With a number of vacancies existing for speech language pathologists in the healthcare market in the US, qualified speech language pathologists are in high demand. To meet the growing job requirements of hospitals and healthcare firms for qualified speech pathology specialists, a number of speech language pathologist staffing companies in the US are now providing their recruitment and staffing services in a highly competitive and reliable manner.The job of a speech pathologist, also called speech therapist, entails diagnosis and treatment of numerous disorders associated with the communication skills of patients. The treatment also includes curing difficulties associated with swallowing. Depending on the expertise and training speech pathology professionals have in the field, staffing companies can get them employed in the very best suited job positions which range from assistant jobs to supervisory posts.
To grab a job in the field, candidates really should have a degree in... [ Continue reading... ]
"On the growth path-Diagnostics and Pathological Testing Market in India"
The Growing Indian Healthcare Industry
The healthcare industry in India is growing at a rapid pace and it is poised to become one of the dominant participants of the Indian economy. According to a Yes Bank and ASSOCHAM report, the Indian health care industry is estimated to grow at 23% p.a. to billion by 2012 from the current billion. The sector has grown at a rate of 9.3% from the year 2000 to 2009.
Of the sum, diagnostic and pathology services would account for .5 billion in 2012, more than double its estimated current size of billion. The growth in the segment is expected to be driven by consolidation in the industry and increasing insurance penetration among the country's population. Healthcare facilities, inclusive of public and private hospitals, the core sector, around which the healthcare sector is centered, would continue to contribute over 70% of the total sector and touch a... [ Continue reading... ]
The present article is relaed to the observation made by the author in his two and half decades of clinical practice on the cure of the divergent inflammatory diseases such as Asthma, Arthritis, Tuberculosis, etc. by administering a single molecule/ medicine. Extensive literature and patent search could not present any scientific explanation for the phenomenon observed and reported. Preliminary research at the author's clinic and lab has enabled the postulation and confirmation of a novel theory and immune pathway involving Histamine haemostasis referred to as the Rao's Vicious Cycle. In this study the medicine used belongs to the category of allergies, a new mechanism is proposed for the action of mediators during the inflammation. It has been postulated that the histamine liberated from the mast cells is the key link among the divergent diseases. During inflammation, histamine is released at the inflammatory sites as predicted by Rao's vicious cycle. The later... [ Continue reading... ]