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Limb Transplantation with a Difference

... given a costimulation blockade rejected their new limbs after about 10 days, whereas the muscles and bone of the transplanted limb in blockade-treated mice survived an average of 222 days. "Research into costimulation blockade is relatively new," Tung says. "And just over the last few years, a half dozen...

Beware of Chikungunya !!

...e the symptoms. A rash may appear on the trunk and limbs after 2 or 3 days of on set of fever. Recovery may take few days to few months. Though the fever comes down abruptly in 2 days, joint pain, intense headache, insomnia and an great degree of prostration lasts for a variable period. Symptomatic tre...

Survivors of Childhood Polio Do Well Decades Later As They Age

...complete return to normal function to paralysis of limbs to acute death. Following the illness, most patients are worried about their long-term prognoses, according to Dr. Sorenson. To conduct this study, the researchers randomly selected a group of 50 polio survivors from the general population of Olmst...

Victims of Landmine Blasts Walks with the Help of Jaipur Foot

... alleviate the sufferings of people with amputated limbs in that country," said D.R. Mehta, founder and pat...n. After BMVSS proposed providing the artificial limbs free of cost, Col. Pawar contacted the organisation and even visited Jaipur to discuss the modalitie...

UP government decides to suspend doctor named in sting operation

...ion channel for allegedly agreeing to amputate the limbs of beggars. // Director General (Medical and Health) B Nath said here that Dr Aggarwal is an emergency medical officer and a knee transplant expert at Noida district hospital and is also authorised to see patients in district hospital, Ghaziabad, t...

Maimed Conscience and Maimed Beggars (Medical Ethics in India) – Part

...accepting money to perform amputation surgeries on limbs of perfectly healthy children and adults - so that they can be made a cripple and become a high earning beggar. This apparently is being done at a cost of Rs.10,000 to Rs.40,000. The money is paid to the surgeons by the beggar mafia and the doctors...

A boon to the paralyzed -Brain Gate Neural Interface System

...pinal cord injury leading to paralysis in all four limbs three years prior to the study. Over a period of n...otor cortex while he imagined moving his paralyzed limbs and then used that imagined motion for several computer-based tasks. Among his accomplishments – com...

Prime Minister Lauds the Exemplary Work of Mumbai’s Medical Fraternit

...s have performed 16 major surgeries to repair torn limbs and severe injuries, and 47 minor operations. "It was great encouragement for us to be patted on the back by none other than the prime minister," said Anil Patwardhan, head of the cardiovascular and thoracic department at the Sion Hospital. Besid...

New Way To Combat Spinal Cord Injury during Aortic Surgery

...l of Pathology. Weakness and/or paralysis of lower limbs following thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery result mainly from loss of blood flow (ischemia) to the spinal cord, a consequence of clamping the aorta to prevent bleeding. While severe deficits can be controlled through reduced ischemia time, th...

India's Economic Boom Pack To Waste Children Life

...ndition seems to be life threatening, when swollen limbs stick out from a bony frame (a classical sign of m...symptoms of malnutrition were found with reed-thin limbs and wearing tattered clothes. HUNGRY VS SUPERSTITION AND CULTURAL FACTORS India has long been ...

Formation Of Blood Clots on Long Flights May Not Be Due To Cabin Environment

...nd passengers should adopt some movement for their limbs to avoid the formation of clots. Researchers at England's University of Leicester studied 73 healthy passengers who volunteered for this study. The volunteers were made to sit for 8hrs at a stretch, in a room that had air pressure and oxygen levels a...

Save Budhia - The Indian Wonder Kid

...dult standards has been overdoing it. In the lower limbs overuse injury can result in the following: a. Shin splints cause pain and discomfort on the front of the lower parts of the legs as a consequence of repeated running on a hard surface. b. Sprain – This is due to injury to a ligament, which may b...

Diabetes, The Silent Killer of New Zealand

...ple lose their eyesight and another 500 have their limbs amputated owing to diabetic complications. The key to effective management of diabetes is therefore early diagnosis/detection and maintenance of blood sugar level at an optimal level to prevent damage to other organs. Despite widespread research, the...

Distressed Couple Assists Parents Of Mentally Challenged Kids

...o due to her mental retardation could not move her limbs and palms. We told her to play the character of ...s to swim like a fish, which makes her stretch her limbs and palms. The results are positive, he said. The Trivedi family also runs an awareness campaign o...

University Envisages Improvements in Artificial Arm

...me or all of the four major nerves in the residual limbs of people with upper-arm amputations. Each of the 100 electrodes would selectively 'listen' or 'talk' to a small number of fibers in a nerve. A prototype of the bionic arm will be available for testing in four years. Source: Eureka Alert...

Hope After Spinal Cord Injuries

...t has often been demonstrated making the paralyzed limbs of such patients especially vulnerable to fracture...r studies it was found that BMD for the stimulated limbs was about 32 percent greater than the unstimulated limb, on an average. In addition, the cross-secti...

Species Linking Fish And Land Animals Found

...seae sports a skull, a neck, ribs and parts of the limbs that appear identical to four-legged animals known as tetrapods. These fossils, found on Ellesmere Island in Arctic Canada, are the most compelling examples yet of an animal that was at the cusp of the fish-tetrapod transition. The new find is des...

Bionic muscles developed by scientists powered by alcohol and hydrogen

In the direction of development of prosthetic limbs researchers at University of Texas have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen. // As it appears in Science, these artificial muscles are 100 times more powerful than the body's own. Two types of m...

Delhi Faces Threat of Brain Fever

...ly resulting in death. In some cases, the affected limbs may have to be amputated. This year, the outbreak is considered to be more severe, compared to the previous outbreak that had claimed the lives of nearly 20 people and infected 140 others. According to official reports of the National Institute of ...

Hospital To The Rescue Of Disabled Children

...ugh providing mobility to disabled children. The limbs manufactured here are different from the Jaipur Fo...al limb project launched in Rajasthan in 1968. The limbs provided by the hospital are much lighter, and also provides the scope for adjustment. Hospital offi...

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