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World's Oldest High-wire Artiste Hums Along at 98

...twinkle from under his black-brimmed hat. He has performed in a variety theatres for more than 80 years and has known many of the greatest singers and other international performers who filled the variety houses of the 20th century. Jerry Lewis, Marlene Dietrich, Sammy Davis jr. Dean Martin and Frank Sinat...

Partners of Cancer Survivors at Risk for Depression

...mber of cancers, and approximately 40,000 BMTs are performed each year. 'While we focused on partners of cancer survivors who received BMT, there is some evidence in the literature to suggest that the issues faced by the partners of other cancer survivors may be similar,' added Dr. Bishop. Source-Eurekale...

MRI-safe Motor Makes Robotic Biopsies Possible

...psies on organs such as the prostate are currently performed blind because the tumors are typically invisible to the imaging tools commonly used," says Dan Stoianovici, Ph.D., an associate professor of urology at Johns Hopkins and director of the robotics lab. "Our new MRI-safe motor and robot can target the t...

Computer Software Less Reliable Than Radiologists' Eyes in Detecting Cancerous Tumors

...a-Davis and colleagues examined 429,345 mammograms performed at 43 medical centers from 1998 to 2002. During the study period, seven of the centers began using CAD. The study found standard mammography detected 4.15 cases of cancer per 1,000 women screened, compared with 4.2 cases of cancer per 1,000 women...

Eritrea Bans Female Circumcision

...the process, but the age at which the operation is performed vary according to country and culture. Health workers say that the operation is often carried out in unsanitary conditions. Razor blades, scissors, kitchen knives and even pieces of glass are used, often on more than one girl, which increases t...

Crucell's Rabies MAb Enters Phase I Trial in India

... the initial phase I study that is currently being performed in the US. Both studies are conducted under FDA authority, the Indian phase I study gained approval upon review by the Drug Controller-General of India (DCGI). The clinical trial will be a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study in 44 ...

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

...ngkol 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 Siamese twins ...

U.S. Navy Offers Intralase No-Blade Lasik for Servicemen

...o approve the traditional method in which Lasik is performed using a blade. The new announcement, which was pub...t Lasik surgeries will be granted only if they are performed using the no-blade Intralase method. "This is another endorsement of the superiority of the no-bl...

Hospital Errors Rise 3 Percent -- HealthGrades Patient-safety Study

...the poorest-performing hospitals. If all hospitals performed at the level of the Distinguished Hospitals for Patient Safety, the study found: · Approximately 206,286 patient-safety incidents and 34,393 Medicare deaths could have been avoided; and · $1.74 billion could have been saved. To be ranked in overa...

Sleep Disruption Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk

...brain waves and airflow at the nose and mouth, was performed in 135 men and women, average age 36, who had no history of sleep disorders. Through these measurements, a parallel correlation was found between higher levels of spontaneous sleep disruption and higher levels of compounds in the blood that serve as ...

Switching Genes to Overdrive Improves Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms in Mice

...n. The MDX mice with increased PGC-1alpha activity performed almost as well as normal mice on the first day; their performances decreased on the second day, but they still did better than the untreated MDX mice on both runs. The exercise tests and microscopic and chemical examinations of the muscles showed t...

C Diff Infection Reported In Hospital

...as the ‘027’ strain. Major bowel surgery had to be performed on five other patients who had contracted this bug and eleven patients are fighting their life battle against C diff now. Severe cleaning of the hospital is underway and ￡400,000 has been spent on internal cleaning till now. Wendy Slaney, Chief exe...

Welders Assist Surgeons in Andhra Pradesh

A rare surgery was performed on the victim of a freak accident at a government hospital in Kurnool in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.// Welders and a motley crew of technicians assisted the medical team in the operation. While trying to cross the roa...

Surgeons Find Gauze Left in Patient 11 Years Earlier

...ing surgery in mid-March. The latter operation was performed to treat new cardiovascular problems and was unrelated to the gauze, the spokesman said. The patient suffered no subjective difficulties, though in some cases gauze or instruments forgotten in the body after surgery may be fatal. Source-IANS...

Stem Cells Speed Growth of Healthy Liver Tissue

...went only PVE. Computed tomography (CT) scans were performed before and up to five weeks after PVE to determine the degree of liver growth. Patients who received the combination of PVE and stem cell injection had double the liver growth rate and gain in liver volume, compared with those who underwent PVE al...

White House Press Secretary to Battle Second Round of Colon Cancer

...ant methods is colon screening. Colon screening performed via a test called the colonoscopy should be mandatory for all persons above 50, say doctors. "Everybody is supposed to get screened for colon cancer right after they reach the age of 50," says DuBois, "because the risk of cancer started increasing ...

Stem Cells to Treat Liver Cancer

...went only PVE. Computed tomography (CT) scans were performed before and up to five weeks after PVE to determine the degree of liver growth. Patients who received the combination of PVE and stem cell injection had double the liver growth rate and gain in liver volume, compared with those who underwent PVE alo...

RF Ablation a Safe Alternative Option for Treating Lung Cancer

...al currents to heat and destroy abnormal cells, is performed in a single day as an outpatient procedure, is minimally invasive and has few side effects.” In his study, Dr. Dupuy and a research team evaluated the outcomes of 153 patients who underwent computed tomography (CT)-guided RF ablation for 189 inoper...

Breast Cancer Patients Unaware of Reconstructive Surgery

...s to a plastic surgeon. Female surgeons, those who performed more than 50 surgeries per year, and those whose clinical practices were located in cancer centers were more likely to refer a high proportion of eligible patients. There were also significant differences in the attitudes of high- versus low-referr...

Tai Chi Augments Immune Response Against Shingles

... found that immune system was better in people who performed tai chi which a westernized version of Chinese mar...eople who had undergone tai chi classes. They also performed better physically and mentally. Irwin also highlights the other positive aspects of tai chi on inf...

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