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Elderly People Can Take Up Computers To Fight Depression

...younger members of the study group and have higher annual household incomes, while also reporting higher functioning in activities of daily living than the rest of the seniors in the study group.Participants in the survey included an urban community sample of 206 adults over the age of 65 (with a mean age o...

Low Cost Tissue Culture Vaccine For Encephalitis

...l Vector Borne Disease Control Program reports the annual incidence of 1765 to 3428 cases every year. The report from the study shows that every year 466 to 707 patients die. During 2003, more than 1000 children’s died of Japanese Encephalitis. In the past 10 years, the disease has spread to 15 States....

Adult Stem Cells From Fat Tissues For Healing

... will present their research findings at the third annual International Fat Applied Technology Society conference, The Role of Adipose Tissue in Regenerative Medicine: Opportunities for Clinical Therapy, to be held during September 10-13, 2005. In total, 47 research abstracts will be presented from both a...

Therapeutic cloning by regenerating stem cells from heart muscles

... be presenting the results of the study during the annual meeting of the Japanese College of Cardiology to be held in Osaka on Sept. 19....

Obese Employees Increase Costs For Employers

...ployed full time in the labor market, the combined annual per capita cost of being obese, including medical expenses and absenteeism, ranges from $460 to $2,030. For women the per capita cost ranges from $1,370 to $2,485. The larger cost for obese women is driven, in part, by their increased frequency of ...

Scientists Concerned Over Increasing Malfunction Of Heart Devices

...everal million people. "When we looked across the annual reports we receive about these products, we have found some increasing trends for certain kinds of problems with some devices," he was quoted as saying in the meeting. "This happened even as these devices got smaller, more sophisticated and more ro...

Pharmaceutical industries grant for R&D to be monitored

...conducted in a very open and transparent way, with annual reports to Parliament about its progress and full details of how it operates made public. "We shall of course co-operate fully with the OFT." (Source: BBC News) For more information on different drugs search Medindia Medication Manual: This manua...

Familial Breast cancer without gene mutation not found to cause ovarian cancer.

...lvic examination every year and consult doctor and annual medical examinations is required for early detection of cancers. (SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute)...

Dental Cysts Can Cause Infections In Head And Neck

...ysts can reoccur, patients should be followed with annual radiologic studies. Source: Newswise...

Medical Fraternity Urged To Revamp Indian Healthcare

... Singh also gave away medals and prizes during the annual convocation of AIIMS. Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss was present on the occasion. --IANS...

Risk Of Stroke May Be Genetic By Nature

...s//. According to a report presented at the 130th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego, the gene, called phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D), had been found to increase the risk of stroke in a study in Iceland. A team of researchers from several institutions has now confirmed this...

Genetical Screening Can Detect Early Signs Of Multiple Sclerosis

...lt University in Nashville, Tennessee at the 130th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego, a cluster of genes on chromosome six is the only one that plays a significant role in multiple sclerosis (MS). The major histo-compatibility complex (MHC) is a cluster of genes that pla...

PET scans may help deciding surgery for epilepsy

...ple. According to a study presented at the 130th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego, // researchers from National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke had found that PET imaging with a marker that shows deficits in signaling for the neurotransmitter serotonin ...

Nutrition Guide For Diabetic Nephropathy

...een all diabetic patients for kidney disease on an annual basis. A symposium at the 65th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in San Diego and reports from new research also presented at the June 10–14 meeting identified the most effective nephropathy screening and care management...

A Vaccine for the impending pandemic Avian Influenza

...t monitoring of the global influenza situation and annual adjustments in the composition of influenza vaccines. Due to this tendency of mutation, avian influenza mixed with a human flu, and was thus able to infect humans through direct contact with birds. According to the World Health Organization, of the...

Hate flossing? No problem, Waterpik? Dental Water Jet will do the needful

...d today at the American Dental Association's (ADA) annual conference in Philadelphia says that there is a viable alternative to flossing- the Waterpik? Dental Water Jet. The Waterpik? Dental Water Jet is a device that operates by delivering high water pressure and pulsation that cleans areas below the gum...

British Healthcare Mission Explores Partnership Possibilities With Indian Healthcare Sector

...try and pointed out that published figures put the annual growth of health insurance premium in the country at 60 percent and above. He said:"Chennai and South India in general have a long-standing reputation for healthcare innovation.” "One of the first female doctors in the English-speaking world, Mary ...

US Kidney Failure Rates show Stabilization After 20-Year Climb

... Institutes of Health have shown stabalisation of annual increases from 5 to 10 percent//, rates for new ca... still a dramatic racial disparity. The average annual increase of kidney diseases has been less than 1 percent since 1999, compared to an average 5 percen...

Weight reduction by 5% may help in treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

...he Journal of Hepatology, the researchers analyzed annual health checkup data from 1546 employees. Of 469 subjects with elevated ALT, they selected 348 male subjects by excluding those who had other causes of liver disease. They were followed for one year to assess the association of change in lifestyle wit...

Fish eaters found to have sharper brains

...ho ate one fishmeal a week had a 10 percent slower annual decline in thinking. Furthermore, those who ate two fishmeals a week showed a 13 percent slower annual decline. The study however, failed to establish the protective effect of omega-3 fatty acids regardi...

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