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Gujarat quake-Rescue teams give up hope of finding more survivors

...he union home minister, Lal Krishna Advani went on record to say that damages might be to the tune of ten thousand crore rupees and upwards. Meanwhile people from all over the country are still pooling money, clothes, footwear, bedding, provisions and medicines to the victims of the quake. It is only in s...

Two doctors suspended for wrong brain surgery

...surgery. Both the suspended doctors had no recent record of professional mistakes. However an official communiqué from the hospital said that both the doctors were suspended on Feb. 21st a day after the surgery. While Dr. Kotzen performed the surgery, Dr. Chow prepared the patient but was not present duri...

Emotional trigger to smoke

...on the urge to smoke. They had 25 women and 35 men record their location, activity and mood states every 20 minutes during waking hours over two 24 hour periods. The results showed striking gender differences.// Both men and women were more likely to smoke when they were angry. But the effect was stronger...

Is acupuncture safe?

...hysiotherapists carrying out acupuncture agreed to record any adverse events occurring between June 1998 and February 2000. During this time, there were no serious adverse events and 671 minor ones occurring per 1,000 consultations. Some of these were avoidable, and acupuncturists might want to make some ch...

The patient's voice

...vidual Patients' Experience of Illness) which will record what patients with particular diseases think and feel about their condition, through interviews. These will be put onto a website that everyone can access. The first two groups are patients with high blood pressure and prostate cancer, respectively, ...

FDA approves first pocket-sized EKG machine

... leads, the electrodes that stick to the chest and record electric currents during each heartbeat, plug into a wire that in turn plugs into the top of the device. A doctor could view the readings right on the PDA screen. Or, if ambulance workers were recording the measurements, the PocketView ECG can tran...

Fossil teeth and human development

...remental manner like trees or shells, preserving a record of their growth with daily marks along the prisms that make up the enamel." By making thin sections of modern and fossil teeth, the researchers were able to count the daily incremental markings with the enamel of humans, apes and fossil "hominin" sp...

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

...he drug fluvastatin because it has a proven safety record as patients would be expected to continue taking the drugs for many years, possible for a lifetime. He said other statins, including more potent cholesterol-lowering agents, might not have as solid a safety record. In LIPS, he said there were no ind...

Effective And Economical Agent For Anthrax

...nts because of its chemical properties, long track record in the pest control industry and its widespread agricultural use. Eighty paper strips, each containing as many as 100 million spores of the anthrax-like surrogate, were placed in walls, under carpets, inside computers and file cabinets, and in other ...

DNA of deceased ones stored in Funeral Homes

...or children so that parents have identification on record should the unthinkable happen. According to Klett, DNA would be a better profile for children, with this new technology....

Is acupuncture safe?

...hysiotherapists carrying out acupuncture agreed to record any adverse events occurring between June 1998 and February 2000. During this time, there were no serious adverse events and 671 minor ones occurring per 1,000 consultations. Some of these were avoidable, and acupuncturists might want to make some ch...

Latest device for identifying Melanomas

...tor lesions over time to detect changes, keeping a record in the Body Map software so the lesion can be rechecked over time to ascertain whether it has changed in color or shape. It monitors lesions for subtle changes that may not be apparent through normal visual skin exams. "The great thing is that compu...

Restless Legs Syndrome - Help at hand

...ment during the night and the patients also kept a record of the symptoms while at home. The results of all the examinations proved that gabapentin reduced the symptoms of RLS. The sleep lab studies that were conducted also indicated a decreased movement of legs in the night and an overall improvement in t...

Scientists locate key hormone involved in appetite control

...ounding neurons. They then used tiny electrodes to record cell activity in response to ghrelin. The researchers have also located a new source for ghrelin production in the body. The site is located in a section of the hypothalamus that had no previously known function and that is near the brain region affe...

World's oldest turns 116 in Japan

...ect for the Aged Day, a national holiday, showed a record 24.31 million Japanese -- almost one in five -- have reached their 65th birthday.The changing demographic has raised fears the nation's pension and health care systems will be badly strained in the years ahead by a population consisting of fewer and ...

Diabetes, obesity rates shooting up

...ectancy at birth continues to rise, reaching a new record high of 77.2 years in 2001, up nearly 2 years since 1990. Girls born in the United States in 2001 can expect to live 79.8 years, an increase of one year from 1990. The life expectancy for boys born in 2001 was 74.4 years, up two years since 1990. "Th...

3 die, 500 sickened in nation's largest hepatitis A outbreak Associated Press

...ed in the outbreak - believed to be the largest on record in the United States, Daigle said. The Chi-Chi's has been shut down and the restaurant chain removed scallions from kitchens at all its 100 locations, said Bill Zavertnik, chief operating officer of the Louisville, Ky.-based company....

Problems Of a Growing Company

...of the workers were healthy with a good employment record and under age 65. Researchers looked at changes in personnel, long-term sickness absence, and hospital admissions. Researchers say their study found that a growing company does not mean high job security and a positive workplace. Actually, large an...

Biofeedback Found To Reduce Steroid Dependence In Asthmatics

.... All participants had regular checkups and kept a record of daily asthma symptoms. People in both of the HRV biofeedback groups reduced the amount of inhaled steroid medication they needed to keep their asthma under control. Asthma severity also dropped from moderate persistent to mild persistent. Asthma ...

A Better Understanding Of The Brain Network

...onal magnetic resonance imaging and a "cyberglove" record brain changes during motor activities and allow patients to redirect motor commands. Stroke or traumatic brain injury results in neurons taking over for the damaged ones. But until now, scientists were not sure which neurons compensated for the damag...

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