doctor’s Duty In Reporting A Rape Case To Police Ref : Regarding Section 39crpc And Article compiled by Dr Dilip Walke, Past Chairman, Ethics and Medicolegal Committeee (2007-2010) Acknowledgment: Dr Ravindra Bangal, Forensic expert, Mumbai There is a question in… Read more »

Greece

Written by 28 June, 2015 9:31 pm Category Archives Articles, Periodic Features, Travel tip of the month archives.

Dr. Nasreen Tibrewala Consultant Anesthetist. Breach Candy, Parsee General & Masina Hospital, Intrepid Traveller Email : drtibrewala@gmail.com Greece – Much More Than The Acropolis Greece-land of the Iliad and Odyssey, Homer and Hippocretes, Archimedes and Helen of Troy! We stayed at the Pella Inn in Athens, best described as adequate! What it lacked I niceties… Read more »

Rockies

Written by 28 June, 2015 9:28 pm Category Archives Articles, Periodic Features, Travel tip of the month archives.

Dr. Narendra Malhotra – Agra Past President – FOGSI E-mail : mnmhagra3@gmail.com HOW TO DO THE ROCKIES Man’s quest and desire to scale peakes is as old s mankind, Mountains have a strange feeling of well being on mankind. Mankind usually heads to the mountains for holiday’s, relaxation, meditation and for honeymoon. Easy accessibility and… Read more »

Jordan

Written by 28 June, 2015 9:20 pm Category Archives Articles, Periodic Features, Travel tip of the month archives.

Dr. Nasreen Tibrewala Consultant Anesthetist. Breach Candy, Parsee General & Masina Hospital, Intrepid Traveller Email : drtibrewala@gmail.com Jordan- So much more than Petra ! Undeniably it is Petra which has put Jordan on the tourist map. After a 2 kilometer walk (which is in itself a destination) with rock carvings, water channels, soaring cliffs on… Read more »

Menopause Quiz

Written by 28 June, 2015 7:24 pm Category Periodic Features, Quiz of the month.

Dr Charu Mittal Gwalior Consultant Gynecologist Q 1. Menopause is said to be “early” when it occurs before the age of 40 yrs 45 yrs 50 yrs 48yrs Q2. The cardinal sign of menopause is cessation of menstruation. The  chief underlying cause of  this is: Depletion of oocytes Rise in levels of FSH Rise in… Read more »

Detection of Cervical Cancer

Written by 28 June, 2015 7:20 pm Category Periodic Features, Quiz of the month.

Dr. Aswath Kumar R Thrissur Dept of Gynaecology, Jubilee Mission Medical College Dr Sarita Bhalerao Mumbai Chairperson, Quiz Committee, FOGSI E-mail: saritabhalerao@hotmail.com Quiz on prevention and early detection of cervical Cancer Choose the correct option: 1. Most common cancer in women in India (a) Ca breast (b) Ca cervix (c) Ca ovary (d) Ca endometrium… Read more »

Gynec. Oncology

Written by 28 June, 2015 7:14 pm Category Periodic Features, Quiz of the month.

Dr.Shailesh Kore Secretary, FOGSI  Website Committee West zone co-ordinator: FOGSI Quiz Committee Monthly Quiz( Gynec.Oncology) HPV -16  /18 account for ——- cases of Ca cervix 25% 40% 70% 90% What is most common cause of death in Ca Cervix? Hemoorrhage Uraemia Cachexia Intracranial bleed Which ovarian tumor is  often associated with precocious puberty? Sertoli –Lydig… Read more »

Tamiflu in Pregnancy

Written by 28 June, 2015 6:54 pm Category Archives Articles, Drug of the month archives, Periodic Features.

Dr. Milind R. Shah Solapur Chairman, Rural Obstetrics Committee, FOGSI E-mail: manjus@sancharnet.in, drmilindshah@gmail.com In this event of pandemic of Swine flu, lot of discussion taking place about Swine flu in pregnancy as well as various drugs used for it. As pregnant women are susceptible for severe complications as we see in any other viral infections,… Read more »

Tutorials in Colposcopy

Written by 28 June, 2015 6:52 pm Category Archives Articles, Drug of the month archives, Periodic Features.

Dr. Milind R. Shah Solapur Chairman, Rural Obstetrics Committee, FOGSI E-mail: manjus@sancharnet.in, drmilindshah@gmail.com Tutorials in Colposcopy Contending with the Normal Look at the picture below. A picture of a person’s lips, magnified just a little. Actually this is pretty much like doing a colposcopy. Imagine that you had to describe and certify the medical condition… Read more »