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Radio-frequency Ablation Offers Hope for People With Inoperable Kidney Tumours

...ogist carefully guides an ablation needle into the centre of the tumour using imaging techniques such as ultrasound or CT scan. The probe is connected to a radio-frequency generator that delivers alternating electrical current to the tumour producing heat up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. This causes cancerous ...

Gene Therapy Awakens the Brain Despite Blindness from Birth

...blind also restores function to the brain's visual centre , a critical component of seeing. Geoffrey K. Aguirre, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the university who led that multi-institutional study, feels that gene therapy can improve retinal, visual-pathway, and visual-cortex responses in animals bo...

UK Supermarket Chain Sainsbury's Rejects Charles' `rotten' Organic Carrots

... rotten because it had been kept in a cold storage centre since being harvested last year. When asked to define "quality issue", a spokesperson for the chain said:"It was rot." Mr. Holden, however, said the issue of bad quality could partly be attributed to transport-related problems. He said that h...

Ninth HIV-infected Child Dies in Kazakhstan

...the virus at a hospital due to negligence, an AIDS centre said. The death came as a court began reading a...or infectious diseases," a statement from the AIDS centre in the city said. An investigation has revealed abysmal health standards at local hospitals in the...

Hong Kong's Shopping Spree Surges On, and on

...oping to cash in on the boom with a giant shopping centre beside Tsim Sha Tsui, to be called Elements. It ...office and home where they can go to relax." The centre is on a direct rail link to Hong Kong's busy airport, making it easily accessible to the hordes of t...

Kalam Urges for Using Tele-radiology to Help Rural Poor

...s speaking during a visit to the digital radiology centre at Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), which is working towards providing low cost digital radiography equipment and electronic medical records systems with tele-radiology facility. Noting that the country has less than 6,000 radiologi...

Helpline Launched for Hearing Impaired

...d information on the nearest government or private centre in Kerala where diagnostic facilities are availabl...g hearing disabilities in children, to the nearest centre with facilities for detecting and treating the problem," he said. The helpline will function with ...

Britney Claims She was 'forced' into Rehab

...n February 20 this year. Staff at Promises rehab centre in Malibu, California, is reported to have said that they thought Spears suffered from post-natal depression after the birth of her second child, which was made worse because she had stopped taking the antidepressant Prozac. Spears' lawyers called...

Cousins Recovering from His Substance Abuse Problem

... was under treatment at an overseas rehabilitation centre for the past months. He was being treated for a number of illnesses as a result of his drug abuse. He did not disclose the name of the drug that he had been using. Substance abuse is sometimes used as a synonym for drug abuse, drug addiction, and...

Sexciting Car Wash Makes Herby Go Bananas!

...car wash salon with a personal touch! A car wash centre in Brisbane has a sexy lady at the wheel, going swish swash, spraying water on your car in a TOPLESS state! And if thats not enough to give the lady (your car) a kick, then you could choose a nude lady car washer to strip your car off its muck! ...

A Stroll Along Countryside Could Reduce Depression and Raise Self-esteem

...ienced a decrease in depression after the shopping centre walk, while 22 per cent said that they actually felt more depressed. Nearly 50 per cent also felt more tensed, and 44 per cent reported decreased self-esteem after window-shopping at the centre. In another study of 108 people with various mental ...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

...increased after walking through an indoor shopping centre and only 45 per cent experienced a decrease in dep...elings of tension had increased after the shopping centre walk * 90 per cent had increased self-esteem after the country walk * 44 per cent said their self-...

Yoga Enthusiasts Oppose Patenting Yoga Overseas

...is very corporate," Navtej Johar of Abhyas, a yoga centre in the capital, told IANS Wednesday. "Patenting ...Kiran Sawhney of Fitnesolution, a fitness and yoga centre in the capital, said yoga as such can't be patented but a particular style can. "How can you paten...

Strife in Kashmir Drives Thousands to Psychiatric Wards

...agar, receives more than 150 patients per day. The centre was set up on the persistence of doctors. Doctors say that most of the people living in Kashmir have fallen prey to mental disorders like depression or anxiety. They feel the root cause is the high threat to life and the constant sense of insecurit...

Naresh Trehan Removed from Escorts Hospital

...ai Health City, is expected to be the largest such centre in South Asia. However, Trehan continues to be a 10 percent shareholder in Escorts, which was acquired by Ranbaxy-promoted Fortis Healthcare Limited in September 2005....

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

...afe. Right now, anybody can set up a weight-loss centre and sell almost anything they want, says Arya Sharma, a professor of medicine at McMaster University who holds a Canada Research Chair in cardiovascular obesity research and management. "Treating the disease has to be up to (health) professionals, ...

Miners in Madhya Pradesh at High Risk of Developing TB

... TB patients. Although there is a community health centre in the village, the facilites are inadequate to cater to all the TB patients. However, block medical officer Padmesh Upadhyay claims that TB is now fully under control. "Earlier there was little hope of a TB patient getting cured. Now it is my ende...

WHO Announces Deal on Sharing Bird Flu Virus

...d a second confirmed case of the H5N1 virus in the centre of the country, some distance from the first case, discovered at the beginning of May. Since the H5N1 virus emerged in South East Asia in late 2003, it has claimed more than 180 lives around the world. Indonesia has been hardest hit, with more ...

Unique Electrical Stimulation Device to Restore Mobility in Stroke Survivors

...e and correct their gait. Doctors at the medical centre have also shown that the device improves walking co-ordination, speed and blood flow, and decreases the effort required in walking. "Our patients have been very enthusiastic about this remarkable device, which, together with a comprehensive rehabil...

Art of Living Foundation to Train Iraqi Youths

...raq. Ravi Shankar also visited the Art of Living centre in Baghdad and reviewed the humanitarian work carried out by the Art of Living teachers and volunteers. He also interacted with the beneficiaries of the Art of Living's women empowerment project. Several Iraqis have completed special trainings t...

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