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Sweet corn releases antioxidants on cooking

Effect of antioxidants have always been beneficial to our body. When sweet corn is heated, its antioxidant content is released from the grain, and thereby making it a very healthy addition to one's diet.// There has always been a common misconception that boiling or steaming vegetables and fruits lowers their nutritional content. According to new study, one loses some vitamin C when you h...

Stents That Release Medication To Check Artery Narrowing

Compared to bare metal stents, placement of stents that release the medication paclitaxel reduces the risk// of the artery re-narrowing nine months following angioplasty for patients with complex coronary artery lesions, according to an article in the September 14 issue of JAMA. Drug-eluting stents have revolutionized the treatment of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, according to...

NABH Health accreditations final draft to be released by this month

Indian Hospitals would have to apply for Health care accreditation standards that will make them compile to Quality standards and strict hygienic conditions. Healthcare accreditation has become important// due to increased number of hospitals and physicians providing health care which may lead to sub-standard treatment to patients, an accreditation system will help to monitor the quality...

Students Seek Help From Prisoners for Kidnapped Child's Release

Students from Patna's Don Bosco Academy are seeking the help of prisoners from Beur jail in Patna to locate their missing friend Nirmalendu//. The lined up the streets near the jail and begged for money to fulfill the ransom demands made by the child's kidnappers. Nirmalendu was kidnapped in Phulwarisharief while he was on his way to school. His schoolmates are now appealing to the pris...

Indian National in Saudi Jail will be released soon

Kerala: The jailed Indian National in Saudi Arabia, is confirmed to be released from the prison in the course of this week. The prisoner had been nailed on charges of causing partial blindness to a Saudi national. // This case has been in the International media glare for quite a while. Naushad’s release was decided after the victim, the Saudi National pardoned him for the injury cau...

Effectiveness Of Drug-Releasing Coronary Stents

A new study appearing in the February 22 issue of the Journal of American Medical Association has found no significant differences in the effectiveness of the coronary stents coated with either sirolimus or paclitaxel. Drug-releasing stents are known to be more effective in easing the examination of the blood vessels in a procedure called as angiography. // Such stents also improve the p...

Single Dose Of Extended Release Metformin Found To Be Effective In Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers have found that a new extended-release formulation of metformin can be safely taken only once a day for type 2 diabetes as opposed// to the traditional twice a day dosage of immediate-release metformin. The new drug, which is marketed under the brand name Glumetza, appears to improve the patient's tolerance for higher doses of the drug, according to Dr. Bret Berner, chief...

The National Governors Association Releases Guidelines For Outbreak Of Bird Flu

The National Governors Association (NGA) has said in the new report that if the country hopes to avoid the severe outbreak of bird flu, then they have to get their// act together so as to build a network of trained workers, to create public-private relationships, and to take time to train. The report that was released on Tuesday aims at guiding the governors and other state leaders on...

An International Growth Standard For Childs Releases By WHO

Nutrition, The World Health Organization WHO has recently released its first-ever international growth standards for infants and young children. // The United Nations health agency found that all children are similar in how they develop if they are adequately nurtured and they claimed that the new guidelines were created to help make that happen. The W.H.O. says it now has scientific...

Infection-Induced Amputation On Diabetic Foot – Study Release

A first study using large population revealed information on diabetes and foot as ‘Diabetics with infection in foot are at a 55-fold greater risk for hospitalization, and about 154 times greater risk for amputation’//. This study was carried out for a period of 2 years by researchers from Texas A&M University, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, and the University of Was...

New Guidelines Released for Patients Suffering from Heart Disease

With Heart diseases and cardio problems on the rise have brought the world to stand and take notice. New guidelines are being proposed to save the future generations //. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have released practical guidelines and pays attention to valvular heart disease. Valve disease most often strikes the mitral valve, whic...

AIIMS medical Superintendent confirms that salary release has not been permitted

New Delhi: The Medical Superintendent and Officiating Faculty In-charge of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here, Dr. D. K. Sharma//, has completely refuted the charge that the Institute Director, Dr. P. Venugopal, had ordered the release of salaries for the in-living doctors, during the strike period. According to him, there has not been any formal approval from either the...

Controversy Over Release Of Salaries Of Striking AIIMS Doctors

The controversy over the release of salaries of doctors participating in the anti-quota stir was likely to erupt again as a senior AIIMS offcial claimed// that the order to do so was issued on the direction of Director P Venugopal. The official said Registrar V P Gupta, who was asked to explain the reason behind the order to release the pay, did so on directions from Venugopal....

A Comprehensive CD-ROM On HIV/AIDS Released By Center for HIV Information

The Center for HIV Information is all set to release a new CD-ROM collects and refines HIV/AIDS information for developing world. // The Center for HIV Information at the University of California, San Francisco, have announced their plans to release a free CD-ROM that contain more than 40 selected chapters from the HIV InSite Knowledge Base, which is an online collection of comprehens...

Scientists Seek Release Of Health Workers In Libya

An international group of 44 researchers, including an Indian American scientist, have appealed to Libya for the release of six healthcare workers charged// with intentionally infecting about 400 children with HIV.Seeking the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who have been incarcerated in a Libyan prison for nearly eight years, the researchers explained that scient...

‘Manual on Healthy Lifestyle Choices’ Releasd

Tony Clement Canadian Health minister released the revised version of the Canada Food Guide. The new guide described as a manual on healthy lifestyle choices does exactly that, according to the health minister. “Our new food gu...

Eli Lilly Releases Digital Insulin Pen

Eli Lilly is set on releasing a new line of digital insulin pens for the US market. Currently available in Europe, Huma-Pen Memoir is thought //to help patients manage their insulin dosages and avoid dangerous overdoses. The injector, which hides a hypodermic needle, was unveiled today at Battelle. It is the newest in a line the lab designed for Eli Lilly, the Indianapolis-based pharmac...

Donate Kidney And Get Released From Jail Soon

A bill is proposed to be passed in South Carolina, which will enable the early release of inmates from jail if they donate their kidneys//. If this bill is passed, then the prisoners could bring down their stay in the jail by as many as 180 days. Democratic Senator Ralph Anderson who is recommending this legislation opines that the passing of this bill could help a lot of patients who a...

Figures on Substance Abuse in School Going Teens Released

The Information Centre for Health and Social Care has come out with results from its survey of under 16s,// under which 8200 students of different schools in UK were quizzed. It was seen that one in ten secondary students aged 11 to 15 light up daily. The research also claimed that surprisingly, it was girls who outnumbered boys in smoking. Government’s targets are aimed at reducing...

Toolkit Released To Employers Of Expecting Mothers

An online survey of 2080 mothers has revealed that only four-in-ten mums thought their bosses understood how to handle pregnant staff - and only half said// they thought they were aware of their own rights and responsibilities. The survey also revealed that 30,000 British women every year lose their jobs just for having a child. Other figures were that almost 45 per cent of w...

New Reflux Guidelines Released

New, updated guidelines for esophageal reflux testing appear in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Developed and approved by the American College of// Gastroenterology, these guidelines summarize advances in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) diagnostic testing and how they have modified the clinical management of esophageal disorders. “Gastroenterologists are confronted wi...

Paris Hilton to Be Released on Tuesday

Paris Hilton will finally be a free bird on June 26, after spending 23 days in the slammer. The release date was determined by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Inmate Reception Center. The exact hour of the heiress' release was however not disclosed. Although her sentence was for 45 days, authorities have said that 22 days have been slashed, as...

The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released

A few months back, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new birth control pill, Lybrel. It is as effective at preventing pregnancy as the other pills already in the market , but overrides them with one advantage: Women who take it will never get their periods. Lybrel is landing on pharmacy shelves this month. Now menstruation may never be the same- it may disappear altogether....