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Late Pregnancy Women Face The Risk Of Heartbreak, Fertility Problems

...ts deteriorate with age, they say. Once an older woman does become pregnant, she runs a greater risk of miscarriage, foetal and chromosomal abnormalities, and pregnancy-related diseases. Clare Brown, chief executive of Infertility Network, Britain, said: "Delaying having children until you are in your ...

Down syndrome simulated in animal model after successful chromosome transplantation

...ces of having a Down's syndrome baby increase as a woman ages. People with the disorder typically are of short stature and have undersized heads, downward-sloping eyes and mild to severe mental disabilities. In addition to Down's syndrome, chromosome 21 is also linked to early-onset Alzheimer's disease, c...

Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Helps In Removing Thyroid Cysts

In a path-breaking surgery here, an elderly woman suffering from multiple nodules and cysts in her thyroid gland was relieved of the diseased parts without any trauma on the neck//. A team of surgeons led by B. Ramana performed the two-hour-long operation - Bloodless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy - thr...

A first for India - IVF baby born of surrogacy

... three people besides the doctor, one oocyte donor woman was counselled and used for the collection of eggs and was given hormone injections to produce multiple eggs.The maturity of the eggs was monitored by serial transvaginal ultrasound and blood oestrogen. Subsequently, the eggs were collected by ultras...

Collaborations planned between British Organization and Indian health care industry

...ge) continued this tradition when the first Indian woman doctor graduated from the same school just a few years later," Connor said. Chairman of the healthcare sub-committee of CII's southern region G. Bakthavathsalam called for "partnerships in technology transfer and clinical trials" and said that Brita...

Ruling On Non Disclosure Of HIV Positive Status Is Not Ethical

...his condition. Despite the earlier conviction, the woman expressed her unhappiness with Wednesday's decisio...n silent, we conspire against our women. For every woman infected by HIV, we destroy a generation....

Terminally Ill Patients Could Be Offered A Better Life

...hes of a dying person. In the case of Gita, a poor woman with three children, CanSupport was able to convince her alcoholic husband to allow the children to be placed in an orphanage with good education facilities to ease her pain in the last days. "There are no words of consolation that one can offer. Gi...

British Healthcare Mission Explores Partnership Possibilities With Indian Healthcare Sector

...ge) continued this tradition when the first Indian woman doctor graduated from the same school just a few years later," Connor said. One key area that was discussed was about accreditation of the institutes and standardizations. Chairman of the healthcare sub-committee of CII's southern region G. Bakthava...

Terminally Ill deserves a better quality of Life

...hes of a dying person. In the case of Gita, a poor woman with three children, CanSupport was able to convince her alcoholic husband to allow the children to be placed in an orphanage with good education facilities to ease her pain in the last days. Twelve-year-old Vivek passed away happy after seeing his ...

Women can now gauge their own future fertility

...ich will be able to predict how many viable eggs a woman has left//. The test, which is expected to be la...he Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, a woman is half as fertile at 35 as she is at 25, and half as fertile again at 40. On an average, a woman wi...

Bird Flu Survivor Recounts her ‘hell

A woman from Thailand who was infected by H5N1 bird flu virus and managed to survive recounts her story of being 'in hell'.// 27 years old Pranom Thongchan, of Srisomboon, central Thailand, tells her horrific story on how she watched first her chickens dyin...

Breast feeding can prevent HIV infection transmission

... Feeding her baby is a lifetime experience for a woman and there is no substitute for the mother's milk to the child. This is one of the most beautiful periods in the life for both the mother and child where the bond for each other develops. Breast feeding not only develops a baby into a healthy human be...

Another Victim Of Legionnaires' Disease

An 89-year-old woman yesterday became the 21st person victim of legionnaires' disease.// The 89-year-old woman resident of the Seven Oaks nursing home in Toronto's east end died Monday morning in hospital, Toron...

Women With High Oestrogen Levels Have Prettier Faces

... play a very important role in the appearance of a woman by affecting bone growth and skin texture. The results are also consistent with previous studies that have established that female attractiveness also fluctuated throughout the menstrual cycle, peaking at a woman's most fertile days. When women in ...

Two screen test and treat screening for cervical cancer

...n less-developed countries. The lifetime risk of a woman developing cervical cancer in a low-resource setting is approximately 2 percent to 4 percent. Screen and Treat Program: Cytological testing for cervical cancer is useful tool in diagnosing cervical cancer in women but due to the high cost of the te...

Primrose oil reduces Breast cancer cell growth

...should routinely take evening primrose oil and any woman with questions about treatment should discuss them with her doctor." Source: BBC News....

Prostate cancer patients not happy with health providers

... to reach people in every community. Every man and woman must be able to easily access accurate, reliable information about what to look for and raise any concerns immediately with their doctors." ...

Imbalance In Gender Ratio Addressed By Religious Leaders

...e womb. We need to fight this practice wherein the woman who gives birth to another life is being killed in infancy or shown disrespect." In short, the take home message is that the harmony of the delicate balance between nature and science should never be disturbed. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

Herceptin Not A ‘Wonder’ Drug, Says The Lanct

... the National Health Service provide the drug to a woman who had sued for the same. "The last thing we should want is to have a politician campaigning on behalf of a drug," Horton commented. "It's a crazy way to make what should be a scientific decision." Meanwhile, Roche, the Swiss makers of the drug sa...

UK Govt Says On Course For National Chlamydia Screening

...cluding infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man. Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbi...

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