Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]
Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party. […]
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Gastric Sleeve Revision Cost Exercise Is Crucial for Weight-Loss Success- Part 2 by Seenath This is in continuation with the part 1. The exercise regime follows as: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2GoX_Gc11w[/youtube] 16 Months after Surgery You should resume an exercise regimen two to three weeks after bariatric surgery. The goal is […]
Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]
India’s Enforcement Directorate issues notice to Natwar Singh
Monday, September 4, 2006 India’s former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh has, for the first time, been directly accused by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his involvement in the Iraq oil scam. The ED, which is responsible for enforcing foreign exchange control laws, has alleged that Singh, along with his son Jagat Singh and three […]
Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Automated Vitamin Sample Preparation The Importance of Exposure Levels Regarding Asbestos Related Mortality by Mont Wrobleski Some research has shown a correlation between high exposure rates to asbestos with a significant excess of cancer related deaths. Just how much impact do exposure levels really have on mortality? One […]
At least twelve killed after building collapses in Alexandria, Egypt
Thursday, October 9, 2008 At least twelve bodies have been recovered from the rubble of an apartment building in Alexandria, Egypt. Ten people were hospitalized after the four-storey structure, which was illegal, collapsed in at around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday. No survivors have been pulled out since an eleven year old girl was rescued this morning. […]
Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in […]
Actor Jerry Orbach dead at age 69
Friday, December 31, 2004 New York City — Actor Jerry Orbach died in his home in Manhattan at age 69. Orbach was a staple of American cinema, stage and television, with his most recent role being in the NBC police drama “Law and Order.” Orbach is survived by his wife of 25 years, Elaine Cancilla, […]