Bariatric Surgery: A New Hope for Treating Obesity
...ke and thus the calories consumed. The two-hour operation was followed by painless and rapid recovery. "The effect of the surgery will be visible in six months. About 80 percent of the excess fat would be gone," Ramana added. "Obesity is the other extreme of malnutrition," said Ramana, adding that at l...Avian flu-free Status to Boost India's Poultry Exports
...the 90 days since the last cleaning and sanitizing operation was done, no incidence of avian flu has been reported in the country. According to NECC estimates, the poultry industry's losses were around Rs.128 billion since the first outbreak of avian flu was reported in February in Jalgaon district of Mahara...Private Hospital in Rajasthan Booked for Foeticide
...d on the same day by one of the doctors. A sting operation by a private television channel last month had exposed the practice of female foeticide in many north Indian states including Rajasthan. The illegal practice further worsens the gender ratio in the state, which according to the 2001 census has only...Successful Separation Of Conjoined Twins
...diatric Surgery, Dr. Rebecka Meyers, said that the operation was a first of its kind in that this was first time conjoined twins sharing a kidney were separated. Following the successful separation of the girls, the parents of the conjoined twins thanked the surgical team for their efforts. "We couldn't hav...World’s First Pediatric Laparoscopic Liver Surger
...he liver without first performing an incision. The operation was done on a 2-year-old boy with liver cancer at La Raza Pediatric Medical Hospital in Mexico City on May 24. Liver cancer is rare in children--less than 150 cases are diagnosed each year compared to more than 18,000 in adults--so the disease ofte...Apollo Group Permitted to Carry out Surgeries in its Oman Centre
...h (MoH) has given us the green signal to start our operation theatres, Intensive Care Units (ICUs), labour room...he state-of-the-art facilities, including a modern operation theatre, fully equipped intensive care units for adults, neonates and paediatrics, sophisticated lab...Doctors Optimistic on Separating the Conjoined US Twins
...is and are working// to separate their liver. The operation in Salt Lake City was billed as the first to try t...dra had to have the first blood transfusion of the operation 11 hours into the procedure. "The circulating nurse tells us the doctors seem to be progressing fa..."Active" Brain Makes Rational Decisions!!
...ed by the way in which a question is presented. An operation that has 40 per cent probability of success seems ...hich a question is phrased. For example, saying an operation carries an 80 per cent survival rate may trigger a different response compared to saying that an ope...Blinding-Disease Surgery Is Done Safely in Villages, by Nonphysicians
...n. “In view of this variation, I think that either operation can be effective if the surgery is meticulous, but neither operation will work if it is performed by a poorly supervised surgeon with inadequate equipment.” A study co...Wily Old Man Undergoes A life Saving Operation With A Worthless Cheque
Roy Thayer’s underwent an emergency life saving operation by writing a no good cheque for a private heart op...e £6,500 surgery. So he wrote out a cheque for the operation at a private hospital, knowing fully well that by the time it would take to get bounced his life wou...Pakistani Child is India's Youngest Liver Transplant Recipient
..., Neelam Mohan, said that Shreyar had undergone an operation in Pakistan when he was three months old, but it w...never faced any kind of inconvenience." With the operation and the troubles over, the family has managed to do some shopping - jewellery and fabrics - and take...River Blindness Incidence Reduced With Effective Treatment
...new measures. The efficiency of these methods, the operation of the project, along with the results of the studies of the Hospital Clínic Group will be assessed in the near future in a joint meeting with the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea, the WHO and Dr. Jordi Mas. Source: Eurekalet...UP government decides to suspend doctor named in sting operation
... two doctors from the state who figured in a sting operation by a television channel for allegedly agreeing to ...nitiated. The channel, CNN-IBN, claimed its sting operation had xposed the nexus "between the beggar mafia and doctors". It said the beggar mafia deliberately m...Maimed Conscience and Maimed Beggars (Medical Ethics in India) – Part
...field and the medical professionals. A cleaning up operation is long overdue to rejuvenate the sector. Forgotte...an life, from the time of conception… The sting operation conducted by the television network exposes the beggar mafia nexus being helped by unscrupulous surg...Craniofacial Surgery Gives Tijuana Teen Chance to be 'Normal' Kid
..., and part of the team who participated in Danny’s operation in early May. “Danny had lost his right eye in ...gery and worked side by side during the eight-hour operation on May 10. “As in all secondary reconstructions, there was a lot of scar tissue that had to be re...Onchocerciasis: Presentation And Treatment
...new measures. The efficiency of these methods, the operation of the project, along with the results of the studies of the Hospital Clínic Group will be assessed in the near future in a joint meeting with the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea, the WHO and Dr. Jordi Mas. For further information: Hospita...China's First Facial Transplant Patient Discharged
...ce transplant at the hospital in April, the second operation of its kind following a French female patient last year. During the 14-hour procedure that ended on April 14, Li was given a new cheek, upper lip, nose and an eyebrow, all from a single donor. The swelling on the transplanted part has now almost dis...AIIMS Acquires Four-Armed Robot to Assist in Surgeries
...abroad, told IANS later. "We performed the sixth operation today. It was done in just one hour and 25 minutes...forming surgery. The robotic radical prostatectomy operation will help minimise complications following the operation, with patients having shorter hospital stay...Women Compensated For Losing Eye-Sight After Undergoing Cataract Operation
... The women submitted that after they underwent the operation at the Periyakulam Government Hospital,they develo...n. A team of eight doctors had performed Cataract operation for 47 persons at the Periyakulam Government hospital on January 24 and 25. All of them lost their ...High Court Stays Operation of Government Order on Govt Quota
...Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court today stayed operation of the Government Order (GO) providing for fixing 65 per cent seats in unaided private medical// and dental colleges in the state to be filled under government quota. A division bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Rajeev Sharma granted...