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Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instruments made by Verizon wireless. This case has raised eyebrows not only because of the high profile names involved but also because this will be a landmark case whatever be the verdict. Vodafone has in the meanwhile announced that a B...

When Celebrities Die

... effect of our "celebrity connection." In the week after Princess Di's death, the number of people in Engla...lves increased by almost 45%. And during the month after her funeral, suicides rose by nearly 20%. The authors believe Diana's death added to existing feelin...

Now you can identify Sperm and Egg donors

...e given on request. However this will be done only after getting prior permission from the donor. If for so...will come into force only in the New Year and only after extensive debating by the decision makers. However the ruling is not retrospective- so old donors wi...

Contraceptives via Internet

...two weeks for the delivery of these contraceptives after placing an order through the Internet. Investigators from the University of Washington in Seattle posed as consumers and ordered various contraceptive devices from Web sites located with commonly used search engines. The team found that male and fe...

Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?

...house. The medical report was released on Friday after Clinton underwent an examination at the Bethesda naval hospital at suburban Maryland. The biopsy report is awaited and the official word is that there is no cause for concern. Only time will tell us what actually is in store for the Clintons....

HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

...at HIV afflicted patients can safely travel abroad after informing their physicians and after taking a few precautions. This way they can start living a near normal life and initiate a process o...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

...he other group received the vaccine. When compared after the two-year period the difference was startling. While the symptoms came down by 49% in the group, which received the grass pollen vaccine, the medication requirements came down by 80% and the asthmatic chest symptoms like coughing and breathing di...

And now live birth on the internet.com?

...stom of home confinement of one month for a mother after childbirth makes it difficult for them to visit their kids if they are hospitalized due to illness. This facility has come as a boon to these people and is turning out to be a big hit with Singaporeans. This is called view baby project and the we...

Gujarat quake-Rescue teams give up hope of finding more survivors

...lucky to be saved so far. A miracle baby was saved after nearly 90 hours under the rubble. The baby was 8 months old and was seen holding on to the dead body of its mother. The baby survived with minor injuries. Elsewhere the disturbing scenario of lawlessness raised its ugly head in the form of looting o...

Doctors operate upon patients in candlelight- latest from the quake scene

...out x rays. There were no recovery rooms available after surgeries. Open verandahs were used as makeshift recovery rooms and operation theatres to conduct caesarean sections to deliver babies. More than 700 doctors were furiously working over five days to correct whatever they could, most of them went wi...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

...he other group received the vaccine. When compared after the two-year period the difference was startling. While the symptoms came down by 49% in the group, which received the grass pollen vaccine, the medication requirements came down by 80% and the asthmatic chest symptoms like coughing and breathing d...

Now umbilical cord helps in stroke treatment.

... better if it is started within the first 24 hours after a person suffers a stroke. How these cells rewire the damaged brain cells is still unclear but this breakthrough is sure to change the treatment of stroke victims in a big way....

Two doctors suspended for wrong brain surgery

...rtunate patient, Kevin Walsh, was listed as stable after a corrective surgery was conducted on the right si...both the doctors were suspended on Feb. 21st a day after the surgery. While Dr. Kotzen performed the surgery, Dr. Chow prepared the patient but was not pres...

Gene linked to early puberty in girls

... in attaining puberty.They were surprised to learn after their investigations, that the breakdown of testosterone, the male hormone, in the body and also the effects of a gene, which induces the onset of puberty, determine the age of puberty. During the age of puberty, girls develop breasts and other secon...

Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex

Canadian researchers say, that the morning after pill, which rescues many women from unwanted pregnancies can be effective up to five days after having unprotected sex. These findings were released after a study conducted by Dr. Isabel Rodrigues...

Liver donors can thrive after transplant

...t the donor would continue to live well and thrive after donating part of his/her liver. Donation of a pie...d that all the donors continued to live and thrive after the transplant in which a part of all donors’ liver were removed and transplanted to a recipient’s b...

The brain loves a surprise

Scientists in Atlanta, Georgia, have opined after an exhaustive study that the brain loves a surprise. The study was conducted on 25 men and women and studied their responses to different stimuli. Dr. Gregory S Berns of Emory University led the study. The fact that some people rely on an orderly rou...

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...al exam. In other cases, a child will retain fluid after an ear infection has cleared up. Sometimes the two conditions can exist together. Medical experts are divided on the need for ear tube surgery in the case of persistent fluid. Official guidelines from the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head an...

Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

...2003. "We would consider listing on the US bourses after 2002," Pratap C Reddy, chairman of the Apollo Hospitals group said, adding it was a part of the business plan for the post-2002 period. Though further details are not available at the moment, Dr. Reddy added that plans to raise the number of beds to...

Patients often assume wrongly that they are allergic to penicillin

...son develops rashes or an upset stomach three days after taking penicillin injections then it is very unlikely to be a drug hypersensitivity reaction. The eruptions could be due to the underlying disease itself for which penicillin was prescribed or could be because of an unrelated coincidental cause. So ...

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