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  • India UK sign MoU on cooperation in health sector

    India and Britain have signed an MOU for cooperation in the field of health. The MoU was signed by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Secretary of State for Health, UK, Jeremy Richard Hunt last evening in Geneva. Describing the agreement as a historic event and a great milestone, Azad noted with optimism that this agreement is going to usher in a new era of cooperation in the health ...

  • Toddler who survived Saudi car crash found moving in body bag

    A toddler, who survived a car crash horror, was taken to a morgue in a body bag before doctors realised that he was actually breathing. Eisa Hayat was the only survivor of the car accident that took the lives of five members of the then one-year-old's British family on a pilgrimage to Mecca, the Daily Star reported. Doctors in Saudi Arabia saw the toddler moving in the bag just before they ...

  • Commonly used catheters double blood clot risk in ICU and cancer patients

    Compared to other central venous catheters (CVCs), peripherally inserted central catheters (known as PICCs) -- an often preferred route for delivery of IV medications-more than double the risk of dangerous blood clots - especially among patients who are critically ill or who have cancer. This was found in a new University of Michigan Health System study including an Indian origin scientist. ...

  • Cancer survivor Kleybanova makes victorious comeback

    After a victorious comeback to professional tennis, former World No. 20 and cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova vowed Monday to return to the sport's biggest competitions. The Russian, 23, won two WTA titles before being forced to quit the sport in July 2011 when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. After an aborted comeback bid last year, Kleybanova made a successful return last week at a ...

  • Examining pancreatic juices may help identify pancreatic cancer

    Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a promising method to distinguish between pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis - two disorders that are difficult to tell apart. They found that a molecular marker obtained from pancreatic "juices" could identify almost all cases of pancreatic cancer. "Many researchers have been working on such a diagnostic test for a long time - for me, it has ...

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

One doesnt have to be a cynic in order to speculate that the decision to split J.K. Rowlings seventh and final Harry Potter novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two films was primarily an economic one. Given that th ... ...

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  • Badminton becomes a victim of Chinas bird flu outbreak

    Badminton has become an indirect victim of bird flu that has been affecting the country, given that the extensive slaughtering of infected ducks has created a shortage of feathers, an essential raw material for the birdies used in the sport, media reports said. Many cases of H7N9 bird flu have been detected at farms in the eastern Chinese provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian, which are the ...

  • Music Therapy Appears To Help Reduce Anxiety Use Of Sedatives For Patients Receiving Ventilator Support

    Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction ...

  • Former Packers QB Don Majkowski catalogs his health woes in survey of NFL players

    Nine in ten said they were happy they played football, but fewer than 50% said they would recommend children play it today Among the three dozen players interviewed for the story was former Packers player Don Majkowski (left), whose story about the effect of playing football on his health is a grim one. "Seventeen years removed from his NFL career, ex-quarterback Don Majkowski says he can ...

  • IFP sees red over cancer saga

    Durban - The Inkatha Freedom Party on Monday called for KwaZulu-Natal's health MEC and the head of department to quit over their failure to keep two cancer radiotherapy machines operational at a Durban ...

  • Olongapo nurse crowned Miss PH-Earth on second try

    WINNING BEAUTIES Angelee de los Reyes (center), who was crowned Miss Earth-Philippines at SM Arena on Saturday night, poses with other winners of the beauty contest. From left: Bernadette Aguirre (Eco-Tourism), Nancy Leonard (Water), Kimverlyn Suiza (Air) and Alma Cabasal (Fire). RICHARD A. REYES MANILA, Philippines--She definitely looked lovelier the second time around, and the judges ...

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