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IMA wants members not to do sex determination tests during pregnancy

... and aiding female foeticide. No support would be extended to practitioners caught in the act, the IMA said on Sunday. "We as an organisation should warn our members against aiding in such heinous crimes", said Dr. Vinay Agarwal, joint secretary, IMA headquarters, New Delhi. He was speaking at a regional wo...

Mechanical Heart

...e patient who got the new device is expected to be extended by about a month. Courtesy : The New Indian Express, July 5, 2001...

Better prostate cancer detection

.../ Dr.Robert Bahnson and his team, called this the extended sector biopsy. They took 12 samples - six from t... method was used. Dr Bahnson routinely uses the extended biopsy now. An added bonus of this technique is that it saves certain patients from having to come b...

Male contraceptive in trial

...ections for up to 18 months, with the trials to be extended to India and China if the results are successful....

Uncovering a gene for oesophagal cancer

... The researchers are studying 350 members of the extended Liverpool family. Those who have tylosis are assumed to have inherited a faulty gene which also predisposes to cancer of the oesophagus. They are helped with regular screening where the oesophagus is examined by a miniature camera and tissue biopsies...

Cement injections linked to osteoporosis

...effective. It's possible that the technique may be extended towards preventing vertebral fractures in the future. The cement can provide support for weakened vertebrae before they actually break, say the researchers....

Night borns' risk

...d started from the end of the normal day shift and extended to the midnight shift. The second one, around 9am, was immediately after day shift staff were taking over responsibilities....

Stem cell research

...s in maintaining stem cell lines in culture for an extended period, isolating early-stage nerve cells and nurturing them into mature nerve cells, is an important demonstration that the speculative potential of stem cells can actually be harnessed in practice....

A new vaccine for leukemia

....It is hoped that the treatment can be refined and extended to other cancers of the blood - including myeloma and myeloid leukaemia....

Herbal Drug In Controversy

...o be habit-forming when taken in high doses or for extended periods of time. While there is evidence of kava overuse or abuse in South Sea Island populations, the herb is largely thought to be non-habit-forming. Alternative medicine experts also say that kava's new association with liver disease is unexpected...

Blood test may identify ovarian cancer

...ly history of the disease. Eventually, it might be extended to other women as well, they said. The experimental test measures the levels of five proteins found in the blood. The combined result in a blood sample is used to indicate the presence of cancer, said Kohn. The test would need further study in the ge...

Fossil teeth and human development

...h has thrown new light on the recent origin of the extended growth and development pattern that sets human beings apart from their primate ancestors, according to an article in the issue of Nature.// Based on the analysis of the fossil teeth, researchers from University College, London and Penn State Univers...

Medications linked to xerostomia and caries

... definitely need to take a closer look.” He hopes extended research will allow researchers to compare caries in patients with different levels of clinical severity of asthma as well as patients in different geographic and socioeconomic environments.Dr. Salinas notes that children with asthma who had the high...

Surgery-Rigged pulley helps patients

... fill the gap. Over six weeks, facial bones can be extended as much as the length of a paper clip. Poll doesn't have long-term data yet proving the children will never need additional surgery. But the technique already is widely used for easier cleft palate repair, and Poll says only 5 percent of those pati...

Novel biopsy technique for prostate cancer

.... Dr.Robert Bahnson and his team, called this the extended sector biopsy. They took 12 samples - six from t... method was used. Dr Bahnson routinely uses the extended biopsy now. An added bonus of this technique is that it saves certain patients from having to come b...

Best ways to split a pill

...r pill is amenable to splitting at all. If it's an extended release or coated formulation, splitting it may reduce its effectiveness or may even be hazardous. Next look at the pill shape and design. Some are already scored for easy splitting and should present you with no problem. But other pills are diffic...

Spine Surgeries becoming less painful

...to free the spinal cord of pressure created due to extended discs and enlarged bones. The advantages of the system as stated by Dr. Amit Jhala of Chirayu Hospital in Ahmedabad are that there is less tissue damage and lesser blood loss and the patient can be discharged within two days of the procedure. This ...

Caffeine is not the only culprit in coffee!

...ar pill in a cycle of three treatment periods that extended for two weeks. During each treatment period, blood levels of homocysteine, caffeine, and B vitamins were measured. Volunteers were asked to refrain from all other caffeine-containing products - chocolate, cocoa, cola, tea, and certain medications - d...

Scientists locate key hormone involved in appetite control

...hown that increasing ghrelin levels in mice for an extended period resulted in weight gain. Ghrelin is believed to be part of the body's natural signaling system which informs the brain when it's time to eat. In both mice and humans, ghrelin levels increase naturally in response to weight loss or reduced calo...

Biosensor chip to help drug development

...mplementary// metal oxide semiconductor technology extended with additional process steps to realize the capacitive sensors array. Researchers successfully demonstrated the chip by connecting it with living nerve cells and reading electrical signals produced by the cells. The Neuro-Chip, in the field of drug ...

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