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Frozen Canadian baby stages miraculous recovery

...the name of the baby and added that the mother was recovering from the mental trauma of the ordeal. The baby’s heart which appeared to have stopped for a couple of hours just started beating as the doctors were preparing to place the baby in a heart lung machine. Miracles still do occur!!!!...

Medications to Prevent Relapse to Cocaine Use

...f a new medicinal approach to make it easier for a recovering addict to remain drug-free....

Surgeons implant second artificial heart

...n. The latest patient, who was not identified, was recovering in intensive care at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, the hospital said in a statement. // The self-contained mechanical heart, made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, Massachusetts, is the first major advance in the development of an artificial replacement...

Anorexia in boys is common too

...orexics are unable to fully regain bone mass after recovering a normal weight. Castro said that since anorexia is relatively rare in boys, it can be difficult for them to accept they have the disorder. For example, during inpatient or day hospital treatment programs, male patients are usually surrounded by gir...

Care with a touch!

..., by researchers in Colorado, claims that patients recovering from a bone marrow transplant heal faster with touch and massage therapy. Researchers said that in the recent years people are becoming more aware of alternative therapies which have been shown by research to have a positive effect. Among these thera...

Alcohol is no tonic for sleep

...hol dependence. "Sleep has a reputation among the recovering community of being one of the last things that fall back into place for an individual," adds David Hodgins, professor of psychology at the University of Calgary....

Debate On Marriage

...verall mental health, but women have a harder time recovering from break-ups....

The Effectiveness Of The Breast Cancer Drug By Pfizer

...ne, as a first option.// A study showed that women recovering from breast cancer lowered their chance of developing another tumor by 32 percent if they switched to exemestane after two or three years of tamoxifen treatment. According to the research presented this week at a breast cancer conference , the medi...

Studying brain anatomy without surgery

...s. Gratton said, that it could be used to monitor recovering stroke patients on a daily, or even hourly basis. To validate the technique, Gratton and Vladislav Toronov, a postdoctoral research associate at the University's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, compared haemoglobin oxygen conce...

Cured Alcoholics Can Be Cured Of Smoking Also

...ith a history of alcoholism. This is good news for recovering alcoholic smokers who have had difficulty stopping...higher than anticipated, since previous studies of recovering alcoholics showed end-of-treatment abstinence levels at about half that. Source: Newswise ...

Amitabh Bachchan - India’s Superstar Undergoes Surgery

... attending him in Mumbai said till recently he was recovering well. According to one report he is suffering from... beloved actor. We are relieved to hear that he is recovering well,' Raju Prasad, member, Amitabh Bachchan Fans' Association, told IANS here Wednesday. 'We are r...

Bird Flu Infection Of Chinese Girl Prompts Fear Of Spread Across Asia

...province was reported previously. He is said to be recovering from the illness. The country, which has been witnessing more than 30 outbreaks of bird flu this year alone, has been rendered a helping hand by Beijing that has expressed its willingness to fight for the cause. More than 20 million birds have been...

Meningitis is rocking the capital again

Just when the residents are recovering from the earlier spell of the deadly meningitis that had claimed nearly 50 valuable human lives, another report of causality has created much panic//. According to official reports, the patient (32-year-old male) was admitted to Moolchand Hospital on...

Panic and probe due to mysterious deaths

...laide HospitalTwo women who were also infected are recovering after being treated with antibiotics. However, all four patients had been "in and out of a range of hospitals and will have consumed meat from a range of other sources", Dr Givney director of the state Health Department's communicable disease contr...

Liver Transplant Surgery Conducted In Bangalore

...ted in October 2005, and the boy is reported to be recovering rapidly. ...

Pakistani Boy Undergoes Liver Transplant In India

...owever, sources in the hospital said the child was recovering fast and was out of deep slumber. On 12 December, Hamza underwent a liver transplant that lasted for around 12 hours because a large part of his liver was not functioning. 'Thirty percent of the mother's liver from four different segments were take...

Conroy’s May Not Be Permitted To Resume Production Soo

...untry in recent times, and two more are reportedly recovering from the infection. A conveyer belt of the organization had tested positive to listeria in spite of it having been cleaned over 16 times. The company is confident of resuming production by Christmas, but Hill has other views as the Health Department ...

Soap Opera Coma Patients Have Far Better Prognosis Than In Real Life

...ng with family members or partners in comas, or if recovering from comas themselves. Television storylines have substantial influence on viewers. American soaps reach 40 million viewers in the US alone and are broadcast in 90 countries worldwide - a huge audience for convincing health messages. Although famili...

Television soaps showing unrealistic coma survival and recovery

...ng with family members or partners in comas, or if recovering from comas themselves. The television soaps increase the unrealistic expectations of the family members of coma patients regarding their survival and recovery which leads to more expectations from doctors which sometimes leads to hatred against them....

Nigerian girl recovering well after removal of brain tumor

...ariam Ameh’s 13-year-old daughter Faridah has been recovering well after journeying to Cleveland's Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, where doctors removed a brain tumor the size of a grapefruit, the biggest the surgeons had seen. The tumor took up more than half the right side of Faridah's brain, causing t...

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