First PET-CT guided radiotherapy in India was performed by Apollo Hospitals
... "The drawback of routine CT scan for radiotherapy planning is that many times it becomes difficult to accurately know the extension and activity of the tumor and also differentiate between tumor tissue and normal tissue," Dr. Vijay Anand Reddy said. The Apollo Cancer Hospital here claims to be the only hos...EEG Test on brain may predict future dementia
... a real risk at least allows the patients to begin planning for it. In another report on medindia today the use of Fish once a week has shown how dementia in elderly can be combated. The patients in the study were all healthy people who felt that their memories were on the decline. Over the period of the st...Women can now gauge their own future fertility
...s are left. While this test will assist women in planning a family, there are other important factors involved in the decision. Clare Brown, chief executive of Infertility Network UK stated that ovarian reserve is not the only aspect of a woman's fertility, which may have an effect on whether or not she is ...Home Based Rapid HIV Test Kit to be approved by US – OraQuick Test Ki
US Food and Drugs Administration is planning to approve the first home based rapid HIV strip test kit. The result of the test will be available within 20 minutes of the test without any physician or clinician help//. This new OraQuick test kit is now available only to doctors and clinics, which...A Component In Milk May Help Control Inflammatory Diseases
...onsumes dairy products every day, says Cook. He is planning a study, in collaboration with researchers in the dairy science and food science departments, to determine whether the amount of anti-inflammatory CLA in milk can be increased by changing dairy cow diets. However, Cook is interested in another appro...Indian Doctor Wants March 21st To Be Celebrated As World Down Syndrome Day
... the options open to them in management and family planning - ( Kelly, 1998). ...Delhi Government To Interlink All Major Hospitals Through e-Governance
The Government of Delhi is planning to interlink its major 29 hospitals to share information about its patients and disease //condition and treatment provided. This computerization and interlinking of data would be helpful to citizen in providing better treatment by which doctors can k...Indian Health Minister interested to import bird flu vaccine
...ne is not available in India and the government is planning to import the vaccines. Speaking to reporters at the airport here, Ramadoss urged people not to panic over reports about the spread of bird flu and said his ministry was in touch with the ministries of animal husbandry, human resource development a...Sharp Increase In Morning-After Pill Sales Among British Women
... 3 % while the percentage getting it from a family planning clinic remained constant at 21 %. The report als...percentage of girls aged 13-15 who attended family planning clinics, having risen to almost 10 per cent in 2003-04 from 6 per cent a decade earlier. In 2004, ab...Researchers Develop Mouse Model Of Brain Tumor
...tric Brain Tumor Program at our Institution is now planning to include a comprehensive survey of INK4c status in order to determine its prognostic significance." The study will appear in the November 15th issue of Genes & Development Contact: Heather Cosel coselpie@cshl.edu Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...MRI can predict risk of cardiac arrhythmia by identification of scar tissue
... of aggressive medical therapy and can help in the planning of invasive heart surgery or identification of the best candidates for bypass surgery. Another potential application is in the identification of the characteristic scar pattern that could potentially improve existing procedures to ablate, or burn ...Vaginal atrophy drug Ospemifene found effective in breast cancer Prevention
...has been proved in mouse model and researchers are planning for a clinical trial. DeGregorio and his colleagues at UC Davis compared the ability of ospemifene, tamoxifen and raloxifen to inhibit breast cancer in mice exposed to a carcinogen. Ospemifene and tamoxifen both inhibited breast cancer development....Time magazine has recognized efforts of two Indian doctors towards reducing infant mortality rate
...sion has been possible due to systematic research, planning and effective implementation. The first step comprised of identification of all the 18 leading causes of infant death out of which malnutrition and starvation among expectant mothers for ease of delivery were found to be significant. The next step ...International Conference On Malaria - 'Laveran To Genomics'
... as National Institute of malaria. Government is planning to introduce a new combination drug to combat mala... the Malaria Research Centre field units. India is planning to organize large vaccine clinical trials in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. Government is giving cost-ef...Northeast To Get Mega Rural Health Mission
...ality rate and the total fertility ratio. "We are planning to train some 2,50,000 nurses across the country meant for working in the rural areas," the minister said. He said there were proposal for setting up more medical, dental, and nursing colleges in the northeast where the 39 million people faces the c...India To Procure 1 Million Doses Of Tamiflu
India is planning to procure at least a million doses of Tamiflu, the antiviral avian flu drug, in the event of an outbreak of bird influenza in the country, a central minister said Wednesday//....Endemic Encephalitis in India can be controlled by early vaccination
...quality and efficacy of the Chinese Vaccine and is planning to vaccinate all the people in endemic districts of India by the starting of next year to avoid Endemic disease of Encephalitis next monsoon. Source: Nature Medicine....IT Professionals Turn To Ayurveda
...he Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore are planning to start ayurveda centres in their campus. "We already have had talks with these institutions," he said. He denied that his institution was going to commercialise ayurveda among the techies. "Our hospital in Thrissur does not entertain clients, ...Teenage Girls May Not Need Parents Consent For Abortion
...her daughter is 5 months pregnant. // The family planning association told the court that parents are mostly out dated and their views about contraception use and abortion does not match the views of their children’s. Law has been introduced which says that it is not necessary for teenage children’s to get ......ople and should not be treated as a joke. He is planning to issue a “protect and survive” leaflet to every household in England and Wales and has instructed all hospitals, doctors’ practices and National Health Service trusts to inform him of contingency plans for coping with mass casualties. Donaldson f...