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World’s First Attempt To Restore Sight Using Gene Therap

... announced the completion of the world’s first eye operation using gene therapy. //A team of British doctors from Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London (UCL) carried out the operations in an attempt to cure a serious sight disorder- Leber's Congenital Amaurosis or LCA. The group operated on 1...

Wal-Mart – One Stop Shop for All Your Needs, Including Healthcar

...he form of surveys regarding the health clinics in operation since 2005. What came out of the survey was that more than half the visitors did not possess any medical insurance. SAV/...

Artificial Testis Developed by AIIMS a Boon to Suffering Patients

...atients suffering from inferiority complex and the operation gives a big psychological boost to them. Moreover,...Elaborating on the development, he said though the operation takes around 15-20 minutes, they keep a patient for at least four days for observation. "Though we...

Pigs Quarantined in US Farm Following Melamine Contamination

...ly it is not so-called mainstream pork. This is an operation that sells to folks who come in and want a whole pig," said Steve Lyle, a CDFA spokesman. Officials urged those who purchased pigs from the farm since April 3 not to consume the product until further notice. Dr. Mark Horton, the state public heal...

Sewage Swamps River in Scotland

...n our engineers found the repair was a much larger operation than first anticipated and we have had to locate specialist pumps from other parts of the UK." The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has already said emergency measures to "minimize the risk of pollution" were being put in place and ha...

New York Doctors Remove Gallbladder Through Vagina

...byterian/Columbia University Medical Center. The operation was experimental, part of a study that is being do... infections. Dr.Bresler who performed the latest operation said that companies were beginning to make special surgical tools for such specialist operations. M...

Busting the Organ Trade Racket in Tamil Nadu

... organ trade; their license has been revoked. This operation followed phase–I of the crackdown on illegal organ trade, following the sale of kidneys by poor fisherwomen on Chennai coast. Further, 13 hospitals in Tamilnadu have received show cause notices. The laws pertaining to organ transplant stipulate t...

New Procedure Paves Way for Eunuchs to Choose a Gender and Conceive

...onstructed a vagina in a six-year-old patient. The operation lasted over nine hours." He said AIIMS has been treating patients from across the country, and even some from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. "Though the specific reason for these kind of disorder is yet to be pin pointed yet marriage withi...

Hip Resurfacing Fever Catches on in US

...rologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago. The operation hit the U.S. market last spring with Food and Drug Administration approval of the British-designed Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System. Competitors are in clinical trials here, and expected to clear FDA later this year. More than 400,000 total or par...

Integrated Trauma Care Facility in Mumbai

...ance would have all the facilities available in an operation theatre. One doctors, one assistant, oxygen, other required machines would be placed inside it," said Navin C. Shah, co-founder of AAPI. This alone would reduce trauma-related fatalities up to 90 percent, he stated. A practicing neurologist, Shah s...

Henna from Rajasthan for Aishwarya-Abhishek Wedding

...his area. Over 100 henna processing units are in operation in Sojat. Bollywood's hottest couple is getting married on April 20. According to reports, the ceremony would be a low key affair and held in Mumbai with only the closest family and friends in attendance. Source-IANS/B...

Working Up Potential Living Liver Donors

...Even though a live donor will not benefit from the operation physically, the loss from failure to save the recipient can result in much psychological remorse. Based on personal values of the donor and recipient, they should have a say." An accompanying editorial by Robert Fisher of Virginia Commonwealth Uni...

Mumbai to Have Integrated Trauma Care Facility

...ance would have all the facilities available in an operation theatre. One doctors, one assistant, oxygen, other required machines would be placed inside it," said Navin C. Shah, co-founder of AAPI. This alone would reduce trauma-related fatalities up to 90 percent, he stated. A practising neurologist, Shah...

Eritrea Bans Female Circumcision

...o drastic is the mutilation involved in the latter operation that young brides have to be cut open to allow pen...hree undergo the process, but the age at which the operation is performed vary according to country and culture. Health workers say that the operation is ofte...

New York City Plans to Promote Circumcision

...nd urinary blockage. City hospitals also offer the operation in those cases. Whatever the case, activists urge any widespread campaign to promote circumcision should not undercut other HIV and AIDS prevention messages. The focus should continue to be on the promotion and use of condoms and having fewer sexua...

Thailand Claims World’s First Successful Heart Separation in Siamese Twin

...//. Doctor Mongkol Laohapensaeng said the 12-hour operation was performed at Siriraj Hospital on February 20 by a team of 61 Thai doctors and nurses and more than 50 days later the separated twins were still in stable condition. 'This was the first time in the world that doctors have successfully separated ...

Rare Case of Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Between Dental Patients Recorded

...investigators visited the office and monitored its operation they found all staff members followed standard infection control practices. The investigators could only speculate that there might have been a lapse in clean-up procedures after the source patient, leaving an area contaminated with her blood. HBV...

Satellites Set to Play Good Samaritans in India

...flung areas. // "To achieve these objectives, the operation of EDUSAT is being expanded across the country while the development of HEALTHSAT has already been envisioned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)," said S. Krishnamurthy, director of the public relations department of ISRO. Launched Sep...

Promoting Circumcision to Prevent HIV is Misguided and Will Backfire: ICGI

...ere is significant risk of HIV transmission by the operation itself through the use of contaminated instruments and unsterile conditions according to researchers Deuchert and Gisselquist. Mass circumcision campaigns cannot be carried out with the same aseptic conditions of the scientific experiments, education...

Switching Genes to Overdrive Improves Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms in Mice

...ells. PGC-1alpha is also required for the normal operation of genes that control the development of neuromuscular junctions (NMJ) – sites on muscle fibers where nerves attach and signal the fibers to contract. Part of the reason that exercise builds stronger muscles is that it increases PGC-1alpha activity. ...

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