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Advances in Treatment of Cataracts

Cataracts occur when the eye's lens becomes cloudy and obstructs the passage of light to the retina. These obstructions can lead to vision loss. //Cataract is a major cause of blindness in India. Modern corrective surgery requires implantation of artificial lenses, however these implants often...

Laboratory Testing Can Identify Risk of Pre-Term Labor and Delivery

...llow-ups, with a repeat of the test if the patient becomes symptomatic....

Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block

...l properties it is just a matter of time before it becomes the most sought after drug in our pharmacies. Are people queuing up already?...

Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

...ally unwind and enjoy, for an unfortunate few this becomes the dreaded period of the year where they fight for their lives against the killer respiratory diseases. Experts there fore warn everyone not to get carried away by the occasions and advice restraint and caution especially those who have had a previo...

Not all tooth pain may have dental origins!!

...tists only with terminal problems or when the pain becomes unbearable.A small problem is easier to cure but because of the lackadaisical attitude of the patients, the problem is allowed to mushroom into a major problem the treatment for which is complicated.Dr. Stephen Cohen of the University of the Pacific ...

Women suffer from sexual dysfunction too

...the vagina loses a robust pinkish to red color and becomes pale and can be so thinned that it bleeds on touch of even a cotton swab, sexual intercourse can become painful and women can have difficulty in reaching orgasm. There are numerous treatments that can help reduce symptoms caused by genital atrophy, ...

Beware of the oral patch! It could be cancer!!!

...e number is doubled, cancer is more likely. And it becomes very likely if the number of chromosomes cannot be divided evenly by 23, the number of chromosomes received from each parent. Because there is no way to know which white patches will become cancerous, doctors often remove them as a precaution. But t...

Indian Doctor granted US patent on organ regeneration

... is a long way to go before this magical technique becomes widely used....

Vitamin Shields Brittle Bones

...rosis, wherein the density of the bone is lost and becomes brittle, is one of the dreaded complications in women after they attain their menopause. This happens as a result of decreased levels of estrogen, which is responsible for maintaining the bone density. Dr. Sunil J. Wimalawansa, of the University of ...

Leptospirosis epidemic feared in mumbai - 12 killed

...ents come to public hospitals when their condition becomes serious, said the health minister. Health minister has uttered his confidence in bringing down the disease and he said that test kits have been supplied to all public hospitals in the city and the state has begun a massive public education programme...

WORM! WORM! all the way

...ore probiotics with genetically modified organisms becomes a reality: controlling the reproduction of the organisms once they are in the body, and preventing them from producing too much of the drug or vaccine they are engineered to make...there is no question helminths play an important if not essential rol...

Blocked viens block eye sight

...na drain into a single vein. "If this central vein becomes blocked, you get a build up in blood pressure in all the smaller veins" says Forrester, an opthalmologist at the University of Aberdeen. The pressure makes the small veins rupture and leak, flooding the inner cavity of the eye with blood because of ...

The cocaine danger

...caine users develop heart failure, where the heart becomes floppy and pumps blood less efficiently. The chest pains which many cocaine users complain of is due to the drug sending coronary arteries into spasm, researchers say.Researchers say cocaine is now so widespread that cocaine users presenting with ch...

A poke to cure your snore

...rflow vibrates across the soft palate tissue which becomes relaxed during sleep.The "snoreplasty" procedure involves injecting a chemical called tetradecyl sulphate into the fleshy soft palate at the back of the throat. The snoreplasty technique, detailed in the New Scientist magazine, destroys some of these...

Micro-camera provides new breast imaging technique

...e may allow cancer to be identified long before it becomes physically detectable in the form of a lump. They believe that, within the next few years, introduction of the new technique may make it possible to prevent breast cancer by improved screening of high-risk groups of women. Further developments curr...

Pregnant smokers could harm their child

... effect when the foetus is developing so the child becomes predisposed to smoking because they are accustomed to the smoke component. She said it was important that both mothers and fathers gave up smoking during pregnancy and did not start again once the child was born....

Look out for gout

...er. Typically gout affects the big toe joint which becomes hot, red, swollen and very painful. // But gout affects other joints too and if it is not treated it will leads to permanent joint damage. There are effective medications for gout that both relieve the pain and stop the condition from recurring. So ...

More about HIV

...to less than 200/uL. At this stage, the individual becomes susceptible to a myriad of illnesses and major dis...mmune system deteriorates, HIV mutates quickly and becomes more pathogenic, and the body can no longer keep up with loss of T cells. As a result, the patient d...

Ajanta Launches World's First Once-A-Day Nimesulide Oral Formulation

...iled a patent application for the product. Nimlodi becomes the second most important product in the Ajanta portfolio after Carofit for which it has a global patent. Currently, the nimesulide market in India is worth Rs. 200 crore. Ajanta, which has been conducting aggressive research for development of nov...

Lecithin lowers cholesterol absorption in body

...terol is consumed when an egg is eaten, much of it becomes “Unavailable for absorption” in the presence of the phospholipid, Koo said.“This may be a reason why many studies found no association between egg intake and cholesterol,” he said. The phospholipid or lecithin, found in egg inhibits cholesterol absor...

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