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Super Giant Uterine Fibroid Removed - Yet Another Milestone Achieved By Indian Doctors!

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A month ago, a 52-year-old woman, who had been suffering from shortness of month and fatigue for several years, arrived at Kumaran Hospital, Chennai, bleeding profusely. Doctors, after a thorough workup, detected a 'large fibroid' growth adjoining the outer surface of the uterus, which was pressing down and causing bleeding. The lady did not have an inkling of the intrusion of the colossal tumor - similar to the size of a watermelon - into her uterus. ...

Exploding head syndrome

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Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is a painless, loud startling sound that affects individuals who are in the transition zone between wakefulness and deep sleep. High stress and fatigue may cause EHS.

Railing Collapse of 'Locks of Love' Bridge in Paris, Evacuation Done

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Thousands of "locks of love" attached to a footbridge caused a part of the railing to collapse, forcing an evacuation, in Paris. Thousands of lovers from across the world visit the Pont des Arts every year and seal their love by attaching a lock carrying their names to its railing and throwing the key in the Seine. But police were forced to hurriedly usher visitors off the footbridge in central Paris early Sunday evening after 2.4 metres (yards) of railing ...

Drug Dosages Monitoring With Colour-Changing Molecule

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A molecule that glows red or blue depending on drug levels in blood has been created by scientists, a test that can help prevent accidental overdose in patients, as reported on Sunday. After contact with a drop of blood, the molecule's colour is observed with the aid of an ordinary digital camera, its Swiss and American developers wrote in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. "The process does not require any laboratory instruments and is so simple that ...

D-Day Landings Marked by Parachutists Filling Skies Over Normandy

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Skies above Normandy was filled with nearly 900 European and American military parachutists on Sunday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. A large crowd watched as parachutists from France, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic and Italy jumped over the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, which played a major part in the Normandy landings during World War II. "It was the easiest jumping I've ever done, ...

Health Law Seen in Some States as an Option to Follow Unique Solutions

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The affordable health care was intended to create uniformity in health coverage across USA, though states are now making opportunities to follow their own solutions. In states like Vermont USA, the experiments go a step further than the Affordable Care Act, by expanding coverage for the poor. Vermont is seen to have taken interest in the waivers provided by the Affordable Care Act from 2017. This includes the mandate that majority people are insured or pay a ...

Simple Tip to Make Perfect Cup of Coffee Revealed

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Simple ingredient behind every perfect cup of coffee that most cafes have been claiming to have for years has been revealed by scientists. Experts tried compositional chemistry methods to examine the impact of different kinds of water on the flavor of coffee and found that "reasonably hard" tap water yielded the best flavor, the Independent reported. Christopher Hendon, chemist at the University of Bath said that coffee contain hundreds of chemicals ...

Risk of Brain Cancer and Longer Telomeres

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Two common gene variants that lead to longer telomeres, the caps on chromosome ends thought to confer health by protecting cells from ageing, can significantly increase the risk of developing the deadly brain cancers called gliomas. The genetic variants, in two telomere-related genes known as TERT and TERC, are respectively carried by 51 percent and 72 percent of the general population. Because it is somewhat unusual for such risk-conferring variants to be carried ...

Taj Mahal Set To Receive 'Mud Pack' Treatment

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The white marble mausoleum widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage" was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan on the banks of the River Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, in memory of his third wife Mumtaz Mahal in the 17supth/sup century. Though the iconic Taj Mahal woos a large number of visitors every year, large-scale pollution from the industrial city of ...

Regret, Thought to be Unique to Humans, Seen in Rats: Study

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Regret, a cognitive behavior once thought to be uniquely and fundamentally human, is seen in rats too, reveals a new research from the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. Research findings were recently published in iNature Neuroscience/i. To measure the cognitive behavior of regret, A. David Redish, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience in the University of Minnesota Department of Neuroscience, and Adam Steiner, a graduate ...

Make Sure You Have Health Insurance After Divorce

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When you go through with a divorce it can be very distressing for both you and your family. This along with an emotional upheaval affects your finances too. Usually the divorce proceedings are very expensive and now, you may have to manage live on a reduced income. The one important factor which we usually overlook during a divorce is health insurance. Most spouses have health insurance through their spouse's employer. This will obviously stop after the divorce. ...

Alternative Health Coverage - Options

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Many of the uninsured have to wait for 5 months before they can buy health care plans at the health care exchanges, though this does not mean they have to worry about lack of protection and the fear of huge medical bills. The uninsured can buy a temporary plan which can cover them for a few months in the state - based health exchanges. When a person moves residence from one state to another, or change due to marriage or divorce can still use the exchange to buy ...

Battling Depression With a Tiny Molecule

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A small molecule found only in humans and other primates are at lower levels in the brains of depressed individuals than normal people, reveal researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute. This discovery may hold a key to improving treatment options for those who suffer from depression. Depression is a common cause of disability, and while viable medications exist to treat it, finding the right medication for individual patients often amounts to trial ...

Silver Nanoparticles to Target Tumors

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A nanoparticle has been designed by Scientists at UC Santa Barbara, that is spherical in shape and silver in composition. It is encased in a shell coated with a peptide that enables it to target tumor cells. What's more, the shell is etchable so those nanoparticles that don't hit their target can be broken down and eliminated. The research findings appear today in the journal iNature Materials/i. The core of the nanoparticle employs a phenomenon called plasmonics. ...

Quick Escapades of Flies from Looming Predators

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It just takes a fraction of a second to launch itself into the air for a fruit fly, when it detects an approaching predator, and soar gracefully to safety; however, this does not always happen. Some threats demand a quicker getaway, even if things get a little clumsy. New research from scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus reveals how a quick-escape circuit in the fly's brain overrides the fly's slower, more controlled behavior when a threat ...

Ghanaian Garage Craftsmen Preferred Over Fancy Italian Shoemakers

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Michael Agyeman-Boaten seemed to prefer a group of craftsmen working out of a garage in Accra to get his shoes made to match one of his custom-made suits. Ghana is west Africa's second-largest economy and is known more for its export of raw materials than for craftsmanship of luxury items But Heel the World, a small leather-working company based in a quiet neighbourhood of the sprawling capital is trying to change that. "We're competing with ...

Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls Face Danger of Rape

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A UN official has warned that the abducted Nigerian girls, who are still being held captive by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, face the danger of being raped. Zainab Hawa Bangura told a luncheon at the British Residence in New York that she was worried that the girls don't come back half pregnant. According to News 24, Bangura was meeting with editors, including Tina Brown, and the British ambassador to the US in preparation for an unprecedented ...

Is Dog Man's Best Friend?

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The bond between a man and a dog may be linked to the dog's behavior, reveals a new study. According to a study by Christy L. Hoffman, PhD, assistant professor of animal behavior, ecology and conservation at Canisius College, it looked at human-animal attachment among 60 dog-owning families, including parents and children. Participants completed questionnaires that asked about their attachment to their pet dogs, their levels of responsibility for the ...

Changes in Lifestyle can Lead to Less Leisure Time Physical Activity in Adults

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Changes in both physical status and lifestyle can lead to less leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) in adults, suggests a new study. The authors wrote that over the 16-year period, an average of 32 percent of the respondents decreased their LTPA levels. Margaret de Groh, one of the supervisors of the study said that in public health, they looked at a number of issues related to modifiable risk factors, and physical activity was always one of those. ...

Property Slowdown Hits South Korean Home Lease System

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Tracing its roots back to the 19th century, a lengthy property market slump and low interest rates are threatening the future of a uniquely South Korean home lease system. "Jeonse" contracts have been a mainstay of the South's housing market for decades, offering tenants the enticing, and at first sight startling prospect of not actually paying rent. Instead, the tenant forks out a hefty, up-front deposit -- typically around 40 percent of the property's ...

Life of Spain's Eight-Year-Old Queen-To-Be

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Like other 8-year-old girls, she eats in the school canteen and goes to ballet class. Her friends know her as Leonor, but soon they will have to call her "Highness". Her childhood will not be the same now that her grandfather Juan Carlos is stepping down as king of Spain. Once her father Felipe is crowned king, she will no longer be "Infanta", but Princess -- and one day Queen. She will be the youngest direct royal heir in Europe. She will ...

Germans, British and Israeli Among Student Oscar Winners

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A young German filmmaker won the best foreign movie student Academy Award at a film-school version of the Oscars. Student directors from British, Israeli and US institutes were also among winners as organizers announced medal placements at the 41st Student Academy Awards show. Lennart Ruff of Munich's University of Television and Film won gold in the foreign movie section for "Nocebo," about a man who escapes a drug study when he discovers a fellow ...

New Way Discovered to Control Genetic Material Altered in Cancer

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We usually refer to the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that we inherit from our parents, when we talk about genetic material. This DNA is the factory where is built a similar molecule called RNA (ribonucleic acid) which produces our proteins, such as hemoglobin or insulin , allowing the lives of our cells. But there is a special group called non-coding RNA that has a more enigmatic function. The best known is microRNAs, tiny molecules that are responsible ...

Chemical Element Bromine is Essential to Human Life

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Twenty-seven chemical elements were considered to be essential for human life. Now there is a 28th chemical element - bromine. In a paper published by the journal iCell/i, Vanderbilt University researchers establish for the first time that bromine, among the 92 naturally-occurring chemical elements in the universe, is the 28th element essential for tissue development in all animals, from primitive sea creatures to humans. "Without bromine, there are no animals. ...

Scientists Generate Long-Sought Molecular Map of Critical Genetic Machinery

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Researchers has used advanced electron microscopy techniques to determine the first accurate structural map of Mediator, one of the largest and most complex "molecular machines" in cells. The team was led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI). Mediator is crucial for the regulation of most genes' activity and works in the cells of all plants and animals. The mapping of its structure-which includes more than two dozen unique protein subunits-represents ...

Investors Wary of History Repeating Itself in Thai Coup

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Investors hope that Thai military generals have learnt their lessons from the last coup and avoid imposing draconian capital controls that triggered the stock market crash in the country. Markets have largely taken May's military takeover in their stride, but there is still nervousness about a regime that has put the air force chief in charge of the economy and appointed the navy commander to oversee tourism. Experts say the last putsch, in 2006, showed ...

House of Prayer in Berlin to Bring Together Jews, Christians and Muslims Under the Same Roof

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A pastor, a rabbi and an imam in Berlin hope to create history by bringing together people of different faiths and praying under the same roof. Still a sand-strewn vacant construction site, St Peter's Square in the centre of the German capital will -- God willing -- by 2018 host a building that's so unusual it doesn't have an official term. Not a church, nor a synagogue, or a mosque as such, but a bit of all three, the centre known currently as a "House ...

Amity University Celebrates World Environment Day to Raise Awareness

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Amity Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Safety and Management (AIETSM) and Amity Institute of Environmental Science (AIES) in association with National Environmental Science Academy (NESA) celebrated "World Environment Day" at the University Campus. It was done in a bid to raise awareness about the protection of environment. Welcoming the august gathering, Professor (Dr.) Tanu Jindal- Director, Amity Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Safety and Management ...

European Governments to Include Revenues Earned from Prostitution, Drugs and Contraband in an Attempt to Boost Economic Growth

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With Europe struggling to escape the clutches of recession and mounting debt crises, the governments are turning towards the revenue earned from prostitution, drugs and contraband in an attempt to boost their economic growth profiles. Italy caused a stir when it announced last month that it would begin including revenues from drug trafficking and the sex trade, as well as contraband tobacco and alcohol, to calculate gross domestic product (GDP) from next year. One ...

Ability to Identify Where It Hurts Differs Across Body Parts

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Spatial acuity, or the ability to identify where it hurts, is different at different parts of the body, a new study reveals. The researchers produced the first systematic map of how acuity for pain is distributed across the body and found that forehead and fingertips are the most sensitive parts. Dr Flavia Mancini of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience said that acuity for touch has been known for more than a century and tested daily in neurology ...

Thousands of People Take to the Street in Gay Pride Parade in Rome

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Ramping up the pressure on the Italian government to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples, thousands of people took part in the annual Gay Pride parade across the capital city of Rome. The march was held in a party atmosphere, with bright lights and rainbow flags adorning the Via del Corso in the centre of the city. Ignazio Marino, Rome's left-wing mayor, opened the procession by repeating his campaign promise to pass legislation allowing civil ...

Shatterproof Smartphone Screens Take a Step Closer to Reality

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Cracked smartphone screens may soon be a thing of the past after researchers revealed that they have developed a new transparent layer of electrode that could guarantee shatterproof smartphone displays. The researchers recently demonstrated that a transparent layer of electrodes on a polymer surface could be extremely tough and flexible, withstanding repeated scotch tape peeling and bending tests. Yu Zhu, UA assistant professor of polymer science, ...

Boozy Night Out Leaves Irish Man Constantly Hiccupping for Two Years

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A boozy night out seems to have proven too costly for a man from Ireland's County Roscommon as it has left him with constant hiccups over the last two years with no cure in sight. Daniel Clavin said that the hiccups had taken over his life and he did not know if he will ever get rid of them, the Daily Star reported. The 38-year-old said that he had tried just about everything i.e. all the old wives cures but he could not stop and he spent most nights ...

New Gene Networks Discovered in Autism may Help Improve Treatment

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Three gene families relating to autism that might help adopt new approaches for developing new autism drugs, a new study suggests. Furthermore, one of the autism related gene pathways also affects some patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia raising the possibility that a class of drugs may treat particular subsets of all three neurological disorders. Hakon Hakonarson, Ph.D. said that Neurodevelopment disorders ...

North India Still Reeling Under Heat Wave as Monsoon Hits Kerala

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States in northern India continue to reel under a severe heat wave even as meteorologists have confirmed that monsoon has hit the Kerala coast. Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan have been the worst hit this season where the temperature has touched 47 degree Celsius, which is five degrees above normal. BP Yadav, head of the Met Department's National Weather Forecasting Centre in New Delhi said, "No relief is expected in the next four-five days but temperature ...

Families of Passengers Aboard MH370 to Reward Whistleblower Information About the Missing Plane

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Unhappy over the efforts carried out by governments of different countries in searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the families of the passengers aboard the plane are hoping to raise (Dollar) 3 million through a crowd-funding campaign which will be given out as a reward to anyone who gives whistleblower information about the missing jet. Sarah Bajc, whose partner Philip Wood, 50, was on the flight when it disappeared on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur ...

Tourism Sees Big Slump Following Thai Coup

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The recent coup carried out by the military in Thailand has seen a big slump in the number of foreign tourists traveling to the country, which had earned the reputation as the 'Land of Smiles'. While most tourists in the Southeast Asian nation barely noticed when the generals suddenly seized power on May 22 in a bloodless coup, the impact is starting to be felt with many hotel rooms in the capital unoccupied. "Hotels were dramatically hit," said a manager ...

Sending SMSes can Double Chances of Smokers Quitting

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A new study has found that sending texts through mobile phones is likely to double the chance of smokers quitting the habit. More than 11 percent of smokers who used a text- messaging program to help them quit did so and remained smoke free at the end of a six- month study as compared to just 5 percent of controls, according to a new report by researchers at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (Milken Institute SPH.) "Text ...

Boy Hero Tintin's Difficult Legacy

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After graphic novels and featuring in a Hollywood movie, the couple overseeing Tintin's legacy have now built a private museum that celebrates the glory of his creator Herge and are hoping to further build the Tintin brand. "Our work is to educate people, inform people," said Nick Rodwell, who married Herge's widow Fanny Vlamynck around a decade ago. "We're creating a Tintin brand that lies somewhere between graphic novel and contemporary art," Rodwell ...

Banksy Retrospective to be Displayed in London Next Week

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Ahead of a major auction sale, the first retrospective exhibition of works by the graffiti artist Banksy is going on show in London next week. More than 70 original paintings, sculptures and prints are going on display on Wednesday at S2, the gallery of Sotheby's auction house, though the incognito artist himself is far from pleased. "Banksy knows about the exhibition and he is not particularly happy about it," curator Steve Lazarides told AFP. "There ...

CSIRO Researchers Complete Sequencing of Sheep Genome After Eight Years of Work

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Researchers at CSIRO revealed that they have finally managed to complete the first sequencing of the entire sheep genome eight years after starting the work and hope that their findings will lead to more effective breeding strategies and new approaches to the management of sheep around the world. With about 70 million head of sheep in Australia and 1 billion globally, the sequencing of the genome could have a massive impact for the rural economy given that sheep ...

Survey Reveals Other People's Misfortunes Trigger Laughter in People

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A new survey conducted by The Glee Club has confirmed what has been suspected all along, other people's misfortune acts as a big belly tickler for people. Mark Tughan, owner of the comedy venues, said that comedians, who try to make people laugh with tricks in books, don't really know that it's the everyday small bad lucks such as toppling over, being a victim to bird poo, or walking into a lamp post, that tickles their bellies, Daily Express reported. While ...

Nepalese Take Part in Tree Hugging Campaign to Celebrate World Environment Day

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Hundreds of people in Nepal took part in a tree hugging campaign conducted with the aim of setting a new Guinness World Record to mark the World Environment Day on Thursday. The day saw more than 2,000 people, including parliament members, office workers but mostly students in their school uniforms, gathered in the country's capital Kathmandu, as they participated in the event and held the trees for two minutes at the National Martyrs and Peace Park, the Huffington ...