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Poisonous Gas Caused Mass Extinction

...research. This must have happened before dinosaurs came into existence, towards the Permian era's end, when over two-thirds of amphibians and reptiles were wiped out. Possibilities like a deep sea methane release, an asteroid hitting the earth, or a greenhouse effect were contemplated by scientists as r...

Christmas, Carols And Unique Indian Christianity

New Delhi: Christianity came to India much before it went to the west, perhaps ... a story that goes way back in time. Christianity came to India in 52 AD, long before it travelled to many of the west European Christian countries. The re...

Georgia: Indian doctor's license cancelled

...ion at a meeting on Thursday. The board's action came after a federal grand jury had accused Totada R Shanthaveerappa, a practitioner in Stockbridge, earlier this week, of using weed killer and insecticide to treat patients. The jury had returned an 87-count indictment accusing him of falsely billing in...

UK children getting high on binge drinking

...as risen by 15 per cent since 1996-97, when Labour came to power. As many as 4,809 people under 18 received in-patient care in 2004-2005 compared with 4,173 eight years before. During the same period, there was a 30 per cent increase in the number of adults admitted to hospital for drink-related disorde...

Inadequate labeling in sandwiches sold at UK supermarkets

...ken stock and artificial flavorings. The results came after a total of 26 chicken sandwiches from nine UK stores were tested. The stores investigated were Asda, Bhs, Boots, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Somerfield, Tesco and Waitrose. The finding indicates that only sandwich from Asda cont...

Flu Shots Not Mandatory For Nurses

...ake flu shots or give up their jobs.// This ruling came after most nurses agreed to take the said shots. The hospital had asked the 600-strong nursing staff to avail the flu shots as a "fitness for duty" measure. In August last year, a labor arbitrator, Eduardo Escamilla had ruled for the nurses and the...

Exposure to Grating, Noise, Music Can Cause Tumors Leading To Deafness

...s likely to develop the neuroma, while workers who came into contact with power tools had a risk of 1.8 times. People who were exposed to loud music had the greatest risk at 2.5 times. The researchers add that this type of tumor accounts for 6 to 10 percent of all tumors within the skull. The details of t...

Life Beyond Cancer - Delhi Woman Tells How

...urgery. But even as she began to limp back to life came twin disasters: her mother died of cancer in 2000 and doctors found the disease had spread to Anduradha's other breast too. More surgery followed last year, and Anuradha lost the second breast too. The journalist in her made Anuradha sum up her st...

Candidate vaccine to reduce hepatitis C viral load.

...th many different types of strains. Hence the VIDO came up with a vaccine that has a broad range of action and is effective against all strains....

Fear of Listeria outbreak in Australia.

...the health care officials in Australia. This woman came from interstate and was admitted in the Adelaide hospital and for cancer treatment. But the hospital authorities say that the cause of death cannot be Listeria, as she was not given any high-risk diet like meat. Listeria is mostly transmitted throu...

Want to be young at heart: follow a low calorie diet

...aily calories on average. The final verdict that came out of the study was that the subjects on a limiting caloric intake had the heart functions of much younger people typically about 15 years younger than their age....

Debra Winger Wants Indians Abroad To Help Visually Impaired

... accident that left her temporarily blind, but she came out of it, is today a global ambassador for Sight Savers International. ‘The purpose of my trip is not to promote but to learn because I have not been to India before,’ said the actress who starred in such films as ‘An Officer And A Gentleman’ and ...

UK Plastic surgeons cash in as cosmetic operations soar

... Two of the leading providers of cosmetic surgery came under fire by BAAPS last autumn for using hard-core sales techniques. Magazines were attacked for offering "extreme makeovers" as prizes in competitions, and reality television programs for "sensationalist coverage" of the issue. Mr Searle, a consul...

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

... Soon, an ambulance arrived. The paramedical staff came in and soon rushed out to wear masks before they r...frightening what can happen. When I was nursing, I came across a person who had been put in the family shed, and old people who were locked in rooms for hou...

Leptin, The Next Generation Antidepressant?

... had no effect on forced swimming test. Then they came up with the notion that hippocampus is a brain is mediating Leptin's antidepressant-like activity. ...

CCR5 Mutation Confers Immunity Against HIV But Not Against West Nile Virus Illness

...positive samples from Colorado 4.1% of 148 samples came from individuals who had gene mutation on both the copies. Among the Coloradans who were WNV-positive and who self-reported their race as white, the percentage of homozygous individuals was 8.3. In conclusion the researches said that CCR5 gene is v...

Asia Expected To Witness More Human Bird Flu Cases

...Satkunanantham noted. Satkunananthan's comments came during discussions for a conference on influenza to be held by The Lancet, a leading medical journal, in May. Another major conference on bird flu concluded in Beijing. Plans are underway in the city-state for practice drills simulating a bird flu...

Ofcom To Assess The Bedside Call Charges

...e charges levied on the bedside phones. // This came about after the relatives of the patients started complaining of the bedside phone charges. The company after a seven-month study found that a bedside call in the peak time costed around 49p per minute and at other times costed around 39p/minute. B...

New Rule Results In The Complete Makeover In The Field Of Drug Advertising

In US a new rule came into action when the deaths due to medical errors are on the rise. Medical errors occur due to loads of confusing information given on the drug labels. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) come up with a solution of the highlight section //thereby maki...

Junior Doctors Put An End To Strike

...anpur, Meerut, Lucknow, Agra, Jhansi and Gorakhpur came to a grinding halt as a result of the strike. The strike was the offshoot of a clash between junior doctors belonging to the King George's Medical University (KGMU) and police recruits. This was the second round of violence on the KGMU campus in a...

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