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Youngsters prefer casual sex – AIDS Control Orgn.
MIL/Agencies May 17, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: May 17, 2007 - More youngsters are reported to be experimenting with casual sex than they did five years ago, according to a survey commissioned by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) based on the Behavioural Surveillance Survey (BSS) 2006.
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Vitamin D has potency of warding off TB
MIL/Agencies May 16, 2007 Author:
May 16, 2007 - According to researchers, just a single dose of 2.5mg vitamin D for six weeks or more is sufficient to boost the immune system to fight TB and similar bacteria. Though Sunlight is the main source of vitamin D, a diet of oily fish can also provide some of what is required.
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Punjab tense, Sikhs seek apology from Dera chief
MIL/TOI May 16, 2007 Author:
May 16, 2007 - Several towns and cities in Punjab remained tense on Wednesday as the Sikh community continued to demand an apology from the head of Dera Sacha Sauda sect Gurmit Ram Rahim for portraying himself on the lines of the revered 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh.
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 | Multivitamin prostate warning
MIL/Agencies May 16, 2007 Author:
May 16, 2007 - Taking lots of multivitamins may increase the risk of deadly prostate cancer, say US researchers. A study in nearly 300,000 men showed taking multivitamins more than seven times a week increased the risk of advanced and fatal prostate cancer.
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Indian doctors don't upgrade themselves
MIL/Agencies/TNN May 14, 2007 Author: Rucha Biju Chitrodia
May 14, 2007 - Did you know that doctors in UK compulsorily participate in a continuing medical education (CME) programme to keep up with the latest advancements in medicine? Also, that to maintain their licence to practise, UK doctors are reassessed at regular intervals, normally every five years?
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China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine
MIL/NYT May 7, 2007 Author: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker
May 7, 2007 - The kidneys fail first. Then the central nervous system begins to misfire. Paralysis spreads, making breathing difficult, then often impossible without assistance. In the end, most victims die. Many of them are children, poisoned at the hands of their unsuspecting parents.
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Wreckage of African airliner found; no survivors
MIL/Agencies May 7, 2007 Author:
May 7, 2007 - The wreckage of a Kenya Airways plane, which disappeared over the weekend after taking off from Cameroun, has been found. Pieces of fuselage, and a number of bodies, were discovered in a Mangrove forest close to Douala airport.
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World’s largest plane to land at IGIA in New Delhi on Monday
MIL/Agencies May 6, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, May 6, 2007 - World's largest air Airbus Industrie's A380 aircraft, publicized as the world's largest commercial airplane, is scheduled to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Monday to mark the second anniversary of Kingfisher Airlines.
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 | Kenyan plane crashed in Cameroon - report
MIL/Agencies May 5, 2007 Author:
Nairobi, May 5, 2007 - A passenger jet flying to the Kenyan capital Nairobi carrying 106 passengers and nine crew members crashed today near the coastal district of Kribi, Cameroon , as per Cameroon radio. The official confirmation is still awaited.
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New born Babies' death: Case against Kerala Health Minister
MIL/Agencies May 4, 2007 Author:
Thiruvananthapuram, May 04, 2007 - Police today registered a case against Kerala Health Minister P K Sreemathi and seven others complying with a court directive with regard to the death of new-born babies at a government-run hospital here.
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Ignoring common cold can lead to chronic sinusitis
MIL/Agencies May 3, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, May 03, 2007 - Don't ignore that common cold, it could turn into chronic sinusitis and if not treated for a long time could affect vision or may harm the brain.
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Scientists may have discovered longevity gene
MIL/Agencies May 3, 2007 Author:
ELEANOR HALL, May 03, 2007 - Scientists in the US say they've identified a gene for longevity in worms. Australian researchers say it is an exciting development, but they caution that it'll be a long time before it's known whether it has any meaning for humans, as Barbara Miller reports.
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Good sleep enhances memory
MIL/Agencies Apr 28, 2007 Author:
April 28, 2007 - It is widely known that a full night of uninterrupted slumber can make things much easier for us the following day, making us more alert, more refreshed, more productive and of course more responsive. But the benefits of a good night's sleep do not stop here.
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No VIP tag for actors in future in Tirupati
MIL/Agencies/TOI Apr 27, 2007 Author:
Tirupati, April 27, 2007 - Tirupati has come under fire by the devotees, who were denied darshan due to Bachchans. On the complaint of devotees, TTD board has ordered a probe on Thursday how Bachchans were treated as VIPs while they do not fall in this category.
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Court issues warrants against Shilpa, Gere
MIL/Agencies Apr 26, 2007 Author:
Jaipur, April 26 2007 - A court here today issued arrest warrants against Hollywood star Richard Gere and actor Shilpa Shetty for their public kiss during an AIDS awareness program in the capital early this month.
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Jet-Airways buys out Air Sahara
MIL/Agencies/Source : Moneycontrol.com Apr 21, 2007 Author:
April 21, 2007 - The Jet Airways buy-out Air Sahara. The deal has been in process since January 2006, which is now closed with Jet Airways transferring Rs 400 crore to Air Sahara to acquire all the shares of the latter.
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Child marriages in Rajasthan, villagers defy ban
MIL/Agencies Apr 21, 2007 Author:
April 21, 2007 - Despite ban on child marriage, the villagers in Rajasthan challenged it openly by performing child marriages freely and in great numbers. The administration has also taken a harsh step to check them as far as possible but many several child marriages were performed.
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NIA hails govt. action to provide HIV drugs for free
MIL/Agencies Apr 20, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, April 17: National Integration Assembly (NIA) here in its meeting held here today has hailed the policy of the Government to provide second-line drugs free of cost to people who develop resistance to the existing treatment for HIV /AIDS. The NIA Chairman Dr. Raj Baldev said, “ The Govt. policy to provide free treatment would help check the HIV epidemic which is spreading at a rocket speed.”
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Creepy-crawly robot can mend a broken heart!
MIL/NewScientist.com Apr 20, 2007 Author:
A device that sounds like a 21st-century version of a medicinal leech may soon be set loose inside the chests of heart patients. Resembling a robotic caterpillar, it will crawl across the surface of their beating heart, delivering treatment without the need for major surgery.
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Chocolate is more exciting even than kissing
MIL/Agencies Apr 19, 2007 Author:
April 19, 2007 - Google is reported to have planned to add a new, PowerPoint like application to its hosted suite. With this, Google's hosted suite, "Docs & Spreadsheets," will offer a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentations application.
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