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New, Minimally-Invasive Surgery for the Morbidly Obese

...ring the abdomen through oral cavities such as the nose and mouth – can be successful in both bovine and human patients. Further, patients who underwent endoscopic-guided transoral gastroplasty for morbid obesity showed signs of initial weight loss. Transoral gastroplasty restricts or limits the expans...

Green Signal given to Full-Face Transplants

... who had been savaged by a dog, received the lips, nose and chin of a donor was the recipient of the first partial face transplant last year. Her surgery was successful and she began to regain sensation within weeks. Prof Butler's team has already been approached by 34 hopeful patients. He said, "We are ...

Tonsillectomy reduces risk of strep throat

...tions," says Laura Orvidas, M.D., Mayo Clinic ear, nose and throat surgeon and senior study investigator. "It should decrease the amount of infections experienced by this subset of children and therefore diminish the number of missed school days and hopefully improve overall quality of life." Dr. Orvidas...

Proteins in lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis

... to be expressed in places like the upper airways, nose and mouth, where many bacteria and infectious agents are found," Bingle said. These tiny molecules are thought to be part of the first line of the body's defenses against infectious agents, Bingle said. The human genome project localized the PLUNC ...

Rare Neurological Disorder Linked to Flu shot

...aid, "This a material risk, this is not some runny nose or rash that goes away. It's an illness that is potentially fatal and I think it speaks to the importance of . . . the process of informed consent." "I think the job for doctors and for us as scientists is to try to convey this risk so that people ...

Relationship Between Sleep Apnea And Aggression In Sex Offenders Explored

...(CPAP), whereby compressed air is applied into the nose and/or mouth through a respiratory mask while the subject sleeps. The subjects were given criteria and asked to score themselves based on personal anger, verbal aggression, hostility and physical aggression before and after treatment. The subjects ...

Male Chimpanzees find Older Females Sexy

...e chimpanzees like older females and turn up their nose at younger ones. The observation was reported in the journal, Current Biology, based on studies of a group of Kanyawara chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park in East Africa. The team lead by Martin Muller of Boston University, which includes...

New Lung Heating Device can Help Asthma Patients

...h the help of a flexible tube through the mouth or nose can help treat asthma, researchers conducting its// trial said. Asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory system in which the airways constrict making it hard to breathe. At its worst, asthma can be fatal. Though asthma can't be cured, it can...

Sea Urchin Genome Similar To Man And May Cure Diseases

...surprise is that this spiny creature with no eyes, nose or hears has genes involved in vision, hearing and smell in humans,' Calestani said. 'The comparison of human genes with their corresponding ancestral sea urchin genes may give important insight on their function in humans, in the same way the study ...

Asthma Warning As Bushfires Burn

...rritation include a sore throat, itchy eyes, runny nose and coughing. 'In healthy adults, the effects of short term exposure to smoke will clear up fairly quickly once the smoke has gone away,' said Dr Yong. 'But if you're asthmatic, the air pollution can be a catalyst for symptoms such as wheezing, c...

RVF Kills 14 in Kenya

...h produces symptoms including bleeding through the nose and mouth, was the cause of the recent deaths. "The dead are mainly livestock herders," Charles Nzioka, the head of Communicable Disease Control at the Ministry of Health, said on Friday in Nairobi. Four more people have been admitted at the Garis...

Specialists Mystified by Coughing Cases

... a cotton swab- like probe is threaded through the nose and into the back of the throat. But Dr. Alfred DeMaria, director of communicable disease control for the state, said: "People generally don't like it much when you do that, but you can't get to that area through the mouth." SRI...

In Search of Truth - 'Lie Detector

...ered with flair and ease. Generally, megaly of the nose does not occur on telling a lie, as in the fable ‘Pinocchio’. Therefore detecting lies, especially when dealing with hard-core criminals, becomes a ‘mission impossible’. If a criminal, who has maimed the well being of a society lies, then those wo...

Yes, Chicken Soup Can Help

...eyboards or telephones. Once you touch your mouth, nose or eyes after such exposure, you can acquire a col...se, glaucoma, thyroid problems or diabetes. Saline nose drops or sprays also ease congestion. Skip the antihistamines. Often used to treat allergies, anti...

Don’t Let Symptoms of Whooping Cough Escape You, Parents Warne

...ed. The illness has these common symptoms: runny nose and cough which gradually gets severe, pronounced by loss of breath or vomiting. A vaccine is thought to remedy the infection though its effect may not be long-lasting. The need of the hour will be antibiotics, which can stop the infection from spr...

Lymphocyte/WBC Ratio Helps in Treating ENT Disorders

...ed by the Epstein-Barr virus) are both common ear, nose and throat conditions with similar symptoms, according to background information in the article. These symptoms include sore throat, fever, painful swallowing, white plaque on the tonsils and redness of the throat and tonsils. 'The importance in d...

Lethal Staphylococcus can Be Fatal to Pneumonia Patients

... infections. This is normally found in the skin or nose of many people. S.aureus also causes minor skin infections, boils, pimples and on the major side meningitis, endocarditis and pneumonia. Generally this infection is treated with methicillin group of antibiotics. But it can also be combined with dox...

Antiviral Drugs Curb Influenza Virus

...t infectious droplets inhaled and exhaled from the nose may be important in viral transmission, thus orally administered oseltamivir might have an advantage in limiting spread. In addressing the limitations to their research, the authors call for further studies into antiviral efficacy. "Trials in ...

Dental Researchers Test No-Needle Anesthesia, No-Drilling Cavity Care

...ures of a topical anesthetic normally used by ear, nose and throat physicians when they operate on the nose. Patients who received this anesthetic for that purpose reported it also numbed their upper teeth, sparking interest in using it for dental procedures. "We currently are testing to determine what ...

Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Nairobi

...ood, passing blood through urine and bleeding from nose or gums. The minister also added that government has spent around Sh170 million in controlling this viral outbreak and all quarantine measures are strictly adhered to. JYT...

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