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A Drug That Helps Cut Alcohol Craving

A Finnish study of heavy drinkers has shown that a craving-curbing drug has the potential to counter problem drinking. During the study, published in Alcoholism: Clinical & ...

Young Girls Turning to Speed for Losing Weight

A new study has revealed that girls as young as 15 are resorting t... said that size-zero fad promoted by skinny models has resulted in drug induced look. 'The use of skinny models is promoting a drug-induced look as fashi...

Same-sex Marriage: Shahzina Tariq Vows to Live With groom

...hahzina Tariq, the bride in the same-sex marriage, has said she would prefer to stay with Shumail Raj, the bridegroom , after the controversy surrounding their marriage ends. Recording her statement before civil judge Syed Hassan Abbas Rizvi, Shahzina said she was not abducted by anyone, adding that th...

Anchoring Lives Aboard Warship: Nimitz

...z, the lead aircraft carrier of the United States, has sailed off the Chennai coast . While everyone tal...he knowledge that the largest warship in the world has a 53-bedded hospital ward and a three-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU). It acts as the hospital shi...

Macrobiotic Diet Made Courtney Love Gain 50 Pounds, Not Lose!

Rocker Courtney Love has revealed that her recent weight loss was not a res...credited a good diet and yoga for the weight loss, has now admitted that she tried to follow Paltrow's healthy example, and adopted a macrobiotic diet to l...

Organic Tomatoes may Be Healthier for Your Heart Than Traditionally Grown Ones

...ic tomatoes might save your heart, for a new study has found that they are far better than traditionally ...ventionally grown counter parts. "Tomato ketchup has higher levels of lycopene, a strong antioxidant, than tomatoes. So if you wanted lots of lycopene yo...

War Trauma-hit UK Veteran Population Set to Increase

... most effective ways of treating the condition. He has already visited Finland to examine the country's well-established infrastructure for supporting veterans. War trauma is a psychological condition caused by experiencing a traumatic event during conflict. The memory of the event triggers strong emot...

People With Higher IQs are More Patient in Financial Matters

... of Bonn and the Institute for the Study of Labour has revealed that intelligent people are more patient ...een intelligence and patience in financial matters has been shown. Furthermore, the willingness to run risks increases with higher intelligence. Scientis...

Major Gene Link Seen to Childhood Asthma

...stress, strong emotions or exercise. The disease has surged in prevalence in recent decades, especially in urban areas with poor air quality, and is now the commonest chronic disorder in childhood today. It is controllable, using drugs, but not presently curable. "(ORMDL3) does not seem to be part of...

Pfizer Says Nigerian Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Drug Case

... test which took place 11 years ago. "This court has no jurisdiction to entertain this case ... I want this court to strike out this case", Pfizer's lawyer Anthony Idigbe told the court. Kano government's lawyer Aliyu Umar asked for more time to enable him prepare his response to Pfizer's request. ...

India's Share in Global Diabetes Research is One Percent

...iabetes research work. However, Indian industry has not fared too badly. For instance, Dr Reddy's Labo...-- the first human recombinant insulin in India -- has an intra-nasal insulin spray Nasulin in its second phase of clinical trials for type-2 diabetes. ...

South Africa Notes Signs of First-ever Decline in HIV Infection Rates

South Africa has seen the first-ever signs of a drop in new HIV inf...mong whom most new infections occur. The country has the world's second heaviest caseload of HIV/AIDS, behind India, with about 5.5 million in a populati...

Furore Over Spa Planned on Active Philippines Volcano

... the project was launched in November 2006. Taal has erupted 33 times in the last 400 years, the last o...earing on the project. He said volcanic activity has increased in recent weeks with the frequency of volcanic quakes rising and with the crater island sh...

Diabetics Risking Health by Using Alternative Medications Without Consultation

... healthcare professional," she said. Chang, who has surveyed more than 300 diabetics in Taiwan, also observed that people feared that doctors would not be interested in discussing alternative medicines, or that they might 'get into trouble' for taking them. "The evidence is that patients are using ...

New Diagnostic Test for Mad Cow Disease Developed

... is needed to determine whether the technique that has been applied to brain tissue can be applied to other tissues like the ones taken from blood, which may be used in tests for the disease. "While this method, due to the length of time it takes to carry out, is unlikely to produce a rapid screening ...

Stem Cell Treatment may Prolong Lives of Children With Brittle Bone Disease

... in New Scientist magazine says that the treatment has already been tried in the US on three children with OI whilst still in the womb, with promising early results seen after the babies were born. Fisk believes that though drugs exist to treat the disease, stem cell transplants may offer extra benefi...

Common Environmental Chemicals Hamper Ovary Development in Foetus

...il of chemicals and heavy metals in an animal that has a long pregnancy like humans, researchers compared the ovaries from the foetuses of sheep in control group with treatment group. The control group was grazing fields fertilised with inorganic fertiliser, while the treatment group was grazing digest...

EU Aims to Shake Up Wine Industry With Root-and-branch Reform

...n the label," she added. The reform, which still has to be backed by member states, won a mixed reaction from the wine sector, with farmers up in arms and traders pleased with the shake-up. "The Commission's reform wants to introduce the New World's agro-industry model in the EU and do away with the ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...to cut emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020. Work has begun on quantifying the level of emissions, after...akers for damage to climate While California's law has yet to be implemented fully, it is already being used as a template for nationwide action that Ameri...

American Bests Japanese Hot Dog Eating Champion, Sets Record

...ners. Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition has been held every year at Coney Island since 1916 and is considered the blue ribbon event of the increasingly popular and lucrative competitive eating calendar. Most participants now use the 'Solomon technique' patented by Kobayashi, breaking the wie...

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