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Robot Nurses Ready For Hospitals 'In Three Years'

...are experts taking part in the IWARD project. They aim to have a three-robot prototype system ready by 2010. It is hoped the machines will ease pressure on hospitals and free staff to spend more time with patients. By helping to keep wards cleaner, they could also cut infections by hospital superbugs...

A Patented Device for Rapid Diagnosis of Diseases

...logies associated with this condition. With the aim of extending the uses of the device in the field of health, experts at these technological centres are currently researching their application for the detection and treatment of colorectal cancer. The device incorporates advances in micro-nanotechn...

New Guidelines For Assessing Lymphoma Treatment

...lly revise the criteria. The IHP recommendations aim to standardize the parameters used in clinical trials for lymphoma and incorporate the new technologies. In addition, the revised guidelines cover all lymphomas. The recommendations appear in the Jan. 22 online issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncolo...

Govt. to Launch New Website for Patients

...eatments. The Department of Health said that the aim is to improve the performance of the GPs, consultants and managers, subject to bad reports. But doctors said the idea was "gimmicky". NHS reforms have prompted countrywide campaigns against hospital and NHS service closures. But central to the ref...

Benefits of Carbon Monoxide

...will release it in a sort of slow trickle feed. We aim to make tuneable compounds, which allow you to alt...hose, which are absorbed best by the body with the aim of starting clinical studies in three years’ time. SI...

Kerala to Promote Medical Tourism With Road Shows Abroad

...krishnan told reporters here Monday. He said the aim of the policy for the next five years is to attract about 100,000 tourists who would seek medical treatment in the state's hospitals. During the last calendar year, around 15,000 tourists visited the state for medical treatment. "The government...

Algal Gel to Prevent HIV Infection

...uld be 95% efficient. Brazilian scientists, who aim to evolve various methods to prevent HIV infection by using microbicides , assure the gel will be on the market in seven years. Women need to find ways to protect themselves from HIV, mainly in underdeveloped nations where AIDS is widespread and me...

China Contributes Billions to Root Out Animal Diseases

...s) to control and prevent animal diseases. // The aim of the plan is to control animal diseases like bird flu, foot-and-mouth disease, by 2015 and possibly even root out these diseases completely. The central government will enable about 5.66 billion yuan and the remaining amount will be put in by th...

Uterus Transplant- A Future Reality

...hospital plan the first uterus transplant with the aim of getting the recipient pregnant. // The medical adventure is not without ethical controversies and technical difficulties though. The wombs would come from dead donors, just as most other organs do, and would be removed after the recipient giv...

New Gene to Help in Understanding Alzheimer’s Diseas

...al trials for Alzheimer's, and most of these drugs aim to block or remove amyloid in the brain. The scientists say that when it is working normally, the gene SORL1, plays a key protective role by recycling amyloid through the brain, preventing it from accumulating and turning into toxic plaque. This p...

European Scientists Develop Novel Therapy for Cancer

...ses. The scientists who participate in the program aim to combine CD40 triggering with chemotherapy or with innovative drugs that will cut-off signals necessary for the survival of cancer cells. This strategy is expected to achieve maximal therapy with minimal side effects. Dr Aristides Eliopoulos of t...

Vision Loss Can Be Prevented in People With Diabetes

...racterize diabetic retinopathy. Specifically, they aim to inhibit the growth of new blood vessels or the activity of proteins in the nerve cells of the retina. These treatments hold promise of intervention at earlier, non-sight-threatening stages, but they will require renewed emphasis on early detecti...

Fresh Polio Case Reported in Jammu

...and the World Health Organisation, set up with the aim to keep a tab on the polio scenario in the country. "Of the 14 new cases, eight were from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Haryana and Bihar and one each from Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir," the official added. Of the 624 cases reported in 2006, Uttar...

British Medical Association Plans Collaboration With India

...as an association for doctors in Britain. Its main aim is to promote the science of medicine. It has a membership of 139,000 doctors in Britain and outside. Source-IANS...

British Medical Association Plans Collaboration With India

...as an association for doctors in Britain. Its main aim is to promote the science of medicine. It has a membership of 139,000 doctors in Britain and outside. Source-IANS...

Risk of Acute Pancreatitis Low With Statins

...s of people around the world take these drugs, our aim was to quantify the risk.' The study, reported in the current issue of Drug Safety, is the first to estimate the risk of pancreatitis from drugs such as Lipitor? and Pravachol?, known as statins. Researchers found that while the drugs increased the ...

An Online Portal To Aid Kidney Patients

...able at the upcoming portal, DeLenardo said. The aim of establishing the portal is to provide a wide-ranging, useful resource for patients who are eligible for access, Gaskin said. "We want them actively engaged in their care," he said. "For people with a chronic disease, they're on it forever. Eve...

British Hospitals Reeling Under the Effect of Alcoholic Excesses

...eps to prevent misuse and binging of alcohol .They aim to spread the message especially among youngsters. MST...

Male Contraception: Discovery Stirring Interest Among Scientists, Drug Developers

...e to swim and fertilize eggs. “Because they will aim at specific proteins like SFEC and target a unique sub-domain on the protein’s surface, future male contraceptive drugs will be known as intelligent spermicides,” Herr explained. “At UVa, we’ve coined a great name for this new drug class, spermistati...

Gluten Free Bread: Boon for Celiac Disease

...f the direct and indirect celiac population. The aim was to develop a type of bread suitable for celiacs with a similar taste and similar texture to bread made with wheat flour -- that is, a spongy centre and a "normal" volume -- as well as a unique taste that makes it stand out from existing products....

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