Laser technology treats man with enlarged prostate |  |
- Laser technology treats man with enlarged prostate
- Nasal spray helps stop diabetes
- Fathers benefit from seeking help as parents
- Young adults struggle with online political participation
| Laser technology treats man with enlarged prostate Posted: 15 Jun 2011 08:26 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, June 15 - In a life saving procedure using the latest laser technology, a team of doctors here treated a 75-year-old patient whose prostate gland had enlarged 23 times the normal size. K.L. Sehgal, a retired bank manager, was suffering from urinary problems for the last 10 years. In a press meet Wednesday, Anil Varshney, doctor at the RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopic Hospital, said: 'The normal size of prostate is 18 grams and generally, the enlargement can go upto 60 to 100 grams. But after examining his condition we came to know that his prostate had enlarged to 424 grams, which is life threatening.' 'The operation was performed on June 7 and 10. For the entire surgery, we used 100 watts Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate - machine. This is the first time that this technology has been used on such an enormous prostate,' he added. Prostate, found only in men, is a walnut sized gland located just beneath the urinary bladder, surrounding the urethra. Chairman and managing director of the hospital B.S. Bansal said: 'HoLEP has been proposed to be a new 'gold standard' in surgical therapy of benign prostatic enlargement -. It has all the advantages with none of the complications of open prostatectomy. It does not require any blood transfusion.' A relieved Sehgal said he was feeling much better. 'I consulted so many doctors. I did not want to undergo an open surgery since it's highly risky. The size of my prostate was enormous. No doctor was ready to touch it. After the surgery I feel better. I'm leading a normal life,' he said. http://www.rxpgnews.com    |
| Nasal spray helps stop diabetes Posted: 15 Jun 2011 07:39 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) London, June 15 - In a significant breakthrough, scientists have developed a nasal spray vaccine that could stop children from developing diabetes, a media report said Wednesday. The spray can stop the body's immune system from attacking insulin-producing cells, the express.co.uk reported. Childhood diabetes, or type 1 diabetes, can shorten life and cause blindness, heart disease and kidney failure. Diabetes affects about 350,000 people in Britain, including 25,000 children under the age of 15, the report said. The condition is incurable and sufferers require multiple daily insulin injections or pump infusions. Australian researchers have found that the spray suppressed the immune response to insulin in 52 new type 1 diabetes patients, providing the first proof it works in people, the report said. The spray is not intended as a treatment for people who already have diabetes. Immunologist professor Len Harrison, of Australia's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, and his team at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, are currently testing the spray on young people, the report said. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system attacks and kills the beta cells that make and release insulin. Insulin, a vital hormone that moves glucose from the blood stream into the body's cells, itself is a target of the immune attack that kills the beta cells. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| Fathers benefit from seeking help as parents Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Men are sometimes criticized for being unwilling to ask for directions when they travel, but they can benefit from looking for help as they begin their journeys as fathers, according to a researcher on fatherhood at the University of Chicago. Along the way, they should not shy from asserting their roles, said Jennifer Bellamy, an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Sometimes dads feel like they don't get the same level of support that moms do when they become parents, but I think dads should seek opportunities from the beginning to be involved with their children, said Bellamy, who worked on a research project in Texas on fatherhood and has published on the subject. Fathers should, for instance, try to go to visits with the pediatrician and ask questions about their child's development, she suggested. She also said fathers should seek out groups in their communities that provide support and encouragement for fatherhood and visit websites devoted to fathering for tips on their role. Such resources can help fathers develop their distinctive strengths as parents. We know that fathers play with children in a different way than mothers do, they are more physical, and that benefits the children. That physical activity actually helps the children's development, she said. The 2010 U.S. Census showed that were 70.1 million fathers across the country and 25.3 million of those are in married couple families with children under age 18. The Census also showed some dramatic changes for fathers; 1.8 million fathers head a single-parent household. The 2010 Census showed that men headed 15 percent of single-parent families, three times the percentage reported in 2000. In contrast, the 1970 Census showed that men headed only 1 percent of the single-parent households. The School of Social Service Administration is a leading research center for the study of fatherhood. It provides field... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| Young adults struggle with online political participation Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Young adults who are web savvy, but lack knowledge about federal government, may struggle to use the web for political participation, according to a team of researchers. There's a misconception that young adults are naturally skilled at all computer techniques, said Jens Grossklags, assistant professor of information sciences and technology, Penn State. And while they might be comfortable on some sites and social networks, that doesn't necessarily mean that young adults know how to use the Internet for political participation. In an experiment, the researchers provided 12 university students with two scenarios that required them to send two personal comments to two different federal government agencies. For example, one scenario asked participants to tell the agency that they favored stricter prescription drug regulations. Another scenario required participants to express their opinion on health care reform. Researchers did not provide the participants with the name or acronym of the government agency they were actually targeting. In evaluating the students' success, the researchers found that only half of them were able to search successfully for the correct web site. For the prescription drug scenario, only three participants found the Federal Drug Administration. One person found the Federal Aviation Administration in the scenario on airport safety, and one person correctly navigated to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to a scenario about environmental efforts. In the health care reform scenario, only one person found the White House website, and another participant navigated to the White House's Facebook page. Grossklags, who worked with Lora Appel and Frank Bridges, both graduate students in communication and information, Rutgers University, said that several obstacles kept the students from reaching the correct online destination. A general lack of knowledge of how federal government works and how it is... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
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