 | Polio vaccination in the US has resulted in a net savings of more than $180 billion, according to a new study.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), was the first of its kind to retrospectively... More |
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 | The late father of an Indian Army officer has become the first person to donate his liver in the history of Armed Forces Medical Service.
Major S.K. Singh of the Regiment of Artillery agreed to the donation after his 72-year-old father P.N. Singh... More |
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 | Social status may impact on longevity, say researchers who studied winners and nominees of the Nobel Prize.
Previous research has found a link between status and health in monkeys, but it has been difficult to investigate the link in human beings... More |
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 | Indonesian authorities slaughtered thousands of chickens and other fowl in backyard farms and cages here Sunday to curtail the spread of bird flu virus that has killed five people in recent days.
Before being killed, more than 10,000 fowl were... More |
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 | People suffering from gum disease are likely to face the risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, an organ in the digestive system, and the worse the gum disease, the higher the risk, says a study.
Gum disease is a common dental problem that... More |
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 | The commonly used anaesthetic isoflurane could kill brain cells and raise the risk of Alzheimer's, suggests a new study questioning the safety of the drug.
Isoflurane is an anaesthetic, which is inhaled and used when general anaesthesia is... More |
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 | HIV-positive people are 10 times more prone to excessive dandruff and it could be treated as an early sign of the disease, a British expert said.
Barry Stevens, founder of the London Trichology Society, said the Seborrhoeic Dermatitis (a severe... More |
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 | Scientists have developed a Vitamin D pill that could give a longer lease of life to patients in the advanced stage of prostrate cancer when given along with chemotherapy drugs.
Patients taking the pill produced by US drug company Novacea lived... More |
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 | People who smoke may face an increasing risk of knee pain than non-smokers.
David Felson and researchers at Boston University School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic studied 159 men with knee osteoarthritis for 30 months. Nineteen of the men were... More |
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 | The death of a 47-year-old man who had worked for a Hindustan Lever thermometer factory for 18 years brought out hundreds of ex-employees, who had also been exposed to toxic mercury, to the streets.
P. Natarajan passed away Thursday, prompting... More |
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