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Embassy officials meet Indian students in US Tech varsity
MIL/Agencies Apr 18, 2007 Author:
Washington, April 18, 2007 - Two senior Indian Embassy officials met students from the community at the Virginia Tech University and assured support at the most difficult time that they were passing through after a shooting rampage in the campus which claimed the lives of 33 people. The students included two Indians.
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Breast Cancer can be controlled: New Research
mil/agencies Apr 14, 2007 Author: www.chinaview.cn
London, April 14,2007 – The new experiment has confirmed that breast cancer can be checked and controlled. This confirmation is based on spreading this in mice with a simple cocktail of drugs. Some drugs are already approved for human consumption.
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Diabetes treatment discovery is hailed by IFA chief
MIL/Agencies Apr 14, 2007 Author: Claire Regan
April 14, 2007 - Northern Ireland football boss Howard Wells today welcomed a major breakthrough in the treatment of diabetes, which he said would go a long way to helping sufferers and raising awareness.
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Billions at risk from wheat super-blight
MIL Apr 10, 2007 Author: Debora Mackenzie
April 10, 2007 - "This thing has immense potential for social and human destruction." Startling words - but spoken by the father of the Green Revolution, Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug, they are not easily dismissed.
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U K sailors were treated like slaves
MIL/Agencies Apr 7, 2007 Author: IR Sources/Zeenews.com
London, April 7, 2007 - The 15 British sailors and marines who were seized by Iran in the Gulf last month narrated their pathetic story on Friday. They were, in fact, treated like slaves.
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Milk helps quit smoking,: Study
MIL/Agencies/TOI Apr 6, 2007 Author:
New York, April 6, 2007 - Milk not only does the body good it may also help you quit smoking, says a study. Consuming milk makes the taste of cigarette bad and by making a few modifications to the diet one can make quitting bit easier, said the study published in April 2007 issue of the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
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1600 to be rescued from Cruise ship
MIL/Agencies Apr 6, 2007 Author:
April 6, 2007 - A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said there were up to 15 Australians on board the ship. "From that incident, there were no casualties," she said. Scores of passengers, including Australian tourists, climbed down rope ladders to rescue vessels after a Greek cruise ship struck a reef and started listing in the Mediterranean, forcing the evacuation of 1600 people
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Prezista performs well on AIDS patients : a new study
MIL/Agencies Apr 5, 2007 Author: IRS/Reuters
Washington, April 5, 2007 - The new AIDS drug Prezista is reported to have performed excellently in halting the human immunodeficiency virus in people with advanced infection, as per a study published on Wednesday.
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The home-grown heart tissue that brings hope to millions
MIL/Agencies Apr 3, 2007 Author:
April 3, 2007 - British scientists led by Sir Magdi Yacoub have grown part of a human heart in a breakthrough that offers hope for millions of cardiac patients. Such artificially-grown tissue could be used to replace damaged heart valves within three years.
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Beef eating pregnant mothers weaken their sons' sperm count
MIL/Agencies Apr 2, 2007 Author:
April 2, 2007 - Men born between 1949 and 1983 to women in the US who ate a lot of beef while pregnant have significantly lower sperm counts, a new study shows.Growth promoters, including sex hormones, used in cattle during this period to increase yield may have damaged prenatal human sperm development, the researchers suggest.
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Breastfeeding :: Breastfeeding reduces HIV transmission from mother to child
MIL/spiritindia.com Mar 31, 2007 Author:
London, March 31, 2007 - A study by scientists at the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, South Africa, has shown that exclusive breastfeeding can considerably reduce the risk of HIV transmission from mother to child under six months.
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Big step forward for cancer vaccine
MIL/Agencies Mar 31, 2007 Author:
March 31, 2007 - Medicine's arsenal against cancer could soon include a new class of treatments -- therapeutic vaccines -- now that the first of these products has cleared a major regulatory hurdle.
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HIV Prevention - Circumcision backed by World health agencies
MIL/Agencies/TBG Mar 30, 2007 Author: John Donnelly, Globe Staff/IRPS
Washington, 30 March 2007 - The World Health Organization and UNAIDS recommended on Thursday that African males living in the heart of the AIDS pandemic protect themselves against HIV by undergoing circumcision under medical advice. This shall lead to surgical procedures on tens of millions, from infants to elders.
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New U.S. guidelines on MRI use for women at high risk of breast cancer
MIL/IHT Mar 29, 2007 Author:
March 29, 2007 - Two reports scheduled for publication in the United States on Wednesday call for greatly expanded use of magnetic resonance imaging for women who have breast cancer or who are at high risk of developing the disease.
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Research suggests fortified food could help resist ageing
MIL/Agencies Mar 26, 2007 Author:
March 26, 2007 - Fortifying food with specially developed proteins could make our bodies more resistant to the ageing process, according to a former Oxford University scientist.
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Breat Cancer Screening ... at the Dentist?
MIL/Agencies Mar 22, 2007 Author:
March 22, 2007 - Not everyone loves the dentist, but most people honor the twice-annual appointment to maintain their pearly whites. Now, a new study shows those trips to the dentist might reveal more than cavities.
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High-fat diet increases breast cancer risk
MIL/Agencies Mar 21, 2007 Author:
March 21, 2007 - Study of middle-age women with a wide range of fat in their diet shows that eating a high-fat diet raises the risk of developing invasive breast cancer.
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Japanese plane lands without its nose gear
MIL/Agencies Mar 13, 2007 Author:
Tokyo, March 13, 2007 - Japanese passenger plane carrying 60 people made a safe emergency landing without its nose gear after circling over an airport for nearly two hours, the Associated Press has reported.
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 | Mohanlal goodwill ambassador for AIDS awareness prog
MIL/Agencies Mar 13, 2007 Author:
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13, 2007 - The Kerala AIDS Control Society has decided to launch a visual media campaign featuring actor Mohanlal to spread awareness about the disease.
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Pakistan asks India to assist in Blast Inquiry of Samihauta Express
MIL/Agencies Feb 20, 2007 Author:
Islamabad, February 20, 2007 - Pakistan has asked India to involve its investigative agencies in the inquiry into the deadly bomb blasts on the Samjhauta Express.
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