Now you can identify Sperm and Egg donors
...r identity, it will not be revealed. Prior to this ruling the identity of the donors of sperms and eggs have always been withheld. This would be a major ruling with far reaching consequences. The communiqué released by the government says the name, address, e...Early detection of heart attack
...s showed the new test is accurate and effective at ruling out heart damage within six hours in patients who are not suffering from a heart attack. Thereby allowing ealry discharge of these patients and also allowing beds and resources to be devoted to those who have had a heart attack....New technique to diagnose heart disease
...ore, the MRI technique was 80 per cent accurate in ruling out any form of heart disease and 100 per cent accurate in eliminating three-vessel or left main artery disease. The findings suggest that MRI could well be a useful alternative to alternative methods for diagnosing heart disease. For the patient, it...Balding gene may come from mother
.... Scientists have also reported that they are not ruling out the role of other genes in premature balding that may have not much to do with the gender of the parent and may be inherited from either one. They will be conducting more research to confirm their hypotheses....Ruling On Non Disclosure Of HIV Positive Status Is Not Ethical
...case, Detective Constable Matthew Cleaver says the ruling means people should take extra precautions and also warned that people need to be careful before getting sexually involved with someone they don't know. Passing the landmark judgment, the Court ruled that HIV-infected persons were not legally bound ...First Crossover Kidney Transplantation In Germany
...cently in Hamburg and Essen, Germany after a court ruling making the procedure legal in certain circumstance...he recipient’s healthy spouse. The Supreme court ruling related to an earlier incident in 1999, when a couple from Germany and a transplant surgeon from Fre...Madras High Court Disapproves of Comparative Advertisements
...roducts of competitors. The court had issued the ruling after it was approached by a health food drinks producer....Overweight, smokers and drunks beware: treatment could be denied
...placement surgery on the NHS in East Suffolk. The ruling came as part of a series of measures to be taken by the three primary care trusts in the area in an attempt to save money locally for the NHS. The reason cited is that the risks of operating on obese patients are higher and the treatment may be less...Euthanasia To Be Permitted In Swiss Hospital
...ed suicide had to leave hospital to do so. The new ruling will give patients who are mentally competent and suffering from an incurable disease access to an external doctor or to a member of Exit, the Swiss voluntary euthanasia society.Terminally ill patients will be allowed in this hospital to take their o...FDA allows barley producers to make healthy heart claims
...ket that they reduce heart disease risk. The FDA ruling affirming barley’s nutritional value allows companies to immediately begin advertising the benefit on their product packages, which many food makers hope will help boost consumer sales. 'Consumers can expect to see whole barley and dry milled barle...Flu Shots Not Mandatory For Nurses
...es to take flu shots or give up their jobs.// This ruling came after most nurses agreed to take the said shots. The hospital had asked the 600-strong nursing staff to avail the flu shots as a "fitness for duty" measure. In August last year, a labor arbitrator, Eduardo Escamilla had ruled for the nurses an...Need More And Better Drugs To Tackle Stoke
...ctivase among the stroke patients. It has issued a ruling that U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services pay all the hospitals $11,578, who treat stroke patients with Activase, which is double the amount they were paid previously. Joseph Broderick, neurologist at the University of Cincinnati said th...Polluted Water Prevents Men From Getting Married
...longs to the opposition Congress Party, blamed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the problem. He said that while the former Congress Government had cleared a project in September 2003 to supply uncontaminated drinking water from Bilaspur dam to Dudu and nearby villages, the BJP Government had not ...Women Poorly Informed About Contraceptive Options: Doctors Blamed
Despite official ruling that states women should be ensured wide access to contraceptive services, most women who visit medical centers are not informed about latest and long-lasting contraceptive forms // (contraceptive implants, injections) by their physician. If only thi...Losing Sleep over Money or Money over Sleep? Sleep over It!
...lutions, Inc. Z pills—like Ambien and Lunesta, are ruling the sleepless , and rendering the drug market alive and kicking. Sleep centers are mushrooming by the dozen with promises of detecting dormant sleep disorders, and making hay while the sun shines. So, insomniacs had better wake up to these sleep s...HIV-Positive Woman To Be Congress Candidate In Assam
...all set for a plunge into politics by becoming the ruling Congress party candidate for next month's assembly elections.// Jahnabi Goswami is expected to be the party's candidate from the Barhampur assembly constituency in eastern Assam's Nagaon district, about 140 km from here. Former Assam chief ministe...Abortions Banned In South Dakota
... challenge Roe vs. Wade since a 1989 Supreme Court ruling upholding the right to an abortion. --Edited IANS...A Man Taken To Court Due to His Refusal to Leave the Hospital
...the past three years. The high court passed out ruling because this man refused to leave the hospital eve...not in a hospital. But the man despite the judge’s ruling occupied the much-needed hospital bed. ...Gastroenteritis Claims Two Lives In Mumbai, More People Affected
...n it comes to gastroenteritis. However, we are not ruling out other possibilities," director general of health services T.P. Doke said. "We have pressed into service extra doctors and made available extra medicines. Samples of blood, urine, stools and water have been sent for testing and we are yet to asc...... alive, till death comes naturally, according to a ruling by the High Court. // This is a landmark judgement... is so intolerably enmeshed in pain. The Judge’s ruling disallowed the NHS trust to sweep aside the parents’ wishes and withdraw the life support system. An...