Smoking can kill 40 mn more people
October 5th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) Smoking could cause 40 million excess deaths among smokers, who also suffer from tuberculosis (TB), by 2050, new research says.Once smokers develop the disease, they are ... Read more...
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Cholera epidemic in Haiti may exceed UN projections: Study
March 16th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.16 (ANI): The cholera epidemic in Haiti will exceed UN projections, reveals a new study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Harvard Medical School.The United Nations' ... Read more...
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Financial crisis could send suicide and homicide rates soaring: Lancet
July 8th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 8 (ANI): Financial crisis may turn out to be a major killer, and could send suicide and homicide rates soaring, says a new Lancet study.Researchers at London School of Hygiene ... Read more...
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Luxurious adventure: the new buzzword in tourism
June 7th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Amrah Ashraf
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) An adventure sojourn during the day and the evenings filled with luxury and indulgence. Yes, that's the new mantra travel operators across the country are ... Read more...
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Anti-cancer shots will lead to more sex, feel parents
December 18th, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Fears that it will lead to runaway promiscuity are preventing use of anti-human papilloma virus by young women to protect them from genital warts and cervical cancer, according ... Read more...
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Intellectuals not allowed to go to Nandigram (Lead)
May 10th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) A team of city-based intellectuals under the banner of NGO Swajan, who Saturday afternoon set out for Nandigram in East Midnapore district to monitor Sunday's panchayat polls, was ... Read more...
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