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m-DIXON and DWIBS: Doctors at the Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, have used a unique combination of two cutting-edge whole body MR imaging technologies for the early detection of tumors. This deploys m-DIXON and Diffusion Weighted Imaging with Background Suppression (DWIBS),advancements in Magnetic Resonance (MR)that provide precision high resolution images of one millimeter thickness. This enables the sighting and diagnosis of diseased tissues, in their infancy.

Wonderfood

Coconut water: It has absolutely no cholesterol and extremely low in sugars. It regulates and controls the body's temperature and boosts the immune system and metabolism. It’s the perfect drink to rehydrate your body and replenish lost electrolytes. It cleanses and settles the digestive tract by actively killing intestinal worms that makes for easier digestion and less chances of digestive illnesses. Coconut water controls vomiting making it extremely important for those suffering from ailments that cause vomiting like typhoid, malaria or fevers. Research studies suggest that cytokinins (that is  kinetin and trans-zeatin) in coconut water showed significant anti-ageing, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-thrombotic effects. It helps in the problems of kidney, reduces the risk of cancer, and diabetes.

it’sback!

• Many children in India suffer from liver diseases and the need for liver transplant in them is greater than 2000 annually.
• liver transplant in children is a very challenging procedure, which requires a lot of pre-operative, operative and past operative skills. Medanta liver team is the first in India to complete over 100 Pediatric liver transplants
• Transplantation of liver is gaining popularity in India. The pre-transplantation management of liver patients, surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapy post transplant has improved considerably leading to good outcome.

Studycentre

A research study on ‘Voices from the Field: Access to Contraceptive Services and Information in the State of Haryana’ reveal that women in Haryana are unable to realise their right to contraceptive services and information. The findings show that Haryana’s policies push sterilisation over other temporary and reversible methods that are crucial for women to be able to time and space their pregnancies, resulting in women facing a lack of access to the full range of contraceptive methods; the quality of Government contraceptive services is low; women have limited access to contraceptive information and education, resulting in serious misconceptions about contraceptives and depriving women of the ability to make fully informed decisions about contraceptive methods. Specifically, policies that push for sterilisation, hamper the realisation of these other rights because they result in some women not being aware of temporary methods or believing that such methods are unsafe, unavailable or inaccessible.