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Ear Fluid Does Not Impair Development

...iously published study results by Dr. Paradise, an internationally recognized as a pioneer in pediatric primary care research, and colleagues also showed that prompt insertion of ear tubes in children with middle ear effusion also did not improve developmental outcomes at age 6 or at ages 3 and 4. Previous studies...

Probing the Effect of Endurance Exercise on Athletes' Hearts

...a minority of the athletes, based on conventional, internationally accepted criteria. One explanation could be that these athletes presented with arrhythmias in the early stage of underlying ARVC, triggered by intense exercising. However, we know that athletes with ARVC are at increased risk of dying suddenly, in wh...

Scientists Assess Risk of Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines

...bal use. "Surprisingly," said Vespignani, who is internationally known for his research in the statistical analysis and computer modeling of epidemic spread, "the cooperative strategy is shown to be more effective in delaying the pandemic evolution and mitigating its impact on the population of both donor and reci...

Hindujas to Make $1 Bn Foray into India's Healthcare Industry

... Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Mumbai is internationally acclaimed with best services. We want to replicate that in the commercial healthcare space,’ Hinduja said. The multi-specialty hospital, with over 350 beds, also has a medical research centre in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital...

Cashing in on IT for Healthcare

...ill be instrumental in making our employees become internationally focused and fluent, with the ability to understand the needs of local cohort groups, markets and clients," Ramachandiran told IANS. So, H&M will continue to specialise in package implementation and remote tech support to outsourced research, he sa...

Extend Cervical Smears to Younger Women, Insist Specialists

...rams, says: "The NHS Cervical Screening Program is internationally recognized as one of the best in the world, saving 4,500 lives a year. "The program's policy to screen women from the age of 25 is based on robust, independent research by scientists at Cancer Research UK. "The program is always alert to new evi...

Down Syndrome Dolls in Brazil After Child Actor's Success

...the parade, which will be part of Rio de Janeiro's internationally famous carnival, will also have Down Syndrome as the theme. Source-IANS...

AMA Calls For Ban On Duty-Free Cigarettes

..., health and medical organisations and governments internationally welcomed the World Health Organisation’s first-ever global public health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The treaty sets out important measures for tobacco control, including the prohibition of duty-free tobacco sales to inter...

Study Finds Fat Type That can Protect Against Weight Gain and Diabetes

...,” said lead investigator C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., an internationally recognized researcher who is Head of Joslin’s Section on Obesity and Hormone Action and the Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. It has long been known that people significantly differ in their tendency to gain weight a...

Genetic Tests to Reveal ‘substance Abuse’ Tendencis

..., which were established by Remi Cadoret, M.D., an internationally renowned UI professor of psychiatry who passed away in 2005. In this latest study, the researchers found certain differences in the genes of people with a history of smoking compared to those without such a history. In all, 579 genes were more expr...

Flood of Fake Drugs Must Be Stopped, Warns UN

...narcotics, benzodiazepines, amphetamines and other internationally controlled drugs are easily obtainable in many developing countries. In addition, countries with weak regulations are most vulnerable to the marketing of counterfeit drugs. The INCP urged regulators to crack down on illegal pharmacies and the sale ...

United States Department of Defense Selects Ichor Medical Systems to Develop Biodefense Vaccine

...rid DNA vaccine delivery system. Dr. Schmaljohn is internationally recognized for her expertise in Virology and DNA vaccines. "Ichor's TriGrid Delivery System dramatically enhances the magnitude and consistency of immune responses following DNA vaccination, both of which have a critical role in vaccine efficacy. ...

More Foreign Trained Doctors Receive Licenses

... cent of the 2,961 new licenses have been given to internationally trained medical graduates. Among the foreign-trained doctors who received licenses, only one-third received certification for medical practice, while the rest were enabled education licenses or positions for postgraduate training. It was also obs...

Foot Deformity Could Be Corrected With Minimal Surgery

...s training other surgeons in the United States and internationally to use the method successfully. The difference between Dobbs' method and casting techniques tried in the past is in the way forces are applied to the foot and the way the casts are molded, he says. "What has previously been lacking in any cast tr...

Multiple Sclerosis Patients to Benefit With AVONEX(R) Nurse Services Program

...disability and reduce relapses. AVONEX is marketed internationally in more than 90 countries. AVONEX was the first treatment approved for patients who have their first clinical MS attack and have a brain MRI scan consistent with MS; this use was approved in Europe in 2002 and in the U.S. in 2003. The most common ...

DBT And IAVI Forge Partnership To Develop “Next Generation” Vaccine Candidats

... Neutralizing Antibody Consortium (NAC), a team of internationally recognized scientists working on the neutralizing antibody challenge. Researchers believe an ideal AIDS vaccine must evoke an antibody response that can block HIV from entering healthy cells, as well as reduce the amount of viral dissemination throug...

Nutrient-rich Dairy Beverages an Emerging Market

... in the probiotic milk and milk product market. An internationally reputed probiotic beverage brand, Yakult, is also entering the Indian beverage market soon. Some of the recently conducted surveys projected a mammoth Indian consumer market growth. Among food products, value added milk products and especially prob...

Rapid Syphilis Could Prevent Congenital Disease and Stillbirths in Haiti

...s at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Pape, an internationally renowned infectious disease expert who is from Haiti, founded GHESKIO more than 25 years ago. The organization is dedicated to the battle against HIV/AIDS, childhood diarrhea and tuberculosis. Since its inception, GHESKIO has worked closely with Weil...

Heart-Assist Device Gives Culver City Man a Good Quality of Life

...ependent survey of area residents. Cedars-Sinai is internationally renowned for its diagnostic and treatment capabilities as well as breakthroughs in biomedical research and superlative medical education. It ranks among the top 10 non-university hospitals in the nation for its research activities and is fully accred...

Medical College Students Help Change Global Health Policy

...l achievement by our students," says Dr. Gotto, an internationally renowned expert in heart disease prevention, who served as the senior advisor for the project. "Because of the students' success, over 150 national governments that work with WHO will be encouraged to recognize heart disease as a serious health conce...

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