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Madhya Pradesh Has India's Most Malnourished Kids

... of the Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan. 'Medicines meant for free distribution are taken away and sold by doctors in their private practice.' Talking about the failure of public health-care, Madhuri recounted the recent experience of a critically ill child taken too late to a government hospital. Doc...

Cholesterol Lowering Statins may Prevent Parkinson’s Diseas

...rug for reducing cholesterol levels. The drug is meant to prevent hardening or narrowing of arteries, which lead to coronary diseases, including heart diseases and stroke. The study, which was based on 124 patients and 112 control subjects, is not viewed with much enthusiasm among Australian doctors who...

Fast Food Limits Healthy Food Intake, Increases Obesity Risk

... milk. More fast food around the dinner table also meant pantry shelves were stocked with more salty snacks and soda, creating poor access to healthy foods at home. Parents who ate fast food often were more likely to be overweight than those who ate it less. 'There are other options for fast meals that ...

A New Technology for Safe Tumor Surgery

...rge tumor was in relation to the sciatic nerve, it meant they couldn't predict in which cases surgery could be performed safely,’ explains Robert Spinner, M.D., the lead neurosurgeon on the Mayo Clinic team. A standardized surgical approach for safe and complete removal of sciatic notch dumbbell-shaped t...

Food Hampers Deficient in Calories, Study Says

... finding revealed that 99 per cent of the hampers, meant to last three days, contained calories sufficient for only 1.6 days. When comparing the findings against the stipulations of the Canada food guide to healthy eating ,the hampers were found to fall short of requirements in four food groups, having ...

Once-Diabetic Heart/Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Recipient Enjoys Life (And Eating Again)

...told, back in the early ’70s, that having diabetes meant a life of potential amputations, blindness, kidney disease and other problems. He decided to adopt a positive outlook, managing his health as best he could, and accepting life and its challenges as they came. He remained relatively healthy for abou...

Living Liver Donor Who Saved Life of Mother-in-law Represents Cedars-Sinai in Rose Parade

...oing to happen. This is going to be good. This was meant to be. We need to get you better and let’s get this going,” Karzin recalls, adding that he has endured a fair amount of ribbing about saving the life of his mother-in-law. But in contrast to the stereotypical in-law relationship, Karzin and his wif...

Incidence Of Skin, Prostate And Breast Cancers Increasing By The Day

Cancer, a much dreaded disease, meant death two decades ago. It still remains a dreaded disease,// though treatment and complete cure is possible if diagnosed early. There are various types of cancer depending upon its occurrence. A new study reports that some types of cancer are less in...

Organic Food Fever Catches Up In Delhi

...oducts. Most of the people believe organic food is meant for the privileged classes. But that is definitely not the case." Mathur, whose company has been delivering such food at doorsteps, said his team was also planning a marketing strategy to increase sales. "We are planning counter sales. Like Mother D...

Friendship Clinic: Psychologist Helps Children With ADHD Make Friends

...issues of having a child with ADHD,” she said. “It meant we didn’t have to deal with this alone. We had a focus group that positively helped us work through issues.” The techniques Shelton learned, such as “active listening,” have made her personal time with her son a rich experience. “We look forward to...

Indian Jailed for Defrauding Britain's NHS

...the Guardian. "Changing the dates of smear tests meant screenings that may have detected cancer would have been delayed," Scotland Yard said. "Vinod Thapar's actions not only resulted in public finances being fraudulently obtained but they were also reckless with the health of the women whose records w...

Poly-pill – A Single Drug For Multiple Complaint

...vki Devi Heart & Vascular Institute. The pill is meant for those who are at higher risk of heart disease and stroke and not for everyone over 55 years. Proposals to develop a "polypill" that would reduce the risk of heart attack and premature death , are being taken up by domestic major Dr Reddy's Labo...

Microbicides, Need of the Hour, to Aid the Fight Against HIV

..., which are gels, creams, films, or suppositories, meant for women. This is a blessing for many sex workers, who despite stocking up with condoms are unable to persuade many a recalcitrant customer to use protection. This callousness is present despite the awareness about AIDS in India, which has touched t...

Technology Predicts Outcome of Child Heart Surgery

...by optimizing early surgeries. “The research is meant to get at the root of the ‘failing’ Fontan, investigating why these pumping chambers fail in the hopes of devising new strategies to give these children a second chance in life. Using advanced imaging and bioengineering tools, the project hopes to de...

Who are ‘Tweens’? Read o…

...o scour the web and often play games which are not meant for their age group. Many academic insights have found that girls are fast tracking into women with early onset of puberty. This is being attributed to better diet and nutrition, although ‘obesity’ is also known to influence the onset of puberty. ...

Flu Vaccine Shortage In Britain Causes Anxiety

...u campaign has been a nightmare so far for GPs. It meant they were getting a lot of requests to have the ja...ay the start of vaccinations.' Mr Hoey said this meant that more people were likely to die this year of flu. He said: 'There is evidence that delays in v...

Blundering Doctor Destroys Breast X-ray

...iod of eight years. They added" Their destruction meant they were not available for subsequent comparison with the later X-rays that were taken in May 1996." According to David Jackson, former chief executive at the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust which ran the breast screening unit, Mr Philip had ...

Lethal dose of cosmetic injections paralyzed recipients

...tients were administered botulism toxin A that was meant for research purposes only.The doctor who administered the lethal shots pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. These four cases were reported by The Journal of the American Medical Association. The lead author of the report...

Systemic Pre-Surgical Treatment Can Prolong Survival Of Kidney Cancer Patients

... the expression of AKT in the treated group, which meant that blocking the VEGF signaling pathway with bevacizumab might have resulted in feedback to the AKT pathway, which is known to be involved in cell signaling. 'At the moment, we don't understand what mechanisms are operating to bring about the resp...

Diptheria Toxin And Interleukin2 Help Killing Melanoma Tumour Cells

...hat it was surrounded by CD8+ T lymphocytes. 'This meant that the lymphocytes had been successfully activated to attack the tumour, which consequently had died. We also found that the concentration of Tregs in this patient decreased by more than a half after the second day's dose of denileukin diftitox,' s...

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