Da Vinci’s to-do list to be displayed
April 6th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) A list of Leonardo da Vinci's "things to do", including reminders for works like "observe a brain", is all set to be publicly displayed at Buckingham ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Radical technique repairs damaged eardrum in minutes
January 17th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 17 (IANS) A radical technique that requires only about 20 minutes in an outpatient clinic may replace long and costly eardrum surgery in children.
The quick procedure, requiring ... Read more...
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Doctor by day, musician and writer by night
December 1st, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) The scalpel gives way to a harmonium and the surgeon in 80-year-old Samir K. Gupta steps aside for the artist as he gives musical life to ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
‘Frozen smoke’ paves way for improved robotic surgery, batteries
March 6th, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Researchers are designing less invasive surgical techniques and robots using a spongy material known as 'frozen smoke.'The substance, technically known as an aerogel, could be used to detect ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Aarushi murder case: Claims and counter-claims
February 9th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report in the Aarushi Talwar murder case lists circumstantial evidence that points to her parents alleged involvement in the crime ... Read more...
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Software to give 3d image of looks post-plastic surgery
February 3rd, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) A new software, based on real clinical data, will give patients a more accurate 3D before-and-after picture, before the scalpel comes down in a cosmetic surgery.
Alex ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Lasers open way to safer, better cataract operations
November 18th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 18 (IANS) Laser treatment could make cataract operations safer and better for the hundreds of thousands who undergo them every year.Some three lakh men and women undergo the 45-minute procedure ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
First U.S. Face Transplant Patient Plans To Promote Organ Donation
September 19th, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Sep 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) One gets a strange feeling while looking at the face of 47-year-old Connie Culp who became the first person in United States to get a full ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scalpel and skull discovery in Turkey offers clues to Bronze Age brain surgery
September 1st, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 1 (ANI): Discovery of a scalpels and skulls at an early Bronze Age settlement called Ikiztepe in Turkey, has indicated that people at the time performed brain surgeries.Onder Bilgi director ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Spanish surgeon to perform world’s first full leg transplant
August 8th, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 08 (ANI):A Spanish surgeon has been given the green light to carry out the world's first full leg transplant.Surgeon Pedro Cavadas will be performing the transplant in full view of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Hospitalized
June 26th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Washington, June 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was on Friday admitted to the George Washington University hospital for some tests after he visited a doctor ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Jessica Simpson Calls Plastic Surgery Reports “False”
June 17th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Los Angeles, June 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jessica Simpson is not planning to go for any kind of plastic surgery and the singer has come out clear about the fact, shutting ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Kathlyn Beatty Becomes Stephen Beatty
June 17th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A source has revealed to media that the 18-year-old daughter of Hollywood couple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening is planning go under scalpel to change her ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Martina Navratilova Suffering From Breast Cancer
April 8th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Apr 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova on Wednesday, during an interview to a media source revealed that she is suffering from breast cancer. The nine-time Wimbledon tennis champion ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
March Madness NCAA Best Time For Vasectomy
February 21st, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Chicago, Feb 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) To make the Basketball fans happy, the 21st Century Urology in Orland Park has come up with not so painful plan. The doctors of this ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
The German surgeon who ‘built’ himself a dream wife with eight surgeries!
October 31st, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 31 (ANI): A German plastic surgeon has revealed how he 'built' himself a perfect wife after performing eight surgeries to change her chest, thighs, eyes and face.Image-obsessed Reza Vossough told ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Shoaib seeks help from Flintoff’s surgeon
October 5th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 5 (ANI): Controversial Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has sought the service of England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's surgeon for his knee injury problems."The appointment is confirmed and Dr. ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Demi Moore denies going under the knife to look younger
August 31st, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 31 (ANI): Demi Moore has angrily smashed reports that her incredibly youthful looks are down to plastic surgery.Rumour mills have long been running that the 46-year-old actress has apparently ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Demi Moore denies having plastic surgery
August 31st, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 31 (IANS) Actress Demi Moore has angrily denied reports that she got surgery done on her face and says "the scalpel won't make you happy".
According to thesun.co.uk, the 47-year ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Osama bin Laden biggest terrorist of our time: Indian Muslim leader (Lead, Correcting spelling of place in second paragraph)
July 13th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, July 13 (IANS) Osama bin Laden was the biggest terrorist of our time because the methods he employed were not consistent with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed, an Indian ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Osama bin Laden biggest terrorist of our time: Indian Muslim leader
July 13th, 2009 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, Jul 13 (IANS) Osama bin Laden was the biggest terrorist of our time because the methods he employed were not consistent with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed, an Indian ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Sheen left terrified by Jacksons interrogation in movie scene
January 21st, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 21 (ANI): Welsh actor Michael Sheen has revealed that he was left terrified by Samuel L. Jacksons interrogating tactics on the sets of his new movie, especially when the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Panesar was robotic, but Tendulkar was master class
December 16th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.16 (ANI): Englands Sikh left-arm spinner Monty Panesar was just too robotic and unwilling to try anything different, including going round the wicket to the left hander to explore a ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Do junior docs know how to write a prescription?
August 21st, 2008 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 21 (IANS) Junior doctors are the ones who prescribe medicines and they are also the most likely to commit errors in prescribing, according to a medical expert. Ian Coombes, ... Read more...
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