Every year, 300,000 Americans with appendicitis are rushed into emergency surgery. Most think that if the appendix is not immediately removed, it will burst -with potentially fatal consequences. But now some doctors say there may another option: antibiotics. Five small studies from Europe, involving a total of 1,000 patients, indicate …
As per the data provided by the Pune Municipal Corporation health authorities, a total of 82 patients have died due to swine flu in the city since January this year. Of these, 24 were residents of Pune. Two more deaths due to the H1N1 virus (swine flu) were registered by …