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Apr11
Scientists have invented an artificial painless patch with natural beta cell that can regulate the blood sugar levels on demand.The researchers at the University of North Carolina and NC State have created a 'smart insulin patch' that can detect the increased sugar level in blood and secrete doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed.The results, published in the journal Advanced Materi..


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Apr11
I.J. Gautam Online Consultation is India s No. 1 Online Sexual Health Consultation. With us, you can get sex treatment and counselling including identifying functional, psychogenic or organic causes of sexual dysfunction. We believe in identifying the root cause of the patient’s problems before starting the treatment. As far as confidentiality of the patient’s details is considere..


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Apr10
To correct Indian Male to female ratio and to check female foeticide or girl child abortion while PNDT Act and FOGSI and Central and State government donot allow sex determination of the foetus at all by usg or blood test or aminiotic fluid assay,recommendation was made by a Maharashtra assembly committee, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), towards making pre-natal sex determination mandatory in..


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Apr10
Low urine ammonium excretion identifies individuals at high risk of chronic kidney disease progression. Patients with chronic kidney disease who have low levels of ammonium in their urine may be at high risk of the disease progression or death, researchers have warned. Most chronic kidney disease patients in India are obese. A study by US researchers showed that patients with the lowest levels of ..


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Apr10
Gallstone disease, the lifestyle-related condition once associated with the western world, has markedly increased here due to the growing popularity of western diets. Although the exact causes of gallstones are not known, they are believed to have the multi-factorial origin, with an interaction of both genetic and environmental factors. Common risk factors include obesity, food allergies, sensitiv..


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Apr10
The Supreme Court has absolved a lady Surgeon doctor from Maharashtra of the charge of medical negligence after 20 years of an incident in which a road accident victim succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The apex court relied on its earlier verdict to say that in cases where negligence is alleged against professionals like doctors the court should be careful before instituting criminal proceeding..


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Apr08
A person is said to be suffering from pre-mature heart disease when he is diagnosed with the condition before the age of 55 years in men 65 years in women. The prevalence of dyslipidemia in these patients is usually found to be as high as in the range of 75-85%.. Dyslipidemia is high levels of cholesterol and/or triglycerides in the blood. About 54% of all patients with premature heart disease and..


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Apr08
US researchers said they have successfully developed a blood test that can rapidly diagnose and quantitate the severity of active tuberculosis (TB) cases, an important advance against the major global health threat, a media report said.According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), TB remains a major global health problem, with 10 million cases and 2 million deaths per year.Making matters worse..


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Apr07
World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7 to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is an opportunity to draw global attention to and increase public awareness about a topic of public health importance.This year, the World Health Day focuses on depression with the theme “Depression: Let's talk” with the aim that more people with depre..


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Apr05
In a unique procedure, a renowned Chinese plastic surgeon Dr Guo Shuzhong at Xi’an Jiaotong University has grown a artificial ear on a man’s arm and transplant it successfully. The man, whose surname was given as Ji, underwent a complex hour long procedure. Mr Ji (patient) lost his ear in 2015 in a accident which also left him with serious injuries to the right side of his face.Mr Ji e..


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