Beware of fake ‘Talaash’ poster: Farhan Akhtar (Movie Snippets)
December 11th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has warned his fans against a fake poster of his upcoming film "Taalash" that is being circulated online."Please beware of a ... Read more...
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Aamir-Kiran name son after Maulana Azad
December 10th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Bollywood couple Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have named their newborn son Azad Rao Khan after freedom fighter and independent India's first education minister ... Read more...
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Aamir, Kiran blessed with a son
December 5th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Bollywood couple Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have been blessed with a son, who was born through IVF to a surrogate mother at a ... Read more...
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New way to treat heart blocks: Drug eluting balloon
September 18th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Drug eluting balloon (DEB) technology is a relatively newer and simpler way to treat heart blockages and experts say it is more effective and cheaper ... Read more...
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Khale a maestro till his last breath: Mahadevan
September 4th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Composer Shankar Mahadevan says that late Marathi composer and director Srinivas Khale, who was his guru, continued to be the maestro of music till his last ... Read more...
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Month after Mumbai blasts: 26 dead, 126 wounded…zero held
August 12th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The numbers speak for themselves. A month after the July 13 triple explosions rocked Mumbai, killing 26 and injuring 126 badly enough to be sent ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray again attacks north Indian migrants
July 18th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) For the second time in five days, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Monday targeted north Indians and the migrant population and demanded a check ... Read more...
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Strawberries can keep many diseases at bay
June 30th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 30 (IANS) More than the apple, a strawberry a day could keep not just one doctor away, but an entire army of brain, hormone and cancer specialists.Fisetin is ... Read more...
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750 British women pregnant through IVF had abortions
June 26th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 26 (IANS) Around 750 women in Britain who had become pregnant through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) in the past 19 years aborted their babies, the country's fertility watchdog ... Read more...
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Troubled by kidney ailments, Goa gets helpline
May 14th, 2011 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 14 (IANS) It's a tourist haven known for merrymaking, but Goa is also seeing a rise in kidney-related ailments, especially among youth. So a web helpline for ... Read more...
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Indian doctors help Nigerian woman walk again (With Image)
May 9th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali, May 9 (IANS) A road accident 12 years back had resulted in medical complications for Nigerian national Onyinye Anyichie Jacinta, 26, who could not move around without a walker. ... Read more...
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Mechanism that could provide potential cure for diabetes identified
April 30th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 30 (ANI): People develop diabetes because they don't have enough pancreatic beta cells to produce the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar levels.But now, researchers from UCLA's Larry L. ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan up against two women and a girl
March 26th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Palakkad (Kerala), March 26 (IANS) Kerala Left Front's star campaigner, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan faces a tough challenge on the assembly election campaign trail from two women and a six-year-old ... Read more...
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Why some people develop medical complications of obesity while others don’t
March 11th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): Scientists have discovered new gene sites that affect nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).NAFLD is a condition where fat accumulates in the liver (steatosis) and can lead to liver ... Read more...
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Chlorine leak: 17 fall ill in Haryana
January 29th, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad (Haryana), Jan 29 (IANS) At least 17 people complained of nausea, giddiness, sore throat and irritation in the eyes after chlorine gas leaked from a factory in Haripur village in this ... Read more...
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Women aged 35 ‘are six times more likely to suffer fertility problems’
January 28th, 2011 - 11:48 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 28 (ANI): Doctors have warned couples not to leave it too late to try for a baby as it can lead to fertility problems in women.With more and more women ... Read more...
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Grape compound increases beneficial fat hormone
January 8th, 2011 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): A compound in grapes displays antioxidant and other positive properties. Now, a new study has described a novel way in which resveratrol exerts these beneficial health effects.Resveratrol stimulates ... Read more...
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Amit Shah hospitalised
August 31st, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, a key accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout, was admitted to a government hospital in Ahmedabad Tuesday evening following medical complications.
Shah, who ... Read more...
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Honour killing: Father claims daughter died of medical reasons
July 29th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 29 (IANS) The alleged case of honour killing of a 25-year-old research scholar of Panjab University took a different turn Thursday with the woman's father claiming she died due to ... Read more...
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Death of complainant against Haryana cops to be probed (Lead)
July 1st, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Panipat (Haryana), July 1 (IANS) Haryana Police have ordered an inquiry into the mysterious death of a jeweller, who had helped in the arrest of a top police officer in an extortion ... Read more...
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Complainant in high-profile extortion case dead
July 1st, 2010 - 1:39 am ICT by IANS
Panipat (Haryana), July 1 (IANS) A jeweller, who had helped in the arrest of a top police officer in an extortion case, died in a Delhi hospital of medical complications, police said ... Read more...
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Minister inaugurates organ transplant unit
June 12th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 12 (IANS) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated the Organ Transplant Unit at Artemis Health Institute (AHI) in Gurgaon Saturday.
A two-day workshop on pelvic surgery ... Read more...
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Rathore to share cell with seven, examined by doctor (Lead)
May 26th, 2010 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Tainted former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted and sentenced to 18 months in jail for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, would share a cell with at ... Read more...
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Doctor examines Rathore in jail
May 25th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) A government doctor Tuesday examined disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore in the Burail jail here after he was arrested and jailed for 18 months for molesting ... Read more...
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Union Carbide’s waste disposal trial run a farce: Activists (Lead)
February 21st, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 21 (IANS) Despite the recent apex court Supreme Court directive to dispose of the hazardous waste lying in the defunct Union Carbide pesticide plant here by putting it through an ... Read more...
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Union Carbide’s waste disposal trial run a farce: Activists
February 21st, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 21 (IANS) Despite the recent Supreme Court directive to dispose of the hazardous waste lying in the now-defunct Union Carbide plant here by putting it through an incinerator in Madhya ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Age 2 the “tipping point” for obesity
February 12th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): The "tipping point" in obesity often occurs before two years of age, and sometimes as early as three months, when the child is learning how much and what ... Read more...
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Now, liposuction and breast enhancement in one go
February 10th, 2010 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
By Shilpa Raina
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Want to get rid of the cellulite on your thighs but unhappy with your small breast size? Then opt for liposuction and use the harvested ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Tim Tebow Anti Abortion Ad In Super Bowl 2010
February 4th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Feb 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Super Bowl game, which determines the best National Football League team is one of the most hyped events of the year. Though the game forms the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Bariatric weight-loss surgery safer than living with obesity
January 30th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Despite risks, undergoing weight loss surgery would be safer than living with obesity, say researchers.According to Christopher Still, D.O., director of the Geisinger Centre for Nutrition and Weight ... Read more...
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School pressures, heartbreak behind Hong Kong’s teenager suicides
January 13th, 2010 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Jan 13 (DPA) Pressures over school work and broken hearts are the main reasons why Hong Kong teenagers commit suicide, a report published Wednesday said.
Fourteen teenagers killed themselves in 2006 ... Read more...
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Colleen Shipman’s Attacker Lisa Nowak Sentenced
November 11th, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Nov. 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former astronaut Lisa Nowak has been sentenced to two days in the Orange County Jail with credit for the time she has served and a year ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Now, digital ‘plaster’ to remotely monitor vital signs in heart patients
November 3rd, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): Heart patients can now get rid of those bulky, fixed monitoring machines, for now researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) are testing a wireless digital 'plaster' that can ... Read more...
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Older adults with dementia at increased flu mortality risk
October 28th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): Older patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have shorter hospital stays, and have a fifty percent higher rate of death than those without the disorder, ... Read more...
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Beware of exercise addiction, it could prove fatal
October 23rd, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The six-pack or the eight-pack abs of Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan may look mighty impressive but it's inspiring many youngsters to pump ... Read more...
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