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Doctors Advised: Don’t Ignore Deat

...hat the patient’s file is kept up to date with the details of his or her death, Dr Allen says. 'I write this article for all doctors, but most of all for those who are just entering the profession,' he adds. 'The fact that we (doctors) do not (write condolence letters) reflects on us a profession and o...

A.U. Health Ministers Receive Plan To Produce Low-Cost, Generic Drugs in Africa

...he plan but said that he would not provide further details until after the meeting. Source-Kaiser Family Foundation...

Texas Youth Commission Reeling Under Multiple Charges

..., after the Dallas Morning News unearthed sordid// details about the agency. Leaders of the state continue the investigations of sexual and physical abuse of the juvenile inmates, as well as gross neglect of their health. Reports have shown that the inmates have had to wait up to even months before the...

Mechanism of Nicotine's Learning Effects Explored

...ects. Now, researchers have discovered important details of how nicotine adjusts the signaling properties o...nce calcium. The researchers also discovered key details of the mechanisms by which nicotine excites different kinds of “interneurons” in the prefrontal cort...

New Clinical Trial Results Could Improve Survival for Myeloma Patients

...gs are being made public immediately. The complete details will be presented at a cancer conference later this spring. "Improved survival with low dose 'dex' and REVLIMID is an important finding because it further improves the outcome for an already successful treatment, while low dose dexamethasone is bet...

A Project to Map the Health Care Needs of a District in Kerala

.... The plan is to record data, say like vaccination details of children and their disease history. The inputs will be recorded by field agents on their PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) and sent to a central database. Thus we will have a medical history of what exactly has been achieved in that place till no...

Detection of Malignant Breast Tumors Made Simpler and More Effective

...group that participated in the research, described details of the new technique today at the 233rd national meeting of the American Chemical society, the world’s largest scientific society. When used with a non-invasive imaging method that relies on harmless light instead of X-rays, the contrast agent co...

Sex – Three Hundred Years Ag

... their social betters and fascinated by the sordid details of marital breakdown – just like modern-day readers scanning the tabloids for a juicy scandal. "The production of erotica was frequently stimulated by intrigues in the lives of well-known public figures – the aristocracy, politicians, writers, play...

Genetic Pathways to Curable and Incurable Forms of Pancreatic Cancer Identified

...ournal Cancer Cell that explains this sequence and details why the cells behave differently. "Although at their end stage the two different routes to ductal pancreatic cancer can look very much the same under the microscope, involve the same constellation of genetic events, and culminate in invasive and m...

Apollo Tyres All Set to Enter the Healthcare Sector

...al administration. "We are working out the finer details of this project. The institute is likely to come up in Baroda (Gujarat) or Indore (Madhya Pradesh). We are in talks with the Medical Council of India and concerned authorities," said Chakarborty. The group also has a pact with Philips of Holland to...

Neurological Recovery Aided by Manliness

...al and brain injuries. They were asked to give the details of their physical strength, sexual performance, independence and successful career achievement. These factors were analyzed later. It was deduced that there was a negative effect on the recovery when there was an increased masculinity. They also fo...

Medical Records - Direct to Home With the New NHS IT System

...he patients’ decision entirely to choose preferred details in the medical record; they could also choose to keep their medical records ‘private’. This makes it important for patients to have knowledge of their rights. Dr Liaqat Natha of the Kearsley Medical Centre in Bolton, who will be involved with testi...

Follicle Count Test as Good as Hormone Tests in Predicting Ovarian Response

...ed today in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology details how Janet Kwee et. al. from Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands studied 110 women aged 18-39 who had difficulty conceiving. She counted the number of antral follicles, small egg-bearing ovarian follicles about 2-10 mm in d...

"Cell Suicide Bombers" to Stop Cancer Growth

... - including bowel, cervical and bone cells. While details have not been revealed, it has been stated that the selective activation of a gene called p73 caused cell death in tumors. The Beatson facility, only recently thrown open, is touted as the most advanced cancer center in the UK. It boasts of state-o...

Hospital Equipment Unaffected By Cell Phone Use

... A letter to the editor published in the journal details the first known case of a portable CD player causing an abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) recording within a hospital setting. The recording returned to normal when the CD player, which the patient was holding close to the ECG lead, was turned off....

Partners of Alcoholics May Need to Seek help

...ll to do it,' said Grosse. Relatives can provide details about self-help groups or addiction counsellors, said Marita Voelker-Albers of the German centre for health education in Cologne. 'You have to make this clear: 'I am ready to support you,'' said Merfert-Diete. But it's just as important from the be...

UCI Scientists Reconstruct Migration of Avian Flu Virus

... H5N1 through its evolutionary history, adding new details that identify the relative importance of the geographic and evolutionary advances the virus makes. From 192 samples obtained across Eurasia, the UCI team reconstructed the virus's geographic reach and evolution. The analysis shows that Guangdong – ...

Assam Reports HIV Suicides, Treatment a Distant Dream

...re is virtually no access to treatment. "We have details of about 10 HIV-positive people who committed suicide in recent months. The situation is indeed alarming as there could be more such people who might have ended their lives unable to cope with the stress," Jahnabi Goswami, president of the Assam Netw...

Natural Antibiotics Yield Secrets to Atom-level Imaging Technique

...ring such questions because it provides atom-level details of the molecule's structure in the complex and challenging cell membrane environment, Ramamoorthy said. "Just as an MRI produces a detailed image of our internal organs, solid-state NMR spectroscopy is used to construct a detailed image of a peptide ...

Want a Baby? No Hot Baths Please !

...roduction during the treatments, but there were no details of semen quality before and after the study. An unpublished Swiss study in the 1940s had also linked wet heat to temporary male infertility. Concern about wet heat effects on infertility crosses many cultures, Turek said, citing a centuries-old pra...

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