4-day-old baby survives after complex surgery
December 13th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, Dec 13 (IANS) A four-day-old baby girl suffering a rare disorder -- Thornwaldt's Cyst (TC) in the nasopharynx -- was successfully treated at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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New gel can restore damaged soft tissue
August 2nd, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) A new gel can now potentially restore damaged soft tissue safely and durably.The material, a composite of biological and synthetic molecules, is injected under the skin, ... Read more...
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More men in US undergoing plastic surgery to ‘look good’
March 21st, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 21 (ANI): A new statistics have revealed more men are going under the knife to look good.Statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) showed that overall cosmetic ... Read more...
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More men going under the knife to look good
March 21st, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 21 (IANS) Who said only women fret about their appearance and spend a mini-fortune on beauty treatments? Doctors say men too are increasingly resorting to cosmetic surgery to ... Read more...
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Men ‘more likely to suffer from sleepless nights due to snoring partners’
March 5th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 05 (ANI): Men are far more likely to complain that their sleep is disturbed by their partner's snoring than women, according to a new research.The study of 14,000 couples found ... Read more...
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Turning diseased blood cells to stem cells may reveal cancer quickly
February 5th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): A study has successfully turned healthy and diseased cells into stem cells, thereby paving way for observing the onset of the blood cancer leukaemia in the laboratory dish."This ... Read more...
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Extinct woolly mammoth could be reborn in four years
January 14th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) The long extinct woolly mammoth could be resurrected in under four years, thanks to cloning technology breakthrough.
Previous efforts in the 1990s to recover nuclei in cells ... Read more...
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‘Healthy mammoth could be reborn in 4 or 5 years’
January 14th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A professor has claimed that the woolly mammoth, extinct for thousands of years, could be reborn with the help of cloning technology.Akira Iritani, a professor at Kyoto University, ... Read more...
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First-ever MRI scan of baby at the moment of birth produced
December 8th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 8 (ANI): Doctors for the first time have produced live MRI images of a baby at the moment of birth.The scans could provide valuable new insights into the birthing process ... Read more...
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Heidi Montag tries to keep her implants ’soft’ with regular breast massages
September 8th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Heidi Montag took to Twitter to tell fans about her daily routine for keeping her infamous breast implants 'soft.'The former reality star spent Tuesday morning getting reacquainted ... Read more...
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Now, look younger without going under the knife: Study
August 6th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 6 (ANI): Scientists have discovered new approaches to look younger and slow ageing without having to undergo surgical processes.The new process addresses skin laxity by combining soft tissue fillers and ... Read more...
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‘Secret location’ of dino skeletons found in South Dakota Badlands
July 30th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): A palaeontology team is hoping to find a Triceratops skeleton from a 'secret location' they've found in the South Dakota Badlands.Phil Manning, from the University of Manchester, and ... Read more...
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Caterpillars’ gut movements inspire soft-body robot design
July 23rd, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): "Weird movements" in the guts of freely crawling caterpillars could improve the design and development of soft material robots, according to researchers at Virginia Tech.The interdisciplinary research team, ... Read more...
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Soon, banks of off-the-shelf body parts for transplants
July 14th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): Scientists are perfecting ways of creating bare 'scaffold' building blocks of body parts which can then be used in transplants.The idea is to removing all the soft tissue ... Read more...
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Soon, nano-sized dental film to bring decayed teeth back to life
July 1st, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): A nano-sized dental film could soon enable dentists to improve root canal procedures and bring diseased teeth back to life, rather than leaving a "non-vital" tooth in the ... Read more...
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Nano-sized advance to bring diseased teeth back to life
July 1st, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) Calling it the next big treatment era in dentistry, scientists have advanced towards a treatment in which root canal therapy could bring diseased teeth back to life -- ... Read more...
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Now, a knee replacement implant that is Asia-specific
June 28th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 28 (IANS) A knee-joint replacement implant specifically designed for the Asian population was launched by a German company here Monday.
Vincent Marie, chief designer of the knee replacement implant, explained that ... Read more...
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Now, a tool to help fit prosthetic limbs painlessly
May 19th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 19 (IANS) A biomedical engineer has developed a new tool to help prosthetic developers fit artificial limbs almost painlessly.
One of its versions also tells medical workers when bed-ridden patients ... Read more...
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Full-face swap man can’t wait to gorge on lamb dinner
April 25th, 2010 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 25 (ANI): A Spanish farmer, who recently became the world's first to undergo a full face transplant, wants to celebrate his new life with his favourite lamb dinner.The unnamed man, ... Read more...
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Bigger animals need stiffer ’shoes’
February 25th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
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(ANI): The bigger the animal, the stiffer are their "shoes" or those
soft pads on the bottom of the foot, researchers have pointed out.Experts in Taiwan ... Read more...
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New dinosaur species discovered
February 24th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) A team of paleontologists in the US has discovered a new dinosaur species they're calling Abydosaurus.
Abydosaurus belongs to the group of gigantic, long-necked, long-tailed, four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs such ... Read more...
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New plant-eating dino didn’t chew its food, but swallow it
February 24th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): A team of paleontologists has discovered a new plant-eating dinosaur that didn't chew its food, but just grabbed it and swallowed it.The new dinosaur, which the paleontologists are ... Read more...
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Now, liposuction and breast enhancement in one go
February 10th, 2010 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
By Shilpa Raina
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Want to get rid of the cellulite on your thighs but unhappy with your small breast size? Then opt for liposuction and use the harvested ... Read more...
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Gene mutation protects people from flesh-eating disease
December 30th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): In a new study, researchers from The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston have identified a genetic mutation that appears to protect people from developing flesh-eating disease called ... Read more...
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Ultrasound-guided cortisone jabs may help treat severe hip pain effectively
December 27th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 27 (ANI): A new study has shown that ultrasound-guided cortisone injections can effectively treat gluteus medius tendinopathy.Gluteus medius tendinopathy is a common, painful condition caused by an injury to the ... Read more...
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The woman who’s allergic to her husband’s sperm!
November 6th, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, November 06 (ANI): A woman's wedding night in Australia turned into a nightmare when she realized that she was allergic to her husband's sperm.Julie Boyde from Ambridge, Pennsylvania had married lover ... Read more...
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Trampoline accidents rising among kids as parents ignore safety advice
September 28th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 28 (ANI): Doctors at Kingston Hospital in Surrey have revealed that the number of children being treated for accidents on a trampoline have been increasing, as parents often ignore the ... Read more...
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Dino hunters use 150 mln-yr-old squid ink to paint portrait
August 19th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 19 (ANI): Dinosaur hunters have found the fossil of a 150 million-year-old squid during a dig in north Wiltshire in England, which was so well preserved they used its ink ... Read more...
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Limb-sparing surgery not necessarily better than amputation for bone cancer patients
August 10th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 10 (ANI): A new review suggests that limb-sparing surgery may not provide a bone cancer patient with a better quality of life than amputation.Published in the journal Cancer, the ... Read more...
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Ultrasound may track early symptoms of osteoarthritis
July 27th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) With the help of an ultrasound, researchers are hoping to find out if knee inflammation could be an early sign of osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis is known as a "wear and ... Read more...
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Childhood cancer ‘increases with advancing maternal age’
July 15th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): Baby born to an older mother may have a slightly increased risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood, according to a new study from the ... Read more...
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Organic material in ‘dino mummy’ to give clues about its evolution
July 2nd, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): A mummified dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota, US, may contain traces of 66-million-year old organic material, which could provide vital information about its evolution.The well-preserved fossil of the ... Read more...
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Giant dinos may have held their head higher for much of the time
May 27th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 27 (ANI): New findings have suggested that 150 million years ago, giant dinosaurs known as Sauropods, may have held its head higher for much of the time.According to a ... Read more...
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Boston College’s Mark Herzlich Has Cancer
May 15th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by GD
Mark Herzlich, the Boston College standout linebacker revealed on Thursday that he is suffering from Ewing's Sarcoma, a form of cancer most commonly found in bone or soft tissue. In Herzlich's case, ... Read more...
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New approach can tell after a single treatment if chemotherapy is working
April 15th, 2009 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 15 (ANI): Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center say that a non-invasive method can enable cancer specialists to determine after a single cycle of chemotherapy whether the treatment is ... Read more...
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