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Injury Rates High For Workers In Poultry Farms

...st University School of Medicine said that rate of injuries sustained by workers of the poultry farm are quite... reported having one or more of these occupational injuries or illnesses in the past month: respiratory, skin, leg/foot, neck/back or arm/hand. Musculoskeleta...

Worlds Largest Cord Blood Bank to be started in India

...ossible applications of stem cells for spinal cord injuries and diabetes. Histostem has agreed to sell the stem cells only to government registered stem cell transplant centers, which all operate under the watchful eye of an ethical review board. Together with the Hyderabad based Apollo Hospitals Group. Histo...

LINK Applied Genomics Programme Promises To Revolutionize Healthcare Systems

...egrow. This is especially important in spinal cord injuries where nerve connections are severed leading to paralysis. Scientists hope to find the gene responsible for stimulating nerve regrowth, which could be a huge boon to affected patients. This research could pave the way for stimulating regrowth and re...

Another Potential Of Stem Cells Discovered: Used For Growing Cartilage

...could be grown for transplantation for a number of injuries and medical // problems, including sports injuries, new cartilage for people having hip replacements, and even for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. The research, to be published in the journal Tissue Engineering, involved growing human embryoni...

Frustrations Lead To self-harm

...evealed that more teenagers in the country inflict injuries upon themselves due to feelings of social// inadequacy and failure than previously thought.Inflicting harm upon themselves has been contemplated by 20% of the country’s boys and girls, while 20% of the girls have actually harmed themselves. The Pri...

‘Life Cell’ In India Can store Cord Blood Stem Cells and Save Live

...ancers (leukemia), sickle cell anemia, spinal cord injuries and some genetic. The cord blood is a rich source of stem cells. The stem cells are the unspecialized blood cell that has the capacity to replicate and produce its own blood cells, Platelets, red and white blood cells. These cells are the master cel...

Improperly Placed And Heavy Backpacks Lead To Back Pain In School Children

...ren present in the emergency room for treatment of injuries related to backpacks or book bags according to a survey conducted by Consumer Product Safety Commission. In order to minimise the side effects and avoid chronic back pain, the research committee has come up with four suggestions. Backpacks should b...

Oil Depot Fire Pollutes Air

As many as 36 people received minor injuries from a series of explosions at an oil depot near London on 11 December 2005. The explosions were reported to have been triggered accidentally, but the matter is being inquired into.// Sources from the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust maintained...

Murder Accused Wins Hearts By Donating An Eye

... killed one of them in self-defense. "I sustained injuries in my right eye and almost lost vision during the fight," he said. "I had come to the VSS to treat this injured eye," he said. "During tests, the doctor advised me to donate the damaged eye, as I could not use it," he said. "If my damaged eye would ...

New device to help spinal cord injury cases walk

... improvement." Five patients, whose spinal cord injuries had taken place from two to 24 years prior to the study, completed two to five sessions per week of FES therapy. After practicing with physiotherapists, the patients learned how to trigger their leg muscles as they walked. Over the course of 12 to 18...

OHSU Researchers Announce New Discovery

...aged motor neurons in the case patients with brain injuries can also be replaced as a result of the research. The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, the National Institute's of Health, and the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon funded the research. ...

New Device To Help Patients Walk

...with the object of helping people with spinal cord injuries walk again. The device makes the muscles// work ag...ead, the FES is designed to teach people with cord injuries how to trigger their muscles independently so that they can gradually wean off the device and walk o...

Yoga Cures Chronic Back Pain

...ractice yoga, as the practice has also resulted in injuries due to the wrong methods adopted. The focus of viniyoga, is on coordinating the focus of the mind with the breath. It is also possible that those who practice yoga become aware of the problems which result from their habitual movements. Yoga has n...

Face Transplants To Commence In The UK

...urgeons. Jacqueline Saburido who suffered 60% burn injuries is one among them. // Jacqueline Saburido has already undergone several reconstruction surgeries, and she is now able to see with her left eye. The first face transplant will be conducted by consultant plastic surgeon Peter Butler. About five pati...

Chinese Girl To Undergo Face Transplant Surgery

...an, the girl concerned had suffered extensive burn injuries // two years ago. The burn injuries were caused by her own aunt who used vitriol liquor in an act of revenge against the girl’s parents....

Cheerleaders run high risk of injury-US study

... the 13-year period from 1990 to 2002. Most of the injuries were suffered by 12- to 17-year-olds; nearly 40 pe...ins, fractures, concussions, lacerations and other injuries more than doubled during the said period. A yearly average of more than 16,000 U.S. cheerleaders age...

Alcohol Is Responsible For 60 Different Diseases

...l is also linked to a proportion of self-inflicted injuries and murders. Using data on alcohol cost and British alcohol-related mortality information, the researchers estimate that increasing the price of alcohol by 10% would produce a 7% drop in deaths from cirrhosis of the liver in men and an 8.3% drop i...

Chinese Hospital urged to cater to the poor

...edia have reported that catastrophic illnesses and injuries are often the single biggest cause of families falling into poverty....

Spate of smoking-related fire deaths cause concern in San Diego

...he overall residential fire rate, and fire-related injuries due to smoking are more than twice as likely. The three people who died in this week's smoking-related fires were all over age 50. The U.S. Fire Administration has developed a fire safety campaign for smokers over 50. It includes a warning that usin...

Mountain Biking Results In Serious Injuries

...ut today it has become an Olympic sport, and major injuries have become quite commonplace. //As many as three ...h is also known as quadriplegia. Only serious neck injuries have been reported in the research material published previously. All the three riders involved i...

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