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    - Market Wire (press release)

    SUDAN: Fighting fistula in Khartoum Nov 16, 2005
    KHARTOUM, 16 November (IRIN) - Less than two weeks after Rashida Ali Mubarak underwent surgery to repair the obstetric fistula she suffered during labour four ...
    - Reuters AlertNet,

    Sudan: Fighting Fistula in Khartoum Nov 16, 2005
    Less than two weeks after Rashida Ali Mubarak underwent surgery to repair the obstetric fistula she suffered during labour four months earlier, she was looking ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    UNFPA embarks on campaign against fistula Nov 11, 2005
    Experts are warning of the dangers of a long existing complication among women named fistula. The United Nations Population Fund ...
    - Ghana News Today - Citi FM,

    African Leaders Should Invest More Resources to Eliminate Fistula Oct 24, 2005
    Speaking at the opening session of a three-day regional conference on the elimination of obstetric fistula in Africa, Ms. Obaid said that during the September ...
    - UNFPA (press release),

    Arrowsmith calls for maternal health in Africa Nov 19, 2005
    As though the pain of having a destroyed reproductive system is not enough, women in the developing world who suffer from obstetric fistula continue to face ...
    - Calvin College - Chimes,

    Janet hands over equipment Nov 17, 2005
    By Vision Reporter. FIRST Lady Janet Museveni has handed over obstetric fistula equipment worth sh140m to Mulago, Mbarara, Soroti, Lacor and Kitovu hospitals. ...
    - New Vision,

    Australia Gives $2 Million to Help Women in Africa Nov 13, 2005
    Australia will provide $2 million over the next two years to further fund the work of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, in treating women with the debilitating ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release),

    MASTURBATION IS A DIRTY WORD. Nov 22, 2005
    ...naturalists like John Harvey Kellogg and Reverend Sylvester Graham, the movement linked all sorts of maladies—from ulcers and acne to fistula and even cancer ...
    - The Black Table,

    African Health Specialists Adopt the Johannesburg Call to Action ... Oct 27, 2005
    ...governments should urgently ensure the rapid implementation of national and regional programmes to address maternal health and obstetric fistula, according to ...
    - UNFPA (press release),

    Mercy Ship Brings Healing to Liberia's Poor Nov 11, 2005
    ...in March, thousands of Liberians received free surgery in different kinds of treatment, including reconstructive surgery, vesico-vaginal Fistula (VVF) surgery ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    African health specialists adopt call to action as part of ... Oct 27, 2005
    27 October 2005 – A United Nations Population Fund-sponsored (UNFPA) four-day workshop on ending the childbirth injury known as obstetric fistula has ended ...
    - UN News Centre

    Winfrey: After 20 Years of Talk, Causes and Self-Improvement Nov 18, 2005
    The collection includes snippets from several segments that Miss Winfrey did on obstetric fistula in Ethiopia, where many young women who give birth too young ...
    - The Black Chronicle,

    GP let off after horror birth Nov 11, 2005
    The doctor denied being told this and he did not consider the possibility of a recto-vaginal fistula at this point because he had not diagnosed this condition ...
    - Stuff.co.nz,

    Abstract on CryoCor's Cardiac Cryoablation System Presented at ... Nov 14, 2005
    In the lesion sets evaluated at two weeks, fistula-like lesions developed in the esophageal wall in 2 of the 12 lesions produced as a consequence of RF ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Bulging red eye - post traumatic or spontaneous Oct 26, 2005
    ...on the right side. Rajan is suffering from a condition called post traumatic carotico cavernous fistula (CCF). The fairy red eye ...
    - Express Healthcare Management,

    UN official urges more funds to help African women suffering ... Oct 25, 2005
    ...a senior United Nations official today told a gathering in Johannesburg convened to address the condition, which is known as obstetric fistula and affects more ...
    - UN News Centre

    Treatment of Slow-Flow (Type I) Perimedullary Spinal Arteriovenous ... Nov 11, 2005
    ...spinal arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) can be difficult, because of tortuosity and the small diameter of the feeder and distal location of the fistula site. ...
    - Am J Neuroradiology (subscription)

    Local surgeon back from medical mission Nov 2, 2005
    Unfortunately, many obstructed labors occur and result in a condition known as a vesicovaginal fistula. In layman’s terms, a vesicovaginal ...
    - Centralia Morning Sentinel,

    Angiotech announces positive interim safety data with Vascular ... Nov 17, 2005
    ...is done so frequently. There are 2 primary means of access that are commonly used: 1) Fistula and 2) Graft. These two access areas ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: Local NGO works to heal victims ... Nov 16, 2005
    Vaginal fistula, an injury that can be brought on by violent rape or obstructed labor is terribly stigmatizing for survivors, and difficult to repair. ...
    - ReliefWeb (press release),

    Berkeley This Week Nov 18, 2005
    Women of Africa “Love, Labor Loss� a documentary on obstetric fistula, the severe childbirth injury, followed by panel discussion, at 6 pm at Maxwells ...
    - Berkeley Daily Planet,

    Active psoriatic arthritis patients on REMICADE® achieve major ... Nov 19, 2005
    REMICADE is also indicated for reducing the number of draining enterocutaneous and rectovaginal fistulas and maintaining fistula closure in patients with ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. Appoints Scientific Advisory ... Nov 17, 2005
    R) Liquid Acid Concentrate, SteriLyte(R) Liquid Bicarbonate Concentrate, RenalPure(R) Powder Bicarbonate Concentrate, Blood Tubing Sets, Fistula Needles and a ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Doom Map List and Map Interconnections Oct 24, 2005
    WAD ("The Catwalk")...1..|.Game start.|..2..... COMBINE.WAD ("The Combine")...1..|.Game start.|..2..... FISTULA.WAD ("The ...
    - IGN,

    Thinking about Africa during Thanksgiving dinner Nov 19, 2005
    Why upset yourself at this time thinking about how to relieve the famine and the suffering of foul-smelling women with obstetric fistula? ...
    - Toledo Blade,

    USAO graduate's faith keeps him going Nov 9, 2005
    For that, doctors in Wichita, Kan., removed a large vein from his calf and used it to build a fistula in his upper thigh to improve dialysis access. ...
    - Chickasha Express Star,

    Prioritise reproductive health in Africa, says official Nov 17, 2005
    ...of unsafe abortion, sexually transmitted infections, reproductive cancers, menstrual problems, sexual/gender violence, infertility and fistula, among others. ...
    - AngolaPress,

    Health Specialists Adopt Call to Action As Part of Campaign to End ... Oct 28, 2005
    A United Nations Population Fund-sponsored (UNFPA) four-day workshop on ending the childbirth injury known as obstetric fistula has ended with a call to ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    Source: Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. Nov 17, 2005
    Liquid Acid Concentrate, SteriLyte® Liquid Bicarbonate Concentrate, RenalPure® Powder Bicarbonate Concentrate, Blood Tubing Sets, Fistula Needles and a wide ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Diverticular Disease Nov 1, 2005
    A fistula also can occur as a result of the infection. ... This type of fistula can result in a severe, long-lasting infection of the urinary tract. ...
    - EndoNurse,

    What can be done to ease the discomfort of diverticular disease? Nov 10, 2005
    If the channel between the gut and the bladder becomes permanent it is known as a fistula; fistulas may also run between the large and small intestine. ...
    - Times Online,

    Helping women Nov 10, 2005
    And, it has been used to treat women with obstetric fistula, a condition of childbirth that occurs when women do not receive proper care during delivery. ...
    - Redlands Daily Facts,

    Camden Civic Theatre takes center stage Nov 7, 2005
    ...one-man play where Redman portrayed a dog in “I am Paul’s Dog.� His flair for acting comes through as his demeanor morphs into Fistula, a Mephistopheles ...
    - CamdenNews.org,

    Add to Collection Oct 24, 2005
    5.|.CATWALK..... 6.|.FISTULA..... 7.|.GERYON..... ... 6.|.THE COMBINE..... 7.|.THE FISTULA..... 8.|.THE GARRISON..... ...
    - IGN,

    /CORRECTION -- DaVita Inc./ Oct 31, 2005
    Note 1) 1.78x 1.86x 2.14x Clinical (quarterly averages) Dialysis adequacy - % of patients with Kt/V > 1.2 94% 94% 94% Patients with arteriovenous fistula 46% 45 ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Inland woman to sign books Nov 3, 2005
    UNFPA has been using the money raised by 34 Million Friends for family-planning supplies and the prevention and repair of obstetric fistula, a debilitating ...
    - Press-Enterprise (subscription),

    HealthFirst-Help for dialysis patients Oct 24, 2005
    ...start. "This will be a case where this fistula is created, and the dialysis center can't access that," Dr. Thomas Shuster. Once ...
    - ABC 12 WJRT TV,

    Tom Russ, Daily Press copy editor, dies Oct 25, 2005
    Fissiped. Fistula. The question is an ironic reminder of a quiet and gentle man who, by the way, was known to possess the driest wit in the newsroom. ...
    - Daily Press,

    Reducing Maternal Mortality Through Safe Abortion Nov 7, 2005
    But beyond that, in the long term, the coordinator said some complications can lead to ectopic pregnancies, to cervico-vaginal fistula, increased risk of ...
    - This Day (subscription),

    Company Offers Creative Outlet to Combat the Progressive Blues Nov 1, 2005
    ...help improve the lives of people who face inordinate challenges not addressed by the Bush Administration, including Summer Search, the Fistula Foundation and ...
    - PR Web (press release),

    Empiricus: our political journal commentator Nov 1, 2005
    235 cases were recognised and repaired during the operation, but the others were not diagnosed until later problems emerged, most often from a biliary fistula. ...
    - AustralianDoctor.com (subscription),

    Aorta–right atrial tunnel: Clinical presentation, diagnostic ... Nov 2, 2005
    ...ascending aortography is necessary to differentiate from more common clinical conditions, like ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and coronary cameral fistula ...
    - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Littlest surgical patient makes history Oct 26, 2005
    His family lives off Harrisburg Road, in eastern Mecklenburg County. He had been born with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. ...
    - Charlotte Observer,

    Role of Helical CT in Diagnosis of Gallstone Ileus and Related ... Oct 29, 2005
    ...the exact number, size, and location of ectopic stones and the site of intestinal obstruction or direct visualization of a biliary–enteric fistula, to help ...
    - Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

    Cruise turns to fight for life Nov 1, 2005
    ...bar). "John is doing OK," e-mails his wife Jean from Paris. "He had a fistula (pocket of infection) cleaned out Saturday night. They ...
    - The Gloucester County Times,

    One By One: Netroots Response to Fistula Sep 29, 2005
    Obstetric Fistula is a childbearing injury, caused by long, obstructed labors without recourse to Caesarean sections. The consequences ...
    - WorldChanging

    Primary Aortoenteric Fistula: Should Enhanced Computed Tomography ... Sep 30, 2005
    Despite the use of angiography and repeated computed tomography scans, the diagnosis of a primary aortoduodenal fistula secondary to an abdominal aortic ...
    - Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription)

    New York Times Examines Problem of Obstetric Fistula in Sub ... Sep 28, 2005
    Caesarean sections can prevent obstetric fistula; however, physicians in sub-Saharan Africa -- excluding South Africa -- serve an average of 6,666 patients ...
    - Kaiser network.org

    Fixing, preventing obstetric fistula Sep 24, 2005
    ...is that if women are offered any reproductive control at all, then little or no funding is available for other health concerns, including obstetric fistula. ...
    - Toledo Blade

    Preventing and Treating Fistula in Chad Sep 9, 2005
    After labouring unsuccessfully at home for more than four days, she gave birth to a stillborn infant and suffered a devastating fistula injury. ...
    - UNFPA (press release)

    Some 9,000 Affected By Fistula Each Year Sep 7, 2005
    Around 9,000 mothers are affected by fistula each year in Ethiopia, said Dr. Tewodros G/Michael, Deputy Director of Engender Health Ethiopia yesterday. ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Endovascular Treatment for Dural Arteriovenous Fistula of the ... Sep 27, 2005
    Summary: We report 2 patients with dural arteriovenous fistula of the anterior condylar vein in which the patients presented with rare clinical symptoms ...
    - Am J Neuroradiology (subscription)

    Fistula patients Rehab center opens at DMCH Aug 30, 2005
    The Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the UNFPA jointly organised a fistula camp and opened a training and rehabilitation centre for fistula patients at the ...
    - The New Nation

    Rare surgery on 5-day-old Sep 30, 2005
    Sailaja of Railway Kodur in Kadapa district and was born with a conjoined wind pipe and digestive canal which in medical parlance is Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula ...
    - Newindpress

    For African women, an obstetric nightmare Sep 28, 2005
    Despite recent strides, said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Population Fund executive director, "At the current rate of action, it will take decades to end fistula.". ...
    - International Herald Tribune

    Nightmare for African Women: Birthing Injury and Little Help Sep 27, 2005
    Women recuperating from fistula operations in Babbar Ruga Hospital in Nigeria. They sit in a hallway to get out of bed and avoid bedsores. ...
    - New York Times

    Changing lives a world away: Park graduate performing much-needed ... Sep 26, 2005
    A fistula is a connection between one organ in the body with another organ. ... This, and other things, results in the formation of a fistula. ...
    - Journal Times Online

    CD of the Week: Oct 2, 2005
    ...activity. Complications from surgery may include the formation of a fistula, which is an abnormal opening between the skin and urethra. ...
    - di-ve.com

    A Tribute to Bala Usman Sep 30, 2005
    ...moment; and it came when Kabiru Yusuf, then editor of Today, sent a reporter to ask my views abut the debate raging on about vesico-vaginal fistula, VVF, and ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Friday Femmes Fatales No 25 Sep 30, 2005
    ...link in my sidebar to Ethiopiaid. Amber Henshaw has been visiting the fistula hospital in Addis Ababa. Still in Ethiopia (no, I ...
    - Blogcritics.org

    CNMI dialysis 'better than US mainland' Sep 17, 2005
    Under the Arterio Venous Fistula category, which refers to the use of needles on veins, the CHC scored 67.1 percent whereas the US scored only 36.6 percent. ...
    - Saipan Tribune

    Are women getting their due? Sep 27, 2005
    Under (CDB) it covers Downs Syndrome, Spina Bifida Tetralogy of Fallot Oesophageal Atresia, Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula, Anal Atresia, Imperforate Anus and ...
    - Sify

    Bush would do well to restore UNFPA funds Sep 26, 2005
    In Nigeria, 545 women suffering from obstetric fistula received surgery. * A 30 percent reduction in female genital cutting in target areas of Uganda. ...
    - Lincoln Journal Star

    An Angel in Ethiopia Sep 13, 2005
    ...childbirths. In 1974, Dr. Hamlin and her late husband, Reginald, opened the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. Since then, the Drs. ...
    - Addis Tribune

    Surgical treatment of giant coronary artery aneurysm Sep 14, 2005
    Additional procedures, such as fistula closure, aortic valve replacement, aortoplasty, and embolectomy, were done at same time for the patients with ...
    - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    UNFPA Saddened By US Decision Not to Rejoin Nations' Support For ... Sep 17, 2005
    The funds could also be used to scale up promising maternal health and HIV-prevention efforts, as well as to treat young women suffering from obstetric fistula ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    Bush Administration Again Denies UNFPA Funding Sep 19, 2005
    Moreover, the cutoff reduces urgently needed funds to treat women suffering from obstetric fistula or other illnesses from childbirth in the developing nations ...
    - Ms. Magazine

    Filling Defect in a Pulmonary Arterial Stump on CT After ... Sep 24, 2005
    ...for the length of the vascular stump and the presence of embolism in the contralateral pulmonary arteries, pneumonia, bronchopleural fistula, and bronchiolitis ...
    - Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

    Mum and baby are caught in the middle Sep 21, 2005
    In Nigeria alone, as many as 800,000 women suffer from obstetric fistula, an injury caused by a difficult labour, that leaves a woman incontinent, and, in ...
    - Sydney Morning Herald (subscription)

    Poverty, Illiteracy, and Child Marriage Sep 16, 2005
    ...cited additional health concerns, including the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases from older males to young females, and fistula ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    When the world starts going around Sep 8, 2005
    ...disease. Other causes include injuries, trauma due to changes in pressure as in diving or rapid assent and fistula of the inner ear. ...
    - Deccan Herald

    FDA Approves Remicade(R) as First and Only Biologic to Treat ... Sep 16, 2005
    REMICADE is also indicated for reducing the number of draining enterocutaneous and rectovaginal fistulas and maintaining fistula closure in patients with ...
    - Market Wire (press release)

    New global partnership will take immediate action to help women ... Sep 12, 2005
    National Institute for Health, Global Maternal and Neonatal Research Network, US; Nigerian Partnership for Safe Motherhood; Obstetric Fistula Working Group ...
    - Harold Doan and Associates (press release)

    Aliero’s Kebbi: A lesson in stewardship Sep 3, 2005
    Women suffering from the dreaded invitro virginal fistula will definitely not forget the administration in a hurry, as the VVF Centre established by the state ...
    - Daily Independent

    Minister Challenged on Campaign Against Women, Children’s Rights Sep 12, 2005
    Circumscition leads to scares vestico varginal fistula (vvf) and affect the bladder and when that part is cut off, the man and woman will not enjoy the purpose ...
    - This Day (subscription)

    Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Shares One of Many Success ... Sep 9, 2005
    ...weighing 4 lbs. 6 oz. and fighting a condition called Tracheal Esophogeal Fistula / Esophogeal Atresia, or TEF/EA. In basic terms ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release)

    UN Population Fund expands work on reproductive health worldwide Sep 9, 2005
    ...worse. UNFPA spearheaded a campaign performing fistula repair and subsequently helped the affected mothers get caesarean deliveries. ...
    - UN News Centre

    Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography of the Carotid and ... Sep 27, 2005
    Each observer was asked to report the presence or absence of clinically significant stenosis (>50%), occlusion, fistula, aneurysm, and dissection. ...
    - Am J Neuroradiology (subscription)

    A Neglected Case of Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa of the Foot in an ... Sep 16, 2005
    On angiography, the digital vessels in each digit were proportionately enlarged, but there was no indication of arteriovenous fistula or increased vascularity. ...
    - Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

    Women group premieres The Curse to raise funds Sep 12, 2005
    ...tackles health issues such as breast cancer, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), Sexually Transmitted Infections, (STIs), Vesico Virginal Fistula (VVF), etc. ...
    - Daily Independent

    B'nai Mitzvah projects express local teens' core values Sep 1, 2005
    Australian gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Catherine Hamlin was talking about the Fistula Foundation, and the hospital she had founded in Addis ...
    - Arizona Jewish Post

    Fund-raisers planned for transplant patient Sep 1, 2005
    ...his medical condition. Then he has them touch the vein on his left arm. John has what is called a fistula on his left arm. It is a ...
    - Albany Democrat Herald

    Wound-care nurses have many duties Sep 7, 2005
    ...care for patients in the pre-operative and postoperative phases of surgery, whether that surgery is for an ileostomy, colostomy, urinary diversion or fistula. ...
    - The Robesonian

    Clinic takes asthma cure to school premises Sep 15, 2005
    ...like asthma, bronchitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, as well as congenital lung problems like cysts, diaphragmatic hernia, tracheosophageal fistula and sleep ...
    - Kolkata Newsline

    Islam is No Hindrance to Women' Child's Rights - Gov Aug 30, 2005
    ...in the act was informed by two factors namely high linkage between early marriage/teenage pregnancy and the incidence of vesico varginal fistula (vvf) stating ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Ask the Pharmacist: Placebos can sometimes outperform 'real' ... Aug 30, 2005
    ...risks. They include abscess formation, perforation of the colon (leading to peritonitis) and stricture or fistula formation. Some ...
    - Marconews (subscription)

    22-year-old gets a breather after rare surgery at Sassoon30 Jul 2005
    ...of the windpipe on the foodpipe had probably resulted in perforation of the oesophagus and in turn brought about a tracheo-oesophageal fistula, an abnormal ...
    - Pune Newsline

    Lymphatic fistula to the vaginaJul 29, 2005
    ...slight right-sided hydronephrosis noted on a repeat CT scan led to a full urological investigation for a presumptive ureteric or vesicovaginal fistula but none ...
    - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

    Creation Of Hospital To Treat Obstetric Fistula DefendedJul 25, 2005
    Luanda, 07/25 - The clinic director of the Americo Boavida Hospital, Mambela Mbela, on Monday, Here, defended that it is necessary the creation of a specific ...
    - AngolaPress

    Endovascular treatment of a combined pseudoaneurysm and ...Jul 12, 2005
    We present an endovascular repair of a combined pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula of the right subclavian artery caused by a gunshot wound to the ...
    - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Congress discusses Iraq, weapons in space, Patriot ActJul 24, 2005
    Fistula, birth control: Voting 223 for and 205 against, the House on July 19 removed birth control from the list of services funded by HR 2601 (above) for ...
    - Aberdeen American News

    Capitol Roll CallJul 25, 2005
    V Fistula, birth control: Voting 223 for and 205 against, the House on Tuesday removed birth control from the list of services funded by the State Department ...
    - Concord Monitor

    Transonic wins Court of Appeals Ruling on its Hemodialysis Access ...Jul 29, 2005
    USA patients are on hemodialysis because they have lost functionality of their kidneys, and a well-functioning dialysis shunt (A/V graft or fistula) is their ...
    - Business Wire

    Winston-Salem JournalJul 23, 2005
    Fistula, Birth Control: Voting 223 for and 205 against, the House on Tuesday removed birth control from the list of services funded by HR 2601 (above) for ...
    - Winston-Salem Journal

    Roll call reportJul 24, 2005
    FISTULA, BIRTH CONTROL: Voting 223 for and 205 against, the House on July 19 removed birth control from the list of services funded by HR 2601 (above) for ...
    - Billings Gazette

    Area Votes in CongressJul 24, 2005
    Fistula/birth control.Voting 223-205, the House on Tuesday ... The bill authorizes $7.5 million in US aid for fistula programs in Africa, Asia and elsewhere. ...
    - Philadelphia Inquirer

    Contraceptives Cut from US Program to Save Women's Lives AbroadJul 20, 2005
    ...yesterday to the State Department Reauthorization Bill that will eliminate contraceptive supplies from efforts to prevent obstetric fistula, reported the ...
    - OneWorld US

    How they voted HOUSE SENATE NEXT WEEKJul 23, 2005
    3. FISTULA, BIRTH CONTROL (HR 2601): Voting 223-205, the House removed birth control from the list of funded services for coping with obstetric fistula in the ...
    - Kansas City Star

    UNOFFICIAL US AMBASSADORJul 24, 2005
    It is a nonprofit agency that brings American surgeons to Niger to operate and train doctors there to operate on women with obstetric fistula, a major birthing ...
    - Newsday

    DaVita Inc. Reports 2nd Quarter 2005 ResultsJul 27, 2005
    Note 1) 1.9x 2.0x 2.0x Clinical (quarterly averages) Dialysis adequacy -- % of patients with Kt/V > 1.2 94% 94% 94% Patients with arteriovenous fistula 45% 43 ...
    - Yahoo News

    Thomas Voting ReportsJul 24, 2005
    Fistula, birth control: Members voted, 223-205, to remove birth control from the US-funded services in HR 2601 (above) for coping with obstetrical fistula in ...
    - TheNewsTribune.com

    EUROPEAN UNION CHMP RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF REMICADE(R) FOR ...Jul 28, 2005
    REMICADE is also indicated for reducing the number of draining enterocutaneous and rectovaginal fistulas and maintaining fistula closure in patients with ...
    - ITNews

    Treatment of airway obstruction by metallic stents in infants and ...Jul 12, 2005
    In 1 patient, a recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula developed 4 years after the original repair and 1 year after the tracheal stenting. ...
    - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    American Doctors to Treat Women for VVFJul 15, 2005
    ...the United States of America (USA), are expected in the country, weekend, to provide expert medical care to women suffering from Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF). ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Proudly hosted by IGN FAQsJul 21, 2005
    1.|.FISTULA.WAD ("The Fistula")...1....|100%. ... 5.|.CATWALK.....2....|100%. ..6.|.FISTULA.....1....|100%. ...
    - IGN

    A woman who delivers hopeJul 4, 2005
    ...says. "She developed a condition where her hip bones collapsed." She was found in a village by the Fistula Hospital's chief surgeon. ...
    - The Herald

    Weekly CalendarJul 25, 2005
    Thurs., July 28, and Friday, July 29, 8 am to 6 pm "Prevention and Treatment of Obstet-ric Fistula: Identifying Research Needs and Public Health Priorities ...
    - Johns Hopkins Gazette

    Afghan Women Still Face Extreme Violence, Reports UN ExpertJul 19, 2005
    ...marriage affects millions of women in developing countries and puts women at risk of contracting health problems, such as obstetric fistula, from becoming ...
    - Ms. Magazine

    Court probed rumors of leakJul 16, 2005
    ...that he was urged to lie to his own lawyer and was denied emergency treatment, even after passing feces in his urine as a result of suffering a fistula, a hole ...
    - St. Petersburg Times

    Proudly hosted by IGN FAQsJul 21, 2005
    4.|.COMBINE..... 5.|.CATWALK..... 6.|.FISTULA..... 7.|.GERYON..... 8.|.MINOS..... ...
    - IGN

    Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products July 2005 MeetingJul 22, 2005
    Human autologous mesenchymal adult stem cells extracted from adipose tissue, from CELLERIX SL, for treatment of anal fistula (review time: 88 days). ...
    - PharmaLive.com

    Ultrasonographic Manifestations of Fallopian Tube Carcinoma in the ...Jul 22, 2005
    Muntz HG, Goff BA, Thor AD, Tarraza HM. Post-hysterectomy carcinoma of the fallopian tube mimicking a vesicovaginal fistula. Obstet ...
    - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

    Possible Airflow Around Needle in Lung BiopsyJul 21, 2005
    If a transient bronchovenous fistula is created when the needle is passing through the lung parenchyma, intraalveolar or intrabronchial air might be introduced ...
    - Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

    Pvt Ins cos lack exclusive women policyJul 12, 2005
    The list of congenital disabilities are Downs Syndrome, spina bifida, tetralogy of fallot, oesophageal atresia & tracheo-oesaphageal fistula, anal atresia ...
    - Sify

    A better dialysis optionJul 7, 2005
    ...reach. CAPD is also an option in cases where doctors cannot create the fistula to access the blood vessel in haemodialysis. Similarly ...
    - New Straits Times

    To send letters to Editor :Jul 5, 2005
    Sree Dhanvantari Ayurveda Hospital: Camp for piles, fistula and fissure, hospital premises, 1033, 4th M Block, near Rajajinagar entrance, Dr Rajkumar Road, 9 am ...
    - Deccan Herald

    Imbruglia joins G8 activistsJul 6, 2005
    The Torn singer visited Nigeria and Ethiopia and witnessed the horrific effects of medical condition fistula - obstructed labour during childbirth - which ...
    - Ireland Online

    G8: MAKE HISTORY: NATALIE BOARDS OUR BATTLE BUSJul 4, 2005
    She visited Nigeria and Ethiopia to raise awareness of the little-known and tragic condition fistula - obstructed labour during childbirth - which affects ...
    - Mirror.co.uk

    ADB earmarks US$1.7m for tsunami aid planJul 11, 2005
    ...project. Also included in the 5-million-baht budget is the planting of 115 “golden shower� trees (Cassia fistula) in the area. ...
    - Phuket Gazette

    Bush should answer G-8 calls for aid to Africa this weekJul 9, 2005
    One magnificent example is the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, where missionary doctors repair obstetric injuries that have left Ethiopian women incontinent. ...
    - Whittier Daily News

    Island Wanderer-Gongguan: an idyllic countryside resortJul 11, 2005
    ...will see mature rice in the fields swaying in the wind and lotus flowers in bloom in the pools, as well as golden shower trees (Cassia fistula) and wind chime ...
    - eTaiwan News

    Photojournalist captures medical care of AfricansJul 6, 2005
    ...there are many women in Africa who, because they have endured a difficult childbirth, develop a condition known as VVF, which is short for vesicovaginal fistula ...
    - Lambertville Beacon

    Criminal act of the worst kindJul 6, 2005
    She has developed 'recto-vaginal-fistula (RVF) which is a most painful condition that requires multiple surgeries to heal and stitch the ruptures at the points ...
    - Drishtipat

    Multiple tracheal stenting or perseverare diabolicum estJul 12, 2005
    ...tracheostomy to remove as much as possible of the uncoated stent, except at the level of the membranous portion to avoid a tracheoesophageal fistula, was then ...
    - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    For the gardener, there is no such thing as bad weatherJul 13, 2005
    Drought conditions have created intense heavy flowerings on many trees, including Delonix regia (Poinciana); Cassis fistula (Golden shower); Sterculia ...
    - Royal Gazette




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