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Choco Fudge takes the cake - and cookie!

...oco Fudge has been adjudged the best cookie amidst stiff competition// from the Biscotti variety. The judges' panel consisted of eminent writers and fashion designers from Kolkata, who unanimously voted for Choco Fudge, which will take pride of place at all ITC hotels across the country as the new master...

Researchers Try Early Surgical Intervention to Treat Parkinson's Symptoms

...movement, and rigidity. Other symptoms can include stiff facial expression, shuffling walk, muffled speech and depression. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates there are as many as 500,000 U.S. citizens with Parkinson's disease, and others, such as the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, say it ...

Too Much of Air in the Lungs Results in VILI

...eceived only two deep breaths per hour (LV) became stiff and portions of the lungs collapsed. However, lung function returned briefly to normal when the mice received their infrequent deep inflations. This suggests that the lungs self-repair after the deep inflation, at least over the course of the first t...

Digitalis Could Be Safe In Diastolic Heart Failure

...stolic heart failure, in which the heart muscle is stiff and doesn't take in enough blood with each beat. The other type, systolic heart failure, is when the heart muscle is too weak to effectively pump blood out into the body. In systolic heart failure, digitalis has been shown to have a number of benefi...

Bio Farma To Import Bird Flu Vaccine

... The move to import bird flu vaccine has met with stiff resistance from critics and some biologists who fear that the move could lead to the development of more virulent strains of the bird flu virus. Bio Farma in association with Biken Kanonji Institute of Japan also plans to produce bird flu vaccine ...

Individual Affected With Bird Flu Refuses Hospitalization

... and efforts to control the virus often meets with stiff resistance. The country has been criticized for not doing enough to stamp out H5N1 as the virus is rampant among Indonesia's billions of backyard chickens, and the experts fear the virus, which remains hard for people to catch will mutate into a fo...

Nanotechnology – to detect and treat ovarian cance

...and compare the stiffness. Cancer tissues are more stiff than healthy tissues. Instead of removing the ovary to determine if cancerous tissue is present, a probe is currently under development to follow the tissue stiffness in vivo to diagnose cancer. A second area of research involving nanotechnology us...

The Pros and Cons of the Health-IT Bill

...ill allow the computerization of records is facing stiff opposition from privacy advocates, consumer groups and civil libertarians who are making no bones about probable security lapses that could portend a threat to millions of personal information. Privacy advocates second the need for better protect...

Immunisation programme to include vaccine against Pneumococcal disease

...e a floppy body, staring expression, drowsiness, a stiff neck, a hard-to-wake child and the refusal of food. Affected infants may not want to be handled. In babies, a high-pitched cry and an arched back are symptoms. When there is septicaemia there may be a rash that does not disappear when pressed with a ...

Lipitor Reduces Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events

...of $12.2 billion in 2005 for Pfizer, but now faces stiff competition from generics, like Zocor from Merck & Co, which is slated as the 6th best-selling treatment in the world that had generated a revenue of around $4.4 billion last year, and AstraZeneca's Crestor, which had sales of $387 million in the fir...

A treat for nurses who chip in with tender loving care!

...ally having to compete for patients, to stave off stiff competition from more posh hospitals offering mor...s very encouraging it has had to face its share of stiff criticism from a number of quarters saying that nurses don’t need bribes like little children would ...

Misled Public Stay Away from Polio Immunisation Drive

... of one of the vaccination teams which encountered stiff opposition to the Sunday drive in Chinhat village ...g 70 percent in Muslim families. Alarmed by such stiff opposition, top WHO polio campaign official Aradhana Johri decided to personally visit some of these...

Exercise Intolerance In Heart Failure Patients Is Explored By Researchers

...stolic heart failure, in which the heart muscle is stiff and doesn't take in enough blood with each beat. The other type, systolic heart failure, is when the heart muscle is too weak to effectively pump blood out into the body. Diastolic heart failure is the more common form in the elderly and is expected ...

Breast Cancer Prevention Using Abortion Drug Considered

...sed as an anti cancer drug.This research has faced stiff opposition from groups of people who resist the idea of medical termination of pregnancies, using drugs. MST...

Meningitis C Surfaces in Toronto:Public Alerted

... – 5 days. Severe headache, high fever, nausea and stiff neck are the chief symptoms. Typically it affects the younger generation. The young man who died last week in Toronto had visited Crews & Tango, a bar, frequented by hundreds of patrons during weekends. All patrons who had visited that bar, have b...

Kerala: God’s Own Country Prevails Against AID

...d to be abandoned in February 2006 in the light of stiff criticism. This programme aims to provide drug users, with fresh needles and syringes to dissuade them from re using old ones. There is increasing evidence of HIV outbreaks in India, among men who have sex with men. Sadly, the needs of this group ...

A 23- Year- Old Gay Falls Victim To Meningitis C in Toronto

...ver, chills, severe headache, nausea, vomiting and stiff neck.They usually show up within 2 to 10 days after exposure. So far, there have been no other reported cases and hence it is being treated as a single case and not as an outbreak. The deceased was admitted with his first symptoms on Nov. 21, and...

France Bans Smoking in Public

...all on Thursday was liable for the first time to a stiff fine as the first stage of a// two-step measure to ban smoking in all public places went into effect. The ban covers schools, offices, shops, hospitals and doctors' offices, sports halls, train stations, airports, all theatres and all public transp...

Foot Pain Ruining Your Golf Swing?

...lf swing. Behind these pain-prone spots can lie stiff joints, stretched-out tissues and even nerve damage. But pain relief is possible and frequently does not require surgery. The three most common painful foot conditions that can ruin your golf swing are heel pain, arthritis and pinched nerves. ? Ar...

Swell Gel May Bring Respite From Back Pain

...yringe. Once when it enters the body it changes to stiff gel due to absorption of water by the particles. According to the lead authors of this study, there is an urgent need to find a cure for damaged intervertebral discs. They also felt that an extensive study should be undertaken on this subject whi...

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