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Pill-Sized Robot Tests Tumours In Body

...entists have developed a pill-sized robot that can travel inside your body, can find if you have any tumours and transmit the findings back to a computer//. After being swallowed, the robot passes through the body naturally, reported the online edition of Daily Mail. The miniature video camera fitted with...

Democrats Balk at Bush's Health Insurance Proposal

...tatus to block the measure even as Bush was set to travel to Lee's Summit, Mo., on Thursday to promote the plan. Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, said his panel wouldn’t consider Bush's proposal. "If I could just deep-six it, they'd build a statue of me ...

Call For Bird Flu Antiviral Drugs To Be Shared

...clude the use of antiviral drugs and international travel restrictions. In a new study published in PLoS M...icine, researchers use detailed information on air travel to model the global spread of an emerging influenza pandemic and its containment. They conclude th...

Scientists Assess Risk of Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines

...e be necessary. The researchers show that strict travel restrictions would do little, if anything, to prevent the flu from spreading throughout the globe. Encouragingly, the model predicts that the use of antiviral drugs would significantly thwart a global flu outbreak within certain ranges of infectiou...

Einstein's Tea Leaves Inspire New Blood Separation Technique

... circulate. The microscopic particles in the blood travel in a downward spiral because of the needle's angle relative to the surface. When the fluid begins to circulate, one might intuitively expect the microscopic particles such as red blood cells would be pulled to the outside wall of the chamber owing t...

The ‘Mini’ Way to Stop Atrial Fibrillation in Its Tracs

... to allow electrical impulses sent by the brain to travel correctly. Richard Lee, M.D., a Saint Louis University School of Medicine cardiac surgeon, recently became the first surgeon in the state of Missouri and one of only a handful in the country to perform the mini-Maze, which is for patients with non-c...

Heart Defect Is Linked to Some Cases of Migraine Headache

...side of the heart, the PFO can open, and blood can travel from the right to the left side. We think something usually cleared out by the lungs is in that blood and can trigger migraines.” Estimates now hold that PFOs are present in about half of migraine sufferers who experience aura — an arc of zigzag li...

First Imported Dengue Fever Case Reported

...ill now no such symptoms have been reported by her travel companions. SRI...

New Scan to Spot Early Effects of Alcohol on Liver

... liver. It works on the principle that sound waves travel slower through a soft, healthy liver than a harden...er damage by assessing how quickly the sound waves travel through the liver. "This is an important addition to finding out what is happening with the liver ...

YouTube’s Latest Use-Offering Medical Advic

... current issues so that people can avoid having to travel to see a doctor for minor matters. The effective use of asthma inhalers, smear testing, blood sugar testing , winter flu vaccination and cervical screening are among the videos so far included. The practice has 7,700 patients over an area of 500 ...

For Travelers: A Review of the Avian Flu

...s low. In fact, there are currently no recommended travel restrictions. If anything, common sense would tell travelers to avoid contact with all birds, especially poultry; avoid surfaces contaminated with poultry feces; and avoid undercooked poultry products. The use of prophylactic antiviral medications is...

Hajj Pilgrims Need Flu Shots – Says British Doctor

For pilgrims about to travel to Saudi Arabia for the hajj, flu shots should be considered for minimizing// the risk of devastating global influenza pandemic because only too few of the worshippers are being vaccinated before they go – says the British doctors. The hajj pilgri...

The GreeneChip- First Tool to Provide Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

....cdc.gov/EID/13/1/06-0837.htm). Globalization of travel and trade brings new infectious agents into new contexts. It is increasingly important to be prepared for the unexpected. "Because clinical syndromes are rarely specific for single pathogens, methods that simultaneously screen for multiple agents are...

Pay Back Time

...e is said to have received $285,000 in payment for travel expenses and work involving consultation on ‘biomarkers” or early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease. This is against the ethics of the agency, which forbids government scientists from being involved in private deals or any work that holds a financi...

Public Transport Causing Backaches in Delhi, Mumbai

...ciences (AIIMS): "Sudden jerks or movements during travel can result in severe back pain. Our spine includes..., the quality of the roads and the average time of travel - all have a multiplier effect on the back," said the study. Unhealthy eating habits also lead to ...

New Genetic Test Predicts Eye-Cancer Patients' Futures

...grams in the nation. Patients with ocular melanoma travel from as far as the Philippines and Saudi Arabia for treatment by UCLA’s specialists, who address the full spectrum of the disease’s psychological, visual and oncologic effects. Source-Newswise SRM...

A New Study To Examine ADHD's Role In Smoking

... behavioral counseling. Reimbursement for time and travel will be offered to research participants. For more information or to participate in the study, call the Smoking Cessation Program at Columbia University Medical Center at (212) 543-5905. The center is located at 1051 Riverside Drive in the Washingt...

North Korea Under the Threat of Scarlet Fever

...lmost a month despite strict measures, including a travel ban to and from the affected areas, the Yonhap News agency reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed source close to communist North Korea. There are no apparent signs that the number of scarlet-fever cases is declining, the source told Yonhap. Peopl...

Mobile Robots Offer 24/7 Care to Neurosurgical ICU, Stroke Patients

... ROHAS (Remote Operated Health Assessment System), travel up to 2 mph, can be easily steered down a hallway or alongside a patient bed, and are equipped with infrared sensors to help the physician navigate. The robots allow physicians, patients, nurses and other staff to 'virtually' interact and talk at a m...

An Alarming Increase in Diabetic Cases in youth in Asia

... which consists of no exercise, computers and TV, travel by cars and snacks rich in calories. In developing nations like India, when an adult in a family with a low income has diabetes, much of it has to be spent on treatment which in turn affects the whole family....

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