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WHO checks on health system in quake-hit areas

...'s also distributed 20-thousand tents, 60-thousand plastic sheets and 322-thousand blankets. 'WHO will continue to help Pakistan and assist aid agencies to provide medical treatment to the survivors,' Lee told reporters. 'Luckily there has not been any outbreak of diseases, mainly because the plans were im...

Face transplant woman has new graft

...itability for surgery. Peter Butler, a consultant plastic surgeon of the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London, said such surgery could take place in Britain within a year, but only after all medical and ethical questions had been satisfactorily answered. ...

New Model for understanding Tumor Metastasis

...e specific gene proteins) associated with a highly plastic cell type similar to the aggressive melanoma cells used in the study. Removal of the "transdifferentiated" skin cells from the melanoma microenvironment caused the cells to revert to their original appearance. "There were no significant genetic c...

AIDS Threat Aggravated Due To Sale of Blood by Drug Addicts in Cambodia

... the police, addicts usually scavenge for cans and plastic bottles to sell. Alarmingly, many drug users admitted to loitering outside the hospital when they were bored, hoping to be called in to sell blood. The practice of blood-selling was uncovered by a UNODC survey of 66 drug users in the capital Phnom ...

India – Haven Of Medical Touris

...es, dental and orthopaedic treatment, and even for plastic surgeries," Ramadoss told IANS here. The Indian government would soon identify a number of multi-specialty hospitals and expert doctors to cater to the increasing flow of overseas patients. "The task of identifying hospitals and specialist doctor...

Incorrect lifestyle may be the cause of male infertility

... lowers sperm count. And for the same reason, the plastic lining in disposable nappies may increase the temperature of the scrotum, reducing their sperm counts as adults. Another study by French researchers found that even driving for two hours could raise testicle temperature by around 2o C, causing redu...

Plastic Dilators for normal sex after cancer treatment

... Thomas, Macmillan Nurse specialist has designed a plastic device which helps in prevention of scar formation during radiotherapy or gynecological surgery in cancer patients//. The scarring in these cancer patients hinders the normal sex life after treatment. The new device helps to reduce the risk of scarri...

Exubera could mean the end of an insulin injection era for diabetics

...ing an insulin-powder cloud inhaled via a handheld plastic machine similar to the inhalers used for asthma and allergy. The drug has been in development for a decade and is now backed by a joint venture between Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis and Nektar Therapeutics. Pfizer presented several studies showing Exubera ...

Cholesterol Can Cause Burst Arteries

...he crystallization of the cholesterol to putting a plastic bottle of water into a freezer. Over time the water freezes and expands, pushing its way out of the bottle or breaking the bottle altogether. What this work also means is that physicians and other health care providers now have another weapon in the...

Adult Stem Cells From Fat Tissues For Healing

...go we were seen as mavericks,” says Dr. Adam Katz, plastic surgeon at the University of Virginia Health System, co-founder and president of the International Fat Applied Technology Society, and conference coordinator. “Now there is a sense of validation and growing enthusiasm from an increasing number of int...

Testing Your Health & Charging Your Mobile At One Go - Check Out The Urine Powered Batteries

...er, houses both the sensors and the battery on one plastic chip, reports New Scientist. Testing urine can r...m and copper. This "sandwich" is then laminated in plastic to hold the whole package together. The resulting battery is just 1 millimetre thick and 60 by 30 ...

Musical Instruments Pleasing To The Ear But Rough On The Skin

...s, like changing the brand of rosin or changing to plastic or gold mouthpieces, plastic polystyrene reeds, or bronze strings may help prevent these conditions. Thus researchers conclude ...

Lasik surgery effective in correcting vision

...our eyes after the procedure, so you will be given plastic eye shields to place over your eyes. This will prevent accidental rubbing while you are sleeping. You will be given eye drops to take with you, which will aid your eyes in normal heating and prevent infection. Many patients return to work the very n...

Mini motor for micromedical applications

...ve. Now, Uchino chooses aluminum, stainless steel, plastic or brass tubes that are readily available off the shelf. With the proper mateirals, the motors can be inexpensively manufactured and tailored to a variety of applications.Besides medical applications, they could function in appliances, computers and ...

Scientists use plastic to help body make new bone!!!!

...search from the field of orthopedics is the use of plastic to heal fractures and to grow new bones. May sound...is scenario. If the doctor injects a biodegradable plastic solution into the fracture site and this helps to glue your fractured bony parts and helps you walk ...

Diabetes and heart attack diagnosis now made simple with twin magic

...are expected to be constructed of cheap throw-away plastic which would not only make glucose testing simple and painless, but would significantly cut down the time in diagnosis. Because the analysis is done inside the body, the need to withdraw body fluid is eliminated and the small needle does not cause pai...

Inhaling Salt Can Lead To Hypertension

...ercent in the second group. Wearing facemasks and plastic spectacles for four days caused the mean systolic blood pressure of workers from the first group to drop significantly from 127.8 mmHg on the first day to 117.5 mmHg on the fourth day, the study said. "This is a new observation, though it is in line...

Hypertension can be caused by Inhalation of Salt

...It is recommended that they wearing face masks and plastic eyeglasses to protect workers themselves Research...econd group. Interestingly wearing facemasks and plastic spectacles for four days caused the mean systolic blood pressure of workers from the first group to ...

Innovative footwear may prevent fall in elderly

...nce. The device is called Yaktrax Walker. This is plastic netting like structure that conforms to the footwear and helps the people wearing them in maintaining a stable walk that will prevent falls. Researchers for the device had asked the participants to maintain a diary of the number of falls they have ...

Twisted bypass grafts work better

... a graft to bypass blockages, scientists often use plastic prosthetic tubes. Similar tubes are also used when patients with renal problems have dialysis. This is called a shunt. The problem with the usage of shunt have difficlties, as in the blood vessels, the blood flows twisting and turning as the artery g...

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