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Converting Left-hander to Right-hander also Changes the Brain

...ho led the study, as saying. While writing, the left hand of a person is generally controlled by the ri... the right hemisphere for left-handers, and in the left hemisphere for right-handers, including converted left-handers. But the activity in this region was ...

Insecticide and Repellent Combo Effective in Eliminating Malarial Mosquitoes

...second emerges in September and October in puddles left by monsoon rains. These do show resistance to these insecticides. As expected, the usual pyrethroid-treated nets turned out to be effective only against non-resistant mosquitoes of the first population. Conversely, the nets pre-soaked with non-pyr...

Male Casting Couch in Bollywood?

...n the industry. Shocked and surprised the poor guy left his dream. Interestingly, its not only Sonu who has a quirky tale to tell. Publicist Dale Bhagwagar who is the spokesperson for actors Shilpa Shetty and Shiney Ahuja relates, Some years ago, Jha would call me in his capacity as a journalist to get ...

Doctors Puzzled Over Man's Normal Life With Unusually Tiny Brain

...d to hospital after suffering mild weakness in his left leg. Scans by computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed that the man's cerebral cavities, called ventricles, had massively expanded. "The brain itself, meaning the grey matter and white matter, was completely crushed ag...

Clubbers Stunned by Mick Jaggers Boozy Bash

Rock star Mick Jagger left clubbers dumbfounded when he went a little wild at...un quoted the source, as saying. The 63-year-old left the East European nightclub alone after the bash, but it seem that his party was not over yet, for s...

Indian Government Asks the Supreme Court to Keep Off Environmental Issues

...nvironment and Forests (MoEF) has asked that it be left alone in preserving the environment. More often than not, the court has been guided by uninformed activists, it has said in a polemical outburst, couched in surprisingly strong language. It is indeed an ironical turn of events. While the apex co...

Childline Gears Up for Distraught Potter Fans

...line has predicted that many young readers will be left feeling flustered if one or more of the key characters in the novel are killed off. And to cope with this expected demand, the 24-hour hotline service has drafted in extra volunteers. Senior ChildLine supervisor, Kate Tench said that the series a...

Britisher Enraged for Court's Action Against Him for Smoking

...rette in a pub is one of the last great enjoyments left for the working classes," he said. He has pledged to take the matter to the European Court of Human Rights. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have similar restrictions but laws came into effect there earlier....

Thousands Gather in Sydney for HIV Conference

...a developing country. She has seen AIDS patients left untreated because doctors feared it would be a waste of drugs, and she knows many others do not seek help simply because they cannot afford a bus ticket to the nearest clinic. When she was first diagnosed eight years ago, the former nurse said the ...

US Patient Implanted With HeartMate II, Leaves ICU

...ering from end-stage heart failure. He has since left for home, with that experimental heart-assist device that keeps his heart pumping. Hospital officials said it's the longest stay the cardiothoracic ICU has had, and that a lot of technology was used to keep Wilson Guthrie alive. "We're very excit...

Jail Visit Left Paris' Sis Nicky in Hysterics

Visiting Paris Hilton in prison left the socialite's younger sister Nicky in hysterics,...le magazine quoted her, as saying. "And this one left in hysterics. Nicky tried to keep the brave face but - I never see Nicky cry," she added. Kathy al...

Indian Weather Station Near Glacier to Study Global Warming

...he trend continues, then not many glaciers will be left for mountaineers to climb by the middle of the century. We want mountaineering, not rock climbing," said Rautela, a retired vice-marshal of the Indian Air Force. "The station will allow scientists to stay and study the amount of precipitation, the ...

Government Mulls Closure of Hospital Where a Woman Died Unattended in ER

...e centre of national outrage over a woman who was left to die on the floor of the emergency room. The ...very eight-hour shift to ensure that no patient is left unattended. King-Harbor must still respond to a separate federal report, not yet released, that f...

Wine Woos World as Trade Fair Opens

...ary hall housing most of the "new world" producers left temperatures in which tasting wine, or doing business, became practically impossible. This year, all those who suffered in 2003 were offered 20 percent discounts to return. Although producers from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa will be on hand ...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

...t one or both parents to the disease and are often left to fend for themselves. Seventeen-year-old Silindile Ncwane, from South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, explained the tribulations of living with his elderly grandmother who took him and his siblings in after his mother died. "For me it's ...

UK Hospitals Failing Hygiene Standards

... found screaming at a heart attack patient who was left lying in a puddle of urine . And now it is reported that a quarter of NHS trusts are not complying with hygiene standards laid down for them. However, the Healthcare Commission said 40% of trusts were meeting all core standards. This was up from 34...

Nanoparticle in the Treatment of Glaucoma

...gh pressure of the fluid inside the eye, which, if left untreated, can result in damage to the optic nerve and vision loss. High pressure occurs, in part, because of a buildup of carbon dioxide inside the eye, and the compound blocks the enzyme that produces carbon dioxide. Seal and a team of collaborat...

The Danger in Candy Cigarettes

...stricting candy cigarette sales in the US has been left up to large national retailers such as the Wal-Mart chain, which has a company-wide policy banning the sale of cigarette look-alike products to minors in all 50 states. Candy cigarettes cannot be considered simply as candy....

Autism Case Hearing Still to Produce Clinching Evidence on Vaccine Linkage

...e disorder and chronic eye inflammations that have left her 90 percent blind. She was pushed into the courtroom in a wheelchair because arthritis has left her unsteady on her feet, her mother testified. But the theory that vaccines caused all this pain an...

Obesity is Linked to Enlarged Heart

...iated with a thickening of the heart muscle in the left ventricle, the hearts pumping chamber. Known to physicians as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), the condition potentially can lead to heart failure and rhythm proble...

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