Dog rescues newborn baby in Ghana
June 10th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) A newborn girl who was abandoned under a bridge in Ghana has been saved by a farm dog who spent a night guarding the helpless child, ... Read more...
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British couple delivers baby in bathroom
May 17th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) What seems to be a scene taken from some Hollywood movie, a couple in Britain delivered their baby in a bathroom all the while being guided ... Read more...
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A dai steps toward ensuring safe motherhood in Rajasthan (With images)
May 1st, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beh Charan (Rajasthan), May 1 (IANS) She has assisted in the birth of almost the entire village population. At 65, Charki Devi, a dai or midwife in a Rajasthan village, ... Read more...
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Thousands take part in Meghalaya pilgrimage
February 5th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Umiam (Meghalaya), Feb 5 (IANS) Thousands of people climbed the sacred U Lum Sohpetbneng mountain here Sunday as part of an indigenous tribal pilgrimage to the "navel of heaven".U Lum ... Read more...
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Lauryn Hill is a mum again!
July 27th, 2011 - 1:57 am ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) Grammy Award-winning singer Lauryn Hill has given birth to her sixth child.The former "Fugees" star welcomed a baby boy Saturday, reports express.co.uk."Mother and baby are fine. ... Read more...
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Lauryn Hill welcomes her sixth child
July 25th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Singer Lauryn Hill gave birth to her sixth child over the weekend. The former Fugee member reportedly gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on Saturday. ... Read more...
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Day-old girl found abandoned at Pune garbage dump
June 25th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 25 (IANS) A day-old infant girl was found abandoned at a garbage dump in the cantonment area on the outskirts of Pune city, police said Saturday."A man, Dinkal ... Read more...
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Newborn girl found dead in Delhi drain
January 18th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A newborn baby girl's body, with the umbilical cord intact, was found floating in a sewage drain near the railway tracks in north Delhi Tuesday morning, police ... Read more...
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Gurgaon hospital launches state-of-art birthing centre
January 15th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 15 (IANS) A super speciality hospital in Gurgaon Saturday launched 'Happy Nest', a state-of-art birthing centre with individualised labour rooms where the family has an option to be part of ... Read more...
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New life amid devastation, baby born in Queensland
January 12th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 12 (IANS) Amid devastating floods, a baby was born in Australia's Queensland state with help from family members, a media report said Wednesday.The little boy was born in his home ... Read more...
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Woman strangles her newborn baby in Dubai airport
December 28th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 28 (IANS) In a horrific crime, a woman strangulated her newborn baby after giving birth in an airport toilet in Dubai and then took a flight after dumping the tiny ... Read more...
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Baby boy makes medical history as UK’s first “saviour sibling”
December 22nd, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 22 (ANI): A baby boy in Britain has become the first "saviour sibling" to be created in the UK after doctors cultivated embryos that could provide stem cells to treat ... Read more...
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Baby girl found inside clothes donation box in Phoenix
December 20th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Phoenix, Dec 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Workers at a warehouse were shocked when they discovered the remains of a dead baby stuffed inside a clothes donation box.Investigators know that the package comes from ... Read more...
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Sanjay Dutt, Manyata Dutt: New Members Of Life Cell
December 15th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Thus going in accordance with many B town celebrities, the couple has registered with the stem cell preservation unit called Life Cell which is a reputed stem cell preservation outfit in ... Read more...
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Claming umbilical cord right after birth may injure baby: Expert
November 11th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 11 (ANI): A retired consultant obstetrician from the Memorial Hospital in Darlington has urged obstetricians and midwives to wait a few minutes before clamping the umbilical cords of newborn infants ... Read more...
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‘The Lion King’ star Shannon Tavarez dies
November 3rd, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Nov 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Shannon Tavarez has lost her long battle with acute myeloid leukemia. She was 11 years old and her fight with the disease got the attention of ... Read more...
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Shannon Tavarez, The Young Broadway Entertainer Dies At 11
November 3rd, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
November 3, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Shannon Tavarez, the young singer who had taken Broadway by storm, succumbed to cancer finally on the 1st of November 2010. Her suffering ... Read more...
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More than a fifth of young Britons think pregnancy lasts a year!
October 7th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 7 (ANI): A survey has found that young Britons are totally clueless when it comes to childbirth.The survey found that more than 20 percent of 18 to 25-year-olds thought a ... Read more...
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New ’stretchy’ technique generates 3 times more stem cells than usual
October 4th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): A new technique discovered at the Centenary Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney allows researchers to generate up to three times more stem cells ... Read more...
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Jules Undersea Lodge Tagged As One Of The Most Remote Destinations
October 1st, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the most remote hotels is providing the people with an opportunity to live under the sea. Any nature lover or a person who just ... Read more...
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Premature Brit baby survives after being kept warm in bubble wrap bag
September 28th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 28 (ANI): A premature British baby who was on the verge of dying survived after being kept warm in a bubble wrap bag.Lexi Lacey weighed just 14oz when she was ... Read more...
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Baby found stuffed in shoebox
August 19th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 19 (IANS) A newborn baby girl with the umbilical cord still attached was found stuffed into a shoebox and hidden under a pile of garbage in Sydney Thursday.
A gardener found ... Read more...
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U.S. traffic cop pulls over car, ends up delivering passenger’s baby
August 5th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, August 5 (ANI): A traffic cop in the US, who intended to give a motorist a ticket for speeding ended up delivering the passenger's baby instead.Officer Roberto Zayas stopped the vehicle ... Read more...
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‘Fake’ blood could soon be used to treat wounded soldiers in battle
July 11th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 11 (ANI): Scientists in the US have created 'artificial' blood that could soon be used on the battlefield to treat wounded soldiers.The blood is developed by using hematopoietic cells taken ... Read more...
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US man’s alibi for parking ticket is birth of his daughter in car!
May 27th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 27 (ANI): A Bronx man has found just the right alibi to fight a parking ticket - the birth of his baby daughter in the backseat of his car.The ... Read more...
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Kids Help Their Mom Deliver A Baby In California
March 19th, 2010 - 10:48 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 19 (Pen Men at Work): When Alana Sanders gave birth to her fourth kid, the people close at hand to towel off the newborn and fasten its umbilical cord ... Read more...
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Little kids help mom deliver baby in the bathroom
March 19th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
San Francisco, Mar 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Little children aged 9 years and 11 years helped their pregnant mother to give birth to their brother. A little boy of 9 years ... Read more...
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Hear 911 Call As Kids Help Mom Deliver Baby Brother
March 19th, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Faith and Jabari Sanders are 11 and 9 years old, but when their mom yelled for their help from the bathroom of their home, they not only ... Read more...
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Kids Help Mother Deliver A Baby Safely
March 19th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
California, Mar 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a situation that would have made adults nervous and at a loss for wit, two kids in California acted wisely and were cautious enough ... Read more...
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Male hormones can ward off cardiac damage
January 14th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 14 (IANS) Male hormones may ward off damage to the heart by helping vessels around the organ regenerate, says a new report.
While studies have shown that oestrogen helps blood ... Read more...
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Male hormones too can prevent heart damage
January 14th, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Male hormones have the potential to prevent heart damage by helping vessels around the heart regenerate, according to Australian researchers.It is known that the female hormone estrogen ... Read more...
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Couple name baby after Kia Carens people carrier!
November 20th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 20 (ANI): A couple from Poole are said to have named their new born baby daughter after the place she was born in - a Kia Carens people carrier.Samantha Smyth, ... Read more...
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‘Bionic’ Brit baby can regrow body parts if he falls ill in future
November 4th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 4 (ANI): A family has become the first in Britain to have tissue from their baby's umbilical cord frozen as a health insurance in case he falls ill in the ... Read more...
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Rural women exposed to DDT likely to have boys with urogenital birth defects
October 24th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 24 (ANI): Rural women exposed to DDT - sprayed to reduce malaria - are likely to give birth to boys with urogenital birth defects (UGBD), say researchers.The research led by ... Read more...
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Meet UK’s only ’saviour’ twins created to save sick older brother
August 10th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 10 (ANI): Meet Britain's only 'saviour sibling' twins who have been created to be donors for their sick older brother.Amy and Anthony Maguire, both two years old, were born after ... Read more...
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