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Adhering to Clinical Guidelines Decreases Blood Clots in the Elderly

...ines; physicians and nurses were given posters and plastic cards as reminders. The researchers assessed 709 patients before and 664 patients following the implementation of the guidelines. Before the guidelines were put in place, a blood clot was found in 91 (12.8 percent) of 709 patients. Following the in...

Battle against Gum Disease Acquires new Weapon

US scientists have developed a new plastic pill which has been found to fight plaque and gum ...w Jersey, who have tested the pill on animals, the plastic also works as a barrier which enables the damaged gum and bone to heal as well as regenerate. Gum ...

YSR launches 'Operation Dengue'

...abad with each household being supplied with small plastic bins. Garbage collectors on cycle rickshaws will collect these bins. Dr Reddy said that its aim was to make Hyderabad a dustbin-free city by December this year. Dr. Reddy has stated that `Operation Dengue' would be a sustained movement for three ye...

Face – off! This ain’t no Sci-i

...could make or break the hopes of a team of eminent plastic surgeons led by professor Peter Butler of London's...of France which gave the green signal to a team of plastic surgeons to do a ‘partial’ face transplant just ten months ago replacing the nose mouth and chin of ...

A Family's Fight against Breast cancer

... terrible decision." Mehboob Ali, the consultant plastic surgeon at Russell's Hall Hospital, who operated on Dawn said, "Since 2002, we have been doing more mastectomies with immediate reconstruction. Once they have had a mastectomy it is not cancer that affects women, it's the loss of their breasts. Every...

Synthetic Chemicals May Trigger Breast Cancer

...water bottles and babies' bottles, and also in the plastic lining within the tin cans and food packaging. Bisphenol A comprises of many plastics, which forms a part of more than 50% of food cans in British Supermarkets. Other chemicals in the line of fire include polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs and pestici...

AIIMS Campus - A Breeding Ground for Mosquitoes

...ds" of overhead tanks need to be taken care of and plastic awnings at the nuclear medicine department needed to be fixed properly as they collect water and are potential mosquito breeding grounds. "Yes, we have received the notice from NDMC," admitted Shakti Gupta, chief medical officer of the R.P. Centre....

Special Section of JCS Addresses Vascular Anomalies

...od, any resulting scars are more easily managed by plastic surgery later on. In some situations, certain drug therapies may play a role. Several articles in the Special Section outline the current treatment strategies and techniques for patients with hemangiomas and other vascular anomalies. Some authors f...

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Publishes Research by Iraqi Surgeons

...rs of dictatorship and war, Iraqi craniofacial and plastic surgeons will play a critical role // in treating ...meet the urgent need for advanced craniofacial and plastic surgery procedures in their country," comments Dr. Mutaz Habal, Editor-in-Chief of JCS. The papers...

Automated Technique Accurately Measures Platelet Counts in "Platelet Gel" Products

...lpful in patients recovering from certain types of plastic and reconstructive surgery, improving healing while reducing the risk of complications. However, studies of PRP have yielded varying results, likely reflecting differing platelet concentrations. The authors' technique, using conventional automated ...

Nasal Plastic Surgery Improves Airway Function

Nasal plastic surgery appears to improve nasal airway function i...conditions treated by otolaryngologists and facial plastic surgeons, according to background information in the article. Common causes include septal deviatio...

Dangers Lurking in Soft, Cuddly Toys

...ue to alarming levels of lead and cadmium found in plastic and other soft toys //sold in Delhi, Chennai and M...small children and infants chew and play with soft plastic toys, which are the subject of this investigation." Lead and cadmium are proven poisons, being ne...

Bionic Women –No longer the Stuff of Science Fictio

...hine makes the new arm unique. Gregory Dumanian, a plastic surgeon, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago assisted Kuiken to move the five nerves that once controlled her arm. The ends of the nerves were placed in her chest by Dumanian, where they re-grew close to the skin. Electrodes that are placed ...

Botox An Addiction?

... at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, and the consultant plastic surgeon Martin Kelly, of London Plastic Surgery As...ely. Reacting to the findings, Dr Judy Evans, a plastic surgeon at the Nuffield Hospital in Plymouth, said, "People come to have Botox because they are worr...

Pre-Clinical Study Suggests How Steroid Can Reverse Post-Traumatic Stress

....” In the published study, mice were placed in a plastic box and given an electrical shock to the feet equal to the standard protocol for this type of research. The shock, Dr. Powell said, is similar to a static electricity shock people experience when wearing socks on carpet and then touching metal. “Exce...

Virus Can Mutate lethally With Help Of Carbohydrates

...ed 189 glycans that were mounted on a 3-by- 5-inch plastic plate to dangerous MVMi, harmless MVMp and three potentially dangerous, mutant strains of MVMp. They claimed to have found that the MVMp proteins stuck to the same three glycans on the plate. However, one of the mutant MVMp viruses also bound to an a...

Common Falls In Bath Among Older Adults Can Be Prevented

...or, towel bar or a tub seat. One participant had a plastic lawn chair as a tub seat, a particularly dangerous device given curved shape of the tub floor. Some safety problems researchers observed could be fixed easily such as the installation of a shower curtain in place of a door, and proper instruction a...

Annual Conference Of Plastic Surgeons In US To Focus On The Future Of Plastic Surgery

The annual meeting of the American society of plastic surgeons, 'Plastic Surgery 2006' is to concentrate on the future of plastic surgery.// The convention that is to be held on October 6-11 at the Moscone Convention Centre in S...

Limb Transplantation with a Difference

...nosuppressive medication. A Washington University plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Tung has reattached patients' own hands, but he has never performed a hand transplant - he feels the health risks of immunosuppressive drugs are too high to warrant the surgery. But with his resea...

Look younger with HGH!!

Dr. Jeya Prakash, a Harley Street plastic surgeon plans to sell a controversial anti-ageing ...i, 48, look young enough to be his daughter. The plastic surgeon and his wife have been taking regular injections of it for 18 months. Mr. Prakash is hopes...

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