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Older Motorists Improve Driving Performance With Physical Conditioning

...w, medium and high traffic density areas. Either a specially trained occupational therapist or a former Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) assessor evaluated participants. Driving performance was rated on a 36-item scale that evaluated a number of driving maneuvers and traffic conditions based on t...

Ayurveda Resorts in Kerala Gear Up for the Monsoon Season

...monsoon rush. "We cater to tourists who come for specially for treatment and not just for sightseeing. For th...good results. We have also four floating cottages, specially designed using medicinal woods," George said. Similarly, Tomy Pullikattil, who launched an ayurved...

Brain Inflammation A Friend for Alzheimer's Patients

...ineered mouse, then applied the technology in mice specially designed to develop Alzheimers disease. The mice developed normally for six months. Then Shaftel raised the level of IL-1beta in one part of the brain the hippocampus, an area of the brain that specializes in memory and one of the first parts of th...

Velcade(R) Plus Doxil(R) Improves Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma Patients

... extend and improve patients' lives." DOXIL is a specially (liposomal) formulated version of the chemotherapy agent doxorubicin, and is approved for use in other forms of cancer. VELCADE, bortezomib, is approved for myeloma patients who have relapsed or not responded to a previous course of treatment. The fi...

Every Child Needs to Be Vaccinated to Lead India into a Polio Free Future - Ramadoss

...e with the focus on reaching the youngest children specially the newborns, in the highest risk areas. Some area...ified to reach out to all sections of the society, specially the marginalized. These measures together have improved the quality of immunization rounds. In ord...

Malaria Claims 25 Lives in Assam

...ency operations. "We are providing soldiers with specially designed medicated mosquito nets and insect repellents as a precaution against malaria," an army commander said. In the last five years, at least 50 army and paramilitary soldiers in Assam have died of the disease. Source-IANS/V...

Canadian Scientists Create Human Cancer in Mouse

... able to seed leukaemia - a cancer of the blood in specially bred lab mice. "We haven't proven it, but we believe this process could be used for other cancers too," Dick said. The animal model could translate into more effective therapies, according to the latest issue of the journal Science. "By just st...

New York Doctors Remove Gallbladder Through Vagina

...e mouth, anus or vagina. In a typical procedure, a specially designed flexible endoscope is passed through the mouth and a small hole created in the stomach wall. The surgeon passes instruments through this hole to dissect the target organ, eventually extracting it through the stomach and out of the mouth. End...

Research Uncovers the Significant Benefits of Remote Monitoring

...ing (either through close telephone follow-up with specially trained nurses or telemonitoring involving the daily transmission of a patient’s vital signs, weight and symptoms to health care providers) permits closer follow-up of patients with heart failure, this allows for the potential for earlier detection a...

Mentally Ill Patients - Victims Of Assault By Their Caregivers

...fidence in its management. "This new unit has been specially constructed and has been operating now for about three years. During that time there have been a small number of incidents reported, so I don't regard it as a systemic issue at all," said Mundell. While the police are investigating the first inc...

New Clothes Developed to Monitor Medical Conditions

...onitor the medical condition of those who wear the specially designed clothes. // This may sound complex, but it is a development of what already exists in the market. In 1996, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in the US created a shirt studded with sensors capable of monitoring a pa...

Not Parkinson’s Disease Alon

... to contribute to the alcohol-drinking patterns of specially bred rats. Further studies have shown that different levels of SNCA exist in the brains of rodents that prefer alcohol versus those who do not like alcohol." Since then, added corresponding-author Foroud, human research has suggested that SNCA mig...

Specially Developed Proteins Could Help Resist Ageing

Strengthening food with specially developed proteins could make our bodies more resistant to the ageing process, according// to a study. Steaks and chicken fillets laced with some rare 'isotope-enhanced' proteins could strengthen cells and protect them against oxidation – oxidatio...

New Pediatric Continuous Glucose Monitors Approved

...Monitoring (CGM) devices will soon be available in specially designed pedi models of the already approved MiniMed Paradigm? REAL-Time System and Guardian? REAL-Time System. Medtronic REAL-Time CGM therapy is clinically proven to help patients monitor and better control their diabetes. Clinical studies have s...

Light Could Detect Bacteria Faster

... scientists are developing a portable kit in which specially designed molecules emit a light signal when bound to bacteria. The kit, which could be available in three years, could also be used to detect the deliberate release of bacteria, for example in an anthrax attack. Source-IANS...

Healing Bone With Stem Cells

...n the operating room, filter the extract through a specially designed scaffold that preferentially grabs bone-forming stem cells and boosts their growth and survival. The cells can then be directly implanted into the patient. "The field is just beginning," says Lee. "It will be exciting to see how much abili...

New Study Suggests Special Cocoa may Lead to Sustained Improvement in Blood Vessel Function

...In the first part of the study, participants drank specially made cocoa beverages that contained different flavanol levels – ranging from 28 to 918 milligrams. At each level, the optimal effect occurred after two hours. The drink containing 179 milligrams of cocoa flavanols resulted in a 50 percent improvement...

More Americans Suffer from Vertebral Compression Fractures

...a. Using x-ray guidance, a small needle containing specially formulated acrylic bone cement is injected into the collapsed vertebra. The cement hardens within minutes, strengthening and stabilizing the fractured vertebra. Most experts believe that pain relief is achieved through mechanical support and stabilit...

Simple Breath Test may Detect Lung Cancer

... But the machines are expensive to use and require specially trained experts to interpret the results. In comparison, the color sensor is cheap and easy to read, according to the researchers who published their report in Thorax. ANN...

Allergies Not Just for Children Anymore

...e sought. Allergist-immunologists are physicians specially trained to care for allergic diseases of all kinds – hay fever, asthma, food allergy, drug allergy, insect sting allergy – as well as other conditions such as sinus disease, hives and life threatening systemic reactions called anaphylaxis, such as oc...

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