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Thursday, September 18, 2008

In India 6 / 10 test-tube babies born of infertile men

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The Indian male is taking a hit, and well below his belt.

Male infertility was behind 56 per cent of test-tube babies compared with 34 per cent among females, according to data collected in 2006 from 116 fertility clinics across India and to be officially released in Mumbai on September 20.

The latest findings turn on its head findings five years ago, as also the myth of female infertility, which is the source of much domestic violence and abuse. In 2001, female infertility caused 62 per cent of test-tube babies, while male impotence accounted for 38 per cent.

Doctors say male infertility, especially in cities, is certain to have grown even more by now.

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Stillborn found alive after 10 hours

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Call it a miracle or a medical mystery. A baby declared dead by a doctor returned to the mother's lap after 10 hours -- alive and breathing.

Sangita Das (32), a Howrah resident, gave birth to the "stillborn" male baby at midnight on Sunday at the well known Belle Vue Clinic. It was a premature baby of 25 weeks. Three nurses present during the normal delivery found it was a "stillborn case" as there was no sign of life in him. They then conveyed the sad news to the mother.

But Sangita's husband Manas Das found the baby breathing when doctors did a last moment examination before releasing the "body" on Tue. Doctors on duty found signs of life in the newborn and immediately sent him to the Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) for critical care treatment.

Manas lodged a complaint with the Shakespeare Sarani police station on Tuesday, demanding an inquiry into the negligence of the hospital doctors and nurses. He said no doctor was present during the delivery and that nurses did the job.

Manas said, "The nurses asked my wife to convey the message to me. On Tuesday morning I rushed to the hospital to collect the body. The nurses asked me to arrange for a Hindu Satkar Samiti vehicle to carry the body for cremation. Even the doctor, Gautam Khastagir, informed us around 9.30 a.m. that our baby was dead."

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Sam Bahadur , The Legend, Passes Away

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Field Marshal Sarn Manekshaw, who led India to victory in the 1971 India Pakistan war, passed away late on Thursday.

Manekshaw, 94, India's first field marshal, undergoing treatment in the hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, had slipped into coma on Wednesday evening.

Fondly called Sam Bahadur because of his close association with the Gorkha Rifies, Manekshaw was suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs become replaced by fibrotic tissue affecting the ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream. A team of doctors from the army was supervising his treatment.

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Friday, April 4, 2008

Extra water is no help, it only stretches your bladder: study

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Drinking lots of water doesn't really do wonders to your body as is , the popular belief, according to two American kidney experts. In a study , they have dismissed as myths the beliefs that drinking lot of water clears body toxins better, improves skin tone and helps reducing weight.

There is no scientific proof to establish that average healthy people needed to drink at least eight glasses of water each day, the doctors have said in a new scientific review published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. All that excessive water does is ensure more trips to the loo.

Dr Dan Negoianu and Dr Stanley Goldfarb of the Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division at the University of Pennsylvania added that guzzling plenty of water could be, in certain cases, downright harmful. Indian doctors agree with this, especially with people who suffer from kidney ailments. "This reduces the sodium level in the body If water enters the body more quickly than it can be removed, body fluids are diluted and a potentially dangerous shift in electrolyte balance can occur," said Dr Anoop Misra, Internal Medicine, Fortis Hospitals. He advocated an exhaustive scientific study in the matter.

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