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Shapelier Knee Replacements for Women

...e want to meet women's unique needs by making knee replacements that feel, fit and function even better,’ says Ros...en will want to consider knee replacement.’ Knee replacements have long been available in many sizes, but merely using a different size for women doesn't resolve ...

Elective Surgery - the Financial Whipping Boy

...dures such as cataract removals// and knee and hip replacements for much longer periods than they used to. The average wait for a cataract removal has risen from 168 days to 218 days in NSW and from 152 to 176 days in Victoria. Almost one-third of patients in NSW and in the Northern Territory have waited more t...

Overweight Briton Underwent Successful Surgery In India Being Denied By NHS

... he was too overweight for the double hip and knee replacements that he desperately needed. Weighing almost 140 kg, he was told that he was about 37 kg too heavy for the surgery. A satisfied Rogers remarked that he had been "thrown on the scrap heap by the NHS". He reduced his weight to about 115 kg but coul...

The Long Wait Continues In the Health Care Service despite the Money Factor

...ies and bypass surgeries increased 51 %, the joint replacements rose 30 % , and cataract surgeries by 32 %. CIHI Chairman Graham Scott said that new technology is probably a factor for such a rise in health care services and also for the long waiting queue. If techniques for a certain kind of surgery improve, th...

Private Health Care in Canada May Not Be A Distant Dream

...roposal, private insurance will cover knee and hip replacements and cataract eye surgery. The public hospitals are allowed to avail the services of private clinics for procedures that will cause undue delay, six months or more to the patients. The plan will be submitted to the provincial Legislature for is approv...

Any Form Of Minimally Invasive Surgery- Name It & They Do It!

...n of brain tumor, spinal injury surgery, and joint replacements are all done using the wonder camera. Patients can now escape from long surgical incisions and uncomfortable post-operative scars. P.V.A. Mohandas, the managing director of the hospital and a noted orthopaedic surgeon, said: 'Any surgery is dauntin...

Another Potential Of Stem Cells Discovered: Used For Growing Cartilage

...Although doctors have been able to carry out joint replacements for a number of years, it has not been possible to replace the worn-out cartilage. By replacing the cartilage it may be possible to avoid the need for a joint replacement for some time.’ Dr Anne Bishop, from Imperial College London, and one of the ...

India – Haven Of Medical Touris

...he region. "Bypass surgeries apart, hip and knee replacements are fields where we are getting lot of European patients," Ramadoss said. There are, however no official estimates to the number of foreign patients visiting India. The cheap healthcare facilities apart, people from abroad, especially the US and Br...

Gene-Nanoparticle Gene Transfer Is Better Than Viral Vector Transfer System

... "turn on" these otherwise idle cells as effective replacements for those destroyed by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's. "Until now, no non-viral technique has proven to be as effective as the viral vectors in vivo," said co-author Paras N. Prasad, Ph.D., executive director of the UB Institute fo...

Arthritis and the Wnt Factor

...issues from patients who have undergone total knee replacements for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), or non-arthritic injury. The group had identified certain genes, which were upregulated in the arthritic knee tissues. These were Wnt-7b and Wnt –10a. The above was found with molecular methods, w...

More soy benefits on blood glucose levels, and cholesterol

...e study not only produced more weight loss in meal replacements with soy based foods than with milk based foods, but they also succeeded in causing significant lowering of serum glucose values. This shows that soy is good for the patients of diabetes type 2 and heart disease....

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