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Conventional pap smears techniques to detect cervical cancer are here to stay

A new technique thought to replace the conventional Pap smear was proved that it was not more reliable. This new technique, which made use of the liquid-based// cytology (LBC), was introduced across Scotland. But researchers yesterday proved that this new technique is not more reliable than the older one. The Scottish Executive of the health department assured that he would...

Are Conventional Tests for Heart attacks Reliable?

Dr. George Sopko, a heart specialist at the National Institutes of Health said that conventional tests fail to identify smaller blood vessel // clogs. About 3 million women are given the all-clear sign because they do not have the bulky clogs in main arteries. But these women complain of chest pain or shortness of breath and are at an increased risk of a heart attack in the next few y...

Paramedics save more lives following unconventional rules

In a study demystifying traditional methods it ahs been found that survival rates following the most common form of cardiac arrest increased three-fold when emergency medical// personnel used a new form of CPR developed at The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center. Cardiocerebral Resuscitation, is how this new approach is christened and it is dramatically different from guideline-dire...

New Laparoscopic Surgery to Correct Vaginal Vault Prolapse Is Effectual Than the Conventional Surgery

According to a research conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic it was found that surgical robot assisted laparoscopic surgery for vaginal vault prolapses was very effective when compared to the conventional open surgery. // This surgery is mainly done to prevent the collapse of the vagina after a hysterectomy. The results of the surgery will be published in the Journal of Urology. I...

Alternative to the Conventional Seizure Treatment

Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angels and Valencia, Calif.-based Advanced Bionics Corp., trigeminal nerve// stimulation (TNS) have developed an alternative to the conventional epilepsy treatment. It is a nerve-stimulation treatment where in the study and the clinical trails show that it has the potential to control seizures. I this trea...

Coronal Multiplanar Reformatted Images to Replace the Conventional Ones

The researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA said that coronal multiplanar reformatted images are very efficient in the evaluation of MDCT of the GI tract.// It has an increased speed and its accuracy of diagnosis is incomparable. For the study, the researchers reviewed the MDCTs of 50 patients referred for GI tract imaging. The researchers found that the averag...

Nitiol Stents A Better Alternative for the Conventional Stents

Stents which are mainly used to prevent blocking of various arteries wear away in a short period of time. Hence the patients require other procedures// such as angioplasty or a by pass surgery. The other alternative to stainless steel stents are flexible nickel-titanium tubes. They are very effective in helping blood flow through thigh arteries clogged by heart disease. Researchers condu...

Eye Laser Surgery Convention in Chennai

An intraocular implant and laser refractive surgery convention got underway today in Chennai, during which Laser surgeries //will be telecast live from a private eye hospital. Over 1000 ophthalmologists worldwide are taking part in the conference. The surgeries to be telecast live from Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital would include Keratoplasty and Zyoptix laser treatment to dispense with th...

No Health Benefits from Organic Milk Compared to Conventional Milk

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Britain has concluded on Tuesday that although organic milk does contain higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids compared to conventional milk//, it did not provide any further significant health benefits. This conclusion was reached following assessment of the evidence on the nutritional differences between organic and non-organic milk contributed by a g...

Unconventional Hospital Costs For Children Affected By Flu

Children's hospitals supports research on flu vaccines.// Getting into the new era of flu season, a recent study had reported that hospitalizing children for influenza might cost up to three or four times of the estimates that were accepted previously. The researchers from Pediatric department of Philadelphia Children's Hospital say ‘their findings have strengthened the econ...

Study Challenges Conventional Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

Neuroscientists are now looking at lactate with a much more positive eye, considering it a possible replacement “fuel” for the brain in the immediate //hours after a traumatic brain injury instead of glucose, the current standard. If they are right, it could change how emergency room physicians and intensive care physicians treat patients with brain injuries in the first critical hours af...