Heart saved through the wrist
March 13th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Mar 13 (IANS) Paul Hope, who suffered a major heart attack in
mid-February, was administered life-saving angioplasty through an incision in his wrist.
Traditionally the procedure is performed through ... Read more...
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High risk of heart disease in preadolescent kids with type 1diabetes
February 15th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): Preadolescent children with type 1diabetes have a 200 percent to 400 percent greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease than those without diabetes, according to a new study.Medical ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Talwar stable, attacker blames emotions for the assault (Lead)
January 26th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A day after being attacked outside a Ghaziabad court, murdered teenager Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar was stable even though doctors were unable to give details of his ... Read more...
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Rajesh Talwar in ICU, may be unable to work again (Lead)
January 25th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi, was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Apollo Hospital with multiple injuries Tuesday after a grievous attack on ... Read more...
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After attack, Talwar may be unable to work again
January 25th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi, may be unable to work again as a dentist, his lawyer Rebecca John said Tuesday after the grievous attack on ... Read more...
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Salman Khan Pledges Bone Marrow For Marrow Donor Registry (India)
November 18th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 18, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): Healthcare is a key focus area for Being Human: The Salman Khan Foundation.Being Human has joined hands with the Marrow Donor Registry (India) to create awareness of ... Read more...
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Salman pledges bone marrow to help patients
November 12th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Bollywood star Salman Khan's philanthropic side is well known and now the actor has gone ahead and pledged his bone marrow to help people suffering from life-threatening ... Read more...
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Trials set for body chilling anaesthesia
September 27th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) A technique for chilling the trauma patients before surgery will now help save them from certain death, says a new research.
The ground-breaking method will shut down their ... Read more...
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AIIMS doctor pilots India’s first robot-assisted surgery (Feature, With Images)
May 6th, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
By Anindya Rai Verman
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) He looks like an airplane pilot in his cockpit. Except that he is a surgeon and he isn't in a cockpit. This pilot in ... Read more...
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Study comparing two surgeries for infant heart defect shows mixed results
November 16th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): Scientists have found mixed results in the first head-to-head comparison of two surgeries for infants born with severely underdeveloped hearts - the most common severe heart birth defect.One ... Read more...
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Womb transplants could take place in ‘two years’
October 22nd, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 22 (ANI): The first-ever successful womb transplant will be carried out within two years, believe British scientists.The boffins have worked out how to transplant a womb with a good blood ... Read more...
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Soccer Wag Dani nearly lost her leg in club brawl
May 27th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 27 (ANI): Soccer WAG Danielle Lloyd nearly lost her leg after crashing through a glass table in a drunken brawl, it was revealed yesterday. Surgeons told the terrified WAG they ... Read more...
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British doctors deliver baby two days after mother’s death
January 13th, 2009 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 13 (DPA) British doctors have delivered a baby girl two days after the mother collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage, a hospital in Oxford confirmed Tuesday.Jayne Soliman's heart was ... Read more...
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UK ice skater gives birth to a baby girl two days after death
January 13th, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 13 (ANI): A professional ice skater in England gave birth to a baby girl two days after she collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage.
Despite declaring Jayne Soliman ... Read more...
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Major blood component turns bacteria lethal
November 22nd, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): Scripps Research Institute scientists have found that bicarbonate, a major component of blood, plays a key role in signalling bacteria to become virulent.
The scientists identified bicarbonate, a ... Read more...
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New drug cuts heart failure risk in mice
November 19th, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19 (ANI): Scientists at Miragen Therapeutics in Boulder, Colorado have found that a new drug seems to protect mice from heart failure even when enormous pressure is placed on ... Read more...
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Braveheart Supratim, impaled on iron bar, out of hospital
July 29th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Seventeen days after he defied death when he was impaled on an iron bar that pierced his liver, stomach and a lung, IT executive Supratim Dutta Tuesday ... Read more...
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Heart surgery ups blood sugar levels even if youre not diabetic
June 9th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): A new study has shown that nearly half of all heart surgery patients may experience blood sugar levels high enough to require temporary insulin treatment after their ... Read more...
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German artificial lung device wins praise for saving lives
February 19th, 2008 - 9:21 am ICT by admin
DPA
Hamburg, Feb 19 (DPA) A last-resort emergency artificial lung device is saving lives of US servicemen wounded in Iraq who have been air-lifted to Germany where the new apparatus is in widespread ... Read more...
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