 | The older version of the vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis may be better at preventing the disease than the more commonly used modern medicines, scientists say.
Tuberculosis - more commonly known as TB - is a common and deadly infectious... More |
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 | Chest compression may work better than mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for patients who have suffered a cardiac arrest and are in need of immediate help, Japanese researchers say.
Ken Nagao, who led a team of researchers at Surugadai Nihon... More |
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 | In a reversal of sorts, young British doctors are looking to private hospitals in India for employment after they failed to be shortlisted in the current round of recruitment to the National Health Service (NHS).
Thousands of British doctors... More |
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 | Playing video games that involve firing guns could improve eyesight, suggests a study.
Playing "Gears of War," "Lost Planet," "Halo" and other action video games can improve eyesight, say Daphne Bevelier of the University of Rochester and... More |
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 | A rabid dog that went on a biting spree in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamsala town attacking 22 people has been shot dead.
The dog was hunted down and killed by civic authorities late Sunday. Dharamsala is located about 280 km from here.
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 | A newly devised SMS help-line in this megalopolis is becoming hugely popular with those grappling with the stigma of HIV/AIDS, having received over 25,000 texts since its launch last month.
A national initiative of the NGO Heroes Project founded... More |
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 | If you think of pizza as the ultimate cheap food - satisfying everyone from guests at a children's birthday party to college students studying for exams - a New York restaurateur has other ideas.
Nino Selimaj is selling the famous Italian pies... More |
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 | Indian drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd says it has obtained tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market a drug for insomnia.
The US unit of the company announced Friday that the Office of Generic... More |
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 | The mineral zinc, which is present in every part of the body, could be an indicator of common eye diseases, says a study that could help in the development of new treatment.
Zinc had previously been shown to contribute to the formation of plaques... More |
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 | Climate change triggered by massive industrialisation will increase incidence of diseases like malaria, plague and dengue, said a United States expert at a discussion organised by an Orissa-based NGO.
"There has been a trajectory change in the... More |
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