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Dentist's note for vegetarians

...ich in turn strengthen teeth. Dr.Ludwig Leibsohn, faculty in AGD , said, "an adult on a vegetarian diet for a prolonged time can be at risk of periodontal disease. Teeth may soften when there is a shortage of vitamin D, becoming more susceptible to decay."// Deficiencies in vitamin D are rare, because th...

Kasturba Medical College Organizes 'CME- Orth 2005' From 4th To 6th November

...over the country will be will be taught by eminent faculty from leading medical colleges and hospitals. One of the centralized attractions of the Kasturba Medical College is the Anatomy museum that has over 1000 dissected specimens of the human body organs and animals. The museum has been established by Dr...

John Hopkins CGHH program provides Global Health education

... During November 2004-January 2005, John Hopkins faculty presented a telemedicine training program, "Princi...mber. An 8-week course by Johns Hopkins University faculty that provides an overview of the clinical care of HIV infected persons in India which will include m...

Brain drain of dentists from Kerala to Britain

... Sudhin K. Thomas, a post-graduate dentist and a faculty member at a private dental college in Uttar Pradesh who has just completed training for the first part, said the course was excellent. Reports indicate that the pass percentage of those who have attended the course at MBPMF is close to 80 percent. ...

Woodruff Foundation Grant To Support Doctorate Of Nursing Practice Program

...training options, the partnership will allow Emory faculty to enroll in the doctorate of nursing practice program at MCG. In return, MCG faculty will attend Emory’s postgraduate program for clinical educators. 'This partnership provides an exa...

Government To Consider Ragging Victim's Plea

... The committees will have one woman from among the faculty members. The Education Department will observe December 5 as Anti-ragging Day on all campuses. Counseling sessions and meetings will be held on campuses on the occasion. <bR...

Drug Database Goes On Air

...de accessible. This was done by Dr. David Wishart, faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, along with his other colleague from the departments of Computing Science and Biological Sciences. All this provides the latest information on the molecular and chemical aspects of the drugs and its effect on the human bo...

Distinguished Scientist Award Conferred on University of Rochester Scientists for Work on Preventing Cavities

...th decay and cavities. Koo, who is a member of the faculty on the Eastman Department of Dentistry, will receive the Young Investigator Award, while Marquis, who is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, has been conferred the Senior Investigator award for a lifetime of achievement. Koo...

Junior Doctors Put An End To Strike

...nts had to be shifted to other hospitals as senior faculty members were unable to run the wards in the absence of junior doctors. According to police, Singh was formally arrested 19 January in connection with the first round of violence. Singh, who is with the surgery department, has a shady track record,...

Switching Off Protein Could Play Key Role In Success Of Radiation Therapy For Cancer

...sociate professor of radiation oncology and on the faculty of the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The study found that Rad9 proteins interact with telomeres in the chromosomes. These telomeres are special structures located at the ends of chromoso...

Getting Basic Science to Work For Medicine

...mer of 2006. "We've organized our postdoctoral and faculty scholars into Clinical Medicine-Basic Science Learning Groups to offer a comprehensive, hands on training experience in the area of vascular disease," said Bonham. "We've also established a dynamic, new summer institute that enables postdoctoral stud...

Rice University wins Prestigious Grants from HHMI

... graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in faculty labs to further their study of the enzymes as well...ores an opportunity for more extensive projects of faculty research labs. Professor West’s program "Educating Interdisciplinary Scientists for Bionanotechnol...

Doctors Strike In Andhra Enters The Second Day

...he Guntur Medical College lost 25 seats because of faculty shortage. In the state capital, only five cardiologists were available as against the sanctioned strength of 77. "If this trend continues, we may have to shut down the government medical colleges," said Rosaiah. This is the second time in less ...

Nanotechnology at its best: Nanomotors And Mechanical Nanoswitches

...he University of California at Berkeley. She was a faculty member of the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington and was the founding director of the Seattle Center for Nanotechnology....

Obesity Is Linked To Loss Of Sleep In Children

...y. // Researchers from the University of Laval's faculty of medicine studied 422 grade school students aged 5 to 10 and measured the weight, height, and waist size of each participant. They also gathered information on the children's lifestyle and socio-economic status through phone interviews with their...

Lack Of Sleep Makes Kids Overweight

...onducted by researchers from University of Laval's faculty of medicine and was based on a telephonic interview with the child’s parents. A close measurement of the children’s body mass index revealed that 24% of the girls and 20% of the boys were overweight. Alarmingly, children who slept for less than 10 ...

India To Set Up A Faculty In Namibia

India will set up a faculty of engineering and management at the University of...Forum is being held Friday. The proposed Indian faculty at the University of Namibia's northern campus is the first such project anywhere for capacity-build...

Agartala Medical College under Fire from MCI

...rtedly told the college authorities. The college faculty was also not spared and the delegation recommended demotion for some of the professors. The inability of the second year students to answer some fo the most fundamental questions on theory only added fuel to the fire. When the students were asked w...

Dispensing Drug Dosage To Children Through Computers

...D., lead author of the chemotherapy study, adjunct faculty in The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and faculty in the Division of Health Sciences Informatics. "This system is part of a whole new culture of safet...

RMIT Staff Diagnosed with Brain Tumors

...te health and safety testing. The seven business faculty staff used to work on the top two floors of the Bourke St building and have developed tumors over the past seven years. Two of these cases have been diagnosed to be cancerous whereas the remaining five are benign brain tumors. The first tumor was...

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