Automated Technique Accurately Measures Platelet Counts in "Platelet Gel" Products
...ension technique and system validation method will aid in creating standardized PRP preparations with more predictable results, as well as in comparing the results of studies from different research groups." Source-Newswise...Survivors of Pakistan Earthquake Still at Risk
... "The Red Cross and Red Crescent, along with other aid agencies and the government of Pakistan, has been ...ross and Red Crescent medical support has provided aid to around half a million people. Until the end of 2008 the International Federation and the PRCS a...Vision restoration with a drug for macular degeneration
...-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) could also aid in improvement of vision in some people. // Wet AMD is the biggest cause of loss of vision in the UK. Sight can be regained to some extent in people with a specific type of retina degeneration by giving injections of the drug Lucentis. The study w...ART Infuses Hope for Mothers and Infants Suffering HIV
...te AIDS// Control Society (APSACS) has come to the aid of such infants, suffering HIV at birth. The vision for this group is clear - the society strives to realize infant births sans HIV by the year 2007. A pioneering effort of its kind in the country, the group has lined up the Telugu Network of HIV P...Cuban Deaf-blind Children Regain Hearing
...volutionized the treatment and become an essential aid for treating deafness. Source-IANS...Age of Medical Miracles has come upon us
...echnology and smart materials are also foreseen to aid in the repair of damaged nerves and probably even broken spinal cords. Other advances that were predicted are new surgery techniques that will allow specialists to operate on babies in the womb and heal brain injuries. Breakthroughs, such as gene...Antiretroviral Drugs: A Shot in the Arm to Fight Malaria?
...troviral drugs in use to assist HIV infection, may aid the fight against malaria, Australian researchers said. Detailed research on existing// antiretrovirals that are already in use to combat HIV is need of the hour, which can form the basis of development of a new genre of anti-malarial drugs. This i...Fight against HIV taken up by Zimbabwe's Hairdressers
...e British government. This donation is expected to aid in the funding of a five-year campaign to reduce new infections by increasing testing and encouraging safer sex. The British government's policy of withholding funds from President Robert Mugabe's government has caused the grant to go to the non-g...Health Care Benefits for Immigrants Favored by MD Court
...ied only to the 13 children, Regan Bailey, a legal aid attorney who represented them said that she hoped that care would be restored to all the immigrants who lost their benefits when the budget was cut. Bailey said, "The same legal principles apply to all the legal immigrants, children and pregnant wom...Autistic Children May Lag behind in ‘Categorization of Objects
...er research of preschool-age children, which could aid us in the development of possible diagnostic tools and therapies," Johnson said. "Children with autism have the best outcomes when they are diagnosed and begin treatment at an early age." In this study, 11 children with autism, ranging in age from 3...NHS Food Slowing Patient Recovery
...r too cold. A quarter of infirm patient who needed aid in eating claimed to not having received it. Besides this there was widespread criticism of lack of choice on the menu. Around four-fifths of patients said that they were not given the opportunity to choose meals in advance, while 18% said the dish o...Eating Disorders may be diagnosed by Hair analysis
...e measures, such as low weight for age and height, aid in diagnosis of eating disorders, up until now doctors and researchers have had to rely heavily on self-reported information and qualitative interviews with patients. Data collected this way is often highly subjective and demands honesty from the pat...Veils Banned to Muslim medicos in Birmingham Hospital
...ace veil by Muslim women in an attempt to "help to aid good communications" between Muslim medical studen... not cover the face.” "This is necessary to help aid communications with patients and other colleagues," the spokesman said. This move comes close on t...Receptors involved in corneal clarity identified
...een University have found out molecules that could aid in the treatment of cancer, heart diseases and other serious disorders//. The expression of this molecule, sflt-1, a free-floating receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor A, prevents the formation of vision obstructing blood vessels, thus k...YSR launches 'Operation Dengue'
... for three years and has called upon the public to aid the Government in the complete eradication of mosquitoes that are responsible for diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and malaria. Around 3,000 cycle rickshaws have been employed to undertake this job in the twin cities in order to collect garbage...Authors Review Astrodome Medical Response to Hurricane Katrina
...ffective evacuation plan, the inability to provide aid to those left behind in the storm area, the "ad ho... or might not be more costly than a single lengthy aid operation under the current approach for a single disaster, such as Katrina," Dr. Nusbaum writes. "U...Australia coughs up $15m to resurrect Lebanon
...ister Alexander// Downer, Australia has managed to aid Lebanon with a total of $24 million during the post-conflict time, to help rebuild a country in ruins. "The majority of the funding will support restoring health infrastructure and providing adequate access to health facilities and services, partic...Gastroenteritis attacks the newborn ward
...are of the infected babies' has been spruced up to aid their speedy recovery as well as check the spread of infection.......se," she said. Le Goff said, "It is important that aid agencies and national governments work together to avoid duplication and move the overall response to this epidemic to a larger scale". Kapila said, "Western countries, which have previously promised money to help combat the disease, have sometimes...