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Canada proudly showcases state-of-the-art Public Hospital in Ottawa

... first public hospital to be entirely financed and maintained by the private sector. The $132 million, 400,000-square-foot hospital can accommodate upto 188 in-patients requiring psychiatric care replaces the previous Royal Ottawa Hospital which was almost 100 years old. The government of Ontario has been co...

13-Year-Old Boy Is Latest Dengue Victim; Delhi Toll 47

...e to 47 in the Indian capital//, even as officials maintained that the number of cases had dropped considerably. Ashish, a resident of Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He had been admitted to the hospital Oct 16 in a critical condition. "His condition wa...

Dengue Claims Another Victim in Delhi Taking the Toll to 46

...ths continued to be reported in the capital, Yadav maintained the number of cases were coming down. "We have only received 41 new cases in the past 24-hours but because of successive holidays, a few hospitals had not sent their dengue data earlier. We have now added the old cases to the present list making th...

Attitude Towards Ethnic Identity Impacts Stress Levels

...elopment. 'Adolescents with a high ethnic regard maintained a generally positive and happy attitude in the face of daily stress,' said Kiang. 'So having positive feelings about one's ethnic group appeared to provide an extra boost of positivity in the individuals' daily lives,' the researcher added. Sour...

Cigarette Smoking Impedes Tendon-to-Bone Healing

...the skin. In the rats that got nicotine, the pumps maintained nicotine levels in the bloodstream about equivalent to smoking a pack to a pack and a half of cigarettes per day. "So these would have been heavy smokers," Galatz says. "But another significant aspect about this study is that we did not account for...

Yet Another Reason not to Smoke

...the skin. In the rats that got nicotine, the pumps maintained nicotine levels in the bloodstream about equivalent to smoking a pack to a pack and a half of cigarettes per day. "So these would have been heavy smokers," Galatz says. "But another significant aspect about this study is that we did not account for ...

Latest Weight-Loss Pill Offers Modest Results, Blocks 'Munchies'

...l of weight loss decreased and the body weight was maintained practically until the end of the studies." One study evaluated data after two years: "Patients who stayed on 20 mg rimonabant seemed to maintain their weight loss, while those who were re-randomized to placebo gained significant weight." People on ...

Depression Benefitted by Internet-based Interventions

... symptoms among users of MoodGYM and BluePages was maintained at 12 months, and in the case of depression, there was greater improvement over the longer term. "For people who had higher levels of depression at the outset, we found that BluePages in particular provided greater average benefit after 12 months," ...

Rescuing Injured Hearts by Enhancing Regeneration

...unction at three months. Those receiving only FGF1 maintained their functional improvement, but did not show as much cell proliferation as those receiving the p38 MAP kinase inhibitor. Rats receiving both agents had the greatest improvements in both cell proliferation and heart function. The findings suggest ...

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

...hter before enrolling in the program, successfully maintained their weight within 5 pounds over 18 months, as opposed to the 25% who did not participate and could not manage to stop the regain. It was also found that participants who received encouragement and information through meetings- through the interne...

Results for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Show Significant Vision Improvements

...did not lose vision. Of these patients, 55 percent maintained their vision (defined as a loss of less than 15 letters in visual acuity) and up to 40 percent experienced an improvement of three lines (15 letters) or more on the study eye chart. In the MARINA study, patients were randomized to receive Lucentis in...

Simi Valley Nuclear Meltdown Effects Greater than Suspected

...ion at the lab. DOE and Boeing officials had long maintained that almost all the radiation was contained inside the reactor and that the only radioactive material to escape was inert gases that posed no threat. In his study released Thursday, scientist David Lochbaum contends that two dangerous radioactive ma...

AIIMS Campus - A Breeding Ground for Mosquitoes

...ean but cleanliness of the highest order cannot be maintained as over 8,000 patients are treated everyday in our hospital. Patients and relatives throwing wastes in the campus is very natural," Gupta told IANS. He, however, blamed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the NDMC for not doing enough to k...

THC molecule turns out to a boon for Alzheimer’s patient

...bility to ensure levels// of a certain chemical is maintained in the brain, in order to prevent the formation of plaque, a characteristic feature in Alzheimer’s patients. Researchers said, "Our results provide a mechanism whereby the THC molecule can directly impact Alzheimer's disease pathology." The drugs c...

India registers 3,000 dengue patients, toll crosses 40

...y 3,000 suffering// from it even as the government maintained the situation did not merit an epidemic status. Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said: "The situation is not that of an epidemic and we expect that the number of dengue cases will see a decreasing trend in the next two-three days. "So far we have...

Super Chow, Laced With Semi-Synthetic Vitamin E, Inhibited Spread of Cancer

...ally held in check within cells. “Cell survival is maintained when pro-apoptotic proteins are confined, and these synthetic forms of vitamin E release them, pushing the cell into committing suicide,” he said. “Only a little part of vitamin E is changed in these synthetic derivatives, but they show amazing ant...

Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Show IMRT Curative

...the eight-year results show urinary continence was maintained for all patients, and only 1.6 percent of the five hundred sixty-one patients experienced rectal bleeding. The high-dose radiotherapy was curative for the majority of the patients in all three prognostic risk groups, with 89 percent of the favorable,...

'Health Care Coaches' Can Help Reduce Patient Bills, Rehospitalization

...nagement, the creation of a personal health record maintained by the patient, obtaining timely follow up care and developing a plan to best seek care if particular target symptoms arise. Each of these goals allows the patient to actively enhance the quality of care received. “Despite the fact that these older...

Bladder Cancer Has Worse Outcomes In Blacks

...sults registry, a population-based cancer registry maintained by the National Cancer Institute, researchers looked at patients diagnosed with bladder cancer between 1973 and 1999. The large timeframe allowed the researchers to review trends in five-year intervals. They found that over time, more patients were ...

Calorie Restriction May Prevent, Reduce Alzheimer’s Neuropatholog

...tal Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, maintained the Squirrel Monkeys on calorie restrictive or normal diets throughout their entire lifespan until they died of natural causes. The researchers found that ~30% calorie restriction resulted in reduced AD type amyloid neuropathology in the temporal cor...

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