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Guidelines For Better Management Of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

...ut those with a mental disorder before agreeing to operate OCD is ranked as one of the 10 most disabling illnesses by the World Health Organization in terms of lost income and quality of life, yet can be effectively treated with brief therapy or antidepressant drugs....

Madhya Pradesh Cops to attend Yoga classes to reduce stress and weight

...had stress at work. // Highly feared bandit gang operate in parts of Madhya Pradesh mainly in the districts of Shivpuri which forms part of the Chambal ravines in northern and central India. These Indian regions are badly terrorized by bandit gangs such as Gadariya brothers Dayaram and Rambabu who even hav...

Remote Robotic Surgery Using Miniature Robots

... a cavity and surgeons in different locations can operate a remotely controlled computer. The robots perfor...n battlefields, the robots would allow surgeons to operate on wounded soldiers remotely said Shane Farritor, a university engineering professor who helped desi...

Cryosurgery – Freeze Therapy For Lung Cance

...l disease free. Mr. Maiwand is hopeful that he can operate more than 2,000 lung cancer patients a year with this new cryosurgery. Experts View: Dr Siow Ming Lee, lung cancer expert from Cancer Research UK, said: 'This is an interesting approach for patients who are not considered suitable for surgery be...

The 'Mad Cow' Disease And Protein

...ing where in the central nervous system the prions operate Locating the PrPC meant being able to identify which places in the central nervous system the prions operate. The findings enabled the research team to establish that the PrPC is a protein involved in the neuronal metabolism of calcium. Moreover, t...

Worlds Largest Cord Blood Bank to be started in India

...registered stem cell transplant centers, which all operate under the watchful eye of an ethical review board. Together with the Hyderabad based Apollo Hospitals Group. Histostem plans to establish canters in India. Shen said usage is currently limited to research and treatment, but might be expanded to other...

An Under Estimation Of The Radiation Hazard With The Use Of Mobile Phones

...phones emit non-ionizing radio frequency waves and operate in a frequency ranging from about 850 to 1900 megahertz (MHz). This RF energy is different than the ionizing radiation (X-ray, gamma rays), which can present a health risk at certain doses. At high enough levels, RF energy, too, can be harmful, becau...

First telesurgery

...an, was discharged two days after the operation.To operate on the patient in France, a surgeon working from New York controlled the arm of a surgical robot. Two medical teams were involved, linked by a video and a high-speed fibre-optic line. The time delay between the surgeon's movements and the return vi...

First telesurgery

...an, was discharged two days after the operation.To operate on the patient in France, a surgeon working from New York controlled the arm of a surgical robot. Two medical teams were involved, linked by a video and a high-speed fibre-optic line. The time delay between the surgeon's movements and the return vi...

Integrin helps healing process in cells

... found that the second molecule, which appeared to operate as an anchor, grabbed on to that sticky layer of proteins, which included a substance called laminin 5. Without interfering with the initial cell movement started by the first round of chemical signals, the second integrin essentially blocked la...

Diabetes and heart attack diagnosis now made simple with twin magic

... episodes. The two arrays of micron-sized needles operate similarly by penetrating painlessly into the skin....rt attacks. The two arrays of micron-sized needles operate similarly by penetrating painlessly into the skin. Arranged in varying numbers on a small patch, the...

Regular Use Of Cocaine Can Impair Brain Functions

... it. They hope that understanding how connections operate between these brain regions may lead to new ways of treating drug addiction and a greater understanding of disorders such as schizophrenia, which is linked to the brain regions studied. Source: Indo-Asian News Service Medindia on Cocaine- Further...

Effective Diagnosis Of Spinal Cord Injuries

...nefit the patient, they are generally reluctant to operate because of the risks. Thus researchers say this study should remove that uncertainty. For the study researchers evaluated the records of 22 patients who were admitted to the hospital with spinal cord injury and who were assessed with both MRI and co...

Senate assures ban on smoking

...liquor stores when other retailers were allowed to operate on Sundays. They predict that ending the prohibition will increase the state's annual sales tax revenue by about $1.8 million. But many Massachusetts mom-and-pop liquor store owners opposed the change, saying it will create pressure for them to work...

Defending against Tuberculosis

...lly stopped the tuberculosis pathogen's ability to operate from the immune system.// It typically hides out in the immune system in a cell called a macrophage. The researchers say they have identified a new pathway (LRG-47) triggered by a host protein called interferon-gamma that disarms TB. Thus far, all o...

SARS make Air India cut flights

...Guild, has issued directives to its members not to operate on the Bombay-Hong Kong sector....

Acoustic neuroma in older patients to be treated

... to be taken into consideration before deciding to operate on acoustic neuroma. Acoustic neuroma (sometimes known as acoustic swannoma) is a benign tumour affecting the eighth cranial nerve and leading to a sudden loss of hearing and problems with balance.// Standard treatment is removal by surgery - but the...

Genes for Vision discovered

...nes, which are activated by light, and rods, which operate only at night - are susceptible to a wide variety of inherited diseases, suchas retinitis pigmentosa and cone-rod dystrophy. The newly identified gene set, which is reported in the journal Cell, could lead to the identification of genes which, when m...

FDA approves surgical gel

...reasingly common "keyhole" surgeries where doctors operate through a small incision, the FDA warned. Nor is it for women with abdominal or pelvic infection, or who have cancer or are pregnant. The manufacturers would begin selling Intergel in February and cost about $200....

Wound healing made faster

...ature, a current established opinion that hormones operate independently have prevented it from being recognised.//After testing their artificially assembled complex on skin cells, the researchers were surprised to find that not only did it initiate a normal injury response in the cells, but heightened it. ...

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