Study reveals that “Eating egg yolks is as ‘bad as smoking’”
August 16th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Maintenance of ones’ health is very important; you should always make sure that you watch on your diet, do the workout routines and perform any other activity ... Read more...
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Emotional toll make patients out of doctors (Health Feature)
July 20th, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The white coat, those knowing eyes, that reassuring voice when in pain, a mere glimpse of a doctor puts us at ease. Little does one ... Read more...
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Court dismisses CBI plea for Jagan’s narco test (Lead)
July 16th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 16 (IANS) A special court here Monday dismissed a petition by the CBI for narco-analysis and other scientific tests on jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy ... Read more...
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Indians rewriting Everest story
May 19th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 19 (IANS) India has begun rewriting mountaineering history.Four bravehearts from Maharashtra became the first Indians to summit Mt Everest this climbing season while another 80 Indian climbers are ... Read more...
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Anna not to campaign in poll-bound states: Bedi
January 5th, 2012 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 5 (IANS) Ailing social activist Anna Hazare won't be campaigning in five poll-bound states as he had planned earlier, his aide Kiran Bedi said Thursday.Bedi, a core ... Read more...
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Marathons could permanently damage heart: Study
December 7th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Running marathons could permanently damage your heart, say scientists.High-endurance activities can lead to scarring of the right ventricle, increasing the risk of health complications, a study ... Read more...
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Tweaking gene turns tissues into super muscles
November 22nd, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) Scientists have done the unthinkable -- they created super-strong, high-endurance mice and worms by suppressing a natural muscle-growth inhibitor.
With the tweaked gene (suppressed inhibitor) out ... Read more...
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10 infants die in Andhra hospital
September 2nd, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Friday ordered a probe into the deaths of 11 infants in two days at a government-run hospital, ... Read more...
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Fasting Anna supporter hospitalised in Orissa
August 26th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) An anti-corruption campaigner, who has been on indefinite fast since Aug 16 here in support of Anna Hazare's hunger strike, was shifted to a hospital ... Read more...
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Anna’s supporters fasting for 10 days in Orissa
August 25th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (IANS) The hunger strike by 15 people in Orissa in support of social activist Anna Hazare's demand for a stronger anti-corruption bill entered the 10th day Thursday, ... Read more...
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Rare zebra-donkey hybrid born in Xiamen Haicang Zoo
July 6th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beijing, July 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A rare creature made of half-donkey and half-zebra has been born in China. The animal was born last Sunday at a zoo which is located in the ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Jaipal Reddy’s niece murdered, say cops, arrest husband
June 22nd, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 22 (IANS) Cracking the mystery behind the suspicious death of union Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy's niece Kiran Reddy, Hyderabad police Wednesday arrested her husband for the murder.Deputy ... Read more...
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Police to probe death of Jaipal Reddy’s niece
June 20th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 20 (IANS) The Hyderabad police have launched a probe into the suspicious death of Kiran Reddy, niece of Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy, a senior official said Monday.Director General ... Read more...
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Kalam launches compilation of Vajpayee’s works
June 9th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) "I was just a scientist, but it was Atal Bihari Vajpayee who found me suitable for the post of the president," said former president ... Read more...
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China puts into place new smoking ban
May 2nd, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- China on Monday put into place a new smoking ban that will apply to all public indoor spaces including restaurants and bars, the state-run Xinhua news agency ... Read more...
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Endosulfan ban: Supreme Court issues notice (Lead)
May 2nd, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the government on a petition seeking ban on the production, sale and use of the widely-used insecticide endosulfan ... Read more...
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Nicotine raises blood sugar among diabetic smokers: Study
March 28th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 28 (ANI): Researchers have found that nicotine is the main culprit responsible for persistently elevated blood sugar levels - and the resulting increased risk of serious health complications - in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Missing sugar molecule ‘increases diabetes risk’
February 25th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Scientists say that an evolutionary gene mutation that occurred in human millions of years ago and our subsequent inability to produce a specific kind of sugar molecule appears ... Read more...
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In rare case, woman delivers after ovarian tumour surgery
February 22nd, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) In what doctors call a first for India, a Mumbai-based woman who had undergone a critical laparoscopic ovarian tumour surgery delivered a healthy girl child and both ... Read more...
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Rishi wishes Padma Bhushan for Shammi Kapoor too
January 26th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor is ecstatic that his uncle Shashi Kapoor has been named for the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, but ... Read more...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor To Undergo Partial Leg Amputation
January 3rd, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor had to be admitted in the hospital on Sunday afternoon after she complained of health complications. The 93 year old actress has ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Naidu forcibly given IV fluids, TDP says fast on
December 24th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was forcibly given intravenous fluids (IV) at a hospital here but his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) claimed he was continuing ... Read more...
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Naidu continues fast, chief minister to call all-party meet
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu continued his indefinite fast for the seventh day Thursday while the Andhra Pradesh government promised to call an all-party meeting ... Read more...
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Facebook Usage Leading To Asthma Attack?
November 19th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a bizarre and curious development a teenager was afflicted with Asthma after he failed to cope with seeing the images of his ex girlfriend on ... Read more...
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Eva Longoria Parker Not At Fault: Police
November 1st, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sex symbol Eva Longoria Parker has been cleared by the police in the accident case where another driver had filed charges against her for negligence. A ... Read more...
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Noted developmental economist Arjun Sengupta dead
September 27th, 2010 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Arjun Kumar Sengupta, a Rajya Sabha MP and a well-known developmental economist who served as Indian ambassador to Belgium and the European Union in the early 1990s, ... Read more...
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Rare surgery performed on pregnant woman in Mumbai (With Images)
September 15th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) In what is claimed to be the first of its kind surgery in India, a 25-year-old four-month pregnant woman underwent a laparoscopic ovarian tumour operation in a ... Read more...
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Two-year-old kicks the butt
September 3rd, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 3 (IANS) A two-year-old boy in Indonesia, who used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day, has quit smoking after entering rehab.
Child protection officials sent Aldi Rizal for therapy and, after ... Read more...
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Shabana Azmi’s Weight Fluctuation For Gurinder Chadha Landed Her In Hospital
August 9th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 9, 2010(Sampurn Wire): After a four-day-long stay in Jaslok Hospital, Shabana Azmi is back and finally without pain. It was the membrane under her ear that caused ... Read more...
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Dr Neelu Pal fired for warning teens of the complications of the gastric band surgery
July 27th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The long-term safety of gastric bands in patients who undergo the weight loss surgery has been brought to the fore after a surgeon - Dr. Neelu ... Read more...
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Smoking ban shows results in Turkey
July 17th, 2010 - 7:47 am ICT by IANS
Istanbul, July 17 (IANS) A ban on smoking in public places in Turkey has shown great results, after the nation's largest city Istanbul reported a 20 percent drop in the number of ... Read more...
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McNeil Recall Of Tylenol After Reported Side Effects Leads To FDA Probe
May 26th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Washington, May 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After McNeil, a division of the Johnson and Johnson, recalled around 50 over the counter medicines for children which include drugs like Tylenol, Motrin along ... Read more...
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Food insecurity ups risk of weight gain during pregnancy
May 24th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 24 (IANS) A person's inability to obtain adequate amounts of food due to resource constraints can lead to greater weight gain and increased complications during pregnancy, says a recent study. ... Read more...
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Food insecurity ups weight gain, complications risk during pregnancy
May 22nd, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Food insecurity, a person's inability to obtain adequate amounts of food due to resource constraints, can lead to greater weight gain and increased complications during a woman's pregnancy, ... Read more...
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Food insecurity ‘ups risk of greater weight gain, pregnancy complications’
May 4th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): A new study by researchers in the U.S. has shown that living in a food-insecure household during pregnancy may increase the odds of greater weight gain and pregnancy ... Read more...
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