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Teens turning to Internet for medical queries

...heir health queries. Earlier it was the agony aunt column in magazines now it is the medical portals, which clarify the doubts and dispel the fears of the teens.More than 75% of teens surveyed, in a study in California and New York, used the Internet to find answers to questions nagging them. Some were pers...

Bridge to liver transplant looks encouraging

... cleansing action. The liver machine consists of a column of the protein albumin. Blood is circulated from the patient's body, through the column, and returned to the body. The albumin molecules attract the toxin molecules, pulling them out of the blood. So far, 20 critically ill patients have used the devi...

Spine Surgeries becoming less painful

...cope (a 2mm camera) is inserted into the vertebral column to free the spinal cord of pressure created due to extended discs and enlarged bones. The advantages of the system as stated by Dr. Amit Jhala of Chirayu Hospital in Ahmedabad are that there is less tissue damage and lesser blood loss and the patie...

Drug Found Effective In Reducing Vertebral Fractures In Women

...educe the risk of breaking a bone in the vertebral column by 49 percent. Researchers in France conducted a larger study to compare the drug to placebo in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.The study included 1,649 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and who suffered at least one vertebral fracture....

Reducing Vertebral Fractures In Women

...educe the risk of breaking a bone in the vertebral column by 49 percent. Researchers in France conducted a larger study to compare the drug to placebo in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.The study included 1,649 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and who suffered at least one vertebral fracture....

Indian Hospitals – A Destination For Quality Medical Care

...d when a vertebrae slips out of line in the spinal column and presses on a nerve and requires immediate medical attention. Surgery may be needed if the patient does not respond to routine treatment. The above news throws highlight on the demand for highly specialized medical experts with knowledge and ski...

Folic acid enriched grain reduces birth defects

...nown as neural-tube defects, arise when the spinal column of a developing embryo does not properly close during the first weeks of pregnancy. The defect causes paralysis in spina bifida and fatal brain deformation in anencephaly. Folic acid is given to elder people for balancing the Vitamin B12 deficiencie...

Mental exercises reduces brain ageing

...rals given in some cells (the "givens"). Each row, column and region must contain only one instance of each numeral. This mental exercises increases logical thinking. Sudoku initially became popular in Japan in 1986 and attained international popularity in 2005. Aerobic exercise makes your heart breath har...

US Preparing To Answer Japan's Queries On Beef Exports

...imports from US after inspectors discovered spinal column in veal shipments. This ban resulted over fears of t mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). This particular action came within 30 days of Japan lifting the curbs on US beef imports. Japan has asked for some safeguards including t...

Surgery vs. Non-surgical treatment for back disorders

...he soft tissue between the vertebrae of the spinal column juts out and presses on nerves that run along the spine, suffer from excruciating back pain.Pain may shoot down to the legs as well.Surgical correction was the treatment of choice to relieve a patient . However the research , that were published in...

Tuning to Raga Maybe Beneficial for the Heart

...eart rate. Ask Yahoo! is the question-and-answer column of Yahoo! Inc, the Sunnyvale California-headquartered Internet services company that operates a portal and provides a full range of products and services, including its search engine, directory and free email service. It pointed to recent research ...

Genetic Mutations - Key to Autism ?

... role in generating impulses to the nerves, spinal column and the brain. Thomas Bourgeron of the Pasteur Institute in Paris opines that though the mutations are limited to few individuals they may have far reaching implications – as they involve the gene involved in ASD. ASD affects communication skills ...

FDA Approves INFUSE Bone Graft for Use in Dentistry

...tient cases will appear in the Dental Case Studies column written by Dr. Mark in the upcoming May/June issue of the New York City edition of Doctor of Dentistry magazine. Commenting on the potential use of INFUSE in implant dentistry Dr. Mark went on to say, "the accelerated bone growth promoted by this ...

30-year-old Woman Survives 'internal Decapitation'

...tached Miss Malloys skull to the top of her spinal column with five screws through her neckbones. Then they held her head steady by screwing a steel 'halo' around the top of her skull which was attached to her shoulders by rods. Nearly four months after the crash, the surgeons have removed the halo and ...

Resident Bacteria May Help Clean Phosphorous From Lakes

...es about how phosphorus is released into the water column by bacteria during the summer, and taken up during the spring and fall. Traditionally, limnologists who study lake phosphorus group bacteria into a single 'black box,' says McMahon. Conversely, she seeks to identify specific bacterial populations p...

Surgery- Very Effective for Common Back Pain

... below. This can result in narrowing of the spinal column (spinal stenosis), which can put pressure on the nerves, resulting in pain in the buttocks or legs with walking or standing. The condition generally occurs after age 50 and it affects six times as many women as men. The management of degenerative s...