First-Ever Robotic Pancreatectomy Performed at UIC
...titis has caused sporadic severe bouts of pain and left him unable to continue his work as a prison guard. During surgery, physicians inserted the laparoscope and robotic arms of the da Vinci surgical system through five small incisions in the patient's abdomen. The pancreas was then removed through a t...Fortis to Inject Rs.300 Mn into Escorts Hospital
...of a function here. Renowned cardiologist Trehan left the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (E...ical care - the post held by Yatin Mehta before he left Escorts along with Trehan....Crackdown on Dirty Hospitals in UK
...t-attack patient in England complained he had been left lying in his own urine puddle for a few hours. But some time governments in the developed world some time try to get their act together. Like in the UK now. The Healthcare Commission said it would carry out spot checks at 120 NHS trusts over the ne...Cuba is Exporting Healthcare Now
...cine so they could pick up where the Cuban doctors left off. ELAM, the Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine, was born, and with it the offer of 10,000 scholarships for free medical training. Today the program has grown to 22,000 students from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the...Taiwan Skincare Empire Built on 'Natural Beauty'
...e days they scavenged for grain and sweet potatoes left in the fields during harvests. 'A tough childhood made me stronger,' shed said. In 1972, after moving to the capital Taipei, Tsai launched her cosmetics business with her husband Su Long-nan, who died a few years later while on a business trip to...Every Child Needs to Be Vaccinated to Lead India into a Polio Free Future - Ramadoss
...y gave their pledge to ensure that no children are left unimmunized in the crucial next few polio campaigns and ensure achieving zero polio transmission by 2008....Rescheduled: Aerial Mosquito Treatment for Philadelphia
... Drill holes in the bottom of recycling containers left outdoors. -- Have clogged roof gutters cleaned ev...orinate swimming pools not in use. A swimming pool left untended for a month can produce enough mosquitoes to result in neighborhood-wide complaints. Mosqui...National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery
...t below the Adam's apple. There are two lobes, the left and right, connected in the center. The thyroid produces thyroid hormone, which is important in regulating many bodily functions, including metabolism. Thyroid cancer is considered very treatable -- and if caught before it becomes too far advanced --...India to Propose Global Fund for Clean Energy Technologies
...rained," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as he left for the Summit at the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm in Germany. "I will emphasise the need not to lose sight of the accepted principle of common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities between the developed and developing worl...Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Expected to End Deadly Scourge
... 10 percent of patients die, with up to 20 percent left with permanent problems, such as mental retardation, deafness, epilepsy, or necrosis leading to limb amputation. The most prominent groups of meningococci are A, B, C, Y, and W135. While groups A, B, and C are responsible for the majority of cases ...AIDS Incidence in India Far Lower Than Previously Estimated New Study
...newspapers have carried reports of an AIDS patient left on the street outside a hospital to die, of five infected children expelled from school, and of a woman beaten to death by her in-laws who feared she would infect the family....Mandy Moore's New Album Saved Her from Depression
...t the positive side of life. The 23-year-old was left feeling "sad and confused" and credits her fight to come out from the blues with new album, and predominantly a single, Extraordinary. "I'm a pretty positive person, but about a year and a half ago, I felt like someone dimmed the lights. I've said ...Maninder Singh Hospitalised After Suicide Attempt
... movement of the fingers of the right hand. In the left wrist, there were only tendon injuries. He is under observation, said G.S. Mehta, doctor attending to Singh. He is responding to stimuli and our questions but he is not fit for statement at present, Singh added. Though allegations have surfaced ...Super Fruit Fly may Harbor Hope for Human Longevity
...l function. However the questions that have been left unanswered are why these particular peptides work, and why the receptor they target plays such an important role in fruit fly aging....Understanding and Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
... the authors state. In addition, they suggest that left ventricular hypoplasia, commonly seen in prenatall... which the enlarged right ventricle compresses the left ventricle) is often reversible, unlike true hypoplasia in which the heart is underdeveloped. Accordi...Hospitals in Older Cities Close Down, Blacks Worst Affected
...s in older cities across the nation. The trend has left large swaths of predominantly poor, black neighborhoods in cities such as St. Louis, Philadelphia and Cleveland underserved. Many say the loss of medical facilities for low-income patients is increasingly leaving overcrowded emergency rooms to doub...Right Side of Brain Play a Vital Role in Stroke
...ed our understanding of the different roles of the left and right sides of our brains. The research focu...The team found that people who had damage to their left side were more likely to realise they had made a mistake, and then correct it, compared to those who...Sunscreen Maybe Helpful in Preventing Skin Cancer
...e car's back-seat windows so that children are not left unprotected. Kalbheim said that people should avoid exposure to direct sunlight as much as possible. 'You also get a suntan in the shade - it's slower, but healthier,' she remarked. If you are out in the sun, though, you should protect your head ...US Doctors 're-evaluating' Conjoined Twin Surgery
...and Tatiana Dogaru, "are doing very well" and have left the hospital to stay with their Romanian-born parents in a nearby Cleveland suburb, said Janice Guhl of Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. "We are going to re-evaluate their case," Guhl said, declining to say how long it mi...... unit and require that curtains around patients be left open most of the time. The story does not end here. Barely a month after Bleyle's arrest, another hospital employee was charged with molesting a comatose toddler patient after being traced through Internet file-sharing networks. Christopher Alan Ir...