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New Innovation in Clubfoot Treatment

... high-top shoes attached to a shoulder-width fixed metal bar. Because of skin blistering and the brace's restriction of leg motion, many parents used the brace less than had been prescribed, which can allow recurrent clubfoot deformities that may require extensive surgery. In fact, past studies had shown t...

Dengue Deaths Sweeping Cambodia Highlight Healthcare Failures

...ne of the clinic's wings. Saline drips are tied to metal posts and the windowsill next to their cots is piled high with cooking pots and dirty plates. Chhiv Thy says she has not worked since bringing her children to hospital. The medical care is free, and good, but the beds cost 30,000 riels (7.50 US dol...

Portable Splint When Injured Far Away from Medical Help

...via a special gel created by a chemically reactive metal strip and saturated sodium acetate solution. Paul Chamberlain, professor of design at Sheffield Hallam University said: "Plastic has surprising uses that are not currently being explored." John Brewer, director of the Lucozade Sport Science Aca...

Studies Reveal Inappropriate Use Of Drug-Coated Stents

...en. The previous models with such drugs were plain metal stents i.e. wire-meshed tubes used to prop up de...ting the benefits of drug-eluting stents over bare metal stents,' the researchers were quoted. So, what should a patient choose in this situation?Robert A....

Warrior Culture in Los Angeles Police Force

... In 2004, Bratton banned police from carrying long metal flashlights after video showed a Hispanic police officer using one to repeatedly beat a black suspect who was lying on the ground. However, skeptics say none of these efforts are enough to address the deep-seated culture that has caused repeated bo...

Novel Catheter Technique Successfully Patches Holes in the Heart

...hick shaft. The discs are made of flexible nitinol metal and covered in polyester fabric that encourages heart tissue to grow over the discs, completely covering them during healing. Before implantation, the flexible double-disc patch is pulled into a catheter, collapsing and compressing it lengthwise. I...

Depleted Uranium Weapons can Cause Lung Cancer

...cancers. DU is a dense, inadequately radioactive metal that is used in armour-piercing shells and huge amounts of this metal was used by US and UK army during the Iraq invasion in 2003. In the first study undertaken to fin...

Poisoned Workers of Hindustan Lever Demand Treatment

...aps the single largest single contributor to heavy metal poisoning in India through the arsenic content of its soaps, detergents, shampoos. The dispersed nature of detergents and soaps ensures that HLLs arsenic and other toxics reach every waste stream from village wells to surface waterbodies and undergro...

30-year-old Woman Survives 'internal Decapitation'

... Then a thing called a halo -- rods and a circular metal bar -- was attached for added support. It's not exactly a pain-free procedure. 'Oh my God, it's a miracle,' said Malloy in a TV interview, echoing her surgeon. She can only speak in short bursts between huge gasps for breath. 'My skull slipped ...

Deep-sea Mining can Damage Marine Ecosystem

... growing rapidly, and along with the sharp rise in metal prices, we have seen the depletion of metal-rich terrestrial mines. For mining companies and their investors, undersea mining offers high concentrations of ore at relatively low production costs,' said Prof. Halfar. 'The mining operations will us...

Drug Eluting Nanostructured Coatings Enable Targeted Drug Therapy for Orthopedic Patients

...how they have created nanotubes from biocompatible metal oxides that can hold therapeutic proteins or drugs and deliver these agents in a highly-controlled manner. The fabrication strategies developed by the authors is flexible in terms of controlling the diameter and length scales of the tubes. By chang...

Olive Stones to Depollute Industrial Sewage Water

...neering makes it possible to remove chrome, a hard metal which can be dangerous for humans. The process is...rges. Olive stones are negatively charged, whereas metal is positively charged. That is the reason why they come together, thanks to ionic attraction. The ...

Off-label and Untested Use of Drug-coated Stents Appears Widespread

...y artery. The newer drug-eluting stents are normal metal stents coated with a drug that is known to interfere with the process of restenosis (re-obstruction). Data on the use of drug-eluting stents outside of approved indications in real-world settings are limited, according to background information in...

Fly Ash Bricks are Absolutely Safer Than Actually Predicted

...o the reverse, pulling minute amounts of the toxic metal out of ambient air. New experiments by Henry Liu... the mercury adsorption occurs and how tightly the metal is trapped, said Liu....

Cannabis can Help to Treat Allergies, Autoimmune Disorders

...veloped a severe skin allergy to the nickel in the metal tags the researchers had fastened to their ears. Zimmer set up a series of experiments to test the anti-allergy effect of natural and synthetic THC compounds and found that they reduced skin irritation by half. The researches also said they found...

New 'green' Pyre to Cool Planet While Burning India's Dead

...s to the use of iron after priests pointed out the metal was considered inauspicious because of its association with "the dark force". The latest model also has a chimney that traps much of the particle matter produced by the fire and releases clean emissions. Since then the Mokshda group has been active...

Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope for Paralysis Patients

... and moved with the assistance of attendants and a metal contrivance. Srinivas has regained bladder control and is able to feel sensations in the lower part of his abdomen. In spite of preferring younger patients "who will heal quicker and better," Raj Kumar's treatment has worked wonders for 46-year-...

Study Focus on Environmental Hazards Posed by IT Scraps

...able material is built into and around the PC: the metal casing in particular is of interest. "Metal is cur...cycling chain. Yet one must also remember that the metal casing makes up most of a PC's weight. The recycling rate for metals in the electronic scrap pile am...

Young Woman's Eyes Gouged Out By Her Partner

...h her eyes. The tool he used was a cattle prod, a metal instrument used to mind cattle. According to doctors at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in East Melbourne, the woman may lose her sight though her condition is otherwise stable. She was operated upon by surgeons for 5 hours, in a bid to sa...

Infant Mortality Rising in Deep South in US

...aves her first two children, marked with temporary metal signs because she cannot afford tombstones. Her son, who was born with deformities in 2002, died in her arms a few months later, after surgery. Her daughter was stillborn the next year. Nearby is another green marker, for a son of Ms. Brown's cous...

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