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Predictors Of Wound Infection In Ventral Hernia Repair

...nal hernia occurs in the abdomen in the area of an old surgical scar. A part of an organ in the abdomen, such as the bowel or intestines, protrudes through the weakened area of the abdominal wall....

Faster way of producing Bird flu vaccine using Reverse Genetics

...t save you a week or so if your first go using the old technique did not work but there are lot of barriers in using this technique including bulk preparation, storing, approval and clinical trials”. Source: BBC News...

A Boon For Gastritis Patients In The Form Of Broccoli

...oup took a diet with 100 grams of two or three-day old sulforaphane-rich broccoli sprouts each day for two months. The remaining 20 used a diet with 100 grams of alfalfa sprouts instead of broccoli sprouts for the same period. "We wanted to test alfalfa spouts together with broccoli sprouts," Yanaka ex...

Decline in Paternity Rates Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer

... cancer is the most common cancer among 20-40 year old men. Many testicular cancer patients are diagnosed at an age at which they are starting a family, and the ability to father children in the future is an important issue for approximately 60% of newly diagnosed patients. Subfertility or infertility ...

Palmist Claims to Diagnose Ailments Looking At Your Palm

...elieves palmistry is a pure science//. The 44 year old chemistry teacher by profession but he reads people's palms and predicts their health conditions. His accurate predictions have even baffled the best doctors. After studying the lines and mounts of a person's hand, Mohanan can accurately predict th...

Brain functioning not hampered by old age

...te matter in the frontal lobe of the brain in some old age people is the cause of decline in brain activi...ve found that the decline in brain activity in the old people is not age related but due to not using the white matter (frontal lobe) of the brain. Study ...

Meditation Maintains And Thickens The Grey Matter Of The Brain

...oning of the brain which is found to be reduced in old age. The structural changes were found in areas of the brain that are important for sensory, cognitive and emotional processing, the researchers report in the November issue of NeuroReport. Although the study included only 20 participants, all w...

Lip Piercing Can Be Fatal

...rhaps need to understand this isn't just the fusty old adults trying to stop their fun. There can be very real risks,' he said. Ms Anderson's solicitor Richard Starkie was of the opinion that there should be national guidelines 'regarding the training and standards of those practicing body piercing. In t...

Diligence Of Chennai Doctors Appreciated: Anbumani

...y from cholera this year, but the hospital is very old and needs upgradation. “We (the Central Government) are ready to help, but the State Government has to put forth a plan first,” he said. As CDH was the only referral hospital for cholera in the state, Anbumani said separate communicable diseases win...

Regular light exercise slows down aging of the brain

...Florida looked at groups of rats that had lived to old age. Some were more sedentary, while others had access to an exercise wheel. Scientists examined chemical compounds in 41 tissue samples taken from a part of the brain important for balance and movement at the end of experiments, reports science po...

Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu

...e trying to make zanamivir also.’’ Zanamivir is an old drug manufactured before 1995 hence there are no patent issues involved with it manufacture. ‘‘We can manufacture it once we formulate it in our laboratories,’’ added Dr Hameid. The patent for Tamiflu is pending in India and the government is yet...

Diagnosis of Alzheimer's years before clinical signs emerge

..., Berkeley, and his group tracked about 60 healthy old people for around three years, using two brain imaging techniques and exercises designed to probe memory and cognition. Six of the group developed forms of dementia and several others started to suffer from the cognitive impairments that precede fu...

‘Miracle’ HIV Cure Claim Under Scrutin

Following the statements by a 25 year old British man, Andrew Stimpson who claims his body has rid itself of HIV, Britain's leading HIV/AIDS agency, the National AIDS Trust, warns that too many people have been 'jumping to // conclusions' about Stimpson's story, and further tests need to be ...

Teenage Mental Problems Could Be The Result Of Stress During Early Life

...who had experienced maternal separation at 1 month old continued to show significantly more time in social contact compared to monkeys not experiencing the stress of early maternal separation. They developed a "freezing" behavior in response to fearful stimuli, characteristic of increased anxiety in huma...

Aged People are at increased risk of disease

...hool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as said that old people aged above 65 years are having an increased...equate physical activity.// The report found that old age people are not spending the required amount of money on healthy food, leisure centre visits, den...

Harsh British Winter Could Kill Upto 90,000 Pensioners

... pensioners will die in the cold. Concerns for the old and the infirm have been heightened by reports of a shortage of flu vaccine. Snowfall was reported Thursday in parts of northern Scotland. The rest of Britain was expected to receive snowfall within the next two days, putting a strain on supplies o...

Untied Kingdom to supplement folic acid in flour

...m birth defects. Folic acid is also very useful in old age people as they are prone to B12 deficiency lea...ities. Folic acid helps to increase blood cells in old people preventing anemia. Supplementation of folic acid in flour at a concentration of 240 mcg for ...

Vegan(ism) not so 'in' and healthy for children

...'veganism' is the diet funda of the times, adults, old and children alike. But a study done by an American scientist had warned that these kinds of diets are not healthy for children. She has spoken strongly against parents who insist their children turn into vegans. According to Prof. Lindsay Allen o...

Indian Healthcare Facilities Come In For Praise

Ellen Parry, a 59 year old British grandmother is all praise for the healthcare facilities available in India after undergoing a surgery// in the Indian city of Bangalore. The surgery at the Ramaiah Memorial Hospital has cured her of a painful back. Parry came to India for tre...

Drug-Eluting Stents Ensure Patency Of The Saphenous Vein Grafts

... (coronary arteries). However, these grafts become old over a period of time. Infact nearly 50% of all vein grafts become diseased, necessitating a second intervention in the form of either a repeat open-heart surgery or balloon angioplasty with a reinsertion of a stent within 5 to 10 years of first card...

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