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Allergan Introduces ‘Dermal Filler’ for Smile Lins

...oduced, which can smooth out wrinkles// around the nose and mouth, by relaxing the muscles. California-based firm Allergan, which introduced this ‘dermal filler’ named Juvederm, said that it does the same for the lower face what Botox injections do for the upper portion. Robert Grant, president of Al...

Max Planck Researchers Incorporate Odorant Receptors into Artificial Membranes

An artificial nose could be a real benefit at times: this kind of biosensor could sniff out poisons, explosives or drugs//, for instance. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry recently revealed a te...

Need for Cost-effective Hearing Implants

... R.C. Deka, head of the department of ENT (ear, nose and throat) and dean of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), said: "We have conducted 150 such implants, including 110 children, at subsidized cost." "The device from the Australian company Cochlear is the most advanced and reliable pr...

Newborns With Respiratory Distress Potentially Have Rare Genetic Disease

... are chronic ear disease, hearing loss and a runny nose that persists despite seasonal changes or the use of antibiotics and antihistamines," Ferkol says. "But as patients age, the lung manifestations become more evident. Also, infertility becomes a greater issue in adulthood." Because definitive testin...

Allergies Not Just for Children Anymore

... patients with various allergies. This may include nose sprays, inhalers, ointments and even specific pills or capsules. All these medications are designed to reduce or eliminate symptoms, as well as to maintain control of the condition. In certain patients with respiratory allergies (hay fever, asthma)...

Rats Feast on Dead Patient in Kolkata Hospital

...was handed over to his relatives// with an ear and nose nibbled away by rats. TV reports said Bishom Ro... handed over to his sons it was found with ear and nose nibbled away by rats. Soon a mob led by the youth wing of the Congress started protesting inside t...

Dummy Emergency Operation Launched

... hands or use alcohol-based hand rubs, cover their nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing, and remain at home if they have flu-like symptoms until the fever has subsided for 24 hours. Says Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer for England” When a flu pandemic hits the country the top priority for...

Weather Forecasts Spring Pollen Allergy Severity

...symptoms of sneezing, itchy and watery eyes, runny nose and a burning or itchy sensation in the throat or palate. Spring allergy is most commonly caused by tree and grass pollens, and depends on where an allergic individual lives and the time of year that pollination occurs. While there is no way to acc...

Sword Removed from Thai Teenager's Face

... 60-cm-long sword that had been thrust through the nose cavity of a teenage boy and exited// near his left ear, news reports said Wednesday. Ronnachai Tiemsanguan, 16, was said to be in a stable condition after the sword's removal from his face in an operation that took five hours and 10 minutes Tuesday...

Effect of Snoring on Partners

...of the soft palate and other tissues in the mouth, nose and throat when air is taken into the lungs. JYT...

Flies too Have Immune Memory!

...eed things up if you could snort something up your nose that would make your innate immune system ready to fight." While inviting novel ways of thinking about future vaccines and treating AIDS patients, the new finding immediately stirs up the field of insect immunology. Existing publications about the ...

Head Injury Awareness Day

...s are bleeding or leaking of fluids from the ears, nose or mouth, convulsion, confusion and fracture. If a child begins to play or run immediately after getting a bump on the head, serious injury is unlikely. However, the child should still be closely watched for 24 hours, since the symptoms of a head ...

Computer Imaging Assists With Facial Reconstructive Surgery

...rd, prominent facial features such as the chin and nose are balanced in relation to the structures around ...e intersection of a line drawn from the tip of the nose to the chin and a line drawn next to the neck · Facial convexity angle: the intersection of a line ...

Real Life Jekyll and Hyde

...ies to injure his wife. Rogers has broken his nose thrice, cut his knuckles and head and bled profusely, and has even broken three ribs, all while asleep. The next morning he has not the faintest recollection of what happened. After Rogers developed the sleep disorder, he started sleeping in separ...

Viral Enzyme Recruited in Fight Against Ear Infection

...t cause acute otitis media, which migrate from the nose and throat to the middle ear after an initial influenza virus infection paves the way. The investigators based their treatment on the ability of viruses called phages to break out of bacteria they infect by using a special enzyme to destroy the cel...

Asians in US Increasingly Undergoing Plastic Surgery to Look White

...facilitate such operations. The most popular are nose and eye surgeries. For instance one has only to lo...ess in the United States and Asia. A classic Roman nose or a double eye-lid is not necessarily seen as the last word on beauty. Plastic surgeons have begu...

Sleep Disruption Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk

... involves recording brain waves and airflow at the nose and mouth, was performed in 135 men and women, average age 36, who had no history of sleep disorders. Through these measurements, a parallel correlation was found between higher levels of spontaneous sleep disruption and higher levels of compounds in...

Two-in-one Diabetic Drug Approved by FDA

...r than or equal to 5 percent) were stuffy or runny nose and sore throat, upper respiratory infection and headache. Type 2 diabetes, a condition in which the body either doesn't produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin, is one of the most costly and burdensome diseases. Left untreated, it c...

Sunburnt Holiday-makers Boost Their Chances of Fatal Skin Cancer

...s undergone surgery to reconstruct the side of her nose after she was diagnosed with both malignant melanoma on her cheek and non melanoma skin cancer on her nose. She said: “I was left with a hole the size of a 10 pence piece on the side of my nose. My doctor confirmed that the cancer was caused by too...

Sleep Disorder Linked to Heart Failure Patient Deaths

...ce applies air pressure via a mask placed over the nose during sleep. The continuous air pressure flows through the nose into the throat, propping it open and preventing it from collapsing during sleep. This allows a pers...

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