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Surgeon Buys a Retractor from eBay

...nt ahead and purchased a medical equipment from an internet auction site, eBay, without seeking the official permission// from the hospital authorities. Apparently, he had already purchased ￡45,000 of equipment for his novel operating theater at James Paget Hospital, Gorleston, Norfolk. A retractor, which was...

E-gym is the latest fad: bring the gym home online!

... new avatar that of a gym instructor. // With an internet connection and gym equipment one can do exercises taking cues from the net. One such follower Michele Galindo says, 'I don't have any problem seeing it. In the past I haven't kept up with an exercise program, because it's not convenient or I get tir...

HFEA Issues Warning On Risks Of Multiple Births With IVF

... that they have developed the powerful interactive internet search facility to make sure that the people get information about clinics modified to their individual circumstances rather than a general information, which could sometimes be very misleading. The HFEA are largely concerned about the chances of t...

Developing Countries Undertake Cataloguing of Human Mutations

...eir countries and make it available to anyone with internet access//. For a sample of the expected rewards,...ations, making it rapidly available to anyone with internet access. In Delhi, Samir Brahmachari, the director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Bio...

Online Drugs Could Prove Hazardous To health Warn Doctors in UK

...chronic fatigue syndrome and bought drugs over the internet and ultimately damaged her vision. It was explained in the report that the woman who had no previous history of eye problems, came to the Sunderland clinic in February of this year, on taking the history she had admitted that she had been taking st...

A Comprehensive CD-ROM On HIV/AIDS Released By Center for HIV Information

...owledge base at their fingertips,' adds Vogel. 'No internet connection is necessary.' Each chapter has been reviewed and, if necessary, revised by its original author to ensure that the CD-ROM contains up-to-date information. Chapter authors are experts who are active in research, patient care, or policy, o...

Weight loss given a thrust with e-counselling

... that we identify and improve on the components of internet weight loss programs that make them successful," s...es conducted by this research team have found that internet weight loss programs are more effective with the inclusion of email counseling from an expert. Autom...

Turn the volume down to save your ears!!

...ched 'test card tone' in my head. "I went onto the internet to find a solution only to discover there is no real cure, among all the coping strategies and group workshops. I went to a specialist who told me the years of loud music had done irreparable damage to my ears. All I could do was see that it didn't g...

Blackberry Email Can Get Dangerously Addictive

... the Blackberry is stimulating a rise in email and internet addiction. They stated that to have found that with the sufferers are able to survive only a few minutes without checking for new mail. These palm held devices are nicknamed ‘Crackberries’ as it has been found that users quickly become hooked on th...

Burnout imminent with round-the-clock stress

...es. Technology paced living marked by mobiles, internet and e-mail devices have blurred the distinction between workplace and home, costing millions, their health. Chris Rolland, director of healthcare at Legal and General said: "It is becoming clear that people are far more worried about the way we li...

Pharmaceutical Companies Banned from Giving Gifts at Stanford

... because they could bring you literature. With the internet that issue doesn't really exist anymore." Cohen, said that while he doesn't fault industry for promoting its good the onus rests on medical institutions. He said, "The indictment is on the medical profession. The profession hasn't properly prepare...

All in the Name of ‘Breast Cancer Awareness

...g a photograph of a pair of perfect breasts to all internet cafés in Hong Kong. While the importance of fundraising for breast cancer causes cannot be taken lightly with around 41,700 women in Britain being afflicted with the disease each year, and killing about 12,400. However the question arises as to whe...

Tilt the Scales in Your Favor by Simply Weighing Yourself Everyday!

...ment and information through meetings- through the internet and one-on-one, helped maintain weight. In effect weighing oneself everyday helped the enthusiasts hasten their response to even seemingly inconsequential weight gains. Rena R. Wing, the study's lead author and director of the Weight Control and Di...

Depression Benefitted by Internet-based Interventions

...ber of studies have confirmed the effectiveness of internet interventions for depression, the ANU study is the... Christensen said. "We don't know exactly why the internet interventions are so effective in the longer term, but it may be that there is a reduction in use of...

Internet – Boon or Bane

...chool of Medicine conducted a study to find out if internet addiction needed medical attention//. According ...ased study, at least one indication of problematic internet use was observed in 1-in-8 Americans. Earlier studies have showed that some type of internet addicti...

Remote Control MRI Scans

...of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan using the internet by an off-site imaging expert. According to the researchers, the remote scans were better in quality than the onsite scans performed by a less skilled person. This technology would benefit areas with inadequate staff members and expertise. Dr. J....

Low Health Literacy Interferes with Good Health Care

...ly, for parents, children, friends or going to the internet to help someone find information,” Osborne said. “Women are very important conduits of health information and need to understand the information because they may be in the role of explaining it to someone else.” Patients today are expected to play ...

Double Knee replacement for a Kenyan in Chennai

... a UK based accountant located the Doctor after an internet search and verified his credentials after talking to a few of his former patients in the UK. Although it was the holy month of Ramdan, the father did'nt mind travelling abroad to have his knee surgery. The old man had neglected and severe osteo arthr...

Experts reject duct tape therapy for warts

...th the public often advocated by many sites on the internet without sound foundation. MST...

If The World Wide Web is Your Self Proclaimed Physician, Trouble Could be Just a Click Away

The internet which is a reservoir of information has done unima...ingers. Therefore it comes as no surprise that the internet is being rummaged for solutions on several matters, even life and death issues pertaining to health....

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