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Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

... specifically at the blood vessels. It enables the determination of flow velocity, direction, and even profiles within the vessel. It is painles and the study takes 30 to 60 minutes, whereas DSA sometimes takes several hours. MRA is recommended for patients suspected to have narrowing or other abnormalities of ar...

Identifying brain lesions with impaired consciousness

...olic blood pressure levels was more precise in the determination of brain lesions than diastolic blood pressure levels or pulse rate. Anyhow, the authors feel that compared with those patients without a lesion, those with a lesion had significantly higher systolic blood pressure, higher diastolic blood pressure, a...

European Countries To Fund $4 Billion For Vaccination For Poor Children’

... million thereafter. "It is a demonstration of the determination of world leaders to meet the Millennium Development Goals on infant mortality," he told a news conference, referring to United Nations targets to cut child mortality by two thirds by 2015. Brown launched the more modest scheme with his counterparts f...

MRI as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer

...enopausal patients, assessment of implant rupture, determination of the extent of disease, and response to primary induction chemotherapy. Data were available for 89 women with biopsy-proven breast cancer who had undergone both mammography and breast MRI. Variables evaluated included menopausal status and radiog...

Novel Technique For Management Of Inverted Papilloma Of Frontal Sinus

...aged with either initial endoscopic resection with determination for the need for an additional procedure at the time of endoscopic resection or open/endoscopic approach for isolated frontal sinus involvement.. Of the 5 patients who had their disease managed endoscopically, 3 patients were determined at the initia...

Religious Leaders condemn determination of sex in hospitals

...use of recent hospital equipments for scanning and determination of sex which has lead to an increase in abortion of girl child in many parts of our country. Views of Various Religious leaders: Sri Shankar said,...

Fatherhood Found To Tame Men by Reducing Testosterone Levels

...nnaire in addition to providing saliva samples for determination of hormonal levels in the morning and afternoon. The 66 unmarried men were found to have slightly higher levels of testosterone than the 30 married men who did not have children. Elevated levels of testosterone is believed to be associated with mat...

Avian Influenza: Government to set up expert committee

The Government in its determination to gear up to meet the avian flu threat, has decided to set up an expert committee to keep a close watch on bird flu cases and also to suggest preventive measures.// Animal Husbandry Secretary P M A Hakeem said "Though we have no cases of bird flu ...

Are You Ill? Have A Hard Laugh!

...ants were screened through essays to express their determination and 49 of the first 150 were selected. They then attended a two-day training workshop and reported back on how they practiced what they learned, Takayanagi said. Although licensing requires some serious medical expertise, not all therapists speciali...

Bacterial Photographs Created By Student Scientists!

...normally present on the bacterial cell surface for determination of salt concentration. This light receptor system was then designed to communicate with a pigment control system. Once light was sensed by the receptor, it inactivated certain genes and enabled the production of colored compounds by the bacteria. ...

Urinary Stress Incontinence Not Related To Childbirth

...etic predisposition could be more important in the determination of risk. Furthermore, the results showed that there was an increased tendency to suffer form incontinence amongst sisters in 63 percent of the cases. The researchers have expressed the need for a critical analysis of family history and genetic pred...

NHS Honours Nurse From India

...ly due to her unique personal qualities, her quiet determination to improve standards of healthcare and support in a particularly challenging area of children's medicine.' (IANS)...

Poor Andhra Women Enable Bypass Surgery Paying 50 Paise Each

...e for Rs.61,100 to Hemavati and lauded the women's determination to come to the aid of someone in distress. Rao told IANS here: "Fifty paise cannot buy a cup of tea. But it is remarkable that 50 paise given by each woman has helped to save the life of a young mother. The women are proud of what they have done, an...

Punjab Government To Clamp Down On Sex Determination Tests

...ng decoy customers to trap doctors who conduct sex determination tests for unborn babies which // has been outlaw...lp nab diagnostic centers indulging in illegal sex determination tests. Punjab's Health and Family Welfare Secretary D.S. Guru said field officers of the department ...

10 Million Indian Females Aborted In 20 years

...ted, 'We conservatively estimate that prenatal sex determination and selective abortion accounts for 0.5 million mi...r differences in mortality.' In India, fetal sex determination and medical termination of pregnancy on the basis of fetal sex have been illegal since 1994. However...

Life Beyond Cancer - Delhi Woman Tells How

... short film regarding her fight. The courage and determination the assistant news editor at Doordarshan television here displayed since she was declared a victim of cancer in 1998 made the Outlook magazine name her as one of 10 heroes called "The Indies". Despite losing her breasts as well as her brother and mo...

Wine Drinkers Good Health, Attributed To Their Lifestyle

...that lifestyle played a very important role in the determination of death rates among alcohol consumers. The study noted that the wine drinkers wee more educated, wealthier and had a normal and healthier mental and physical make up. In case of similar studies conducted in Canada the researches found that wine dr...

Americans Not Interested In Choosing Sex Of Child: Survey

...cans has revealed that most of them prefer leaving determination of their child's sex to a mere chance. The results of the study may not be applicable to other countries, // where concerns about sex selection may be prevalent, leading to imbalance of the sex ratio. 'We found that only eight percent of people wou...

Mercury Exposure Does Not Affect Intellectual Development

...lopment and the long-term effects of the same. The determination of mercury content of the mother’s hair provided a good indication of the level of exposure to mercury. No significant side effects were however documented even when the child had reached 16 years of age. The researchers who are surprised about th...

Heart Disease Risk Can Now Be Predicted By A Painless, Non-Invasive Test

... lead author of the study. The test is based on determination of the velocity of travel of the pulse wave down the aorta (aortic pulse wave velocity or aPWV) that supplies blood to organs present in the body. The speed and accuracy of the test, non-invasive and painless nature of the investigation and the low c...

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