Rare Tibetan antelope listed as endangered
Three-dimensional ultrasound probes built by researchers at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering have imaged the beating hearts of dogs. The engineers said their demonstration showed that the probes could give surgeons a better view during human endoscopic surgeries in which operations are performed through tiny "keyhole" incisions. If the probes prove beneficial in human testing, the advanc...HIV protein enlisted to help kill cancer cells
Cancer cells are sick, but they keep growing because they don't react to internal signals urging them to die. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found an efficient way to get a messenger into cancer cells that forces them to respond to death signals. And they did it using one of the most sinister pathogens around ?HIV. "HIV knows how to insert its...TWO India Doctors Listed in TIME for Contribution to Global Health
Abhay Bang and Rani Bang are the two Indian Doctors from Maharashtra has been listed in the Time Magazine’s list of Heroes of Global Health in solving problems in the field of health in developing countries. The two doctors have // innovated basic programs, which has reduced the infant mortality rate in South Asia. The duo are the founders of the Maharashtra-based Society for Educatio...Apollo Hospitals Short-listed to Provide Diagnostics in the UK
The Apollo Hospitals Group has been shortlisted by Britain's National Health Service (NHS) to bid for four geographical areas in the UK where it could provide diagnostic services.// Long waiting lists at the NHS had forced it to outsource some of its operations to cut the delay faced by its patients, reports the Business Line. The diagnostic support covers radiology, including C...Turkey Is Listed In The Christmas Meal Despite Bird Flu Scare
There is no change of plans regarding the Christmas dinner. Turkey still remains popular inspite of the bird flu scare. The demands for Christmas turkeys have risen by 25% in Britain. Supermarket owners say that the sales of the bird //are as good as the previous year. When bird flu was spreading and was in its peak in the month of October and November people feared that its s...Haggis listed as restricted food in Scotland
Scottish Health officials have warned that their National dish ‘Haggis’ had an increased fat diet which the officials feels can increase the obesity in their people. Scottish people are now facing a high risk of getting obese and the health officials has said //that children’s should not have Haggis not more than once in a week. Haggis is a Traditional food which is prepared from lung...Physicians Enlisted in Efforts to Keep Demented Drivers Off the Road
The surge of baby boomers now entering their 60s means more drivers on the road who may be impaired by dementia or other cognitive impairments linked to aging//. Researchers at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and elsewhere have developed a three-hour workshop that trains health care providers to identify potentially...