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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy offers hope to patients suffering from non-healing injuries to strokes and diabetes-induced wounds
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It was her maternal instinct, her fear of not being around her kids that made Angelina Jolie opt for a double mastectomy. The surgery would reduce her chances of having breast cancer, from 87 per cent to less than 5 per cent, wrote Angelina in an article in The New York Times. She opted for the surgery after discovering that she had a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which increased the risk of...
More accurate method to predict climate change   27 May, 2013
Australian scientists have claimed to narrowed down the predicted range of global warming, which will lead to more accuracy while projecting future level of rise in temperature due to climate change.Scientists from University of Melbourne and Victoria University say they used a new method to achieve the results. The paper, led by Roger Bodman from Victoria University, concluded that exceeding six...
To be reborn...   29 May, 2013
Manisha Koirala is in a zen state of mind now. Her latest update on Facebook says she is cancer-free. “I burst out crying when I heard 'cancer free'…. I call this my rebirth,” she said.Though she wears a hat to cover the loss of hair caused by chemotherapy, the 42-year-old actor says it has not bothered her much. She now takes delight in the simple pleasures of life,...
Joint venture   08 May, 2013
Dr Sharan Patil and Dr Yohannan John shot to international fame in 2007 when they saved two-year-old Lakshmi Tatma’s life in a complicated, corrective surgery. It was a challenging case of separating the child from her headless parasitic twin, which made it appear that she had four upper and lower limbs.“In fact, certain unscrupulous people in Araria village of Bihar wanted to buy...
Anyone can be a winner   08 May, 2013
Designs on destiny   23 April, 2013
Look; learn; see   29 October, 2011
A hidden bomb   23 April, 2013
Tummy tantrum   23 April, 2013
The villain in wheat   09 March, 2013
Hope of deliverance   13 March, 2013
Silver innings.   13 March, 2013
Why ignore the signs?   13 March, 2013
England believes I am stark raving mad   12 February, 2013
To live with dignity   19 January, 2013
Word therapy   09 January, 2013
Wah! Thai   09 January, 2013
Take care, lady   28 December, 2012
Feeling the pulse   12 December, 2012
Mind the gap   12 December, 2012
Cool Bites   12 December, 2012
Healthy is happy   12 December, 2012
The other big C   21 November, 2012
Ouch! That hurts!   21 November, 2012
Addiction Y2K   21 November, 2012
Zzzz… to health   21 November, 2012
‘Seized’ no more   21 November, 2012
When the doc was on song…   21 November, 2012
A pain in the head!   21 November, 2012
Quarter-life crisis   21 November, 2012
‘Abs’olutely desirable   09 November, 2012
Friend for life   30 October, 2012
Bringing up parents   30 October, 2012
Choosing between the eyes   09 October, 2012
Sex sense   09 October, 2012
Plate armour   09 October, 2012
Good shOT!   22 August, 2012
Alive in the hills   22 August, 2012
Wish fairy   11 August, 2012
The good, the bad, the ugly   27 July, 2012
Stimulus to soothe   27 July, 2012
Strike the right node   27 July, 2012
Dr Speed   02 July, 2012
Handle with care   01 June, 2012
1+1> 2   02 July, 2012
Cloud cover   04 May, 2012
Dance with me   20 April, 2012
Dry palm, mind calm!   01 June, 2012
Beat the blues   22 May, 2012
Yes, we can!   04 May, 2012
Sunshine vitamin   04 May, 2012
My father, my oxygen   25 April, 2012
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