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Indian American Surgeon Wins US "Genius" Award

..., resonant works merge the traditional South Asian art of miniature painting with contemporary forms and styles. The MacArthur Fellows Programme was the first major grant making initiative of the Foundation. The inaugural class of MacArthur Fellows was named in 1981. Including this year's Fellows, 732 ...

Investigating Alternatives for Childhood Depression

...quality. Of treatments including St John’s wort, art therapy, vitamin C and others, light therapy as treatment for winter depression had the best supporting evidence, the review found. Massage and relaxation techniques have a proven immediate effect on emotional state but there’s no evidence to suppo...

College Launches Palliative Care Nursing Program

... patient's family. "We'll be teaching students the art of nursing as well as the science," says Tabloski. "The best medicine is not always the most medicine. Quality of life is also important." The Connell School of Nursing's palliative care program will also take strides to address the shortfall of th...

Children's Hospital to get New Unit

...oming from the Wallace and Gromit Grand Appeal for art enhancement. NLA...

Once a Lawn Mower, a Self-made Billionaire Makes a Lasting Gift to Virginia Tech

... Dean's Chair in Engineering. One of the pieces of art that hangs in the College is a reprint from Virginia Business magazine, dated 1990. The title is 'The House that Torgersen Built.' The article credits Paul's 20-year tenure as Virginia Tech's Dean of Engineering as 'elevating the college to the upper...

Indian Scientist Sues International Genetic Centre for $5 Million

...roup of scientists who are performing state of the art research on an important problem." According to the lawyers, their client is a victim of "irrational prejudice" of Delhi Unit's director Virander Singh Chauhan. They point out that although the whole group was being closed, only Mohan was asked to...

India to Procure Container Based Mobile Hospital

...This hospital, with 100 beds would// have state of art operation theatre, diagnostic facilities including CT scan, kitchen, water purification, sanitary unit and its own power generator. This container based hospital would be located in New Delhi and can be transported by road, rail or air to the disas...

Balance Training Better Than Tai Chi at Improving Mobility in Older Adults

...ce than tai chi. While tai chi – a Chinese martial art form consisting of slow, rotational movements and weight-shifting – offers many benefits, the researchers say, they’re not as great as those produced by a balance-training program. “Our results indicate that in older adults with at least mild balan...

Is Prior Testing Necessary For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Fecal Incontinence (FI) ?

...occur through a renaissance in our approach to the art and science of gastroenterology,” says Rao. Source-Eurekalert RI...

Beyond Bifocals: Wavefront Technology Benefits Patients With Presbyopia

...imized lens technology represents the state of the art in spectacle lens correction for presbyopes. “Just about 50 percent of all Americans with presbyopia are still wearing bifocals, a 220-year old technology invented by Benjamin Franklin,” said Dr. McDonald, who was among the first ophthalmologists to...

In Search of Truth - 'Lie Detector

...time, evolved into a sophisticated, state- of -the art digital instrument. The scrolling paper has found a substitute in the algorithms and computerized monitor. Recent technological advances have help invent ‘lie detecting’ gadgets with an LSD display that are the size of one’s palm. These gadgets help...

Huge Ayurveda Library Coming Up in Jaipur

...ing old and rare manuscripts on the ancient Indian art of healing, is coming up here. // To be built at the National Ayurveda Institute at a cost of over Rs.20 million, it will be one of the biggest ayurveda libraries in India. It will house national and international books, journals and research papers...

AIIMS Creates Record by Completing 100 Four-arm Robotic Surgeries

...eted the 100th operations through the state-of the art machine. It's a record in Asia," said Ashok K. Hemal, a senior professor at the department. "On Friday, we conducted two difficult prostate cancer surgeries on two senior citizens and achieved this feat," Hemal told IANS over telephone from his ope...

The Other Side of Transsexuals

... Well-known beautician Vasantha taught Saranya the art of threading eyebrows, bleaching faces and doing f... with their own parlours. TAI's Kavya is a folk art group that uses theatre as a medium for anti-AIDS messages and employs aravani dancers and musicians...

Tai Chi Augments Immune Response Against Shingles

...chi which a westernized version of Chinese martial art and is a slow movement exercise. This study finds a place in the April issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Varicella zoster virus is responsible for causing shingles which results in painful blistery rash on the body. Chicken...

Lesser the Better- Minimally Invasive Surgery Breakthrough

...roat, colon or vagina. “The current state of the art for laparoscopic surgery requires four or five holes. The question behind this is, can we do the surgery through only one hole and can we hide the hole in a cosmetically advantageous or less painful location,” Dr. Cadeddu said. Study researchers co...

Number of Specialists Best at Treating Children's Fractures Decreasing

... in the surrounding communities about the state of art in treating these fractures and also make ourselves available to them to assist in caring for these children.” Through its upcoming third annual symposium on “Operative Management of Pediatric Fractures,” scheduled for Friday, March 30, 2007, HSS...

Alzheimer’s Patients Plead for Greater Understanding and Suppor

...l sites of their choosing like an African-American art museum, a glass blower’s studio or a Hindu temple are also being organized by support groups. Alzheimer’s disease is perhaps a march to oblivion. But the process can unfold over two decades. Patients at the front end, said Paulette Michaud, manager...

'Bistronomy' is Conquering Dining in Paris

..." which the website epicurious.com defines as "the art of fine dining; the science of gourmet food and drink." The man generally credited with developing this marriage of culinary cultures is 42-year-old Yves Camdeborde, who spent 10 years working with chef Christian Constant at the two-star Les Ambass...

Tai Chi - More Than Magic

Experts vouch for the ancient martial art known as Tai Chi- especially for its gifts of heal...entially healing force or not, the ancient martial art known as Tai Chi can help bring about health and fitness. Says Dr. Michael Irwin, a professor of...

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