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

...s," said Dr. D.K. Gupta, head of the department of paediatric surgeries. "After diagnosing physical attributes...ght after birth," explained Shilpa Sharma, another paediatric surgeon. She said some of these people suffer from a complication called congenital adrenal hyperp...

Obesity Could Be Linked to Mother's Early Puberty

...are formula fed. Dr Tabitha Randell, consultant paediatric endocrinologist at University Hospital Nottingham, said the big point was that heavier mothers had heavier children. "Age at menarche is strongly related to your weight and it's well recognised that it's getting earlier and earlier." But she said ...

Artificial Testis Developed by AIIMS a Boon to Suffering Patients

...ported any complication," said D.K. Gupta, head of paediatric surgery at the AIIMS. "We are producing them in ...rvals," said Gupta, who is also chief of the SAARC paediatric surgeons' association. Elaborating on the development, he said though the operation takes around 1...

Indian Doctor Based in California Bags NECO Award

...ee from the Trivandrum Medical College in 1976 and paediatric training at the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana. His next stop was as director of a paediatric unit in the Agha Khan Hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1980. In 1988, Eapen was appointed Phi...

Small Change Could Stop Epilepsy Seizures for Millions

...ve drug to be equally effective. The study, led by paediatric neurophysiologist Selina Banu and to be published in the British Medical Journal, also concluded it did not provoke more behavioural problems, such as hyperactivity and restlessness. A follow-up study a year later confirmed the initial findings. Ca...

Research into Anti-epileptic Drugs Given to Children for Long Term Safety

...itutes of Health have been leading the process for paediatric drug reform over the last ten years. And the Europ...ulation and devised a research strategy to improve paediatric medicines research in the hope of increasing the availability of licensed medicines for children he ...

Denial of Treatment for HIV Infected Child Sparks Outrage

... was examined in the special HIV cell, sent to the paediatric surgery department and finally referred to the pre...e boy was "treated previously in the department of paediatric surgery" of that hospital. "It is a shame that doctors at three government hospitals have refused ...

NRI Boy Underwent a Rare Dual Transplant Surgery

...d loss in a major way," said Neelam Mohan, another paediatric haematologist. Highlighting the problems he faced during the surgery, Soin said: "The first challenge, among the many we faced, was to select two suitable donors - one each for kidney and liver. We opted for two live donors as it is ethical as well...

Focus on Paediatric TB

...l new TB cases reported under the programme are of paediatric age group (0 to 14 years). In the year 2006, the percentage of paediatric cases reported at national level and Orissa State was 6% and 4% respectively. As paediatric TB ...

Indian Doctor Based in California Bags NECO Award

...ee from the Trivandrum Medical College in 1976 and paediatric training at the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana. His next stop was as director of a paediatric unit in the Agha Khan Hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1980. In 1988, Eapen was appointed Phi...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...ate? The ability to deliver dependable adult and paediatric resuscitation standards uniformly and widely is essential to an emergency service. Acquiring training and maintaining certification should be made imperative for all doctors. This does not mean all doctors will do the same courses to the same stan...

Dengue Deaths Sweeping Cambodia Highlight Healthcare Failures

... said, while Cambodian health officials admit that paediatric care is especially thin. "We have not enough health care services for children -- it is still at a limited level," says Mam Bun Heng, a secretary of state with the health ministry. A lack of basic health knowledge is also particularly deadly for ...

Heart Care for Disadvantaged Children With American Help

...nternational (GOLI) which "will facilitate complex paediatric cardio-vascular operations for poor kids in a sust...I. GOLI has been providing logistical support to paediatric heart care programmes in the USA, Colombia, Romania and now in India and has supported about 9,000 c...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

...old AFP. "It's an ongoing battle, the pressure for paediatric formulations is still required. Sometimes the medicine tastes terrible and you have to get your toddler to drink disgusting medicine." The first person who really opened the world's eyes to the plight of Africa's young AIDS victims was 11-year-old Nk...

New Delhis Apollo Hospital Treats More Than 80 Iraqis

...eafness, for which we are doing cochlear implants, paediatric surgeries, orthopaedics and spine. We treat them and then they go back. We form linkages with doctors in Iraq so that they have continuative care," said Anupam Sibal, the spokesperson of the hospital. The treatment of Iraqi patients at the hospita...

New Nano-power Could Make Biopsies Sensitive and Efficient

... on human volunteers. However, Bruce Morland, a paediatric oncologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital in the UK says that the idea would have to compete with techniques that have recently made it easier to detect tiny amounts of leukaemia cells in biopsies. "I am tempted to think that this technique wil...

Experts Need to Include Children in Research

According to a leading paediatric expert,Scientists will only make real breakthrough...esearch Unit, the UKs first unit solely devoted to paediatric clinical research. The unit is run by researchers from Imperial College London and St Marys Hospit...

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