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GE Healthcare to Conduct Clinical Trials in India

...ed during medical diagnostic procedures to provide image enhancement of tissues and organs. Future studies will be extended to cover the hospital's entire diagnostic imaging portfolio," Basil said. The $15-billion GE Healthcare division provides transformational medical technologies and services for new ...

Sudden Opioid Withdrawal Results in ‘Broken Heart Syndrome

...thomechanisms. The journal also contains a medical image of broken heart syndrome. Other Mayo authors of the opioid withdrawal report are Adam Locketz, M.D., Kevin Fritz, Terese Horlocker, M.D., and Michelle Kinney, M.D., all of the Department of Anesthesiology; David Lewallen, M.D., Department of Orthop...

Body Image Reflects Mood Disorder In Adolescents - Study Finds

...ms are more likely //to be reflected in their body image than others - a study of adolescents in a psychiat... two classical symptoms seen in patients with body image disorders, which includes one third of the teens studied. Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), is a con...

"Bigorexic": These Are Steroid-Using Bodybuilders

...he said. "Sufferers of negative or heightened body image issues will go to extremes to meet their desired goals and doctors need to be more aware of the efforts 'bigorexics' will go to achieve their goals." "It is virtually the opposite problem of anorexia although it is still a completely abnormal perce...

New Molecular Treatment Identified To Treat Blood Cell Cancers

...researchers say that this discovery can be used to image tumors and deliver anti-cancer drugs. The study ... that they have already used LLP2A to successfully image lymphoid tumors in living mice. The researchers coupled near-infrared fluorescent dyes to LLP2A pept...

Worried About Weight

...n of older teenage girls worrying about their body image has not worsened significantly since the huge jump in the 1990s, said Mr Regis. 'The worrying thing is that the annual surveys show an upward trend among younger age groups,'he added. Around 55 per cent of pupils said they had been 'picked on' or b...

Saket Hospital to get Multi-speciality Facilities from Max Healthcare

...d Brian Suite, which has a magnetic resonance (MR) image analysis tool designed for helping neurosurgeons to get real-time images during removal of tumour, have been set up with an investment of $2 million. The Brain Suite is expected to be a boon in cases of 'complicated brain tumours that are buried de...

LipB Protein Inhibitors Help To Fight Against TB

...Infection Biology (MPIIB) has found the structural image of a protein needed for the TB bacteria to survive which could be targeted by the drug companies. Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest and the oldest disease. It is caused by the microorganism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It affects about one third o...

Three-Dimensional Image Of AIDS Virus – BY FSU Researcher

...tate University, has developed a three-dimensional image of the AIDS virus, with lots of protein spikes on its surface, which aids in fusing// with human immune cells – An extraordinary work since past 25 year when it was diagnosed. Findings from this AIDS research could boost the development of vaccine...

Doctors Urge Government To Roll Back Quotas

...it. If India wants to keep its growing super power image then the authorities should not compromise on merit,’ she added. Slogans like ‘Jati arakshyan pratibha bhakshan’ (reservation will kill merit) and ‘Arjun Singh murdabad’ can be seen all over the protest venue at the All India Institute of Medical S...

Teenage Boys More Vulnerable And Emotionally Engaged In Romantic Relationships

...-portrait far removed from the confident, dominant image seen in the existing research literature. They reported significantly lower levels of confidence, as well as greater ‘communication awkwardness,’ in their romantic relationships. Girls may be better prepared for those relationships because of more ...

Premier Army Hospital Acquires PET-CT Scanner

...ined on the PET-CT scanner, where an anatomical CT image would be fused with a functional molecular level PET image, thus providing tremendous incremental value in diagnosis. This facility has great applications in the fields of oncology, cardiology and neurology and would help not only in early diagnosi...

Boys Join the Race Along With Girl to Get a Stick like Figure

...ere affected by similar pressures about their body image as girls. Source Eurka...

Indian PM Announces Of Setting Up India Study Center At Tashkent

...o have made Uzbekistan their home for changing the image of the country here. "With your professionalism, sincerity, hard work and competence you have made India synonymous with quality and dependability, particularly in the context of high technology areas," Manmohan Singh told nearly 200 local Indians a...

Australian Children Not Being Exposed To Enough Sunlight

...ormed bones and bowed legs. He felt like it was an image from the Dickensian times in the past. He urged that they had to liberalise the rules about Victorian kids wearing hats especially when UV levels were low. Osteoporosis Australia is calling for this policy as it launches its free consumer guide to ...

Snorers, Tattoo Wearers Out From Chinese Army

... when wearing short sleeves -- and harm the army's image -- do not qualify," said the Beijing Times. "Tattoos on other parts of the body are limited to three centimeters." Applicants will also write psychological tests and have their urine checked up for evidence of drug taking. The main aim of these regul...

A Unique Technique To Visualize How The heart functions Developed

...antly longer than the other dyes. And this dye can image the electrical activity of cells deeper inside the heart, he stated.The researchers are trying to understand the mechanisms which influences the long QT intervals, the time that it takes a depolarised cell to return to its repolarized state on animal...

Ramdev’s Medicines Questioned By Indian Medical Associatio

...estrict people like Ramdev from injuring the noble image of the medical profession. In yoga camp conducted last month, he had criticized that doctors were conducting unnecessary tests to earn more profit. In response to Mr. Kumar’s statement, Baba Ramdev referred to him as 'sirfira', for challenging his he...

Change In Mental Makeup Could Prove Beneficial For Elders

... the fast track. Moving away from the stereotype image of the elderly as lonely, neglected and helpless, Misra firmly believes that age is no bar to "facing life ahead upgrading skills, using our talents to serve others and trusting younger generation to lead their own lives". Several others share the ...

Australian Kids High On Television And Low On Sleep

...cally weak, aggressive and face problems with body image and social networks. According to the Australian and American guidelines, the safe level of television viewing is restricted to 2 hours per day. As little as 10% of those surveyed were found to satisfy the criteria. The researchers pointed out to t...

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