 | Anyone caught smoking in a French school, hospital, metro station, office or sports hall on Thursday was liable for the first time to a stiff fine as the first stage of a two-step measure to ban smoking in all public places went into effect.
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 | Dental braces, used to correct alignment of teeth, do not improve the mental well being and self-esteem of its users later in life, finds a study.
Thousands of children have orthodontic work done each year because of a widespread belief in the... More |
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 | Youngsters who live within 500 metres of major highways develop weaker lungs then those who live at least 1,500 meters away, according to a study that says traffic pollution could affect your kid's lungs.
James Gauderman of the University of... More |
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 | Karnataka is planning to enact legislation to make HIV tests mandatory for couples planning to marry and for politicians seeking to enter the state legislature.
"There is a consensus within the government on the need to bring in such a... More |
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 | Stress during pregnancy could harm the unborn baby's brain, warns a study, adding that the baby's father has a very important role to play during the nine months.
Researcher Vivette Glover of Imperial College London said that stress caused by... More |
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 | President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will Thursday commission India's first tele-radiology network aimed at providing radiology services in rural areas at minimum cost.
Under the network developed by a group of institutions, radiology experts will... More |
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 | Scientists have developed a pill-sized robot that can travel inside your body, can find if you have any tumours and transmit the findings back to a computer.
After being swallowed, the robot passes through the body naturally, reported the online... More |
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 | A health worker in Kerala has suggested that condoms be supplied to prisoners to prevent the spread of AIDS among them as a result of homosexual contacts.
According to S.K. Harikumar, who is associated with the Kerala State AIDS Control Society,... More |
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 | Australian pharmaceuticals company CSL Ltd announced Tuesday that it had come up with a vaccine that would spark an immune response and prevent deaths from bird flu.
The Melbourne-based company said its vaccine could stop both people and birds... More |
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 | Damage to a silver dollar-sized region deep in the brain called the insula may completely erase the body's urge to smoke, according to new research.
Obviously brain damage is not a treatment option for nicotine addiction, but the new results may... More |
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