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Russia warns against travel to Turkey, Iran closes border

Russians should avoid travelling to Turkey after seven confirmed cases of bird flu, the chief state epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko said on Sunday // . Turkey is the sixth country where the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has jumped from poultry to people, the first human infections outside eastern Asia. "I earnestly advise Russian citizens to refrain from travelling to Turkey,...

Cancer Patient Loses Embryo Appeal

Natallie Evans, who was left infertile after cancer treatment has lost her appeal to use frozen embryos to have a baby. The European Court of Human Rights rules against Ms Evans, who says that she is determined to have a baby. // "I'm still as determined to do whatever it takes to have a child of my own," she said after the verdict. "Howard may feel it's too late for him to change his mi...

Brunei Closes Primary Schools In A Bid To Contain Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Following in the steps of Malaysia, Brunei has quickly moved to prevent the spread of hand, foot and mouth viral disease and has ordered the closure of// all primary and nursery schools after the first death due to the disease was reported on Friday. The education ministry said that it was taking this precautionary measure after officials reported 32 cases and on...

Organic food loses its whole-grain image

Organic food no longer means just tough whole-grain products. The movement has burst out of the narrow milieu it originated from, and now products// are available that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. For decades organic food had the image of whole-grain muesli, rubbery tofu and tasteless vegetarian cutlets, but times are fast changing. In the larger towns and ci...

Cash-Strapped Hospital loses Top Surgeons

Mount Vernon, one of Britain’s prime plastic surgery units, is losing four of their senior consultants because of inadequate funds// to maintain the hospital. The four specialists, Douglas Harrison, Paul Smith, David Gault and Rajiv Grover were part of a team of nine experts at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood. As they leave services of the hospital would be dramatically reduced. <...

A Young Girl Loses Her Leg Due to Surgeon’s Carelessnes

Bhubaneswar: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly operated on her leg instead of her polio-afflicted hand in Orissa's coastal district of Jajpur, some 100 km from here, the// patient's father complained. The girl was a victim of an unusual case of polio affecting the hand, but the surgeons on Saturday operated upon Laxmipriya's right leg instead of her right hand, alleged Seshadev Ghadai,...

Worlds Heaviest Man Loses Weight Thanks to Monitored Dieting

Manuel Uribe Garza, thought to be the world's fattest man, had weighed a humongous 560 kg, over half a ton. But he has been able to shed in just over a year as much as 180 kg as a consequence of some well monitored dieting. Seven fully grown men in all, standing in a line. That was how he used to look like. Now two men could be said to have gone out of his body! No-one knows for s...

Boiling Makes Broccoli to Loses Its Anticancer Properties

Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage are known to contain substances that reduces the risk of cancer . But, researchers have now warned that boiling these veggies makes them to lose its anticancer properties. Brassica vegetables have a high concentration of substances known as glucosinolates which are metabolized to cancer preventive s...

Penis Loses Its Most Sensitive Parts During Circumcision Process

A new study has found that what boys lose in the process of circumcision turns out to be the most sensitive parts of the penis. The long-term-health impact of neo-natal circumcision has received little study, while the consequences of circumcision on sexual function in the adult male have received even less attention. But now, a recent study, by M. Sorrels and colleag...

SKorean Online Dogmeat Retailer Closes Site Amid Uproar

A South Korean online retailer of dogmeat on Thursday closed its website after media reports sparked an uproar about the traditional but controversial cuisine. The online shop (www.e-bosin.com) has been under fire from critics, including animal rights activists, since local media reports about it Tuesday. "We're too exhausted by the controversy to speak. We no longer...