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Five Killed by Methane Gas on Virginia Farm

... countries like India. It is now catching up in the West too. Fiver persons fell victims to the deadly methane emanating from a manure pit in a dairy farm in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, US Monday...

Mira Nair Takes AIDS Message to Indian Cinema Halls

... top directors in a project to show short films on the impact of the Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) before the screening of Bollywood blockbusters. Nair sa...

Test-tube Babies: Mood Swings are Key to Fertility Choice

...tube baby' treatment, entails retrieving eggs from the woman's ovary and fertilising them with her partne..., creating embryos that can then be implanted into the womb. An important decision, though, is whether to transfer only a single embryo or more embryos a...

Daily Dose of Dark Chocolate Helps the Heart: Study

...ffects , according to a study published Tuesday in the United States. Previous research has shown that ...es. The study conducted by German researchers at the University of Cologne sought to examine the effect of consuming small amounts of dark chocolate -- w...

Embryo Protection Law in Germany

According to new figures presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryol...ving life , Germanys embryo protection law has had the unintended consequence of increasing the number of foetuses killed after fertility treatment. The...

US Traveler With Deadly TB Has Less Serious Strain

...neymoon is infected with a less serious strain of the disease than initially thought, doctors said on Tu...riggered a global health alert two months ago when the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said he was infected with a potentially deadly strain of tuberc...

Japan's Kobayashi Might Drop Out of Hot Dog Eating Championship

... has won six years in a row. "I don't know yet," the 29-year-old told AFP through an interpreter when a... rivals, including record-holder Joey Chestnut, at the annual July 4 hot dog-eating event sponsored by Nathan's Famous, a weenie-emporium in New York's Con...

Complementary Therapy may Reduce Pregnancy Chances in Women

...ry therapies in assisted reproduction may diminish the effectiveness of medical treatment for infertility... found by a scientist in 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Lyon, France. Dr. Jacky Boivin, from the ...

Egyptian Clerics Say Female Circumcision Un-Islamic

...pt's Muslim religious hierarchy issued a decree on the state MENA news agency on Tuesday outlawing female circumcision as un-Islamic as the authorities prepared to submit a total ban to parliament. "The traditional form of excision is a p...

Skin Rashes Signifies Longer Survival in Cancer Patients

...searchers from OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc found that the appearance of a rash in cancer patients treated wi...gly associated with longer survival. This is not the first time that rash has been associated with a survival advantage with EGFR inhibitors - a class of...

Mother Donates Eggs So Daughter can Give Birth

... but also her half-sister or half-brother. "It's the first time in the world" for a mother-daughter egg donation, said Seang Lin Tan, professor and chairman of obstetrics ...

Elderberry A Natural Boost to Skin

...turisers and cosmetic surgery, a compound found in the humble elderberry could give a natural boost to skin. In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers led by Prof Aedin Cassidy at the University of East A...

China Fears Show Food Export Quality Key: WHO Official

...g food must ensure its quality or else risk facing the kind of fears afflicting China over the quality of some of the food it ships abroad, a UN health agency official said Tuesday. Shigeru Omi...

Prions Prevent Alzheimers Disease

A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up in the brain to cause A...

Swans Checked in France for Deadly Bird Flu Virus

...t France are being analysed to see if they carried the H5N1 strain of bird flu which can be fatal to humans, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. 'First analyses have established a suspicion of bird flu. More ...

Luciano Pavarotti Believes He is 'nearing His End'

...Luciano Pavarotti has predicted that he is nearing the end of his life. The opera legend awaits death as...eatic cancer last year and he has not been seen in the public arena since then. His daughter Giuliana said that her father knows that he is going to die ...

Stray Kerala Dogs Face Keyhole Surgery to Control Birth Rate

The killing of stray dogs in Kerala, has prompted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and the Cochin Corporation to promote Animal Birth Control ...

UK Uneasy Over Involvement of Doctors in Terror Attacks, but Not Panicking Over Non European Medics

...e not pressing panic buttons, at least not yet, in the matter of employing overseas doctors or taking in students from countries under the scanner for terrorist networks. All eight people arrested in the aftermath of two bungled car bomb...

Pete Doherty Gets a Rehab or Jail Ultimatum

...ted District Judge Davinder Lachhar, as stating in the courtroom. Speaking to reporters outside court, ...er chance, after learning that he had been offered the chance to undergo rehab in Harrogate, northern England, later this month. These six offences are a...

Sporty Spice Fears That She Might Never Get Pregnant

... she might never get pregnant, for she thinks that the unhealthy lifestyle that she practised during her...damage to her health. The singer said that during the prime of her career in the band, she did a lot of harm to her image as she was underweight, when lot...

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