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Britney Spears Donates $50 000 To Support Cancer Patients

...had a prostate cancer which neither they nor their doctor were aware of. But some prostate cancers can grow and spread quickly. The people most likely to get prostate cancer are men over age 50. For more information read : http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/prostate_cancer.asp Informatio...

Study Warns About The Use Of Popular Asthma Drug To Stop Children's Coughs

... in five minutes or if you are in doubt, call your doctor or visit the nearest hospital For Futher Information : http://www.medindia.net/patients/ PatientInfo/asthma_treatment.htm...

Elderly People Needs To Tackle The Heat Effectively

...le, can reduce awareness of the heat. Talk to your doctor about your medications if temperatures are climbing, especially if you’re not protected by air conditioning. Older people are also more likely than younger folks to be taking medications that cause fluid loss (and therefore dehydration), including so...

Proteinomics Research holds Key to Stomach Cancer

...und the stomach. After a subtotal gastrectomy, the doctor connects the remaining part of the stomach to the ...he small intestine. After a total gastrectomy, the doctor connects the esophagus directly to the small intestine. For more information: http://www.medind...

Doctors Warned by IMA Against Treating Maoist from Nepal

...uspicious cases," He further clarified "How can a doctor know which group the patient coming to him belongs...nife or other injuries caused by some violence the doctor concerned should start the treatment and then inform the police about it. <br...

Knowledge Of Asthma For Teachers Can Help Children

...should include contact information for the child’s doctor and a list of the child’s medications, such as inhalers or spacers, and how to properly use them. School employees also should be trained on how to recognize signs and symptoms of an impending asthma attack. “When we think of asthma we often think o...

Death Of Singaporean Woman After Mysterious Illness

...year-old daughter and six-month-old son, visited a doctor on July 7 for a fever and was given medication, the paper said. "After a few days, she complained of aches and was given painkillers," her 60-year-old father was quoted as saying. "That made things worse because her arm broke out in a rash". Wong...

Indian Surgeon Conducts 70 Surgeries During His Holidays In England

A doctor with dedication and diligence in Britain of Indian origin hit headlines after conducting 70 //operations during his holiday period. NHS in the UK is well known for its long waiting lists and sometimes patients have to wait for years before getting a...

US Doctors Association Gives away $110,000 To NGO’

...le Foundation collected the money from about 5,000 doctor members in the US. The Voluntary Health Services received $50,000 to be spent on tsunami relief. The other NGOs are the YWCA, Mary Clubwala Girls High School, the Kumarasamy Health Centre in Kanyakumari and Serve The Helpless. ( Source-IANS) Fu...

Diabetes and heart attack diagnosis now made simple with twin magic

...one goes to an emergency room with chest pains the doctor assesses the patient's condition based on their sy...oms. In order to accurately diagnose a patient the doctor has to take a blood sample, which is processed not before 6 hours for confirmation of heart attack. ...

Scientists use plastic to help body make new bone!!!!

...rough!// Now imagine this scenario. If the doctor injects a biodegradable plastic solution into the fracture site and this helps to glue your fractured bony parts and helps you walk in a week and also helps you to regrow the bone sooner! How will this be? Sounds too good to be true? This is what som...

Handheld ECG: stethoscope of the future

...heart health. For patients who might come to their doctor with shortness of breath, a quick POCE could determine if there was indeed a low ejection fraction. A stethoscope cannot realiably detect these abnormalities.While POCE with minimal training was not as accurate in detecting mitral regurgitation or th...

Surgery not needed for Osteoarthritis

... group underwent a placebo procedure, in which the doctor simulated arthroscopic surgery. Small incisions were made for effect, but no cartilage was removed. The surgeries were performed by the same orthopedic surgeon. To determine the result of the surgeries, patients were assessed regularly for 25 months...

Lasik surgery effective in correcting vision

...ng the procedure. Once everything is prepared, the doctor will place a speculum between upper and lower eye ...e laser will only be used for about a minute. Then doctor will carefully put the flap back in place and remove the eye speculum. After the lasik procedure, ...

Kidney Cancer Vaccine

... targeted. It's been more than three years since a doctor told Burnside he'd be lucky to live six months. "I could not have had any better results or less complications," he says. The church cemetery is Burnside's sanctuary for prayer and meditation, but he's not ready to stay there just yet. Researchers h...

Ultrasound may mean end to classic stethoscope

...this equipment. If it turns out that the average doctor with several months of training can learn to use this well, I think it will proliferate. And that could change a patient's general exam....

A man who lost both of his arms in an accident

... controlling the movements of the arm. Sullivan's doctor says this is the first time a nerve-muscle graft has been used to control an artificial limb.Now, when Sullivan thinks about closing his hand, the nerve that used to make the hand close spurs a little piece of his chest muscle to contract, said Dr. T...

Scientists Have Traced How The SARS Virus evolved

...to a patient who got sick in February -- and whose doctor a few days later traveled to Hong Kong and spread the virus in the Metropole Hotel, the launching pad for global spread.Then, mutations slowed for the remainder of the outbreak. But last month, China reported the first of three new suspected SARS c...

Scientists Have Traced How The SARS Virus evolved

...to a patient who got sick in February -- and whose doctor a few days later traveled to Hong Kong and spread the virus in the Metropole Hotel, the launching pad for global spread.Then, mutations slowed for the remainder of the outbreak. But last month, China reported the first of three new suspected SARS c...

Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

... in isolating irregularities in the breast for the doctor to re-evaluate. Thus researchers conclude saying that finding cancer earlier is the best way to increase cancer-free survival, resulting in less surgery, less chemotherapy, and less emotional stress for the patient and his or her family....

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