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The big brain in suicides

...brains than most people. The human brain normally weighs about 1400g in men and 1300g in women, but can drop in weight with some diseases like Alzheimers, Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and alcoholism.// Emad Salid from Liverpool University and George Tadros from the Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust w...

Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...Sydney, one of the field's pioneers. Controversy weighs on subject The idea has already entered the scientific mainstream in much of the world and is endorsed by the World Health Organization, but it remains deeply controversial in the United States. It is dismissed by some of the country's weightiest pr...

Woman In Coma Gives Birth To Daughter

... Torres was delivered yesterday by a c-section and weighs only 800gms. The hospital authorities at the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital are monitoring her. Her uncle had said in a press release that the baby is doing well. The hospital authorities or the Torres family are yet to make an announ...

An Eye Opener for the blind

...urized so it is about the size of a dictionary and weighs approximately 4.5 kilos, including batteries. Dr. Dobelle said that the new artificial vision systems are expected to be made available, on a limited commercial basis, starting later this year....

New ultralight hand with better functionality and flexibility developed

... is only 400g (even lighter that a real hand which weighs on average 500g). One of the key differences between mechanical, artificial, limbs is that they aren’t able to sense pressure or touch in the same way human limbs can. The next stage of the research is to integrate the latest sensors technology wit...

Memory-Aid To Help HIV Patients

...take at the correct time. DMAS is rechargeable and weighs about as much as a cell phone. Its computer programming keeps track of the patient’s compliance, allowing the doctor to download and print a report for monitoring the patient’s adherence to the medication schedule. Treating HIV can be a grueling ta...

FDA Gives Its Approval For Inhaler

...is inhaled through the mouth prior to eating. It weighs four ounces and, when closed, is about the size of an eyeglass case. The unique inhaler produces in its chamber a cloud of insulin powder, which is designed to pass rapidly into the bloodstream to regulate the body's blood sugar levels. The FDA, whic...

New User-Friendly Mobile Device Launched For At Risk People

...d satellite positioning via GPS. The device, which weighs less than 100 gm is easy to handle, and user friendly. The device looks just like a mobile phone with four large and clearly discernible buttons. 'The design is very simple, it doesn’t have all the functions of a mobile phone, but that is what tria...

Children In Slums Of Mumbai Might be Suffering From Malnutrition

...at Chauhan’s ideal weight should be 10 kg, but she weighs only 5 kg, while Tahire’s ideal weight is 20 kg, but his actual weight is 15 kg and Hasan’s ideal weight is 16 kg but is weighing only 13 kg stated that these looked very obviously as extreme cases to them. Mangal Mange, chairman, BMC public heal...

Parents Concerned over 16-month-old boy’s Overweigh

... weight and is 20 kg now. An average child his age weighs about 10 kg....

Two-year-old Boy of Bihar Weighs 35 kg

A two-year-old boy in Bihar weighs an unbelievable 35 kg and his worried parents are trying out different doctors to find out the cause. // Ayush behaves like any normal child despite his weight, said his father Kanhal Singh, who stays in Muzaffarpur district, 70 km from Patna. "H...

Italian Doctors To Operate On World's Fattest Man

40-year-old Manuel Uribe Garza, who weighs 550 kilos (1211.5 pounds) is to have a fat removal surgery in Italy. Garza is believed to be the fattest man in the world.// The Mexican is no longer able to move around and doctors say he is suffering from morbid obesity. "We will hold a meeting i...

Obesity Surgeries Have Jumped Dramatically Since 1998

...reater -- a person who is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 276 pounds, for example -- or a BMI of 35 or more for patients who have serious, obesity-related medical conditions such as type 2 diabetes or severe sleep apnea. “This report shows that more Americans are turning to obesity surgery and that an incr...

Big Purses Can Cause Big Problems to Your Health

...you can feel it pulling on your shoulder, or if it weighs more than just a few pounds, Dr. Sadler says it may be time to downsize your bag. 'We’re really going to see women with more and more problems later on if we continue the big purse craze,' Dr. Sadler says. Here’s a couple of tips to help you ligh...

Ultrasound Technology - Boon or a Bane?

... value of ultrasonography in healthcare facilities weighs heavily on its multi-functionality. It produces live images of muscle and soft tissue, enabling doctors to select the most useful sections for diagnosing and documenting changes. It shows the structure and function of internal organs and is a usef...

Minirobot for Medical Procedures Inside Human Body

...e placed inside the body. The beetle-shaped robot, weighs five grams and measures two centimeters (0.79 inches) in length and one in diameter. The tiny robot incorporates various medical devices including a small camera, sensors and a drug delivery injector, which could reduce the need for surgery. Mini...

A Sweet Step Toward New Cancer Therapies

... use mass spectrometry—a technique that accurately weighs molecules or fragments of molecules—to analyze proteins. In this process, proteins are introduced into the mass spectrometer and fragmented by heating until the weakest bonds break. "It's the 'shake-it-til-it-breaks' approach," Hakansson said. Toge...

Scales Tipping Alarmingly in the U.S.

...a severely obese woman is described as the one who weighs 250 pounds at a height of 5 feet 4 inches. Experts are voicing their concerns over the sudden increase of people whose BMI are higher than normal, in spite of increased public awareness on the risks of obesity and the increased use of drastic wei...

Robotic Surgeon to Team Up With Doctors, Astronauts on NASA Mission

...ical robot, which is used at the UW and elsewhere, weighs nearly a half-ton. Raven weighs only 50 pounds. Lightweight, mobile robots could travel to wounded soldiers on the battlefield to ...

Diabetes The Leveler-Sweeping Across Nations

...c disease - diabetes. And they were right. Shankar weighs 110 kg, for his 5.93 feet height. Yet what surprised the doctors was that his colleague Sai Sirish, who was at least 15 years younger, and lankier - 6 feet tall and weighing 68 kg, also had high sugar levels. Medical records at many city hospit...

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