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A sty in Actress Konkona Sharma Disrupts the Shooting of Bi- Lingual movie 'Sunglass'

...t eye swelling// up forcing the production crew to pack up for the day. Apparently make up could not conceal the swollen area. But the Bengali director is not complaining as Madhavan finished his work two days ahead of schedule and left for Chennai! "'Sunglass' is my first bi-lingual. And I've never h...

Good Morning! "Have Safe Sex Please"

...ewspapers this Independence Day they found a taped pack of three condoms on the front page. "Earlier we distributed condoms at wine shops and bars, through milk vendors and at pan (tobacco) shops but we met with lukewarm response," said Ashok Kumar, the director of Andhra Pradesh State for AIDS Control ...

UK Recommendations On Painkillers Flaunted

...of these patients had managed to buy more than one pack at a time. One person had bought more than 32 tablets from a pharmacy, and 15 others had bought more than 16 tablets from other outlets. In 2004, the authors also visited randomly selected pharmacies and other outlets in South London to see how muc...

Aurobindo Gets USFDA Approval for A 3-Drug Combination Pack

...ormed the Bombay Stock Exchange. This combination pack enhances convenience, is cost-effective and reduces the threat of resistance due to missed doses. This is the first new drug generic approval in the world for a three-drug combination pack. These three drugs command over six hundred million-dollar m...

Research Finds That Nicotine Hastens The Growth Of Lung Cancer

...he bloodstream of a person who tends to smokes one pack of cigarettes a day, which had stimulated the cells to replicate. Examining the cells closely it was revealed that nicotine caused a molecule called Raf-1 to bind to a key protein called Rb, which normally suppresses tumors. Chellappan explained th...

Women More Persistent with Monthly Osteoporosis Treatment

... The monthly ibandronate group received a welcome pack providing basic information about osteoporosis and a monthly reminder call from a trained nurse one to three days before the dose was due. The nurses also used the opportunity to confirm dosing instructions, provide further information about osteo...

Are Cereals A Health Hazard?

...den Grahams contained salt, which is higher than a pack of ready salted crisps. Recent medical studies have raised concerns about the use of hydrogenated vegetable oils and fats in processed food in order to increase the shelf life of products. The food industry has, so far, rejected the FSA’s labeling...

Cancer-Causing Virus Synthesizes Protein To Help Sustain Itself In Host Cells

...rand is one more way for a small, compact virus to pack more genetic information or genes into a very small space, and it is why viruses like HTLV and HIV are called complex retroviruses,' says principal investigator Patrick L. Green, professor of veterinary biosciences and of molecular virology, immunolo...

Tiny Easy Fitting Pump May Be The Answer For Major Open Heart Surgery

...s the heart. It would then be powered by a battery pack worn on a belt they said. Explaining that not only would the device help in increasing the flow of blood to the heart, they said that it would also help to relieve the pressure on the heart by pumping oxygenated blood to the other organs in the body....

Abnormal Heart Rhythm Controlled By Cholesterol Drugs

...ch as Lipitor, Pravachol and Zocor. Statin therapy pack a 78-percent reduced mortality rate for cardiac patients. Dr. Jeffrey J. Goldberger of northwestern University in Chicago, reported a 39-percent lower mortality rate among patients who received a defibrillator and who were on statin therapy than o...

Male Lung Cancer Patients Less Likely To Perform Well in Lung Function Tests

...include those with heavy smoking history (> 30 pack years), age greater than 50 years, presence of COPD, occupational exposure to asbestos, or history of exposure to radiation. Currently, most screening programs and clinical trials choose patients for lung cancer screening based on smoking history and...

12-year-old girl Accused for Murder of Three Family Members

...been cleaned, relatives would be allowed inside to pack up their loved ones' belongings. The police have not yet revealed how the Richardsons were killed. However they continue to probe the relationship between the 12-year-old and Steinke. Their investigation includes messages sent over the Internet on ...

Milking the ship of the desert for 'white gold'

...er camel a day. Traditionally seen as riding and pack animals, camels are hugely underestimated and under-exploited for their milk, even though camel milk is the most suitable for human consumption after mother's milk, Reuven Yagil points out. Cow's milk, although the most commonly consumed, actually ...

Milking the ship of the desert for 'white gold'

...per camel a day. Traditionally seen as riding and pack animals, camels are hugely underestimated and under-exploited for their milk, even though camel milk is the most suitable for human consumption after mother's milk, Reuven Yagil points out. Cow's milk, although the most commonly consumed, actually r...

New Camera Pill To Diagnose Stomach Problems

... The patient wears a belt that carries a battery pack and a receiver that records the pictures. "The patient comes in, swallows the thing and then comes back eight hours later, and we look at the record," Uma Sundaram, chief of digestive diseases at WVU, said. This technology allows for a more non...

Kellogg’s Additions to Wholesome Snack

...ir commitment to shape management. Each 90-calorie pack contains clusters of lightly textured, multi-grain Special K cereal, with a touch of vanilla or strawberry flavors. The 4.87-ounce packages contain six single-serve pouches. Snack Bites has been proposed as a snack into the Special K Challenge, the...

Premature Death - Smokers Puff Out Of life, Early

...41 percent of men who smoked heavily (at least one pack a day) died between 40 and 70 years of age as against 14 percent of men who did not smoke. Twenty-six percent of women who smoked heavily died between 40 and 70 years of age as against 9 percent of women, who did not smoke. Dr. Stein Emil Volsett of...

Molecular Computer Developed To perform Calculations From Within Human Body

...y can perform many calculations simultaneously and pack a vast number of components into a tiny space. Willner said his computer would eventually be incorporated into bio-sensing equipment to help with intelligent drug delivery according to the needs of the patient. "This is basically a computer that ...

Smoking Causes Eye Disease

...moked that was critical. While regularly smoking a pack or more a day for 40 years almost tripled the risk of age related macular degeneration, the risks faced by non-smoking partners had nearly doubled. It was also discovered that while smoking increased the risk of both types of macular degeneration,...

A breather for nuts in health

...s a solid backing. Numerous studies show that nuts pack a nutritional wallop — at least when eaten in moderation.// Since 2003, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed labels for most nuts to say that there is good evidence they lower the risk of heart disease. In a new study it has been found tha...

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