Animal magnetism? Scientists use magnetism to target cells to animal arteries.
Research done on animals that involved using magnetically guided nanoparticles to drive healthy cells to targeted sites in blood vessels, may pave the way to new means of delivering treatments to human organs. The research was carried out at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the USA...

Cavernous hemangioma of the middle turbinate: a case report.
Abstract Most cavernous hemangiomas present at birth or soon after. Cavernous hemangiomas of the nasal cavity, which are rare, usually do not present until adulthood; their incidence peaks in the fourth decade of life. Most affected patients experience epistaxis or hemoptysis and an enlarging lesion in the...

China's device industry report card for the first half of 2008.
With half the year complete, now is an opportune time to evaluate China s medical market and see how it has fared. First and foremost, China's medical market is growing steadily in 2008, boasting double-digit gains all around. According to national statistics published by the National Development and Reform...

Gender differences in language are biological.
Although researchers long have agreed that girls have superior language abilities as compared to boys, until now no one has provided a clear biological basis that accounts for their differences. For the first time--and in unambiguous findings--researchers from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., show that areas of the brain associated...

Sassoon revamp begins.
Byline: Umesh Isalkar PUNE: The much-anticipated revamp of the B.J. Medical College (BJMC) and its affiliate unit, the Sassoon general hospital, has started with the renovation of the pathology department lecture hall and facilities at the anatomy and physiology departments. The work assumes significance in...

Acupuncture for back pain, knee pain and insomnia in transverse myelitis--a case report.
Abstract This case report describes the use of acupuncture for back pain, knee pain and insomnia in a 49 year old woman with a recent diagnosis of transverse myelitis with paraplegia, sensory disturbance, and bladder and bowel dysfunction. She was receiving intensive in-patient multi-disciplinary rehabilitation but was...

McKenzie ER is a key community asset.
Byline: Lottie Poe Duey For The Register-Guard McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center's Emergency Department is staffed 24/7 by physicians and registered nurses specially trained and certified in emergency medicine. Annually, the department cares for more than 36,000 patients, approximately 40 percent of Lane County's emergency visits. ...

Construction for a new centre expected to begin this Spring.
Plans to develop and open a Health Care Centre of Excellence in Regina have been announced by the Kawacatoose First Nation, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, the City of Regina, Siemens Canada Ltd., McNair Business Development and Kanosis Business Development. The centre will be constructed on 28...

Case report: desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible in a child presenting with TMJ dysfunction.
Abstract Background: Desmoplastic fibroma of bone is a rare intraosseous benign but locally aggressive tumor of connective tissue origin. The lesion may affect the metaphyses of the long bones but it may also involve the skull bones and more specifically the mandible, with most lesions appearing in...

'Fee waiver for backward students'.
PUNE: Deputy chief minister R.R. Patil declared that students belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes, who have cleared the CET (common entrance test) for medical education, would be financially supported by the state government. While 100 per cent financial assistance would be extended to students...