Tibetans demand ‘free Tibet’
March 10th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 10 (IANS) Tibetans in India's northeast gathered here Saturday to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising which forced the Dalai Lama to flee to India.On the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Chandigarh lab, northeast varsity work on cancer detector
December 1st, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 1 (IANS) Chandigarh-based Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has come forward to collaborate with the North-Eastern Hills University (NEHU) for research to develop a novel blood-based cancer biomarker for early ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Jadeja to replace Gambhir for ODIs in England
August 31st, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja will replace Gautam Gambhir in the forthcoming One-Day International (ODI) series against England, beginning September 3.Gambhir, who suffered blurred vision after ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Lithium slows development of Alzheimer’s: Research
April 28th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 28 (IANS) A trial of 41 people over 60 years with mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to full-blown Alzheimer's, found that the rate of mental decline was lower ... Read more...
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Brit kids considering sex change given access to puberty blocking drugs
April 16th, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 16 (ANI): British children as young as 12 have been given access to drugs that block puberty while they contemplate to have a sex change.One of the main effects ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Sai Baba’s condition continues to be critical
April 5th, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), April 5 (IANS) Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba's condition Tuesday remained critical as hundreds of his anxious devotees continued to pour in from different parts of Andhra ... Read more...
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George Clooney Recovered From Malaria, Sources Report
January 21st, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Talented Hollywood actor George Clooney has recovered from an attack of Malaria and it was the second bout. Piers Morgan revealed the news on Twitter last ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Now, colour-changing patch that detects exposure to explosive shock
November 30th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a colour-changing patch that could be worn on soldiers' helmets and uniforms to indicate the strength of exposure to blasts from explosives ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
China tops list of world’s diabetics: Study
November 15th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 15 (ANI): China has the highest number of diabetics in the world, with an estimated 92.4 million sufferers, 61 percent of whom are yet to be diagnosed, experts warned.China Daily ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Malaria deaths in India ‘13 times more than WHO estimate’
October 21st, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 21 (ANI): A new research has found that the number of deaths caused by malaria in India is much more than estimated.The research concludes that more than 200,000 people in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Brazilian woman removes world’s largest breast implants after infections
September 10th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Texas, Sept 10 (ANI): Brazilian born housewife Sheyla Hershey, who is widely known for her large M cup breast implants, has had to undergo surgery to remove them after she suffered severe ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Patient rids himself of cancer before treatment
September 9th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 9 (IANS) A retired teacher has astonished doctors by getting himself rid of cancer even before treatment.
Peter Crane, 60, diagnosed with leukaemia 18 months ago, was warned that the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mushroom drug fights cancer patients’ anxiety
September 7th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A "magic mushroom" drug can improve the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer by reducing anxiety.
Research in the US has shown that one session with ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Aussie men avoid eye check ups because of vanity!
March 23rd, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, March 23 (ANI): A lot of Aussie men avoid getting eye check up done because they fear they'll be asked to wear glasses.The survey, conducted by Specsaver, found 13 percent of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Delivery of stem cells leads to improved bone formation
January 12th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A new American study has found that transporting stem cells on a polymer scaffold can help in improved bone formation.Researchers led by Robert Guldberg, a professor at Georgia ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘In Canada someone develops dementia every five minutes’
January 5th, 2010 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 5 (IANS) Dementia cases are rising alarmingly in Canada and the mental disease is set to wreak financial and social havoc on its society, warns a report Monday.
Released by the ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
New strategy to control encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh (Lead)
December 14th, 2009 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The government will adopt a three-pronged strategy, including an "election type" house-to-house campaign, to contain Japanese Encephalitis (JE) infection that claimed 560 lives in Uttar Pradesh this ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Uttarakhand to train yoga gurus to tackle swine flu
December 14th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Hundreds of hermits and yoga gurus will be taught about the proper practice of hand washing and other necessary medical precautions to control the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Rapid cardiac biomarker testing system developed
December 9th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): A rapid and sensitive integrated system to test simultaneously for specific cardiac biomarkers in finger prick amount of blood has been developed by scientists at Singapore's Institute of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Good news on AIDS front, new infections down by over 100,000
December 1st, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) India had reassuring news on the HIV/AIDS front on World AIDS Day Tuesday. The number of HIV positive people in the country had declined by 400,000 ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Endoscopic breast surgery - a new hope for cancer patients
November 26th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by admin
By Shobha ShuklaExclusive CNS interview with Internationally acclaimed expert Dr Eisuke Fukuma (Japan)Dr Eisuke Fukuma, Director of Breast Cancer, Kameda Medical Centre at Chiba, Japan, has done pioneering work in the field ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Conjoined twins separated, one begins talking
November 19th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 19 (DPA) One of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins Australian surgeons separated this week is talking and cuddling her stand-in mother while the other is wiggling her fingers and soon will ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Swine flu patient recovers by time test results come
August 23rd, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 23 (IANS) A suspected swine flu patient in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city had recovered on his own by the time his sample report, indicating he had tested positive, was received ... Read more...
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Schools can cut anti-depressant use among students
July 24th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 24 (IANS) School-based programmes could help curb the amount of anti-depressants being prescribed to students, says a new study.
School counsellor Mark Taylor of University of Queensland (UQ) found that ... Read more...
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Erectile dysfunction doubles heart disease risk in younger men
February 3rd, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Males who experience erectile dysfunction between the ages of 40 and 49 are twice as likely to develop heart disease, as opposed to men with no dysfunction, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Children pledge to eliminate diseases on first global hand-washing day
October 15th, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Celebrities joined around 1500 children in the national capital to spread awareness of personnel hygiene to mark the first global hand-washing day today with a vow ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Tendulkar, Team India to bat for children health and safety on Oct. 15
October 13th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and his teammates will participate in the first-ever global Hand washing Day on October 15 to highlight the importance of hand washing ... Read more...
Posted in National |
When astrology plays stork for expectant mothers
August 17th, 2008 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Ashika Mehul Dhokai gave birth to a girl at exactly 8 a.m. on Aug 8 - the time translating into 8/8/8/8 - a configuration many ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |