NEW ROBOTIC SURGERY ARM APPROVED BY FDA
...aroscopic surgery, enabling easier, more intricate motion and better control of surgical tools. The new robotic system is intended to be used in an operating room in laparoscopic procedures, for example for gall bladder disease or gastro-ensophageal reflux disease (severe heartburn). FDA clearance was base...Now AIDS treatment comes dirt-cheap
...ing horns over AIDS treatment. The ball was set in motion by the dramatic announcement of Indian firm Cipla that a three-drug combination for AIDS treatment would cost less than a U.S. dollar a day. Not to be left far behind rival firm Ranbaxy announced plans of its own production of anti retroviral drugs f...Acupuncture superseeds massage therapy for short term relief of pain
...ed a significant improvement in pain reduction and motion compared to others. But after three months they found that there were no significant differences among the study groups which employed acupuncture or massage therapy. Hence they concluded that acupuncture to be effective for short term gains and not...Andhra Pradesh to set up 'Pharma City'
...desh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has set into motion a plan to set up a ‘Pharma City’ in the port town of Vishakhapatnam. By providing world-class infrastructure in the ‘Pharma City’, the state government hopes to attract global pharmaceutical companies to the city for outsourcing about 400 drugs in th......said Dr Fenn. "But there's a lot of weight-bearing motion going on in the garden, digging holes, pulling weeds, pushing a mower."She speculated that being outdoors might add to the bone-strengthening effects, since sunlight stimulates production of vitamin D which helps the body absorb dietary calcium. Wei......s together, but this sometimes limits the range of motion available to the patient. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been testing an artificial disc and comparing it to spinal fusion. Results so far look very promising, with many patients becoming pain free. The research will now more into it...Artificial discs available as replacements for damaged discs
...to those undergoing fusion surgery, who have their motion restricted for up to a year. The other major benef... that the artificial disc appears to offer is that motion remains at the disc, which does not put additional stress on adjacent discs. In fusion surgery, in ...Reducing Pain from Knee Surgery
...ose taking the drug also had an increased range of motion of the knee after surgery. Experts say controlling pain after knee replacement surgery, while also reducing the use of pain medication remains an important challenge to anesthesiologists and surgeons alike. Authors of the study write, "This study va...Reducing Pain From Knee Surgery
...ose taking the drug also had an increased range of motion of the knee after surgery. Experts say controlling pain after knee replacement surgery, while also reducing the use of pain medication remains an important challenge to anesthesiologists and surgeons alike. Authors of the study write, "This study va......the body, and around joints it can cause decreased motion of the joints, also known as localized scleroderma. She says: “I had a bunch of bumps on my legs, and it gradually turned into bruises, almost purple. Then my skin started to get hard, and it was painful to the touch.” Doctors are now using a new k...Pain Relief For Osteoarthritis Patients
...mptoms are pain, stiffness, reduced joint range of motion and limitations to normal activities such as getting up from a chair, walking, balance and strength, and walking up and down stairs. Pain-reducing medications such as acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 inhibitors have bee...New ways developed to understand dyslexia
...ents with magnocellular (M) pathway that processes motion and brightness, and parvocellular (P) pathway that processes detail and color, have suggested that dyslexic children are equally proficient in understanding the sensations. Only when these sensations were disturbed partly with ‘noise’, the children s...Ginger Found To Reduce Nausea Associated With Chemotherapy
...ger to be effective at relieving nausea related to motion sickness, post-operative recovery and pregnancy. Thus researchers say from previous studies it has been proven that ginger is very safe in treating nausea with minimal side effects and at the same time it tends to be inexpensive when compared to othe...Studying brain anatomy without surgery
...uring a periodic sequence of stimulation by finger motion and rest. The researchers demonstrated spatial congruence between the haemoglobin signal and the MRI signal in the motor cortex related to finger movement. They also demonstrated collocation between haemoglobin oxygen levels and changes in scattering...Indian Researcher Discovers Reason For Malignancy of Skin Cancer
...tch on to. The dormant cellular process is set in motion by a gene called Slug, which is present in the "neural crest", an early cluster of embryonic cells that in adulthood form several cell types including the melanocytes. "Slug is a key component of the neural crest's ability to migrate," Gupta, a MIT...Feelings Of Sympathy And Empathy Dictated by Personal Experience
...had to guess the weight of the box solely from the motion sequence of the lifter. It turned out that the patients were able to complete the task as correctly and unerringly as the control subjects. Apparently they were able solve the problem using their knowledge that, for example, a slow body movement sign...Age-Dependent Alterations Not Specific For Alzheimers Disease
...he levels of spontaneous forehead and forearm flow motion in different age groups and to establish whether a...online 14 October 2005) are that the forehead flow motion displays an age-dependent pattern. Also, under resting conditions, low-frequency oscillation in the ...Cadila gets US FDA approval for Promethazine tablets
...t in controlling postoperative pain and to control motion sickness. The company plans to launch the drug in US this year. The US market for this drug is estimated at $116 million. The group had recently received approval to market Ribavirin capsules in the US market through its US subsidiary Zydus Pharmac...Tainted doctor refused Saskatoon job
...e ultimate say on the appointment, voted against a motion that would have permitted him to complete the contract that expires next September. The vote was 3 to 8. "At this point we don't owe him anything," Dr. Barry Maber, vice-president of physicians for the Health Region of Saskatoon told reporters. "H....... For this research a special technique called the motion capture technology was used to separate dance movements from other variables like clothing, body features and attractiveness. It was also identified that symmetric males scored higher than the females and the female evaluators rated them higher tha...