You can ‘kill’ Osama for $325!
August 19th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A former US Navy Seal has come up with a game which enables people to re-enact the raid in which US commandos killed slain former ... Read more...
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FDA approves personalized therapy for tough-to-treat colorectal cancer
July 26th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) There's new hope for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with the US FDA approving the first personalized therapy for its treatment. More than 42,000 new CRC ... Read more...
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Where destitute, disabled find a home (Feature)
May 1st, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bajhera (Rajasthan), May 1 (IANS) A maggot infested wound in the head, a chopped hand, a smashed nose, a paralysed body...Life was hellish for many destitute, disabled people before they ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
America indispensable in world affairs: Obama
January 25th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Joining issue with those suggesting that Washington's influence was on the decline, President Barack Obama has asserted that America remains the one indispensable nation in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
New hope for cardiac attack victims
December 5th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 5 (IANS) A new population of adult stem cells unearthed in the heart could potentially open the way to regeneration of heart muscles in cardiac attack victims.Richard Harvey, ... Read more...
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Surgeons conduct north India’s first cartilage transplant
November 13th, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Vineet Tomar, a 21-year-old engineer from the capital, would now be able to walk again after doctors at a hospital here Sunday performed a cartilage ... Read more...
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Chinese street artist catapults to fame via microblog
October 18th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 18 (IANS) A Chinese calligraphy artist who eked out a living by showcasing his work on the streets will have a typeface named after him after a font ... Read more...
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After years of silence, 5 kids have hope to hear again
September 28th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Six year-old Raunak clutches his mother's right hand and looks at her with curious eyes trying to read every word that she speaks. Having lost ... Read more...
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Celebrations in Tamil Nadu as Rajiv killers’ hanging stayed
August 30th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 30 (IANS) Celebrations broke out in Chennai and other towns of Tamil Nadu after the Madras High Court Tuesday stayed the Sep 9 hanging of three men ... Read more...
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Stress turns hair grey
August 23rd, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 23 (IANS) Stress can turn your hair grey, say scientists.They have found how stress hormone adrenaline causes damage that could lead to a variety of conditions - such ... Read more...
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Scientist converts skin cells into brain cells
July 29th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 29 (IANS) A novel way of converting human skin cells directly into functional brain cells is likely to revolutionise regenerative medicine and drug discovery.
Sheng Ding's latest research ... Read more...
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New hope for heart patients
July 21st, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) A gene injection that can make hearts beat stronger and to even overcome the damage caused by previous heart attacks provides new hope of effectively curing ... Read more...
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New hope for cancer cure
July 8th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS) British scientists have found a new way of killing cancer cells, a media report said Friday.The study not only sheds light on why some people fail ... Read more...
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Machine brings new hope for cancer patients (With Images)
June 19th, 2011 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) It's called the modern day medical marvel. HIPEC, a first of its kind machine in India, has proved a life-saver for two Stage IV cancer patients ... Read more...
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Zebrafish offers skin cancer clues
April 6th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 6 (ANI): Zebrafish has offered new hope to people with melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer.Researchers identified SETDB1 as a new gene that promotes the growth of melanoma and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Live human heart grown in lab offers new hope to cardiac patients
April 4th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 04 (ANI): American researchers are growing human hearts in laboratories, offering hope for millions of cardiac patients.And they believe the their artificial heart could start beating within weeks.The experiment is ... Read more...
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Frozen ovary tissue put back into infertile woman
March 28th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 28 (IANS) A woman, who become infertile after chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, has had frozen ovary tissue inserted back into her by a robot in a pioneering ... Read more...
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Brit woman is world’s first to have frozen ovary tissue implanted back
March 28th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 28 (ANI): A British woman, who suffered breast cancer and was left infertile after undergoing chemotherapy, has become the first in the world to have frozen ovary tissue inserted back ... Read more...
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‘Wonderdrug’ keeps breast cancer away
February 25th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Experts have found that breast cancer drug Herceptin could keep new tumours away for more than four years.They found that four years on, patients who received Herceptin -dubbed ... Read more...
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Rani Mukerji And Preity Zinta Exchange Get-Up And Attitude!
January 31st, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bollywood actresses Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta seem to be in the mood of some change in their lives! During the recently held Filmfare Awards, Rani was spotted in a ... Read more...
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New hope for patients with end-stage liver disease
January 12th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): Researchers have offered new hope to patients with end-stage liver disease.Transplanting their own (autologous) bone marrow-derived stem cells into 48 patients with end-stage liver disease resulted in therapeutic ... Read more...
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New hope in the fight against melanoma
December 14th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): Scientists have offered new hope in the fight against melanoma, most aggressive form of skin cancer.This past summer saw a revolution in melanoma therapy. Patients whose melanoma lesions ... Read more...
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A supplement that cures erectile dysfunction
November 25th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 25 (IANS/AKI) Italian scientist and doctor Ermanno Greco claims to have created a supplement which cures erectile dysfunction and which has been successful in 85 percent of the cases tested.Greco, ... Read more...
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New prosthetic device offers to hope to the visually impaired
November 19th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19 (ANI): Scientists have offered new hope to millions of people who have lost their sight through retinal degeneration.A prosthetic device capable of deciphering the code that allows the brain ... Read more...
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New therapy could restore mobility in stroke victims
November 8th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 8 (IANS) A new drug therapy could unlock paralysed arms and legs of stroke and head injury victims and radically ease their lives.The discovery by researchers from the University ... Read more...
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Pee-wee Herman Will Be Back On Broadway
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paul Reubens had been through a hard time in the last two decades. Although his cult character Pee-wee Herman has been a popular one, the actor ... Read more...
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Dave Grohl And Krist Novoselic Reunites For “Foo Fighters”
October 30th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It has been hard for the Nirvana fans after the suicide of the legendary Kurt Cobain in 1994. Since then, the band underwent several turbulences, resulting ... Read more...
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Coming soon: ‘Magic pill’ for men with aggressive prostate cancer (re-sue)
October 13th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 13 (ANI): A study from the Institute of Cancer Research based in London and Surrey indicates that a potentially life-prolonging pill for men with aggressive prostate cancer could be available ... Read more...
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Coming soon: ‘Magic pill’ for men with aggressive prostate cancer
October 12th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 12 (ANI): A study from the Institute of Cancer Research based in London and Surrey indicates that a potentially life-prolonging pill for men with aggressive prostate cancer could be available ... Read more...
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Functional artificial pancreatic tissue offers new hope to diabetics
October 8th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 8 (ANI): Researchers have found a completely new way of controlling insulin dependent diabetes without daily injections of insulin.Surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston have bio engineered a novel matrix ... Read more...
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New treatment to banish gum disease in 5 hours
September 26th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 26 (ANI): A remarkable treatment for gum disease that lasts four to five hours has offered new hope to those with dental woes.Gum disease, the primary cause of tooth loss, ... Read more...
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Less Invasive Breast cancer surgery gives new hope for patients
September 25th, 2010 - 2:05 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Researchers from United States and Canada says breast cancer patients could just have some selected lymph nodes removed and they will fare just as well as those that ... Read more...
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An aspirin a day keeps bowel cancer at bay
September 16th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 16 (IANS) Taking just an aspirin a day could protect you from bowel cancer.
Scientists found that those who took a small, 75 mg aspirin tablet for a year were 22 ... Read more...
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New hope for heart attack patients
September 14th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 14 (ANI): A major drug trial has brought scientists closer to making a drug that could prevent thousands of deaths from heart attacks.From the past six years, international clinical ... Read more...
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ABC Focuses On Albinism
August 28th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Friday night's episode of '20/20' on ABC focused on Mariamu Staford's transformation from a victim of blind superstition to a symbol of hope for all the ... Read more...
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