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Wrist Pain Symptom Evaluation

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The wrist is among the most commonly used joints for our daily activities. Common causes of wrist pain include wrist arthritis, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome and bone fracture.

Is Health Insurance in New York Cheaper?

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A very small percentage in New York buy health insurance as it is very expensive, for a single person - the premiums can range to (Dollar) 1200 a month. Experts feel a change can be expected next year when the premiums come down by half, under The Affordable Care Law, due to increased competition on the state exchange and when healthy young people buy insurance. "It's not an exact science. You have to make assumptions, and that's what we did. But they're informed assumptions, ...

'Social Nutrition' Diet may be Best Hangover Cure, Says Expert

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Social nutrition could be a realistic approach for women to prepare and recover from drinking sessions and eating fatty foods, says health expert. Nova Nutrition's managing director Catherine Sissons said the concept was a result of her experience in nutrition, sports science and hospitality, and seeing drinking culture in full swing, Fairfax News reported. She said the secret was to treat your body like an athlete preparing for an event, by ...

Doctors Bring Woman Back from the Dead

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Doctors have saved the life of an Australian woman who was clinically dead for 42 minutes. Mother-of-two Vanessa Tanasio, 41, was rushed to Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne last week after a major heart attack, with one of her main arteries fully blocked. She went into cardiac arrest and was declared clinically dead soon after arrival. Doctors refused to give up and used a compression device called a Lucas 2 -- the only one of ...

Texas Health Authorities Issue Measles Alert

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Health officials in the US state of Texas have issued a measles alert, due to a rapid increase in the number of measles cases this year. About a dozen people have been confirmed to have measles in Texas so far this year, Xinhua cited the Houston Chronicle as saying. Texas had reported six cases of measles in 2011, while there were no cases in 2012. Given the alarming rise, health officials urged immunization and asked health ...

Study Says Young Australians Getting Fatter

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A recent study finds that young Australians are stacking on more weight than any other age group. The alarming findings of the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study have raised concerns that by putting on so much weight in their 20s and 30s, Australians are at more risk of developing diabetes in middle age. "The trend for greater weight gain amongst people aged 25-34 is very concerning and suggests Australia still does not recognise ...

FDA Approves Magnetically-Tracked MediGuide Enabled Ablation Catheters

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St. Jude Medical has received FDA nod for its MediGuide Enabled ablation catheters. The MediGuide Enabled ablation catheter employs magnets to follow up vascular access devices in real time and in 3D, and conveys this data over fluoroscopic images. Radiation exposure is much less for both patient and clinicians. The new ablation catheters help in creating lesions within cardiac tissue to compensate for the difference in the rate at which the heart's chambers ...

We are All Suckers, Chewers, Crunchers or Smooshers

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How do we eat our food? The recent preoccupation of food companies that are launching newer varieties of food and juices first try to understand what consumers prefer when it comes to food texture. Research on how we get the food in from our mouth has revealed that we could be falling under any of the four categories of chewers, crunchers, smooshers or suckers. The study which involved looking into the eating pattern of 500 consumers led to ...

Sequencing Fetal Genome With DNA from Mother's Blood

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A study was published in iScience Translational Medicine/i by researchers at the University of Washington, Seattle, who sequenced the entire genome of a fetus with the DNA obtained from the mother's blood. The accomplishment is a huge leap forward for non-invasive prenatal genetic testing. Seattle scientists led by Dr. Jay Shendure have shown that non-invasive pre-natal a href="http:www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/genetic_testing_screening.htm" ...

High Cholesterol Risk Higher in Middle-Aged Men Than Women

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High cholesterol is riskier for middle-aged men compared to women when it comes to having a first heart attack, a new study has found. The study of more than 40,000 Norwegian men and women, shows that being a middle-aged male and having high cholesterol levels results in a negative synergistic effect that the researchers did not observe in women. However, current clinical guidelines for treating high cholesterol levels do not differentiate between men ...

Vasectomy on Mentally Disabled Man to be Performed Even Without His Consent

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A mentally disabled man with a mental age of six for whom it is best not have children, but is not in a position to give his consent to a vasectomy, should ideally be allowed to undergo the procedure as it is in his best interests, a British court ruled for the first time in its history. The man in question, known as DE, is 36-year-old father of one child. He does not want to have any more children and one cannot trust that he will use contraception. In ...

President Barack Obama Will Focus on Health Care and Economy

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After his week-long vacation The US President's agenda includes primarily to reform the nation's health care system and strengthen the economy. The Affordable Care Act is implemented to expand federal health care to those who need it, while encouraging Americans in all age groups to buy health insurance. "If you do not have insurance, beginning on October 1st, private plans will actually compete for your business. You can comparison shop in an online marketplace, ...

Beer Injury Update

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A recent pilot study found that people preferred to drink five brands of beer which was also associated with visits to emergency department due to injury after consumption. The study showed that out of the five brands- Steel reserve, Colt 45, Budweiser, Bud Ice and Bud Light, three are a kind of "malt liquor," which contains higher alcohol content as compared to regular beer. As part of the study to evaluate injured ER patients' alcohol consumption by ...

Eight Year Old Girl Has the Body of a New Born

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A rarest of rare condition that is still tottering to find a name and mention in medical science is the plight of 8-year-old Gabby Williams who is on the road to biological immortality. The girl, weighs a mere 5 kg and needs all the attention and care of a baby. According to her mother, the girl has not changed much in years. Her condition seems to have stalled the process of ageing such that even though Gabby is eight years old, she has the body of a new born girl. ...

British Homeware Firm Cath Kidston Becomes a Global Name

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Cath Kidston, the homeware company, is one of Britain's global success stories. A cult following for the vintage-themed bags, clothes and kitchenware, particularly in Asia, helped the company break through the 100 million ( (Dollar) 155 million, 117 million euro) sales barrier this year for the first time. It is a milestone for the brand as it celebrates 20 years since Kidston, an interior designer with connections to the English aristocracy, opened a "glorified ...

(Dollar) 1,000 Dumpster Converted into Tiny Home by US Artist

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Gregory Kloehn resides in a live-in dumpster that sleeps two with ease, hosts impromptu barbecue parties and sports its own sundeck. It's the California artist's tin-can contribution to the tiny-house movement that's prompting many Americans to ask if bigger really is better when it comes to having a roof over your head. "On the street, when it's all closed up, if you don't know about it, you think it's a garbage can," said Kloehn, 42, as he invited ...

Rainbow Nation Out to Support Mandela's Dream

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Nelson Mandela's ill-health has not dampened the spirits of the citizens in South Africa. His spirit of unity shined out Saturday in a rare sporting spectacle of South Africa's national football and rugby teams sharing the field to help fulfil the icon's dream. Dubbed 'One Man One Nation Celebration', it was staged to raise funds for the construction of the Nelson Mandela's Children's Hospital, the icon's most cherished dream. Mandela unveiled ...

Bird Flu Emergency Zone Extended in Nepal

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The Nepal government has extended the bird flu emergency zone to more parts of the Kathmandu district for three months amid health concerns expressed from various quarters. "After declaring Bhaktapur district of the capital as emergency zone on Aug 15, it was necessary to include more parts under it, " Narayan Ghimire, the government's spokesperson for bird flu control campaign, told Xinhua. Among three districts of Nepalese capital (Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, ...

Dengue Vaccine Being Tested on Animals in Cuba

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A scientist has confirmed that Cuba is testing a recombinant vaccine against dengue fever on animals. This project is considered to be one of the most advanced projects of its kind, compared to other preclinical studies undertaken at the international level. The vaccine is composed of a protein that works by inducing cells to generate neutralizing antibodies, said Alienys Izquierdo Oliva, a member of the National Dengue Vaccine Project. "If we have neutralizing ...

Obesity Responsible for More Deaths in US Than Previously Estimated

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About 18 percent of deaths in the United States were linked to obesity among people aged 40 to 85, according to a new study. According to news.com.au, the figure is dramatically higher than previous estimates of about 5 per cent. Women appeared to be far more affected than men and more than a quarter of deaths of black women, and more than a fifth of those of white women, were related to excess weight, the report said. In contrast, the same ...

Research: Zap Wonder Nerve to Get Rid of Headaches

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New research reports that a pilot study of a new technique to get rid of headache has been completed. In the new method, a handheld device, called ElectroCore, applies a bolt of electricity to the neck to stimulate the vagus nerve - the nerve connecting the brain to many of the body's organs, which includes the heart. 21 volunteers took part in the trial and 18 people said that there was a reduction in their headache's severity and frequency; they said ...

Onset of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning can be Detected by Equipping a Construction Helmet With a Sensor

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Virginia Tech investigators have won a Best Paper Award from a prestigious scientific and engineering community thanks to research calling for the use of a wearable computing system installed in a helmet to protect construction workers from carbon monoxide poisoning. This award will be presented at the August 17-21, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Conference on Automation Science and Engineering/a. Carbon monoxide poisoning ...

Elderly Care System to be Strengthened in China

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Greater reforms and innovation will be used to build a diversified nationwide elderly care service system by 2020, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has indicated. Speaking at an executive meeting of the State Council, Li said that a sound elderly care service industry can help to create jobs and facilitate economic restructuring, Xinhua reported Friday. Elderly care service facilities should be built in new communities and updated in the old ones, the state ...

Trends in Perinatally Infected HIV Patients Now Approaching Adulthood Explored by JPIDS

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Recent research has highlighted that the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed HIV from a death sentence into a chronic disease. In one of the largest studies of perinatally infected HIV (PHIV) patients to date, Agwu, et al, found that the proportion of patients on ART has increased and rates of viremia and advanced immunosuppression have decreased. But the rates of both markers in older patients are higher, according to an article in the Fall ...

Does Stroke Affect Emotions?

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Does stroke cause psychological and emotional changes? It does appear so from the experience of 68-year-old Malcom Myatt, a lorry driver, who suffered a stroke and is now no longer able to feel sadness, since the part of the brain that is in charge of controlling that emotion has been destroyed. The stroke had apparently affected the frontal lobe of his brain which is in charge of emotions. He also feels his short term memory has got affected. The ...

Winston Churchill-The Most Inspirational Orator of All Time

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A new survey claims that only Winston Churchill was a better inspiring orator than Martin Luther King. To mark the 50th anniversary of King's "I have a dream" speech on 28 August, ComRes survey for The Independent asked people to compare King with eight other speakers. The resulting league table showed being dead is the most important qualification for a high ranking, and that current or recent UK politicians are the worst rated. David ...

US Hit by Underwater Hockey Madness

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Underwater hockey, an unconventional sport popular in South Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, is now getting popular in the US too! According to CNN, underwater hockey is an intense, high-speed game where one needs to hold breath, while tumbling over teammates. Keith Morgan, a player of the sport, said that it was for people who were true athletes, and he is twice the age of one of his teammates. However, despite its international ...

Obesity Influenced Deaths Increases With Age, Study

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An increased risk of death due to obesity is experienced in individuals who grow older, a new study explained. Researchers reviewed data from the National Health Interview Survey linked to the National Death Index to understand the association between obesity and early adult mortality. The sample included survey respondents between the ages of 40 and 84.9. The study uniquely accounted for not only the age of the respondent, but also the period ...

Nationwide Broadband in China Expected by 2020

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China is now attempting to attain complete broadband coverage in both rural and urban areas by the year 2020, the government announced.. The move is aimed at achieving WiFi coverage in key public urban areas by 2013 and providing fixed broadband coverage for half of Chinese households by 2015. On Saturday, the State Council elevated national broadband development as a national strategy and announced a implementation timetable for its development over ...

Same-sex Couples in New Zealand Will Finally Tie the Knot

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Over 30 same-sex couples will tie the knot on Monday when New Zealand will become the first Asia-Pacific country to legalise same-sex marriages. American actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, from the hit comedy "Modern Family" will be the guest of honour when Air New Zealand hosts a same-sex marriage on an early flight from Auckland to Queenstown, as couples attempt to be first to tie the knot. Two radio stations are also vying to host the first same-sex wedding, ...

Sikkim Still India's Greenest State!

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New Delhi/Gangtok, Aug.18 (ANI): Environmentally, Sikkim continues to be India's greenest state based on interpretation of satellite data. According to the data, 3,359 square kilometers of the state, or 47.3 per cent is under forest cover. This figure assumes significance when compared to the national average of 21 per cent. In terms of forest canopy dense class, the state has 500 square kilometers under very dense forest cover, 2161 squre ...

Excessive Smartphone Use in Kids Linked to Increased Risk of Myopia

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Kids as young as seven may risk suffering from screen sightedness owing to excessive use of smartphones, a new study revealed. According to David Allamby, founder of Focus Clinics, myopia in young adults and kids may rise by 50 per cent within the next decade and the trend led him to dub the condition 'screen sightedness,' the Daily Express reported About 50 percent of all Brits have a smartphone and spend on average about two hours daily using them. ...

Iphone Consumes More Energy Than a Fridge!

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An iPhone could be using more energy than a refrigerator, a new study suggests. According to the Breakthrough Institute, the new research claims that a fridge uses just 322 kWh per year, compared with the 361 kWh for an iPhone, if you include its wireless connections, data usage, and battery charges, Newser.com reported. But that's nothing compared to information and communications technology worldwide, which uses 10 percent of global electricity-and ...

Melting Ice Caps may be the Culprit Behind Tsunamis

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Melting ice caps could be responsible for triggering tsunamis, a new study suggests. The research suggests that if melting ice caps trigger rapid sea level rise, the strain that the edges of continents could experience might set off underwater landslides, Discovery News reported. Submarine landslides happen on every continental margin, the underwater parts of continental plates bordering oceanic plates. These underwater avalanches, which ...

New Possible Cure for the Deadly Ebola Virus

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New potential drug targets for the deadly Ebola virus may now be formed thanks to scientists who have discovered the molecular mechanism behind how it assembles. The study also showed that the same molecule that assembles and releases new viruses also rearranges itself into different shapes, with each shape controlling a different step of the virus's life cycle. Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science ...

Research Suggests Reprogrammed Treatment-Resistant Lymphomas Respond to Cancer Drugs

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A study published in iCancer Discover/iy, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research reveals that a phase I clinical trial showed diffuse, large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) resistant to chemotherapy can be reprogrammed to respond to treatment using the drug azacitidine. Patients whose lymphomas recur after initial chemotherapy are treated with a combination of approaches, including high-dose chemotherapy followed by a stem cell transplant. However, ...

Study: Poor Data Hinders Encephalitis Evaluation

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A new study indicates that poor surveillance data of encephalitis is affecting development of preventive measures to counter it. The disease has claimed lives of over 500 children this year in Uttar Pradesh. The study was conducted by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in the wake of the increasing number of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) cases in eastern Uttar Pradesh. It reviewed AES surveillance data for January 2011 to June 2012 from ...

Home Remedies to Help you Get Rid of Lice

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Home remedies in the form of onion and garlic juice can help you battle scalp lice this monsoon. Hair transplant surgeon Sakshee Sareen says that due to accumulation of sweat in the scalp, chances of hair lice or fungal infection increases during the monsoon season. "And since the scalp remains wet for a longer duration, the hair lice multiplies very rapidly," Sareen told IANS. Lice are found mostly in long hair, and she advises not to tie ...

App That Connects Long-Distance Lovers Via Their Heartbeats on the Anvil

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A British company has come out with a new product, known as Pillow Talk, which can connect long distance lovers through a wristband and a corresponding smartphone app. The wristband developed by Little Riot picks up the wearer's heartbeat and transmits it via Bluetooth to the iOS or Android app. By plugging in your headphones or the pillow speaker -which are available separately- you can lie in bed and hear the real-time heartbeat of your loved one. ...

Employment Gaps may Lead to Reduced Cognitive Function in Older Age

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A new study reveals that though employment gaps can help you get promotions, it can also lead to reduced cognitive function in older age. Some of the findings by the University of Luxembourg have suggested that leaves reported as unemployment and sickness are associated with higher risk of cognitive impairment indicating that these kinds of employment gaps may decrease cognitive reserve in the long run. The srongest evidence was found for training and ...

Male Beauty Depends on the Way Men Use Their Genes

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How they use their genes, and not what genes they have, is the key factor behind male beauty, a new study has revealed. The research conducted on Turkish men found that among turkeys that are brothers (and therefore share the majority of their genes), 'dominant' males show higher expression of genes predominantly found in males, and a lower expression of genes predominantly found in females, than their subordinate brothers. Therefore, dominant males were ...

Essex Town Identified as the Luckiest City for Football Bettors in Britain

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Chingford in Essex has been declared as the luckiest city for football bettors in Britain after researchers found that more winning football bets were placed in the town with bettors collecting over half a million pounds in winnings on Ladbrokes. According to the Mirror, Glasgow was next on the list with odds-defying winners taking home nearly 300,000 pounds during the 2012/13 season. The tiny Welsh mining village of Tylorstown, which has a population ...

New Techniques That can Accurately Predict Cholera Epidemics Developed

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Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed new techniques through which they can predict the severity of seasonal cholera epidemics months before they occur and with greater accuracy than other methods that make use of remote satellite imaging. Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium iVibrio cholerae/i. It occurs in the spring and fall in the Bengal delta. In past research, scientists have used chlorophyll, a surrogate ...

Free Ambulances in Himachal Pradesh Saved 6,708 Lives in 2 Years

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Since its launch in December 2010, Himachal Pradesh's free ambulance service, which can be availed by dialling phone number 108, has saved 6,708 lives in 325,178 emergencies handled. The ambulances helped in 55,790 pregnancy-related cases and 16,230 trauma cases, according to data released by the government. Of the total emergency calls attended, 88 percent were in rural areas, it said. The state government hired the GVK-EMRI (Emergency ...

New Techniques Developed to Ease Patients Suffering from Joint Disorders

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There is a steady increase in the number of Indians suffering from joint disorders. Doctors said that new techniques from around the world that cause minimal invasion and inconvenience have come to their rescue. The announcement was made at "Current concepts in arthroplasty", a two-day annual conference of orthopaedics from across the world that was organized by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. The two-day conference ...

Know the Wonderful Benefits of Post-Workout Shower

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After any kind of physical work or workout, a shower is a must, as it cleans the body. But did you know that it also helps reduce stress and in losing weight. A post-workout shower also helps in enhancing recovery and immunity, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Mira Showers, a range of luxury showers, explains how to maximise your workout in the changing room: 1. Hygiene - First and foremost, a post workout shower is essential in terms of hygiene. ...

Smartphones Cause Vision Impairment: Eye Surgeon

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A leading laser eye surgeon says that if smartphones have made our lives easier, there is a flip side too -- they cause vision impairment. Femalefirst.co.uk reports that Surgeon David Allambym has revealed that smartphones have caused cases of myopia (short-sightedness) among young Britons to surge. Allamby, founder of Focus Clinics, has reported a 35 percent increase of patients with advancing myopia, since the launch of smartphones in 1997, and warns ...

Prince William Opens Up His Life as a New Father

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In CNN's upcoming show 'Prince William's Passion: New Father, New Hope', Prince William, who recently became dad to royal baby Prince George Alexander Louis, has opened up for the very first time about his life as a new father. According to CNN, the programme will air on September 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET on CNN and CNN International. In the one-hour TV special, the Duke of Cambridge will also reveal his passion for Africa and his dream to save the world's ...

Villagers in East India Celebrate Snake Festival

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In eastern India, hundreds of people queued in a remote village over the weekend to receive blessings from metres-long and potentially deadly snakes, thought to bring them good luck. Snake charmers clapped and beat colourful drums to lure their "prized catches" out of wicker baskets and clay pots, as part of an annual festival in the village of Purba Bishnupur in West Bengal state. "It is an art to make the snakes come out of their boxes and baskets," ...

Nationwide Vaccination Campaign Held in Israel

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Saying a two-week vaccination effort in the south was not enough to curb the threat of an outbreak of the virus, Israel took its polio vaccination campaign nationwide on Sunday. "Beginning today, children born after 1.1.2004 will be vaccinated with two drops of a weakened live (attenuated) polio strain, throughout the country," the health ministry said in a statement. "The decision to vaccinate nationwide is due to the ongoing presence of the polio ...

Comedians Make South African Audience Laugh at Its Brutal Past

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At Chester Missing, the audience shrieks with laughter, a comic puppet who styles himself South Africa's "hottest political analyst". "There are white men who didn't benefit from apartheid. They are called albinos." The black puppet and its white comedian master have joined a growing group of no-holds-barred jokesters who slaughter the country's holy cows like racism and the ruling African National Congress (ANC). A group of around 100 comedians ...

Psychosexual Counselling Session may Increase the Probability of Having a Child

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Twelve years ago, Surinder Pal, 38, married Sushma Pal, 35, but the couple were longing for their little bundle of joy. The distraught couple recently saw a glimmer of hope when they attended a counselling session at a Delhi hospital on the right ways to have a baby. The psychosexual counselling session focussed on help related to increasing the probability of having a child. "Lack of knowledge among childless couples is the biggest impediment ...

Indian Streets Act as an Unofficial Ward for Cancer Patients

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A Mumbai street acts as an unofficial ward to one of India's top cancer treatment centres with just a patchwork of colourful plastic sheets to shield patients from the heavy monsoon rains. Every year, the Tata Memorial Hospital draws tens of thousands of cancer sufferers thanks to its heavily subsidised medical care. But the city's steep hotel and rental prices force scores to sleep on nearby pavements. "There's rats, mosquitoes and dirt," said farmer ...

Maharashtra Gets Emergency Medical Care for Accident and Trauma Victims

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Thanks to the persistent initiative of an Indian American urologist, now, the Maharashtra government is set to roll out over 900 fully-equipped ambulances across the state to provide emergency care to accident and trauma victims in the critical initial moments. The state government announced in July that it will launch the Emergency Medical Services Project in September. The exact date is yet to be announced. Noted Indian American urologist Navin Shah ...

Development of Atherosclerotic Plaques may Lead to Prevention of Heart Attack

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New insights into the development of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques could lead to prevention of heart attacks and strokes or better treatment. In a report being published online in iNature Medicine/i, researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Systems Biology re-evaluated previous assumptions regarding the role of inflammatory cells in atherosclerosis and found that the process relies on proliferation of certain immune cells within ...

Research Says Relationships Cause Weight Gain

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Relationship is the main cause for weight gain, says new research. The survey reveals that a relationship superseded the more traditional reasons for putting on weight such as comfort eating, indulging during holidays or lack of exercise, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The majority of people polled, admitted to gaining up to one stone since being in a relationship, and just under three quarters of those surveyed, believe that their partner has put ...