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Health risks of radiation depend on dose, duration
Mar 18th
Concern is mounting about potential health risks of radiation from the crippled nuclear reactors in Japan. How much radiation you get depends on the dose, duration and method of exposure. Some types of radioactive particles are more dangerous or longer lasting than others.
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Loading ...Almonds curb diabetes, heart disease
Mar 13th
LAHORE: A new study conducted at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has suggested that eating almonds can help prevent diabetes and heart disease.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Why I’m a Global Warming Skeptic (and You Should Be)
Mar 11th
by Seth Forman I live in a wonderful suburban community on Long Island. My three children attend the excellent public schools in our district. As the two oldest children have made their way through middle school, though, I’ve been bothered by the rather flimsy instruction they’ve received on the subject of “global warming.” Despite widespread divergence among scientists and reports of questionable scholarship in landmark global warming studies, my children (and, presumably, their classmates and millions of other young students) have been taught a standard, one-sided view of “global warming.” Both my 14 year-old daughter and 11 year-old son have been shown Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth in sixth grade, but have been given nothing to suggest that some of the information in the movie is either controversial or misleading.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Violence erupts in Karachi; schools to remain closed
Mar 11th
KARACHI: Violence erupted in different parts of the metropolis Thursday night, CNews News reported. Miscreants came out streets in Boat Basin area of Clifton started indiscriminate firing and also set two buses on fire before fleeing.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Cricket WC: Bangladesh captain”s house attacked by angry fans
Mar 5th
DHAKA: Angry fans attacked the house of Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan after his team crashed to a humiliating nine-wicket World Cup defeat against the West Indies, police said Saturday. Shakib”s mother and sister were inside the three-storey house in the western district town of Magura when several motor-cycle riders stopped and threw stones at the house on Friday evening, local police chief Proloy Chisim said.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine: scientists
Feb 28th
LONDON: Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thursday. Sex, anger, marijuana use and chest or respiratory infections and can also trigger heart attacks to different extents, the researchers said, but air pollution, particularly in heavy traffic, is the major culprit
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Many stick with fast food after heart attack
Feb 24th
NEW YORK: It would seem logical for patients who have had a heart attack to cut back on fast food.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Electrode therapy aids severe compulsive disorder
Feb 20th
WASHINGTON: The use of brain surgery to treat psychiatric disorders has long been controversial, but new technologies are emerging that can help people with severe illnesses, scientists said. The field has come a long way since the horrors of the frontal lobotomy and electroshock therapy seen last century, but experts urge caution because they are still learning how these deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapies work. “As we stick devices into people”s brains it turns out that this has become very promising.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dunya News receives footage of Col. Imams murder
Feb 20th
The footage shows the murder of Col. Imam by Taliban in the presence of Hakimullah Mehsud
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...CNews News receives footage of Col. Imams murder
Feb 20th
The footage shows the murder of Col. Imam by Taliban in the presence of Hakimullah Mehsud. In the footage, Hakimullah Mehsud, along with 2 Taliban commanders, was conveying his demands to the government in the presence of Colonel Imam.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Could Facebook Overuse Cause You To Be Miserable?
Feb 16th
Facebook is the biggest of all the social networks, it boats more than 500 million users with more than half of them returning daily to perform general tasks. It is also becoming a big resource for brands and sports . It’s so big that it may even be buying Twitter ! We have now read a report that Facebook overuse could cause you to be miserable
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Early balding linked to risk of prostate cancer
Feb 16th
LONDON: A study showing that men who start to go bald at 20 may be more likely to develop prostate cancer in later life suggests they might benefit from early screening or preventative therapy, scientists said on Tuesday. French researchers compared 388 men being treated for prostate cancer with 281 healthy men and found that those with the disease were twice as likely as the healthy men to have started losing their hair when they were 20. If the men only started going bald when they were 30 or 40, there was no difference in their risk of developing prostate cancer compared to the healthy group.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...How much vitamin D do pre-teen girls need?
Feb 14th
NEW YORK: In the winter, pre-teen girls may need more vitamin D — either from diet or supplements — to have healthy bones, a new study says. The goal of the study was to figure out how much vitamin D girls aged 11 to 12 would need to take every day in order to keep the levels of this nutrient in their blood at healthy levels.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Diet soda, salt boost stroke risk
Feb 11th
WASHINGTON: A pair of studies released Wednesday suggest that diet soda drinkers face a higher risk of heart attack and stroke than people who do not drink any soda, and that salty food boosts stroke risks, too. The soda study examined 2,564 people in Manhattan and found that those who reported consuming diet fizzy drinks daily had a 61 percent higher risk of vascular events than people who said they did not drink any soda at all.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Husni Mubarak refuses to stand down – Exclusive Speech Video
Feb 10th
Mubarak Speech – English Translation Egyptian president vows he will stay in office until September, and will not bow down to ‘foreign pressure’. Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has refused to step down from his post, saying that he will not bow to “foreign pressure” in a televised address to the nation.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Scientists grow blood vessels for human surgery
Feb 4th
WASHINGTON: Scientists can grow blood vessels in a lab for use in coronary bypass or dialysis, a promising alternative to harvesting from the patient, said a study published on Wednesday.
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