http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/tubectomy-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 07:29:45 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/notice-issued-by-supreme-court-on-sterilization-99666-1.htm A notice has been issued to the central and state governments by the apex court on a petition that sought for sterilizations to be performed by trained doctors in proper hospitals. This procedure must be carried out in accordance with the guidelines issued earlier by the apex court. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale issued notice after senior counsel Colin Gonsalves told it that NGOs - who have been outsourced to carrying out steralisation - were doing it in the most unhygienic conditions....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/notice-issued-by-supreme-court-on-sterilization-99666-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Risk-of-Low-Platelet-Counts-Influenced-by-Sterilization-Method-for-Hemodialysis-Dialyzer-Membrane-92247-1.htm Increased risk or bleeding associated with low platelet counts or thrombocytopenia was noted in patients who had undergone hemodialysis using dialyzers that had been sterilized with the use of electron beams. These are the findings of a study in the October 19 issue of iJAMA/i. "Adverse device reactions to hemodialysis treatments are uncommon but can still occur in today's era of hemodialysis membranes and technology. During hemodialysis treatment, patients are exposed to a variety of components ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Risk-of-Low-Platelet-Counts-Influenced-by-Sterilization-Method-for-Hemodialysis-Dialyzer-Membrane-92247-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Huge-Rewards-for-Sterilization-of-Men-and-Women-in-Rajasthan-Tata-Nano-and-More-Goodies-87220-1.htm As a way to check population growth, Rajasthan health officials have come out with a novel plan that will surely encourage families to limit the number of children. Fantastic gifts like a Tata Nano, food blender, motorcycles and television can be won by couples who choose to adopt population control measures like sterilization. Even if one among the couple opts for immediate sterilization, they have a chance to win the gifts. Healthcare officials say that this incentive policy may entice atleast ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Huge-Rewards-for-Sterilization-of-Men-and-Women-in-Rajasthan-Tata-Nano-and-More-Goodies-87220-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Secret-Sterilization-at-Lunch-78297-1.htm Secret 'lunch hour breaks', where women can get themselves sterilization appointments are becoming popular. A private clinic claims it is the first in the country to offer a "walk in - walk out" ten minute procedure which permanently renders a woman infertile, without leaving any scars. "Women can elect to have the quick and painless procedure when it suits them - and their partner won't be able to tell," the Telegraph quoted Cadogan Clinic in Knightsbridge as saying in a promotional ad....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Secret-Sterilization-at-Lunch-78297-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Charity-Proposes-Sterilization-of-Drug-and-Alcohol-Addicts-For-200-Pounds-67584-1.htm 200 pounds in cash in exchange for sterilization - that's what an American charity will be offering to drink and drug addicts UK to prevent them from giving birth to drug dependent children. Project Prevention, which claims to have stopped 3,500 addicts in the United States from having more children by the offer, claims to have received 13,000 pounds from an anonymous British donor to launch a similar service in the UK. The campaigner behind the scheme, Barbara Harris, from North Carolina, said ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Charity-Proposes-Sterilization-of-Drug-and-Alcohol-Addicts-For-200-Pounds-67584-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Rwandan-Bill-Would-Lead-to-Forced-Sterilization-Rights-Group-53949-1.htm A US-based rights group on Wednesday urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized. "Compulsory HIV testing and forced sterilization are counter-productive to the Rwandan government's goal of improved reproductive health," said Joe Amon, health and human rights director at Human Rights Watch. "Provisions in the current bill that increase stigma, rely on coercion, and deny individuals ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Rwandan-Bill-Would-Lead-to-Forced-Sterilization-Rights-Group-53949-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Female-Snip-Promises-to-Change-Sterilization-Techniques-in-Women-36005-1.htm A 30-minute 'female snip' may be the answer for women wanting to get sterilized, but fearing prolonged surgery. This method has been developed by Scottish doctors. The new method not only prevents the need for abdominal surgery under general anaesthetic but also long recovery times. According to doctors, more women will now go for sterilisation and fewer men will undergo vasectomies. Present surgery for sterilisation involves clipping the fallopian tubes through small incisions made via the abdomen under general anaesthetic....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Female-Snip-Promises-to-Change-Sterilization-Techniques-in-Women-36005-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Parasitic-Sterilization-May-Control-Malaria-35846-1.htm 'Knocking out' a reproduction- specific gene may help to control parasitic proliferation, says Japanese study. Malaria, a common disease of the tropics, is caused by the Plasmodium parasites. It is transmitted from person to person by the faithful vector, the anopheline mosquitoes. The gametocytes are precursors of the male and female sex cells or gametes. The gametocytes of a parasite mature, fertilize and proliferate on being transferred to a mosquito. These cycles of events qualify the mosquito to infect another host....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Parasitic-Sterilization-May-Control-Malaria-35846-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Air-Sterilization-Technology-may-Protect-Soldiers-from-Biological-Attack-33679-1.htm Researchers at the University of Buffalo, US, have developed a powerful air sterilization technology that can kill almost every biological agent, which could help protect soldiers from biological attacks in future. The prototype, known as BioBlower, which has been produced by Buffalo BioBlower Technologies LLC, has destroyed biological agents to a level of better than one part per million in an independent evaluation conducted over a period of four weeks. These biological agents included airborne spores, viruses and bacteria....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Air-Sterilization-Technology-may-Protect-Soldiers-from-Biological-Attack-33679-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/NGO-Launches-Sterilization-Campaign-for-Stray-Dogs-in-Delhi-26956-1.htm A non-government animal welfare organisation, based in Delhi, has initiated a sterilization and vaccination campaign to protect stray dogs from rabies and to control their growing population. Volunteers of Sonadi Animal Care Hospital in collaboration with city's civic body are scouting the streets for stray dogs, which they bring to the organisation's animal health care centre, for treatment. Doctors of the hospital maintain that the sterilization and vaccination of dogs is a more humane ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/NGO-Launches-Sterilization-Campaign-for-Stray-Dogs-in-Delhi-26956-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12270 Two families in two different parts of the country have complained of failed tubectomy birth-control surgeries and for being saddled with unplanned children. A Himachal Pradesh couple has demanded compensation for two failed tubectomy birth-control surgeries while a woman in Madhya Pradesh has complained that she has become pregnant despite the operation. The angry couple hailing from a village in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district has urged Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to take action against the concerned health officials....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12270 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8407 Doctors in Jharkhand tricked a tribal woman to undergo sterilization, which has triggered widespread protests from the social organizations. A woman from an endangered primitive tribe in Jharkhand was made to undergo surgical sterilization by some overzealous doctors, triggering an outcry from social organizations. Shobha Dehri, a resident of Paharia colony in Dumka, about 450 km from state captial Ranchi, was operated in a Primary Health Centre a fortnight ago by doctors who had a target to meet, local reports said here Thursday....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8407 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5255 A new study that will appear in the next issue of the British Dental Journal says that the sterilization of dental instruments like endodontic files is not satisfactory when the existing methods that are usually employed in general dental practice are used. Files are instruments that are used to clean and disinfect the roots during a root canal procedure. The study examined 250 reused files collected from 25 general dental practices in the UK and found that more than 75 percent of these showed ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5255