Massive amounts of drugs seized in Afghanistan
September 13th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 13 (IANS) Around 6,000 kg of various narcotics were seized and six drug manufacturing labs were destroyed in Afghanistan in a joint operation by Russian, US and Afghan ... Read more...
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Breakthrough to help block morphine addiction
August 16th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 16 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, scientists have shown that it is possible to block addiction to morphine and heroin, while boosting relief from pain.A team from the ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Flesh-eating bacteria victim Aimee Copeland finally agrees to painkillers following skin graft surgery
June 19th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After undergoing skin graft surgery, Aimee Copeland, who is recovering from the effects of a flesh-eating infection, has finally agreed to take painkillers because of the ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Morphine seized in Guwahati
May 31st, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) The Government Railway Police (GRP) Thursday seized 2 kg of morphine from the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express in Guwahati, police said.According to police, two persons including ... Read more...
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Tyson got prison officer pregnant
April 22nd, 2012 - 6:43 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, April 22 (IANS) Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson has claimed he got a prison officer pregnant when he was in jail.However, he refused to give any details, reports ... Read more...
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Pain killers retard recovery from heart attack
April 9th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 9 (IANS) Giving pain killers to heart attack patients may actually retard their recovery. The stabbing ache in the chest, for instance, is felt when it actually stimulates ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Discovery could boost morphine’s effectiveness
April 8th, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 8 (IANS) A major discovery could open the way to more effective treatment of severe pain with the help of morphine, says a study.
Morphine is an extremely ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Kate destroyed all my stuff after split, says Doherty
February 17th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 17 (IANS) Rocker Pete Doherty says his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss destroyed all his possessions, except some model elephants, after they slit in 2007.Doherty was in a turbulent ... Read more...
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Drugs worth Rs.5 crore seized in Bengal
February 5th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Feb 5 (IANS) A heroin manufacturing unit was busted in this district and drugs worth Rs.5 crore seized Sunday, police said. Two people have been arrested.The building, ... Read more...
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77,000 kg narcotics seized in Pakistan
January 8th, 2012 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Pakistan's Anti Narcotics Forces (ANF) said it seized a total of 77,865 kg of narcotics from different parts of the country last year.Of the contraband items ... Read more...
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Can caring mothers prevent drug use?
December 10th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 10 (IANS) While mothers' crucial role in their children's upbringing is well known, an attentive, nurturing mother can be the key in helping her children resist temptations of ... Read more...
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Caring mom can keep kids away from drugs
December 8th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 8 (IANS) A caring mother could insulate her children from drug addiction later in life.Researchers from Australia's University of Adelaide and Duke University in the US showed for ... Read more...
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Poisonous shrub Jatropha acts as natural pain killer
July 12th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Cape Town, July 12 (IANS) An extract of the poisonous shrub Jatropha curcas acts as a strong painkiller and may function in a different way than morphine and other pharmaceuticals.Jatropha ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Euthanasia fanatic ’showing videos on how to kill yourself to 14-yr-old students’
April 17th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 17 (ANI): An Australian euthanasia activist has shocked the world by showing videos to young students illustrating assisted suicide.Dr Philip Nitschke, nicknamed Dr Death, is shown demonstrating his machine that ... Read more...
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Over an hour of meditation reduces pain
April 6th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) A little over an hour of meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, a new study shows."This is the first study to show that only ... Read more...
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New finding to make morphine a safer, more effective drug
March 25th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Morphine could soon become a safer and more effective drug - thanks to a discovery by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine.An orphan drug originally used ... Read more...
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Long-term methadone treatment weakens brain function
March 24th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health have shown that methadone, which has been used to treat heroin addicts for nearly 50 years, affects the brain and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Kids born to smoking mums ‘more likely to become smokers’
March 22nd, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): Children of women who smoked during pregnancy are more likely to become smokers, according to a new study.The research found that prenatal exposure to nicotine increased the vulnerability ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Placebos or sham treatment still effective
March 15th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) The placebo effect is so powerful that doctors are still relying on the age-old trick to get the mind into healing us.
Not so long ago, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
New drug restores responsiveness to morphine
January 31st, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): Scientists have found that a drug called etanercept can restore responsiveness to the pain-relieving effects of morphine in rats that have developed morphine tolerance.The experimental results suggest that ... Read more...
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UK man pulled over for erratic driving had eight different drugs in his body
January 28th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 28 (ANI): A man in UK, who was pulled over for driving erratically, has been arrested after he was found to have consumed eight different drugs.Tests showed that Jamie Harrison, ... Read more...
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Lily Allen suffers ‘16-hour nosebleed’
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 22 (ANI): Singer Lily Allen has revealed that she suffered from a 16-hour long nosebleed following an operation to remove all four of her wisdom teeth.The Smile hitmaker has long ... Read more...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor does not know her leg has been amputated
January 17th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 17 (ANI): Legendary actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has no idea that her leg has been amputated reveals her husband.According to a foreign news agency, Gabor, 93, was smiling and ... Read more...
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Three drug peddlers held with Rs.1 crore smack
January 12th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IANS) Three drug peddlers were arrested with around 1.25 kg smack - a highly addictive morphine derivative - worth around Rs.1 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said ... Read more...
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Pain-killing drug more potent, longer lasting than morphine: Study
January 5th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): A new study has found that a little-known morphine-like drug is potentially more potent, longer lasting and less likely to cause constipation than standard morphine.The drug, morphine-6-0-sulfate, has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Drug peddlers arrested in Uttar Pradesh
December 2nd, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 2 (IANS) Three drug peddlers who operated in various states were arrested with smack, a highly addictive morphine derivative, worth around Rs.1 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said ... Read more...
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Oz scientists turn chronic pain into ‘the colour blue’
November 16th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 16 (ANI): Oz scientists have discovered a gene that plays a vital role in the brain's processing of pain and was also implicated in the mysterious condition synaesthesia.It offers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Inhaling nitric oxide alleviates pain in sickle cell patients
October 20th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): A new research reports that inhaling nitric oxide can safely and effectively reduce pain in adults with sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder characterised by red blood ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Love is a powerful painkiller
October 14th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 14 (IANS) Intense romantic love is like a drug and can be as effective as morphine in relieving pain, says a new study.
Passions triggered by the early flushes ... Read more...
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Novel discovery may lead to new therapies for chronic pain
September 8th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a major mechanism underlying the development of tolerance to chronic morphine treatment - the find might lead the way for new therapies to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
White House correspondent livetweets his heart attack saga
September 6th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 06 (ANI): A White House correspondent is so addicted to Twitter that he even tweeted about having a heart attack and posted updates when the doctors were attending to him.Tommy ... Read more...
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Seven arrested with drugs worth Rs.1 crore
August 20th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 20 (IANS) Seven drug peddlers, who operated in various states, were arrested with morphine and opium worth Rs.1 crore in this Uttar Pradesh's district Friday, police said.
The seven ... Read more...
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Michael Douglas To Undergo Chemotherapy For Throat Tumor
August 17th, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The sixty-five year old Academy Award winning actor, husband of Catherine Zeta Jones, and ex-smoker Michael Douglas is preparing to undergo radiation and chemotherapy for ... Read more...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor discharged from hospital
August 13th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 13 (ANI): Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been discharged from hospital and is resting at her mansion in Bel-Air, California.Gabor, 93, was released on August 11 from the UCLA Ronald ... Read more...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor leaves hospital after surgery
August 12th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 12 (IANS) Veteran actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has returned home after her hip-replacement surgery.
According to aceshowbiz.com, the 93-year-old actress has finally been allowed to continue her recovery at her ... Read more...
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