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New Laser Offers Alternative to Surgery in Treating Voice Disorders

... this new laser allows us to now treat them in the office monthly or bimonthly, without ever having to go to...ith disease too extensive to treat in the doctor's office or for patients who cannot tolerate the treatment while awake. The pulsed KTP laser is FDA approve...

Major Medicare Fraud Detected in Florida

...up sham medical equipment dealerships in malls and office buildings claiming to be Medicare providers. In many of the cases, Medicare recipients participated in the fraud by giving their Medicare numbers to the companies in exchange for cash payments, usually $100 a month. Some defendants are accused of...

Reddy Asks Stanford University to Open Hyderabad Campus

...e poor, said a statement from the chief minister's office in Hyderabad. Satyam Computers' chairman B. Ramalinga Raju was also present. Under the MoU, Stanford University, one of the world's leading research and teaching institutes and EMRI, a non-profit group based in Hyderabad will train India's new co...

Anemia Drug Overused and Could Hasten Death in Some, Say Experts

... of erythropoietin. A high FDA official said his office will look into how another section of the agency approved advertisements suggesting that Procrit, a branded erythropoietin, makes elderly cancer patients more energetic and able to keep up with their grandchildren. Officially, the drug is used onl...

Warrior Culture in Los Angeles Police Force

...y, city, municipal, or otherwise, takes an oath of office and promises to serve and to protect. Unfortunately, over the years we have witnessed such abominations as the Rodney King beating, a graphically disturbing atrocity caught on videotape, or the Nathaniel Jones beating in Cincinnati. We read or hear...

Singapore to Import Eggs, Fish from Andhra Pradesh

... According to a release from the chief minister's office here, he suggested to Singapore authorities that they could enter into a direct buy-back arrangement with Andhra Pradesh farmers for not only supply but also production, which suits the authority by supplying quality inputs. He informed Singapore o...

Low-Carb Diet Effective for Teens Trying to Lose Weight

... for obese teens when run by pediatricians in the office setting. The study presented at the annual meeti...ntervention that is feasible and successful in the office setting. A low-carb diet may be one answer. The study was conducted in 25 pediatric offices compos...

Extremist Christian Preacher Dies of Heart Problems

...esday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. He was 73. He died suddenly of what his doctor suspects was the final throes of heart disease. Dr. Carl Moore, Rev. Falwell's personal physician, says "he was found without a pulse; never regain a pulse and it is a little ...

Government Plans to Set Up Drug Banks in All Districts

...d Mizoram and officials from the Drug Controller's office have been nominated as members of the committee. The committee would also assess feasibility of a district illness fund and an anti-cancer fund, the minister added. Paswan said his ministry was planning to increase the number of scheduled drugs u...

Yoga Enthusiasts Oppose Patenting Yoga Overseas

...the cold Himalayas?" The US Patent and Trademark office has issued 150 yoga related copyrights, 134 trademarks on yoga accessories and 2,315 yoga trademarks. Taking a cue from this, the Indian government has set up a task force that is cataloguing traditional knowledge, including Ayurvedic remedies and...

Natural-Birth Centers In U.S Pulling Down The Shutters

...es can't offset lower insurance reimbursements for office visits with higher-paying surgeries. Some industry observers say the closings may simply mark the end of a natural cycle, as midwives who launched birth centers during their heyday in the 1970s and 1980s begin to retire.Also, many younger midwives...

DiCaprio Bites Back Over Eco 'Hypocrisy'

...convenient Truth, which was also an unexpected box office hit. DiCaprio credited the picture with pushing the environment to the top of the US agenda. "Certainly in the United States we are the ones that should set an example for the rest of the world. We are the most powerful democracy on the planet an...

Gilead's AIDS Drug Awaits Patent in India

...n for a patent is pending before the Indian Patent office as it believes that it has a right to protect its intellectual property. Indian pharma major Cipla has filed a pre-grant opposition against the patent application for Viread before the patents office. But Alton said: "We believe that protecting t...

My Space Pressured into Sharing Data on Sex Offenders

.... Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said his office will also subpoena the records. "I think once we find out the content of the messages of course, it will depend on how long they retain that information we may very well find that some of the messages included illegal enticement of a child," Hood...

Aggressive Family Planning Sparks Riots in China

...hed cars Saturday at the Shabi township government office in the Guangxi region, Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily News said. One person was injured as villagers and government officials hurled stones at each other, the newspaper reported. The demonstrators also knocked down a wall and damaged offices at the bui...

Denial of Treatment for HIV Infected Child Sparks Outrage

... "Only after we moved the state health minister's office and took the necessary steps, did the MCH hospital arrange for the surgery," Saha said....

Death from Exposure to WTC Dust Confirmed

...r who was engulfed on Sept. 11 as she ran from her office a block away from the World Trade Center. She developed a serious cough and had trouble breathing, and she died five months later. Her name will be added to the official list of World Trade Center victims, and the official number of people who d...

Choice is a Key Element in Success for Smokers Who Want to Quit

...itional support to smokers that a typical doctor's office doesn't. "I don't think they get enough time and I don't think they get enough input and choice into the quit plan," Williams said. "Our findings showed it was particularly important to promote patient choice and active participation in the plan." ...

Personality Changes may Help to Identify a Form of Dementia

...rough personality tests are not often used in most office settings because of time and lack of training. "Our results show incorporating a brief, simple inventory of personality traits may help improve the detection of dementia with Lewy bodies," said Galvin. The study is published in the May 29, 2007, ...

Researchers Found Drug Effects of Deadly Prescription Well Before FDA

... home on a Sunday and ask her to drive back to her office to check a chart. Then Bennett and his team fit all the puzzle pieces together to figure out what happened and how to prevent it in the future. The new study also shows, however, that the FDA and drug companies were faster than RADAR to spread the ...

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