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Breaking News: Bionic eye helps man regain sight.
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Chennai :: India | updated Sun Nov 29 07:00:21 -0800 2009 | health-news

A blind man who had lost his eye sight 30 years back has regained his sight partially in bionic eye implant trial conducted at a British eye hospital bringing a great hope to the blind worldwide. Peter Lane who has...
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Latest Breaking News: Ranbaxy launches GSK's blockbuster drug in US
Source: India Abroad

New Delhi :: India | updated Fri Nov 27 13:59:06 -0800 2009 | health-news

Daiichi-controlled Ranbaxy enjoys the first-to-file status for the drug and, therefore, has a six-month exclusive marketing right to the medicine. During the period, Ranbaxy will be the only company, other than the innovator GSK [ Get Quote ], to market...
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Current News: Experts stress need to save young generation from obesity
Source: NewKerala

Lucknow :: India | updated Fri Nov 27 13:59:59 -0800 2009 | health-news

The expert stressed that schools should also play a pro-active role in encouraging children to play and eat sensibly as kids today are at a greater risk of falling prey to obesity. In a panel discussion consisting of Dr Navjot,...
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Current World News: Water Pollution
Posted by: mohit_7153 First to cover

Valsād :: India | updated Mon Nov 30 00:36:20 -0800 2009 | health-news

View of tithal beach near valsad (Gujrat). Seems like all industrial waste of gujrat thrown into the sea water. It is very harmful for the sea animals.
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Latest World News: When you eat as important as what you eat
Source: NewKerala

Mumbai :: India | updated Fri Nov 27 14:15:47 -0800 2009 | health-news

The Salk researchers' findings could explain why shift workers are unusually prone to diabetes, high cholesterol levels and obesity. "We believe that it is not shift work per se that wreaks havoc with the body's metabolism but changing shifts and...
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Current Event: Hand Wash Day: October 15,2009
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Sukkur :: Pakistan | updated Fri Nov 27 14:17:40 -0800 2009 | health-news

Global l Hand Wash Day was observed world wide and Y2K School celebrated this day by participating in a Walk followed by a graceful function, which was arranged by Bridge Consultants Sukkur and Y2K School’s students performed very well and...
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Latest World Event: In praise of… mint
Source: The Guardian

New Delhi :: India | updated Fri Nov 27 14:18:06 -0800 2009 | health-news

Thus do the mint-flavoured affairs of the world go round and round. Now a team from Newcastle University appears to have proved what Brazilian herbalists have known for thousands of years: Brazilian mint tea can be as potent a painkiller...
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Posted by: hasnain

Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated Fri Nov 27 14:19:14 -0800 2009 | health-news

1. No Breakfast People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration. 2. Overeating It causes hardening of the brain...
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Latest News Event: Dialysis - the life savior
Posted by: hasnain First to cover

Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated Tue Nov 24 07:43:12 -0800 2009 | health-news

It was 2 pm in the night when Babar's sister was changing the wet strips of cloth from Babar's forehead. His mother was sitting on the other side of the bed praying for her son. Babar was running a high-grade...
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Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Mon Nov 23 22:31:18 -0800 2009 | health-news

SPEAKERS at a seminar on HIV/AIDS have pointed out a huge discrepancy in the actual incidence of AIDS among up to 80,000 patients against a registered number of just 5,500 patients in Pakistan. They were speaking at a seminar on...
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