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Researchers create new ultrasound patch that can determine how full bladde
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
MIT researchers have created a patch-like wearable ultrasound monitor that can inspect organs within the body without the need for an ultrasound operator or the use of gel.
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Research reveals how plants determine where light is coming from
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Plants lack visual organs, so how do they know where light comes from? In an original study combining expertise in biology and engineering, the team led by Prof Christian Fankhauser at UNIL, in collaboration with colleagues at EPFL, discovered that a light-sensitive plant tissue uses the opt
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Study finds how hidden belly fat in midlife is connected with Alzheimer's
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The development of Alzheimer's disease is associated with higher levels of visceral belly fat in midlife, according to research that will be presented next week at the annual conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Fat around the internal organs located deep within th
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Fallen Israeli soldier's organs save six lives
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Staff Sergeant Yehonatan Yitzhak Semo was killed in battle in Gaza, but his organs have been donated to six patients in different hospitals, Israel's National Transplant Center announced on Sunday.
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Researchers develop ultrasound patch to measure how full bladder is
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
MIT researchers have developed a patch-like wearable ultrasound monitor that can inspect organs within the body without the necessity of an ultrasound operator or the application of the gel.
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A Medical Milestone, First Time in Faridabad: Minimally Invasive Treatment
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18: In a remarkable medical breakthrough, 75-year-old dentist and local resident of Faridabad, Nanak Chand Pahwa, has defied the odds and successfully conquered Cancer of Esophagus (food pipe) through an innovative and minimally invasive procedure performed by Dr
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Delhi man's kin decide to donate organs after being declared brain-dead
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Rakesh was brought to the Emergency Department, Trauma Centre of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. He received immediate medical attention, despite the best efforts and treatment provided; he was declared brain dead on November 15.
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Researchers develop ultrasound patch to measure how full bladder is
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
MIT researchers have created a patch-like wearable ultrasound monitor that can examine organs within the body without the use of an ultrasound operator or the application of the gel.
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Researchers present novel setup on dynamic behaviour of rubber materials
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Rubber-like materials, which are often used in dampeners, have a unique property known as dynamic viscoelasticity, which allows them to transform mechanical energy from vibrations into heat while simultaneously showing spring-like and flow-like behaviours.
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Delhi: Poor air quality affecting internal organs, say health experts, adv
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several parts of Delhi-NCR breaching the 'severe' category, doctors and health experts advised people to travel only when necessary saying that the thick layer of smog hanging over the city air was having an adverse effect on the internal organs of the
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NGT calls for urgent examination of air pollution's impact on mental healt
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that adequate measures are required for the control of air-polluting components and their adverse effects on various organs of the human body, especially those that affect the brain and emotional and psychological aspects.
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More than 80% reduction in mortality rate in Thalassemia expected after Ra
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Children suffering from thalassemia major and sickle cell anaemia require lifelong blood transfusion. These blood transfusions are life-saving, but this leads to problem of excess iron deposition in children suffering from these diseases. Excess iron in the body deposits in tissues and ca
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