Aster Medical Journal is an independent knowledge dissemination platform for medical fraternities in the Middle East and India, and our mission is to advance healthcare by sharing knowledge and expertise
The Growing Burden of Cancer
Aster Medical Journal • VOL. 1 | ISSUE 4 | February 2020
Driving a better future for patients
Ayushman Bharat 2.0: Incentives to get private hospitals to rural India
Healthcare Leak: Over 10 mn Patient Data Left Exposed
Dubai Hospital reaches 88.5 per cent cure rate in child cancers
Coronavirus cases spike after changes to diagnosis method
Restoring Dignity • Dr Hafiz Muhammed from Kozhikode, India, went to Nigeria as part of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team, where he treated 27 survivors of the Noma disease, sharing his experience of providing life-changing reconstructive surgery.
COVID-19: China Turns to Cell Phones & Drones in Fight Against Virus • A Chinese man who had taken a trip to Wuhan—was amazed when cops turned up at his door after he returned, asking to inspect his temperature level.
In focus • Expanding the scope of precision medicine can deliver improved patient outcomes and mitigate cost pressures.
Integrating Genomics into Healthcare: A Global Responsibility
National Genomic-Medicine Initiatives: Collaborative “Cross-Country” Projects Currently Underway
Table S1. Summary of currently active national government-funded genomic medicine initiatives
EXPANDING PRECISION MEDICINE • How Healthcare is Deploying Precision Diagnosis and Individualized Treatment at Scale
Global fight depends on the health system of vulnerable countries
Conversation
The Contrarian Who Cures Cancers • Dr James P. Allison believed that unleashing the immune system was a way to beat cancer when almost no one else did. A Nobel Prize and a growing list of cancer survivors vindicate him.
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Battle Lost or a Challenging Conquest?
Research
Role of Susceptibility-weighted Imaging in Grading of Gliomas Compared to Perfusion MRI, with Histopathology as the Gold Standard
PELD (Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy): Prospective Study of 230 Cases, Indications, Patient Satisfaction and Recovery • Patient satisfaction was defined as a maintained reduction in pain and absence of recurrence within a 24 month period, with no further surgery being necessary.
Views & Reviews
SEIZURES Not Always Epileptic! • There are many ‘non-epileptic’ episodes which can mimic an epileptic seizure and are not uncommon in children including neonates. Most of these conditions have favorable prognosis. Hence, clinicians should be aware of such differential diagnosis, as incorrect diagnosis of epilepsy has huge ramification on the child as well as their families.
Liver Elastography: The latest ultrasound breakthrough
Features • IN MANY POOR COUNTRIES, OLDER SURGEONS RESIST BEING QUESTIONED, AND OPERATIONS ARE MORE OFTEN EMERGENCIES, WHICH LEAVES LESS TIME TO REVIEW CHECKLISTS.
THE WORKOUT DRUG • As researchers learn more about how exercise fights chronic ills like heart disease and diabetes, doctors may soon be able to treat physical activity as the powerful medicine it is
Where Surgeons Don’t Bother with Checklists • IN MANY POOR COUNTRIES, OLDER SURGEONS RESIST BEING QUESTIONED, AND OPERATIONS ARE MORE OFTEN EMERGENCIES, WHICH LEAVES LESS TIME TO REVIEW CHECKLISTS.
Case Reports
Ultra-Low Dose Free-Breathing Pediatric CT Imaging • Technologies has developed and would continue to develop innovations that follows the ALARA principles. Here we are showcasing some novel clinical examples that achieved the dose as low as possible.
Looks Can Deceive: An Interesting Case of Furuncular...