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Pakistani Child is India's Youngest Liver Transplant Recipient

...operation," Mohan told IANS. She said the portal vein responsible for supplying blood to the liver was "irreparably blocked", which caused them a lot of problems during the surgery. The blockage was rectified by the doctors, she said. Shreyar has been told to take two medicines all his life, which mos...

Gene Therapy Technique for Inherited Heart Problems in The Pipeline

...can deliver a much lower dose of the vector into a vein like any other drug, and the corrective gene collects in the heart.’ Scientists say gene therapy looks increasingly feasible for the treatment of cardiovascular conditions linked to faulty genes or congenital metabolic diseases, including atheroscler...

Vascular Disease 101: Discovering and Treating Common Diseases of the Veins

...d to remove key veins, a surgical process known as vein stripping," Dr. Gable says. Peripheral artery disease: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a blockage of blood vessels that often causes pain in the legs. "Patients with PAD face at least four times the risk of experiencing a heart attack or stroke...

Clinical-trials Show Increased Therapeutic Activity of Pycnogenol than Daflon

...ling can lead to dangerous conditions such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Previous studies have shown Pycnogenol? to be effective in encouraging improved circulation and helping to prevent travel-related DVT. Like varicose veins, spider veins also develop if edema is left untreated. "Chronic venous insu...

Cord Blood Stem Cells Can Now be Stored in India

... risk free by inserting a needle into the umblical vein after cleansing the umblical cord. The cells could be stored at the cryobank for a fee of about Rs 60,000 for a period of 21 years. The cells can be retrieved anytime from the bank to treat disorders. The cells can also be donated to the bank, in w...

After Weight Reduction People Opt For Special Plastic Surgery to Tone Their Body

...mplications. Only one patient has experienced deep vein clotting, and there have not been any cases of pulmonary emboli or seroma problems. Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, ranks among the top one percent of all ...

Hospitals In Scotland Not Diagnosing DVT Properly

... with potentially// fatal condition known as ‘Deep vein thrombosis’ (DVT), wherein a blood clot develops in the vein, usually in the leg. An enquiry that was conducted in the cases of two women, both of whom died from DVT, found that the failure to diagnose the condition had resulted in the life saving ...

Varicose Vein Treatments Turn Out To Be A Viable Health Investment

Varicose vein treatments that are pretty much of a household the... “The conclusion is that if you look at varicose vein treatments in the same sort of terms that we use to assess something like cancer drugs, then it woul...

German Manufacturers Find a Solution for DVT

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when people sit in the sam... passengers more space and reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis. The seats were first showcased at an aviation show in Hamburg. Thomsonfly has said that ...

Less Invasive By Pass Surgery Proves Economical In The Long Run

...ons. In the traditional method the great saphenous vein is removed from the leg and grafted onto the heart...peration infection and trauma. The great saphenous vein is removed by making a cut which runs deep (2-inches) from the ankle to the top of the inner thigh. ...

Warning! Working For Long Hours On Your Computer Can Be Lethal

...are at an increased risk of being affected by deep vein thrombosis if they work for long uninterrupted hours on their computer.// DVT is a condition that gives rise to blood clots in the legs which travel to the heat or the lung with often fatal consequences. This appearance of DVT in computer workers is ...

Long Hours At Computer Screen May Also Cause Deep Vein Thrombosis

...have an increased risk// of being affected by deep vein thrombosis. This warning was issued after reports that a computer programmer from Bristol almost died after a 12-hour stint in front of his screen in what is believed to be one of the first cases in the UK of a growing phenomenon dubbed e-thrombosi...

Impact Of Late Motherhood on Children

...iabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems, deep vein thrombosis and operative delivery. But these late mothers forget the chances of they dying before their children reach maturity and the near impossibility of providing the child with grandparents or contemporary siblings. The shortage of donors in th...

Review of Pramod Mahajan's Injuries

...st troublesome. The inferior vena cava is the main vein in the abdomen carrying blood to the heart. In the first few hours he was resuscitated and had multiple blood transfusions (almost 24 units it is said). He was taken up for surgery at the hospital and as the injury to the liver was very extensive, ...

Travel-Related Blood Clots Can Be Reduced By Using Flight Stockings

...idence that compression stockings can prevent deep vein thrombosis. Sometimes called “traveler’s thrombosi...irector of the United Kingdom Cochrane Centre.Deep vein thrombosis usually causes no symptoms because small clots are easily broken down by the body. But la...

Organ Donation Crusader Passes Away

... hypertension and liver failure due to blockage of vein between the liver and the body. This blockage results in congestion of liver resulting in its fibrosis. For this she had undergone a TIPS shunt in the London about 3 years ago. After the shunt procedure she had a few ups and down in her health. She w...

Severe Urinary Infection Could Lead To Deadly Blood Clots

... more than 7,000 patients who had experienced deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot that develops in a deep vein usually in the lower leg. The researchers who also identified nearly 4,000 patients who had suffe...

New Method Developed To Cut Down Chemotherapy Deaths

...of injecting the chemical into a cancer sufferer's vein so that it is carried around the body. As well as reducing the side-effects, the new drug delivery vehicle, known as Fibrasorb, could also cut the numbers of patients who die from the effects of chemotherapy because they need such high doses to ta...

DVT Risk Increased After Acute Infections

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or clot formation is on the rise among patients who suffer from acute illness. The team led by Dr Liam Smeeth, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, //said that they wanted to look at whether infection could trigge...

The Face Of Indian Health Care: A World Health Day Evaluation

...urse pushes an intravenous cannula gently over the vein for antibiotic administration. Extreme caution is being taken to maintain the prefect temperature in the patient’s room, including the bathroom. Everything happens at the touch of a button, whether it is about adjusting the bed or drawing up a hydrau...

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