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New device for ailing heart fitted into first patient

A hospital in New zealand had fitted the first ptient with a turbocharger for the heart called C-Pulse.// The special device is designed to help patients with moderate heart problems, who are still not ill enough to go for a heart transplant and its related side effects. These patients may be those who may feel extreme tiredness, difficulty in walking short distances and do not get mu...

Premature Infants Benefitted by Breast Milk

A recent study has revealed that tiny premature infants fed with breast milk in the hospital performed better on mental developmental tests later in life //than did those who were fed only formula. This research has been the first to show the benefits of breast milk for babies born weighing less than 2 pounds, 3 ounces. The results of the study have been published in the July issue o...

Mental Health Benefitted by Eating Berries

Tests on mice have revealed that eating berries may be good for mental health although scientists have said that it is too early to put these applications towards humans.// Researchers, Barbara Shukitt-Hale and colleagues at Tufts University have studied 60 young male rats, after splitting them into three groups. The details of the study have been reported in the online edition of the h...

Depression Benefitted by Internet-based Interventions

Internet-based interventions for depression have been found to be immediately effective as well as have significant positive long-term benefit that may be as effective as active psychotherapies //according to mental health researchers at The Australian National University. The yet-to-be-published findings by Professors Helen Christensen and Andrew Mackinnon and Dr Kathy Griffiths at th...

Indonesians to Be Fitted Jaipur-made Artificial Limbs

At least 350 Indonesians who lost their limbs due to disease, accident or disasters like the tsunami will be fitted with Jaipur-made artificial limbs in Jakarta//. "On the invitation of a non-resident Indian association, we are organising a 15-day camp in Jakarta from Friday, in which 350 people will be fitted with the Jaipur Foot," D.R. Mehta, the founder of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Vikla...

Cars in UK to Be Fitted With Black Boxes to Reduce Fatalities

By 2010, all cars in the UK will be fitted with 400 pounds worth aircraft-style black boxes which will automatically call emergency services after a violent crash. The palm-sized electrical devices will activate an SOS distress signal only if the crash is serious enough to trigger an air bag release or flip the car. The device will dial 112 - the pan-European emergency...