Gabriel Granados, 53, from Mexico, is the first in Latin America to receive a double arm transplant. He is happy to be able to move his limbs and be independent, courtesy the intensive daily therapy sessions which have helped him recover nearly 70% of movement. While giving instructions to construction workers building a fence, Gabriel Granados had lost both his arms elbow down. He had suffered severe electrical burns in January 2011. In a ground-breaking ...
Hysterectomy and oophorectomy (the removal of ovaries) are performed to treat various diseases in women. This also includes cancer. A decline in estrogen and testosterone levels in the blood accompany these procedures. Many women who have undergone surgical removal of their uterus and/or ovaries can develop symptoms of sexual dysfunction, fatigue, low mood and decreased muscle mass. New research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has found that testosterone ...
A researcher from the Cologne anti-doping laboratory revealed that a new test for the presence of anabolic steroids has resulted in 260 positive cases which in the past would have been undetectable. The test can more effectively detect Stanozolol, the steroid found in the urine sample of Ben Johnson after he won 100m gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and Oral-Turinabol, a product used in the doping programme of the former East Germany. "Now we have a ...
While South Africa has been hailed as a model for HIV treatment, some people now fear its very success may be breeding complacency. South Africa's free drugs programme for AIDS has expanded rapidly to 2.4 million people -- more than double the number three years ago -- and boasts the largest treatment project in the world. At a clinic at one Johannesburg public hospital, life-saving anti-retroviral drugs are dispensed at the click of a button. A ...
Civil society activists in India have demanded that the HIV/AIDS bill be tabled during the winter session of parliament. The bill aims to protect the rights of people infected and affected by HIV and was finalised by the union health ministry in 2006. It also provides for free and complete HIV-related treatment for all who need it. "HIV-positive people are often denied employment and refused treatment. This bill is very important as it provides ...
