Medinews:

Surgery better for Type 2 diabetes, says study

 laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is a safe, efficacious, and cost-effective treatment for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in patients having a high body mass index. A 96.2% improvement was found in the metabolic rate of the 52 patients at the end of five years.

ROUND THE CLOCK "ABORTION CENTERS"
Indian govt. going to establish 20,000 model health facilities that will provide abortion services round the clock and has prepared “Comprehensive Abortion Care” guidelines. According to a recent study by the World Health Organisation and the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, India has the highest number of unsafe abortions in South and Central Asia. Of the 10.5 million abortions in the region, an estimated 6.5 million abortions take place in India (2008). And of these, two thirds are “unsafe abortions”, that is abortions that expose the woman to infection that could even lead to death.   And this happens in a country where abortion has been legalised since 1971, under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act. 

When the ovaries fail Human oocyte cryopreservation technology is one such remedy. In this, a woman’s eggs (oocyte) are extracted, frozen and stored. Later when she is ready to become pregnant, the eggs can be thawed, fertilized, and transferred to the uterus as embryos.