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Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Veraxa Health

...sease surveillance and facilitates appropriate and timely referral of patients to eye care specialists when needed. Preserving vision and improving the long-term quality of life for people with diabetes is core to Joslin’s mission. “As a research institution, Joslin developed this technology for remote ev...

Corporate Hospital and NGO stirred to help children with heart disease

... disorders often snatches away the opportunity for timely correction of simple defects surgically which later on become difficult to treat commented Dr. Girinath. Project SACH will enable the dedicated team of doctors from Apollo. Hospitals to reach out to the under privileged children now with high stand...

Poor diabetics: bitter times and worse times with no sweet respite

...mic groups. They are also very unlikely to receive timely screening tests for crucial health checks like routine blood glucose monitoring and blood pressure readings. The chief executive of Diabetics UK Douglas Smallwood has opined that a conscious shift in services and attitudes towards deprived sectio...

'Origin Of Sex' Can Be Revealed By Sperm Proteome

...tioning properly.' The findings are particularly timely as a variety of research is beginning to highlight the increasingly important role of sperm. Scientists are discovering that as well as carrying the DNA that spells out the male's contribution to a new life, sperm carries RNA and proteins which hav...

Mismanagement of fractures a major concern, say experts

...m osteoarthritis, particularly of knee. Through timely treatment, many of them can improve the quality of life, said Bhan. Bhan, along with experts from his team at AIIMS including P.P. Kotwal, who conducted the delicate surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's hands to correct his carpal tunnel or n...

A Timely Reminder Of Devastating Health Impact Of Climate Change

...sh Haikerwal, today welcomed the Stern Review as a timely and authoritative reminder of the devastating health //impact of climate change on the world’s human population if the international community failed to act now. Commissioned by the UK Government and prepared by former World Bank chief economist, Si...

Patient Safety Not Addressed by NHS

...al that incidents are reported in a consistent and timely manner." A spokesman for The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) said: "Patient safety should be at the heart of patient care and the NPSA is working with the NHS to achieve this on a number of levels. NLA...

Cancer Gene Code, Decoded

...umors. This finding is an impetus towards enabling timely detection and evolved treatments that are less harmful to the body. Mutated genes in breast and colon cancers have portrayed a unique trait and decoding them have helped understand the manner by which each of the cancer types develop. Scientists ...

Quest for an hour glass figure results in rise of eating disorders by the hour

...ers//, either anorexia or bulimia. To enable timely diagnosis, the government has instructed most of the general practitioners to be on alert regarding underweight women and ensure they are examined for symptoms of eating disorder. The rise in obesity and all the euphoria about fancy diets for the elu...

Folate Fortification Now

...rtification are considered and finalised in a more timely manner.” Source-Mdindia...

Botswana: Infants can now be screened for HIV

... The novel infant screening mechanism will provide timely diagnosis, as early as six weeks after birth, for ... blood samples. This opportune testing can lead to timely medical intervention and better management of the infection in children....

Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer

... This new blood test would allow for a much more timely diagnosis of metastasis and with early diagnosis comes early treatment and increased likelihood for survival. As one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, if a melanoma is not removed at its earliest stages, it will penetrate into the deep layers o...

When Her Lot is maligned by HER-2, Staying Abreast is Imperative

...r strain that can be won over only with awareness, timely detection, and early treatment//. Among the many types of breast cancer, HER2, an aggressive type of breast cancer is detected in almost one in 5 women. HER2, which represents the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, is a protein manufactured ...

Helping Hand Needed for New Dads

...onal health on each other and their children it is timely to now consider ways that similar services can be provided for expectant and new fathers.” Mr Fletcher lists several tactics that could be used by public health services including father-specific childbirth classes run by male health workers in whi...

Was the Warning of a Severe Reaction To a Drug, Overlooked?

...wry triggering a severe drug reaction. But for the timely emergency care services, the participants would have been history. A Dutch report documenting the reasons for the mishap of the trial, blamed gross negligence to clear warnings of a lurking severe reaction, which had certainly gone unheeded. An an...

Dengue and Chikungunya: The Dirge of a Nation

...ito bite. Mortality rate can be reduced to 15%, if timely treatment is provided. Dengue fever is sub- typed ...masses, implementation of appropriate measures and timely medical care will put the afflicted back on the road of recovery. Sourc-Medindia SRM...

Dengue and Chikungunya: The Dirge of a Nation

...ito bite. Mortality rate can be reduced to 15%, if timely treatment is provided. Dengue fever is sub- typed ...g preventive strategies at the community level and timely medical care will put the afflicted back on the road of recovery....

Impact of Mental Illness on Suicide

...that most suicides attempted can be thwarted with timely interventions. Various ongoing research are trying to unravel the possible genetic make-up of those susceptible to suicidal tendencies and the ways in which such may be affected by the environment they are in. The International Association for Suic...

Mental Health: Mind at Peace or in Pieces?

... identifying risk factors for suicide and advising timely intervention of mental health professionals. It is equally important to have an accurate database on suicide-rates, to enable threadbare analysis that can form the basis of appropriate remedies. Presently, data capture regarding suicides is errati...

Scientists Make World Breakthrough

... scientists collaborating to address important and timely biological problems. We had to use a combination of techniques, including that of synchrotron radiation, to unravel the secrets of the toxin.” Source-Newswis SRM...

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