Team to market India as medical tourism destination in Britain

BANGALORE – Representatives of Indian healthcare sector will be in Britain next week to market India as an efficient and cost-effective medical tourism destination.

They will also look for investment opportunities in Britain and showcase similar options in this country, said Madan Gaekwad, executive vice president of the Sagar Hospitals, a leading private healthcare group …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Team to market India as medical tourism destination in Britain.

Britons create world’s first workable bionic legs

LONDON – Two Britons living in New Zealand have built a pair of bionic legs that allow paraplegics – those with complete paralysis of the lower half of the body – to walk again.

Bionic parts are electronic ones which replace body parts.
The invention, resembling a film prop from the Hollywood sci-fi drama “Robocop”, … Read more »».

Indian doctor makes to the top in Canada

TORONTO – With most Indian doctors here driving taxis because of non-recognition of their degrees, few have established themselves in their medical profession in Canada. But Amritsar-born physician Birinder Ahluwalia has made it to the very top of his trade, with his BSA Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centre here rated as one of the biggest and … Read more : Indian doctor makes to the top in Canada.

Gunshot survivor woman gets prosthetic face

LONDON – A woman, who had her face blown off by a shotgun blast when she was 16, has been given a prosthetic replacement.

Chrissy Steltz, 27, from Milwaukie, Oregon, was shot accidentally at close range by a friend at a party in March 1999.
The shot blew a huge hole in her face … Read : Gunshot survivor woman gets prosthetic face.

Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized with broken bones after falling out of bed in her Bel Air home

Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized with broken bones

LOS ANGELES – Zsa Zsa Gabor’s publicist says the 93-year-old actress has been rushed to a hospital after falling out of bed and breaking several bones.
John Blanchette says Gabor was watching television in her Bel Air home Saturday evening when she tumbled to the floor.
Her husband, Prince Frederic von … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized with broken bones after falling out of bed in her Bel Air home.

Dean Smith’s family says the North Carolina coaching great is dealing with memory loss

Family letter: Dean Smith having memory issues

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dean Smith still plays golf, still pops into his campus office and still savors watching the North Carolina program he led for more than three decades take the court under Roy Williams’ direction.
Yet his family also says that the Hall of Fame coach is also losing …. Original article  : Dean Smith’s family says the North Carolina coaching great is dealing with memory loss.

Columbia University halts some research at brain-imaging center after FDA complaints

FDA cites quality problems at NY brain-imaging lab

NEW YORK – A respected brain-imaging center run by Columbia University has halted some research after federal officials repeatedly complained that patients were getting drugs that failed purity tests.
The Food and Drug Administration found in a series of inspections that the center had failed to correct manufacturing problems …. Source  : Columbia University halts some research at brain-imaging center after FDA complaints.

Hibernating bears avoid heart problems, may offer insight into human heart health

Hibernating bears have healthy hearts
PULLMAN, Wash. – Grizzly bears love pastries, can be 50 percent body fat and spend nearly half the year sleeping.
Yet the hibernating bears don’t suffer heart attacks, have no hardening of the arteries, no fatty deposits or any circulation issues, said Charles Robbins, director of the Washington State University …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Punjab launches doorstep healthcare scheme

CHANDIGARH – A scheme to provide healthcare at the doorstep of villagers suffering from diseases like cancer and water-borne ailments was launched by the Punjab government Saturday.

The government, in association with Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, launched the ‘Sanjeevan Swasthya Sewa’ by flagging off 10 specially-designed healthcare vans from Mirjeana village touching the Haryana border.
“Ten specially … Read : Punjab launches doorstep healthcare scheme.

Public health campaigns do not help obese: Study

MELBOURNE – A new research has found that the public health campaigns that highlight the dangers of obesity do not help fat people in losing weight.

Interviews with 142 obese adults found many felt stigmatised, shamed and blamed by government health campaigns.

The Cancer Council’s ad … Read more : Public health campaigns do not help obese: Study.