Delhi kids worse off for air pollution: StudyTimes of IndiaThe research study that had examined cellular lung reaction was one of the first to conclude that air pollution related complications are not restricted to lungs and can lead to several metabol…
A mathematical model for optimizing the indications of liver transplantation …7thSpace Interactive (press release)The criteria for organ sharing has developed a system that prioritizes liver transplantation (LT) for patients with hepatocellular carci…
Sydney Morning HeraldUnion cabal keeps Labor in death gripSydney Morning HeraldI want a party in which a person with ambition can win preselection without attaching themselves to a union bloc. Labor is suffering brain death because most members and sen…
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Michael Riedel
New York Post (The phrase “epic flop” was picked up by papers as far away as India, earning me much enmity from the cast and crew. To relieve tension, Taymor would … He had a fractured skull, a punctured lung and four broken ribs. The cast, exhausted and … |
Slate Magazine |
It’s “Wicked” to Oppose Genetically Modified Golden Rice
Slate Magazine As for the possibility of eating foods that supply vitamin A, such as liver, leafy green vegetables, and eggs, the people we’re targeting are too poor to buy them. Some kitchen garden projects provide them, but despite these interventions we still have … |
Smuggling life-saving drugsGlobal TimesThe suggested medicine for liver cancer treatment, Nexavar, costs 50,000 yuan per month, but an Indian equivalent, Soranib, costs 2,000 yuan. Soranib, manufactured by Cipla, is one of many generic drug brands prod…
Straits Times |
Widow of Yugoslavia’s ex-dictator Josip Broz Tito dies of heart failure
Straits Times Madam Broz, who was married to Tito for nearly 30 years, died in a hospital on Sunday of heart failure, said Dr Zlatibor Loncar, head of Belgrade’s emergency hospital. She had been hospitalised since late August. Tito, whose partisan guerrilla fighters … Tito’s widow dies in Serbia aged 88GlobalPost |
IBNLive |
World’s first fully bionic man walks, talks and breathes
IBNLive … bionic man walks, talks and breathes. Press Trust of India | Posted on Oct 20, 2013 at 04:45pm IST … He lacks a few major organs, including a liver, stomach and intestines, which are too complex to replicate in a lab. “Our job was to take the … |
Indian Express |
World’s first fully bionic man walks, talks and breathes
Indian Express The robot, which cost almost USD 1 million to build, was assembled from prosthetic body parts and artificial organs donated by laboratories around the world. Roboticists Rich Walker and Matthew Godden of Shadow Robot Co in England put together the … |
Times of India25 Million Indians have osteoporosisTimes of IndiaRecent research and studies have pointed out to widespread vitamin D deficiencies across India. The high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is a major factor … Rheumatoid arthritis or li…