Don’t skip meals to shed weight
July 15th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 15 (IANS) Maintaining a food diary faithfully and not skipping meals could be one of the safest and surest ways of shedding weight, especially for obese postmenopausal women, ... Read more...
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Low-carb diets better for easing weight: Study
December 13th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 13 (IANS) A low-carb diet is better than a standard, calorie-restricted one for cutting down weight and lowering blood levels of cancer-promoting hormone insulin, a British study has ... Read more...
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Ricky Martin to set up kids’s centres across Latin America
June 5th, 2011 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Rio Grande (Puerto Rico), June 5 (IANS/EFE) Pop star Ricky Martin has said he would expand institutions like his Child Development and Prevention Centre in Puerto Rico to the rest ... Read more...
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Public health campaigns do not help obese: Study
July 17th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 17 (ANI): A new research has found that the public health campaigns that highlight the dangers of obesity do not help fat people in losing weight.Interviews with 142 obese adults ... Read more...
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Man convicted for defaming ex-girlfriend on internet
April 11th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) A Chinese man has been convicted for conducting a slander campaign on the internet, accusing his former girlfriend of being raped, working as a prostitute and spreading AIDS, ... Read more...
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Demi Moore’s tweets ’save suicidal 18 year old’
March 20th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 20 (ANI): Twitter exchange between Demi Moore and a suicidal 18-year-old may have prevented the teen from taking his life, it has been claimed.Nia Vardalos, a member of the popular ... Read more...
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Implants don’t increase woman’s breast cancer risk
October 21st, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Getting breast implants does not increase a woman's breast cancer risk or interfere in detection procedure, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre"The ... Read more...
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Women opting for surgical removal of breasts, ovaries to cut cancer risk
August 6th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 6 (ANI): An increasing number of women at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer are choosing to undergo surgery as a precautionary measure to decrease their cancer risk, say ... Read more...
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Now, a simple blood test to detect colon cancer
November 21st, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Scientists from Tel Aviv University have developed a new blood test that can help detect colon cancer.Lead researcher Prof. Nadir Arber, a professor of medicine and gastroenterology, ... Read more...
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Children are victims as murder-suicides rise in East Asia
October 2nd, 2008 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Oct 2 (DPA) Businessman's son Leung Tze-ho was only a few days away from his third birthday when he was found dead in his Hong Kong home, curled up in ... Read more...
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China says quake toll likely to cross 50,000
May 15th, 2008 - 9:15 pm ICT by admin
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Chengdu (China), May 15 (Xinhua) China Thursday said more than 50,000 people were feared dead in the devastating earthquake that struck south-west Sichuan province Monday, as the hope for rescuing more survivors ... Read more...
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