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Did you know hearing tests fail to diagnose hearing loss?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 21 (ANI): A team of US researchers has revealed that the traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage, which otherwise might be detected by some behavioural tests.
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Bone marrow transplant, an alternate therapy for multiple sclerosis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): A 24-year-old multiple sclerosis patient recently got another chance at life after undergoing a bone marrow transplantation.
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Gurdas Mann performs for Cancer patients on Baisakhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 18 (ANI): Well, magic was bound to happen as legendary singer Gurdas Maan recently performed live for a special show in Mumbai, to support the families & patients suffering from Pediatric Cancer.
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Now, assessing heart disease risk is within arm's reach, says study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 16 (ANI): US researchers have found an important diagnostic tool in which peripheral arteries, easily accessible by ultrasound, may be useful for assessing a patient's risk for damage or disease in the heart's major blood vessels.
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Excessive usage of phones up neck and upper back pain
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], April 16 (ANI): Dear parents, ask your kids to spend less time on their cell phones as a study finds increase in number of patients with neck, disk hernias and alignment problems mainly due to prolonged use of smartphones.
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Vaccine-chemotherapy combo offers hope for deadly brain cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 15 (ANI): A team of researchers may have just hit pay dirt with a new combination therapy for a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer-glioblastoma.
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Beware! Mild painkilling may not help patients with peripheral vascular di
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 13 (ANI): Beware! That mild painkilling drug may not provide cardiovascular benefits for patients who have progressive circulation disorder caused by narrowing, blockage or spasms in a blood vessel.
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Dry needling, a safe, effective alternative therapy for hip pain
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): Dry needling may be a viable treatment alternative to cortisone injection for patients with chronic, intermittent pain and tenderness on the outside of the hip, thus avoiding the potentially harmful effects of steroids, according to a new study.
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Common sedatives may up risk of pneumonia in Alzheimer's patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 10 (ANI): Commonly used sedatives, prescribed to patients with Alzheimer's disease, may be injurious, as a study finds that these drugs may increase the risk pneumonia.
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Did you know Asthma drug can treat skin disorder?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr. 9 (ANI): A study finds that patients, who develop itchy wheals on the skin caused by an allergic reaction in response to cold or friction, may benefit from treatment with a drug normally used to treat asthma.
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Uttar Pradesh: Sweepers treat patients in Mau district hospital
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mau district, Uttar Pradesh [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): While the people around the globe marked 'World Health Day' on Friday, a shocking photo from a hospital in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh took the Internet by storm, wherein sweepers can be seen treating the patients in the emergenc
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NHRC asks Delhi Govt.for report on administering contaminated injections t
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr.7 (ANI):The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 20 eye patients had to be rushed to the AIIMS from the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, Delhi on 2nd April, 2017, when they complained about blurred vision, pain and water
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