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India's Northeast Students to Get Satellite-based Education Soon

...esource development ministry and the department of space and technology. (Source: IANS News)...

Patency On Two Drugs From Merck & Pfizer’s To Expire Soo

...have stated that they are looking to create market space by testing Lipitor that has been successful in lowering LDL or "bad" cholesterol, in combination with the experimental drug torcetrapib, which has shown to raise HDL, or "good" cholesterol. Many experts believe that if the tests are successful and th...

Vitamin A Deficiency Subsequent to Intestinal Surgery

...s, who attended a specialist eye clinic within the space of a year. None of the patients had a family or personal history of eye problems. All three patients, who were all over the age of 65, had had extensive intestinal surgery between 20 and 35 years earlier. The operations included intestinal bypass,...

Astronauts Spacewalk On The International Space Station – NASA Report

...hed up their maintenance jobs on the international space station within 6.5 hours on Thursday. // In 2001, a spacewalk was scheduled by 8 hours and 56 minutes. Except for a video camera to be fixed for another was left undone which is placed on a transport platform. After Russians have made their decisi...

Study Finds - Black Holes Are The Most Fuel-Efficient Engines

...ornia, monstrous matter-sucking black holes in the space are the most fuel-efficient engines in the universe, from a research//. When used in a car it will go about a billion miles (1.6 billion km) on a gallon (4.5 litres) of gas. Huge bubbles in the hot cosmic gas of the galaxies, can measure hundreds...

Recd Number of Abstracts Submitted for Sci Cong on Osteoporosis

...n June 2, 2006, in one of the Congress highlights, space explorers and earth-bound medical experts will examine the links between immobility and bone health at the Bone Research in Space Symposium. Canadian physician and astronaut Dr. Dave Williams, who is the first Canadian to have lived in both the ocean...

Brachytherapy For Breast Cancer Can Be Risky

...hytherapy method is used to place a balloon in the space occupied by the tumor. Radiation Oncologists then deliver high doses of radiation locally in order to kill off any remaining cancer cells. In the current study 76.3 percent of them developed seroma in their breast and 68.4 percent of the patients h...

Patients Undergoing Breast Radiation Are Facing Complications

...e breast, doctors implant a small balloon into the space where the tumor was removed. Radiation oncologists then insert a radiation source inside the breast temporarily to deliver high doses of radiation to the tumor site to eliminate any cancer cells that may remain after surgery. This method of partial b...

Helium And MRI Scanning Clearly Detects Smoker Lungs – Research Find

... that helium gas molecules are likely to have more space to move around in lungs with fewer functioning alveoli. Testing that theory among eight non-smokers and 11 healthy smokers with no obvious lung damage, Fain found that the movement or ‘diffusion coefficient’ of helium gas molecules did indeed corr...

Ranbaxy In-Licences NDDS Analgesic Molecule From Ethypharm

...l products already on pharmacy shelves in the NDDS space in India. With the introduction of the NDDS product Trambax, Ranbaxy has so far launched 2 in-licenced products and has 5 more such products in the pipeline, for launch during the year, it added. Tramadol is used for treatment of severe to moderate ...

Internet Searches Fail To Give Useful Information To Cancer Patients

...aluations included multiple choice questions and a space to write comments. The PERC is a full service library with a comprehensive collection of print and audiovisual resources on all aspects of cancer, from disease and treatment information to coping and support resources. More than 4,000 people visite...

Study Offers Hope In Prevention Of Facial Paralysis

...rectly in the floor of the ‘middle ear space,’ the space just behind the human ear drum. Usually the nerve has a bony covering over it that helps protect it from injury or infection, but sometimes this bony covering is missing. When this protective bone is gone, the nerve is said to be ‘dehiscent.’ Unfor...

ISRO To Expand Telemedicine Network, 4 Speciality Hospitals To Be Included

...s an example of societal orientation of the Indian space programme. Many speciality hospitals, besides state governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), have shown interest in establishing the network to extend quality healthcare to the rural population. Highlighting the agency's efforts in ...

German Manufacturers Find a Solution for DVT

...ution called flip seats which give passengers more space and reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis. The s...ve and this is a simple solution giving passengers space to move. Statistics show that about 25000 DVT deaths occur in a year of which 8,000 are found to be ...

Six Australian Doctors Resign Over Work Rosters

...ospital system and six doctors retiring in a short space of time from a public hospital should be making the government sit up and worry." Meanwhile the hospital issued a statement saying that the doctors' had been replaced and the situation was under control. "Werribee Mercy Hospital is disappointed that...

Burn Away Calories In Your Garden

... it is possible to burn 250 to 500 calories in the space of one hour depending on the level of activity. Diane Relf, a professor emeritus with Virginia Tech's Department of Horticulture, says that trimming shrubs or even trees requires the same effort as moderate walking does, "Gardening is moderate -- a...

Supportive Husbands Can Help Ease PMS

...cking up the kids from school, finding very little space for herself. Women are able to keep up this superwoman performance three weeks a month, but, premenstrually, they are not able or willing to do it any more. They either withdraw and feel depressed or they can become very angry with the family. I woul...

West Nile Virus Can Be Tackled By New Strategy

...se the amplification is concentrated - in time and space - it does make it easier to devise control strategies. Chemical application is the most likely scenario, but because it could be applied in selected areas, it would be more cost-effective and potentially less environmentally threatening.' The sprea...

Link Between Solar Flares And Strokes Under Study

... Energy generated by solar flares travels through space with solar wind and causes geomagnetic storms when it reaches Earth, according to the American Geophysical Union. Kovac's study raised questions similar to those stemming from previous studies of biological cycles in Slovakia and the neighbouring ...

Brachytherapy Shows Promise for Cancer Treatment

...oactive source is often inserted into a particular space near the tumor’s location, for example the cervix, the vagina, the windpipe or the esophagus. In the latter the radioactive material is directly implanted into the tissues, such as the prostate. However the procedure may require anesthesia in addit...

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