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ISRO To Expand Telemedicine Network, 4 Speciality Hospitals To Be Included

...ne service has matured into an operational system, covering 165 hospitals, including 132 remote or rural district hospitals or health centres connected to 33 speciality hospitals in major cities. According to ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair, the telemedicine programme is an example of societal orientation of...

Australia Set To Implement A national Strategy Tackle Cannabis Abuse

...se a national strategy on the cannabis use broadly covering the prevention, treatment, and law enforcement. Cannabis is one of the most widely used illicit drugs and concerns that it may trigger psychotic illness and schizophrenia prompted the council to develop a national cannabis strategy. There has been ...

PharmaVentures Exploits Fastest Growing Media Channel to Launch First Pharmaceutical Business Television Show

...nology sectors with insightful analysis and debate covering major transactions and industry trends. It gives exclusive access to topical interviews with senior executives and experts, including views from the corporate finance sector.’ Accessible via the PharmaVentures' website in various media formats, the...

Clinical Trials Involving Humans Should Be Registered: WHO

...ss of the contact for general queries; key details covering the health conditions studied such as depression, breast cancer or medication error; specific name of the intervention such as drug, low-fat diet or exercise; expected outcomes; and participation criteria, including age and sex. The planned platfor...

Study Offers Hope In Prevention Of Facial Paralysis

...d the human ear drum. Usually the nerve has a bony covering over it that helps protect it from injury or infection, but sometimes this bony covering is missing. When this protective bone is gone, the nerve is said to be ‘dehiscent.’ Unfortunately,...

Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System, Another Option To Hip Replacement Surgery

... patient’s natural bone structure and stability by covering the joint’s surfaces with an all-metal implant. The approach reduces post-operative risks such as joint dislocation and inaccurate leg length—two of the leading causes of implant failure after total hip replacements. ‘This procedure is intended for...

NICE Comes Under Attack

...n a licence. NICE published 86 sets of guidance covering 117 topics in a period of five years of service. Statistics show that NICE decided no for 19%, yes for 23%, yes with major restrictions for 32% and yes with minor restrictions for 28%. The doctors of the NHS advisory body also say that the campaigner...

Three-Dimensional Image Of AIDS Virus – BY FSU Researcher

...e to hone in on the envelope –- the lipid membrane covering the virus itself. They imaged the spikes protruding from the envelope, which contain the only viral protein molecules on the HIV surface. The FSU scientists also were able to capture super-sized images of both the head of the spike and its supporting...

Fathering Best Done In Early Years

...Dr. Kirk Lo said that with fewer than 100 subjects covering such a wide age range, the findings were open to interpretation. ‘In older men, they may have increased sperm DNA fragmentation and that could affect fertility,’ he said. ‘But is this due to environmental factors or is it intrinsic to aging? It's d...

Small Naps are Beneficial for Doctors to Overcome Fatigue

...amount of time that patients would be cared for by covering physicians, 'a known risk factor for preventable adverse effects.' In response to this study, all interns on the general medicine service at the University of Chicago Hospitals now have access to night-float coverage and are encouraged to take adva...

AIDS – A Powerful Mankille

...my, the former Unicef director, said: In a survey, covering 7 countries life expectancy of HIV patients has reduced to 40 years or even below. From the most dreadful state it has came to a state which can be managed with pills – AIDS researchers says. Experts say Africans are the huge to die (nearly 100 m...

Aids Seems More Prevalent Among Goan’s – Governor Visiond

...n 46 higher educational institutions in the state, covering around 20,000 students, this year. It also aimed to start peer group educators. Maximum of the infected people fall between the age group of 15-49, including both male and females. Usual mode of transmissions are sexual route is the predominant ...

Man Holds Own Skull in Bengal Medical Miracle

...rn case and finally it fell off. The skull's inner covering and the membrane which helps produce bone was mira...he would die when the skull came off. "But a new covering on his head formed and that might have pushed the 'dead skull' out," Bandopadhayay explained. "The...

SNM recognizes exemplary contributors in nuclear medicine

...hnologist abstracts were presented at this meeting covering a wide range of topics including cardiology (ischemia, coronary artery stenosis, coronary angiography); neurology (Alzheimer’s, obesity, dementia, ADHD, anorexia nervosa); oncology (pancreas, breast and lung cancers, leukemia, chemotherapy response);...

'Restrictions Imposed on Sale of Edible Common Salt'

... Health Institutions out of 324 districts surveyed covering all the state/UTs, 263 were found to be endemic where the prevalence of Iodine Deficiency disorders is more than 10 per cent. Thus no state/UTs is free from Iodine Deficient Disorder, Laxmi said and added that, therefore, no part of the country was ...

Spray-on skin: Effective in Relieving Stress of Child Burn Victims

...as well as more confident, when they had Microskin covering their scars," Ms Swannell said. Twenty children, with an average age of twelve years were involved in the study. The vast majority of children indicated they enjoyed social outings more when wearing Microskin. Most children could not feel Microsk...

Craniofacial Surgery Gives Tijuana Teen Chance to be 'Normal' Kid

...ned. “The dura (dura mater: the outermost membrane covering the brain) was absent in much of the injured area, so I had to create a dural patch graft to protect the brain and to prevent spinal fluid from leaking. We reconstructed the cranium and the base of the skull to make it more prominent and anatomically...

Meningococcal-B Vaccine Greatly Reduces The Risk of The Disease

...uding meningitis that is an infection of membranes covering the brain, and septicaemia a serious blood infection. Officials at the ministry have explained hat though anyone is vulnerable to the disease, the biggest risk group would be teenagers and children under 20 yrs of age, and more than half of those in ...

Studies Show That Brain Cells Do Not Regenerate But Remain The Same Throughout

...pes have a renewal cycle of varying lengths. Cells covering the inside of the stomach, for instance, live only a few days; the outer layer of skin is renewed every other week, while the skeleton is thought to be completely renewed once every ten years or so. Source: EurekAert...

19 People Dead From Encephalitis In China

...Encephalitis causes the inflammation of the layers covering the brain and if left untreated can be fatal. In China, health authorities are said to be working on emergency measures to stop the spread of the disease....

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