FIFA moves to prevent on-pitch cardiac arrests
May 26th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Budapest, May 26 (IANS) World football governing body FIFA 's medical experts said they wanted a defibrillator at every game at FIFA tournaments as well as players to undergo medical ... Read more...
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Former Brazil keeper Dida signs with Portuguesa
May 25th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, May 25 (IANS) Brazilian first division club Portuguesa have confirmed the signing of former Brazil international goalkeeper Dida on a one-year contract.The 38-year-old has not played ... Read more...
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Banned Indian-born doctor to resume work in Britain
April 11th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 11 (IANS) An Indian-born doctor, temporarily prevented from practicing in Britain by the General Medical Council (GMC), has been allowed to resume work after showing his willingness to ... Read more...
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Three hurt as helicopter lands on house in Peru
April 11th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Lima, April 11 (IANS/EFE) A police helicopter made an emergency landing Tuesday on the roof of a house in the Peruvian port city of Callao, leaving its three crew members ... Read more...
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Chavez back in Cuba for more surgery
February 26th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Feb 26 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was back in Cuba Saturday having medical examinations in preparation for an operation on a "lesion", possibly malignant, in the same place ... Read more...
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Online tutorial for professional examination launched
February 12th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (IANS) With the entrance exams for professional courses just a few months away, Technopark-based Oztern Technology has developed an online tutorial for students appearing for engineering and ... Read more...
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Hugo Chavez exercises after cancerous tumour surgery
July 31st, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, July 31 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, recovering after a surgery to remove a cancerous tumour, is now keen on doing exercises and constantly talks about the need for ... Read more...
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Same gene linked to Alzheimer’s and heart attacks
December 10th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): A new study has found that Alzheimer's disease and heart attacks share common genetic basis.It may pave way for the first genetic test on developing the risk of ... Read more...
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Medical Council ponders common entrance exam for budding doctors (Lead)
June 29th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Medical Council of India (MCI), the apex medical education regulator, Tuesday said a common entrance exam for medical courses is on the cards.
The board of governors ... Read more...
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Medical Council ponders common entrance exam for medical courses
June 29th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The board of governors that took over the functions of the Medical Council of India (MCI) proposed Tuesday a common entrance exam for medical courses from the ... Read more...
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Mexico City puts obese police personnel on diet
October 17th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 17 (EFE) Mexico City authorities have begun the second phase of a programme to get overweight police personnel in the capital to lose weight.
The Police Department's Comprehensive Obesity Care ... Read more...
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Brazilian priest caught trying to molest boy has AIDS
August 26th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 26 (EFE) A Catholic priest who was arrested three weeks ago for trying to sexually abuse a 14-year-old boy is suffering from AIDS, according to medical exams whose ... Read more...
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Man gets 10-year imprisonment for raping minor
August 18th, 2009 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) A man convicted for "brutally" raping a minor in 2008 was Tuesday awarded an imprisonment for 10 years.
A city court also asked the convict, Bhagwan Dass, to ... Read more...
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Exercise cuts breast cancer death risk by three times
March 23rd, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 23 (ANI): A new study by University of South Carolina researchers has found that women who work out are three times less likely to die of breast cancer.The study ... Read more...
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Man who raped at least 10 boys nabbed
February 19th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Feb 19 (IANS) A man who over the past year allegedly raped at least 10 boys here has been nabbed, authorities said.
The police said that Sergio Anibal Lopez, 43, was ... Read more...
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Simple quiz may replace costly medical exams for jobs
December 23rd, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): For some undergoing a medical exam to qualify for a job can be daunting. Now, these unnecessary and uncomfortable tests can be replaced with a pencil and ... Read more...
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Betancourt to write play about her FARC ordeal
July 7th, 2008 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Paris, July 7 (IANS) Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has said that she will write a play about her harrowing experience of being held hostage for six years by leftist rebels ... Read more...
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