Dalai Lama asks people to live healthy
September 13th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) With obesity turning out to be a growing concern, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday urged people to lead a healthy life."Common man sacrifices ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Apollo Hospitals to Set up 30 telemedicine units in Africa
September 13th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Apollo Hospitals group will set up 30 telemedicine units in Africa under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it has signed with AfroIndia Medical services, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Patients get well soon with caring doctors
September 12th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Patients with more sympathetic, understanding doctors have better outcomes and fewer complications, a study suggests.By measuring a doctor's understanding of a patient's concerns and an intention ... Read more...
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Chinese moms to donate liver to each other’s kids
September 12th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 12 (IANS) Two babies with severe congenital liver disease may get a new lease of life after their mothers were found qualified to donate part of their livers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Japanese minister found dead at home
September 11th, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 10 (IANS) Tadahiro Matushita, Japanese minister for post reform, and concurrently minister of state for financial services, was found dead at home in Tokyo Monday having allegedly committed ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Gutka, related products to be banned in Delhi
September 10th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi Sep 10 (IANS) Buying gutka (chewing tobacco) in the capital may soon become a thing of the past as the Delhi government has decided to enforce a complete ... Read more...
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Cranberry Juice may help in kids’ bladder infections
September 10th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Sept 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Researchers have amazingly discovered that the juice from cranberries has elements that reduce the risk of the infections of the urinary track.
The cranberry juice that ... Read more...
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Banerjee continues to attack media on dengue coverage
September 7th, 2012 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Continuing her tirade against the media on its coverage of the West Bengal dengue outbreak, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday claimed that it was now ... Read more...
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I only thought of saving my life: Yuvraj Singh
September 5th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) India's flamboyant cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who was battling with cancer, finally came out of it and now is all set to spread the awareness of early ... Read more...
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Actor Rajendra Prasad discharged from hospital
September 5th, 2012 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) Actor Rajendra Prasad was discharged from hospital Wednesday morning after two days of medical care."His health condition is much better now and the doctors have confirmed ... Read more...
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Two arrested for beating doctor protesting girl’s harassment
September 5th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sept 4 (IANS) Two youth were arrested after they allegedly badly beat up an elderly homeopath doctor, leading to his death, after he objected to them passing vulgar comments ... Read more...
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Actor Rajendra Prasad recovering, under observation
September 4th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 4 (IANS) Actor Rajendra Prasad, who suffered a mild stroke, is fast recovering but is being kept under observation, said his personal secretary.Rajendra Prasad was rushed to Care ... Read more...
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Twelve killed in Afghan suicide bombing
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:44 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 12 people were killed and 59 injured in central Afghanistan Saturday when two suicide bombers struck a US-Afghan military base, according to ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Kanda admitted to hospital, condition stable (Second Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who was admitted to jail hospital Thursday for high blood pressure, is stable but still hospitalised, police said.Kanda's condition ... Read more...
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Kanda admitted to jail hospital (Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, arrested and sent to 14 days in judicial custody for abetting suicide of 23-year-old former air hostess Geetika Sharma, ... Read more...
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Jet Airways makes unscheduled landing, but child dies
August 29th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 29 (IANS) A desperate bid by a Jet Airways flight, which made an unscheduled landing here Wednesday morning, to save the life of a three-year-old girl went in ... Read more...
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Mother throws baby from ninth floor
August 29th, 2012 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A woman in central Russia's Ryazan city threw her nine-month-old son out of a ninth floor window during a visit by child welfare officers, police ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Cops pilot scalded Chinese boy to hospital
August 28th, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Aug 28 (IANS) A police car escorted a taxi carrying a two-year-old who was scalded by boiling water, slicing through rush-hour traffic and covering a 40 km distance to ... Read more...
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1 killed, many injured as LPG tanker explodes
August 28th, 2012 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kannur (Kerala), Aug 28 (IANS) A woman was killed when an LPG tanker lorry burst into flames after an accident and set her house nearby on fire, police here said ... Read more...
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FIR against Sikar government hospital head
August 28th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 27 (IANS) A FIR was lodged against a superintendent of a government hospital for alleged negligence after a 23-year old woman and her newly-born daughter died Monday in ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
British woman has 100 orgasms in a day!
August 27th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 27 (IANS) A British woman has a strange medical condition following which she has up to 100 orgasms a day.Kim Ramsey, 44, from Hertfordshire, feels constantly aroused. A ... Read more...
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Man dies of anthrax in Russia
August 27th, 2012 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 27 (IANS) A man has died of anthrax in Russia's Siberia region after being infected when he handled the carcass of a sick cow, RIA Novosti reported Monday.The ... Read more...
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Kerala to foot ailing actor Thilakan’s medical bills
August 26th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 (IANS) Kerala will take care of the medical bills of veteran Malayalam actor Thilakan, 74, who in a critical condition after suffering two heart attacks, Health Minister ... Read more...
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No improvement in A.K. Hangal’s condition
August 25th, 2012 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) There is no improvement in the condition of veteran actor A.K. Hangal and he is "still serious", his son said Saturday. Hangal was recently admitted to ... Read more...
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Actor Thilakan’s condition critical
August 25th, 2012 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (IANS) Veteran actor Thilakan, 74, is in a critical condition after suffering two heart attacks, doctors treating him here said Saturday. The actor from Kerala has been ... Read more...
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Superstitious Punjab village headwoman kills girl
August 24th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Moga (Punjab), Aug 23 (IANS) Claiming to have supernatural powers to drive away evil spirits, the headwoman of a village in Punjab's Moga district allegedly tortured a 10-year-old girl to ... Read more...
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Nepali man bites snake to death in revenge attack
August 23rd, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Katmandu, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was currently reported that a man bit a snake as sign of revenge. This was so astonishing to the people around the area where the incident ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Five more swine flu cases in Lucknow
August 23rd, 2012 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Five more cases of swine flue were reported in the Uttar Pradesh capital Thursday, a day after an elderly person died of the virus here.Samples of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Four killed in two Rajasthan road accidents
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS) Four people were killed, while another was seriously injured when in two separate accidents in Rajasthan's Sirohi district and Jaipur Tuesday, police said.According to police, the ... Read more...
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Jessie J wakes up 6-years-old girl from coma
August 20th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London Aug 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jessie J’s voice can now be considered as healer as alleged by many reporters. This was based after a girl who was in a coma slowly turned ... Read more...
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Ronit Roy recovers from typhoid, back to work
August 20th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) After a bout of typhoid, actor Ronit Roy is back to work and is planning to hit the gym."For all who ask. Fit as a fiddle ... Read more...
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UAE mobile hospital treats Syrian refugees in Jordan
August 20th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 19 (IANS/WAM) The Emirates World Mobile Humanitarian Hospital has begun providing treatment free of charge to Syrian refugee patients in camps in Jordan.A team of 70 UAE ... Read more...
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Cancer patient commits suicide
August 18th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman, suffering from stomach cancer, committed suicide by immolating herself in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, police said Saturday.Arpana Mandal allegedly set herself on fire in ... Read more...
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Woman’s gall bladder removed instead of appendix
August 17th, 2012 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) In a case of alleged negligence, doctors in a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir removed the gall bladder of a woman instead of her swollen appendix.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Two killed in Delhi car crash
August 15th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Two property dealers were killed after their car hit a scooter rider and then rammed into a pile of bricks on the roadside here early ... Read more...
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