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India’s education policy needs a change, says CPI-M (Lead)

February 9th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, Feb 9 (IANS) Pointing out that nearly 77 percent students in India do not reach Class 12, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has demanded a radical change in the ...

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Centre ignoring mining hazards in Orissa, says Amnesty report

February 9th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa though it poses a ...

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Beer good for bones: National Institute of Health

Beer good for bones: National Institute of Health

February 9th, 2010 - 2:29 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
New York, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) This new report is going to be liked by all the beer fans. The National Institute of Health says that drinking beer may help in ...

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Experts: H1N1 epidemic seems to be over

February 8th, 2010 - 11:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Washington DC, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The H1N1 virus, which was better known as ‘swine flu’ is on the receding path. Experts are of the opinion that the H1N1 virus already has ...

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H1N1 Epidemic Seems To Be Dwindling, If Not Yet Over

H1N1 Epidemic Seems To Be Dwindling, If Not Yet Over

February 8th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by GD -
By Madhuri Dey Atlanta, Feb 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After a very long run and claiming a huge number of lives in the United States, it seems that finally the H1N1 epidemic, or the ...

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Bangladesh culls 13,000 chickens after bird flu outbreak

February 8th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, Feb 8 (IANS) Bangladesh has culled about 13,000 chickens after fresh outbreak of bird flu in the country last month, officials said Monday. Ataur Rahman, bird flu control room official, told ...

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Soft drinks may double pancreatic cancer risk

February 8th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) Consuming two or more soft drinks per week doubles the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, says a new study. Although relatively rare, pancreatic cancer remains one of the most ...

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Stop snoring; here’s how

February 8th, 2010 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS -
Berlin, Feb 8 (DPA) For people who want to stop snoring, it often helps if they sleep on their side or with their upper body in a slightly raised position, the German ...

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Hitler had bad breath, says dentist

February 7th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Hamburg, Feb 7 (DPA) Adolf Hitler probably had bad breath and unhealthy teeth, according to a German dentist who has studied the Nazi dictator's medical record, a media report said Sunday. "It is ...

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40,000 die of kidney failure annually in Bangladesh

February 7th, 2010 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, Feb 7 (IANS) About 20 million people in Bangladesh are suffering from chronic kidney disease while 40,000 die of kidney failure in the country every year, Xinhua news agency reported Sunday. ...

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Global neuro-surgery experts to assemble at Agra

February 7th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Agra, Feb 7 (IANS) Top international gurus of neuro-surgery will share invaluable knowledge and pass on the latest skills to 200 Indian doctors at a two-day workshop in the city of the ...

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International homeopathy meet starts in Agra

February 7th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Agra, Feb 7 (IANS) In order to make research in the field of homeopathy more potent, an international research centre in collaboration with six European countries was inaugurated here, with over 50 ...

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Prime minister’s wife leads walk for cancer

Prime minister’s wife leads walk for cancer

February 7th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur walked for life Sunday. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit walked too. From US Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer to ...

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Bivalent polio vaccine launched in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh

February 7th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The bivalent polio vaccine campaign was Sunday launched in two states - Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Children below five years of age were administered the vaccine, capable ...

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Dengue emergency declared in Colombian city

February 7th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS -
Bogota, Feb 7 (IANS/EFE) The deaths of four children and an adult from hemorrhagic dengue so far this year has led authorities of the southwestern Colombian city of Cali to declare a ...

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German dentist refuses to treat boy named Jihad

February 5th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Donaueschingen (Germany), Feb 5 (DPA) A German dentist refused to treat a 16-year-old boy this week because his first name means Jihad, the youth's father said Friday. The family in Donaueschingen may ask ...

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Swine flu vaccination in India likely from Feb 19

February 5th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) After months of wait, India is likely to start swine flu vaccination from Feb 19 and tens of thousands of medical practitioners will get the first ...

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MCI proposes 300 colleges to produce rural doctors

February 5th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Medical Council of India (MCI) Friday proposed setting up of 300 medical colleges to provide education to rural students and deploy them there to provide basic ...

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Brits looking to Haryana for key to tackling Alzheimer’s

February 5th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Feb 5 (IANS) The small town of Ballabgarh in Haryana has become the focus of a major international medical probe after figures this week showed more Britons than ...

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Bivalent polio vaccine to be administered in Delhi

February 5th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A bivalent polio vaccine, capable of simultaneously controlling two strains of the virus, will be administered to children under five in the national capital for the first ...

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Two more swine flu deaths push Delhi toll to 95

February 4th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) At least two more people have died in Delhi due to swine flu, health authorities said here Thursday. Though the details of the two are yet to be ...

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India to turn out over 145,000 rural doctors

February 4th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) With people-doctor ratio six times lower in rural India in comparison to cities, the central government Thursday said it will produce 145,000 rural doctors through a truncated ...

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World’s smallest ECG machine to be launched in Goa

February 4th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) The world's smallest echo-cardiogram (ECG) machine will be unveiled at an international echocardiography conference to be held in Goa next week, conference officials said. Addressing a press conference ...

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Lack Of Serotonin Likely Cause Of SIDS In Babies: Study Reports

Lack Of Serotonin Likely Cause Of SIDS In Babies: Study Reports

February 4th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by GD -
By Madhuri Dey Feb 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A study that was conducted recently shows that infants who have lower levels of the brain chemical serotonin, are more likely to die of the Sudden ...

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Polio cases declining in Bihar, says WHO

February 4th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Patna, Feb 4 (IANS) Special strategies being implemented for eradication of polio in Bihar have led to a steady decline in cases of the disease reported in the state in 2009, a ...

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Diet combined with exercise more effective in lowering BP

February 4th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) Combining blood pressure (BP) lowering diet with exercise and weight loss counselling seems to reverse high BP along with other benefits. James A. Blumenthal of Duke University Medical ...

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People glued to Internet more likely to suffer blues

February 4th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Feb 4 (IANS) People glued to the Internet are more likely to suffer from depression, says the first large scale study of its kind. The Internet use and depression levels ...

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Cancer treatment made easy with hi-tech facilities in India (Feb 4 is World Cancer Day)

February 4th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS -
By Richa Sharma New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) For 54-year-old Sharda Sethi, who was detected with breast cancer last year, life couldn't be more unfair. She had lost all hopes of survival and ...

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Clearer picture of cholesterol’s link to heart disease

February 4th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) Researchers now have a clearer, if more complicated, picture of how one class of immune cells goes wrong when loaded with cholesterol. Their study shows that when it ...

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Irish swine flu vaccination programme reaches ‘final stage’

February 4th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by BNO News -
DUBLIN (BNO NEWS) -- The swine flu vaccination programme is moving into its final phase in Ireland, authorities announced Wednesday. The vaccination programme, which began in late October 2009, initially targeted those of ...

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