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Mother Donates Eggs So Daughter can Give Birth

...nterview with La Presse daily. "Finally, after a year of thinking about it, we decided that we could go through with it." Tan said the egg-freezing procedure has "reached a stage where we can offer the same treatment to other women who may have children with problems of infertility." "With egg freez...

Luciano Pavarotti Believes He is 'nearing His End'

...avarotti was diagnosed with pancreatic 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 soon, and that he speaks a lot about meeting his parents and finding peace. 'He knows he's going to die soon and oft...

Stray Kerala Dogs Face Keyhole Surgery to Control Birth Rate

... is spreading this message among the masses even a year after its formal launch. The main aim of the programme is to give hands on training to local vets. The SPCA has been provided with a fund of rupees 445/- for each dog, which includes medicine, surgery equipment, vaccinations and other expenses. ...

Boeing Unveils 'green' Dreamliner Passenger Jet

...ars -- will make its maiden test flight later this year before going into commercial service with Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) in 2008. The new aircraft boasts several revolutionary design features, most notably the use of high-tech plastic composites instead of aluminium. Up to 50 percent of the ...

Dengue Surge in Singapore, Man Prosecuted for Breeding Mosquitoes

...led 25 people and infected thousands in 2005. This year too the country is witnessing some virulent outbreak. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said based on the data in the last few weeks, the situation did not look optimistic. He added that if the wet weather continued, Singapore can expect more dengue ...

In China, Online Gamers Raking in the Cash

...ine gaming population of more than 30 million last year and growing, there is no shortage of Chinese who are willing to play for profit. Estimates of the number of Chinese gold farmers vary from 500,000 to over one million, as teenage drop-outs and jobless 20-somethings from poor villages or underdevelo...

Nutrition Education Has Proved to Be Futile

...er a billion dollars on its nutrition program this year too. An independent study of 57 such programs s...vernment will fork out over a billion dollars this year to help insure that Americans eat properly. One would just have to take a look at the figures associ...

Patients Find Healthy Vein in Old Austrian Mine

...00 kilos (1,760 pounds) of the precious metal each year during its 16th-century heyday. These days it attracts those hunting for a different type of good fortune, some longed-for relief from rheumatism, arthritis, asthma and skin conditions. "The secret of its medical success comes from the ideal combin...

People With Higher IQs are More Patient in Financial Matters

... pockets. However, they could also invest it for a year at a guaranteed fixed rate of interest. In this way the 100 euros would become, for example, 105, 120 or 150 euros. In an experiment the candidates were supposed to decide what the minimum amount would have to be in a year's time for it to be worth w...

India's Share in Global Diabetes Research is One Percent

...dia published a total of 3068 papers during the 30 year period (1976-2006), or about 1.04 per cent of total global output on diabetes (2,77,781)". It is estimated that the number of diabetics in India is likely to increase from the present 49.8 million to 69.9 million by 2025. But, no clear picture of t...

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

...sts. With 500 million euros currently spent each year getting rid of unsold wine, her proposed solution focused on abolishing measures used to dispose of excess wine and paying farmers to uproot uncompetitive vineyards. "The proposals aim first of all to boost the competitiveness of the European wine ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

..., or the Global Warming Solutions Act, passed last year by California's Democratic-led assembly, with the backing of the governor, a Republican. The legislation obliges California to cut emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020. Work has begun on quantifying the level of emissions, after which a cap will b...

American Bests Japanese Hot Dog Eating Champion, Sets Record

...on by winning the contest six years in a row; last year by eating a 53-3/4 hot dogs and breaking his own r...ds) came second in 2006 with 52 hot dogs, but this year felt confident about the competition after breaking Kobayashi's world record in June with 59-1/2 wie...

Low Income Family Adolescents Suffer Migraine

...ns suffering one or more migraines in the previous year was nearly the same in lower vs. higher income groups8.6 percent vs. 8.4 percent, respectively. But when the Einstein researchers focused on those teens without a strong family predisposition for migraines, they found that household income was stro...

Pre-packed Sandwiches Saltier Than Crisps

... preservative to preserve the food. Earlier this year the Food Standards Agency listed sandwiches alongside ready meals, pasta sauce, and pizza among some of the biggest sources of hidden salt....

Curative Qualities of Tamil Nadus Kuttralam Waterfalls

...ndly, oil massage is also available here. So every year we come to Kuttralam." It is believed that the waters of the fall touch many medicinal plants along the way, which makes it curative. Tourists can enjoy bathing under the waterfalls, take oil massage and enjoy boat rides. Malathi, a tourist at Ku...

Mira Nair Launches AIDS Awareness Project

..., anywhere. If these four films succeed, then next year we can get another four directors (to do another series)," she added....

The Hospital Superbugs

...ics. And it kills three times as many people every year as MRSA. A research group led by Professor Nige...e die from a healthcare-associated infection every year in the UK and tackling the super bugs costs the NHS 1bn a year. 1 in 12 of us will pick up an infect...

A New Therapy to Protect Cancer Patients Against Infertility

...Stern and her team are currently completing a five year follow up of the pilot study. We are optimistic that this will prove to be an effective way of protecting fertility for women without the problems that have been associated with GnRH agonists in the past, she said. The medical community needs to ac...

Autism Children can Be Diagnosed Within One Year of Age

...found that autism can be diagnosed at close to one year of age, which is the earliest the disorder has eve...r diagnosing children with autism at or around one year of age, Landas goal is to develop these criteria based on this and other autism studies currently un...

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