Flames that would flicker more - you wish (IANS Book Review)
December 10th, 2011 - 10:08 am ICT by IANS
Book: "Flickering Flames"; Author: Rajnish Sharma; Publisher: HAR-Anand; Pages: 194; Price: Rs.395At the heart of "Flickering Flames" is a love story, a love so unspoken, unexpressed and understated that you start ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Paralysed cyclist cured by bike crash
November 25th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Amsterdam, Nov 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Doctors in the Netherlands and indeed around the world are baffled after a paralyzed cyclist started walking again after a bike crash. The story of 27-year-old Monique ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Miracle serum swipes crow’s feet, dark circles clean
June 28th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 28 (IANS) Women are hailing a caffeine-based eye serum as a magic bullet to banish crow's feet, dark circles and puffy bags.One such product, which comes as ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Electrical stimulation produces pain-reducing effects in humans
November 4th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 04 (ANI): A study has found that a simple, non-invasive technique providing low-level electrical stimulation of the brain produces significant pain-reducing effects in humans.According pain researchers at Stanford University, with ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fizzy drinks light up pain sensors set off by spicy food
September 29th, 2010 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the carbon dioxide in fizzy beverages sets off the same pain sensors in the nasal cavity as mustard and horseradish."Carbonation evokes two ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
A pat on woman’s back on International Women’s Day (8 March)
March 8th, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by admin
By Shobha Shukla - CNS
International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Face cream with mercury 43,266 times above limit poisons woman
August 26th, 2009 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Aug 26 (dpa) Hong Kong women were Wednesday being urged not to use a face cream after it was found to contain more than 43,000 times the acceptable level of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry hospitalized with Guillain-Barre syndrome
April 24th, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by GD
Former Bears star William (The Refrigerator) Perry has been hospitalized at the Aiken Regional medical Center in South Carolina with ailments related to the Guillain-Barré syndrome. He was diagnosed with the syndrome ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
How scratching curbs itching
April 6th, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 6 (ANI): Itching brings with it that ever-increasing urge to scratch, which always works wonders, but not much is known about the physiological mechanisms behind this phenomenon.University of Minnesota scientists ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |