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Indo-American Doctors to Build Emergency Medical System

... facilitate this service but patients would not be charged for this service. "Once in place, doctors can reach a patient within 10 minutes of receiving a call or patients can be transported to a medical unit," he said. "All the doctors of these hospitals would be trained by AAPI experts on how to handle ...

New Therapy to Treat Patients With Severely Elevated Cholesterol Levels

...tly created a new Cardiovascular Institute that is charged with promoting translational research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Additionally, Penn was recently awarded a large NIH grant to foster the further development of translational research under the auspices of t...

Dual Gene Therapy Suppresses Lung Cancer in Preclinical Test

...articularly in the tumors, Ji says. The positively charged nanoparticles are delivered to the negatively charged cancer cell membrane and taken into the cell, where the genes repeatedly express either p53 or FUS1 ...

Einstein's Tea Leaves Inspire New Blood Separation Technique

...ting ions around its tip that repel the oppositely charged ions close to it. This creates an airflow known as "ionic wind" that sweeps across the surface of the blood, causing it to circulate. The microscopic particles in the blood travel in a downward spiral because of the needle's angle relative to the sur...

Trial on Medical Staff Accused of Spreading HIV Infection Begins

...egins today.// These medical personnel have been charged with serious allegations like the purchase of blood from donors who have not tested for HIV infection, reuse of disposable syringes, needles and other medical equipments. These people are also said to be responsible for the presence of HIV infected b...

AIIMS Creates Record by Completing 100 Four-arm Robotic Surgeries

...the US for Rs.90 million. But AIIMS has so far not charged a user fee from the patients. The new robot is a master slave system in which the surgeon, sitting in the console, and his controlled movements are transmitted through the robotic arms to perform the surgical procedure accurately. The robot allo...

Don’t Kill Your Skin With Bleachers, Warns Doctor

...leaching, fines of 50,000 Jamaican dollars will be charged for the illegal sale of banned skin lighteners under the country's Food and Drug Act. Doctors list the side effects of bleaching creams as skin cancer, thinning of the skin, irreversible stretch marks, easy bruising and tearing of the skin, rashes,...

Kiss – and Not Tel

...n when they asked him about it. Mr. Smith, 30, is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault. They are linked to allegations of reckless sexual encounters while the football player was knowingly infected with HIV. ANN...

Cancer Therapy Based on Missile Detection

...ng high amounts of water and ions, or electrically charged atoms. Cancer cells typically have a high content of both, while healthy breast tissue contains much less. The outpatient procedure uses a single tiny needle probe to sense and measure parameters during treatment. Side effects appear to be minimal. ...

New Inhaler is Child's Play

...ces. Plastic spacers can become electro-statically charged through handling, which can greatly reduce the efficacy of drug delivery as the charge attracts the drug particles to the walls of the spacer, reducing the time available for inhalation. The protective outer layer of the Watchhaler means that the ...

Foul Play- Football Hero Convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault

...date without disclosing the information. He was charged once in October 2005, and again several weeks later. The women had apparently learnt from public news that the player was HIV positive and then had it confirmed with staff nurses of different hospitals. While the defense argued that Smith did ha...

GMC Disapproves Internet Doctor

... who runs an online medical service e-med.co.uk is charged with a list of accusations like prescribing sixty sedatives to a teenager with a history of psychiatric disorder. The boy consumed an overdose of the same drugs later. The General Medical Council (GMC) is considering withdrawal of license for Dr. E...

Researchers Discover Key to Body’s Ability to Detect Subtle Temperature Change

... ability to open and close, regulating the flow of charged ions and controlling the voltage gradient found between the inside and outside of every living cell. In the current study, Zheng and his colleagues focused on a group of ion channels called transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. In all, there...

Nanoparticle Research Offers Hope of Artificial Retinas, Prostheses

...ellurium nanoparticles and another of a positively charged polymer called PDDA. The scientists then added a layer of ordinary clay and a cell-friendly coating of amino acid, and placed cultured neurons on the very top. When light shines on them, the mercury-tellurium nanoparticle film layers produce electr...

Climate Change can Raise Incidence of Disease: Expert

...will lead to climate change," she warned. Wysham charged the World Bank of creating a powerful magnet for chronically polluting and energy-intensive industries in Orissa and cautioned about the impact of the coal-fired power sector. She was also critical of the growing number of aluminum smelting plants ...

Easy Money-NHS Trusts Make Millions from Parking Fees

...to park at hospital. If cancer patients keep being charged the Government should step in and introduce stronger regulations." In the light of these monetary revelations, ministers have recommended that hospital car parking fees should be scrapped for patients attending on a daily basis and season tickets ...

Private Clinics on Public Land Must Treat Poor Free: Court

... consumable and non-consumable. No money should be charged from the poor patient, who are below the poverty line," the bench said categorically in its ruling. The government and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) are at liberty to initiate action against the defaulting hospitals such as cancellation of leas...

Schoolgirls Spark Court Cases Against Drug Giant

... largest food and pharmaceutical company, has been charged with breaching New Zealand's Fair //Trading Act af...any will appear in Auckland District Court Tuesday charged with 15 breaches of the Fair Trading Act, which could bring fines of 200,000 New Zealand dollars (ab...

'Smart' Sunglasses With Chameleon Powers

...rochromic material. Applying a small voltage moves charged particles from one layer to another, and changes the transparency. Once the glasses are a certain tint they will stay that way without power for about 30 days. A single watch battery is able to power thousands of transitions, Xu said. Organic mole...

Hospital Infection Deaths Continue in UK

...ing as a double attack on the bug. Critics also charged that the government was letting down patients relying on the National Health Service for treatment by its indifference to hospital hygiene. In February last, following reports of a sharp increase in deaths from hospital infections in that countr...

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