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According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimations it has been observed that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) or Electroshock has been used in Canada to treat severely depressed patients more than 15,000 times in 2007. This...
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The head of the family, Rajinder Garg (54) has donated blood for 136 times so far while his wife Sucheta Garg (52) has offered blood for 35 times in various blood...
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Lately a number of medical writers have taken on these commonplaces and old wives’ tales.
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The Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS raised eyebrows earlier this year when it effectively said that HIV-infected people could safely not use condoms. But now a...
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Despite violence and marginalisation, sex workers in Argentina are leading the way on HIV/Aids prevention
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Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.
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A woman was left disabled after following a “detox” diet which involved drinking large quantities of water.
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It’s not necessarily laziness that makes people hit the “snooze” button in the morning. Most likely, your body clock is mismatched with the demands of your life.
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People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit...
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A new initiative was implemented in Paris, France to encourage biking around the city in an effort to cut emissions and reduce congestion. Beginning July of last year...
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Like humans with a nose for the best restaurants, roundworms also use their senses of taste and smell to navigate. And now, researchers may have found how a...
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There are nearly 600 hundred children born from frozen eggs all over the world. British lifted the ban on this technique in January 2000. New Zealand government is yet...
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By Vincent Van Ross
Who says miracles don’t happen? It happened here—in Delhi—on July 12 this year!
Supratim Dutta, a 23-year old executive of HCL met with an...
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Research shows that fruit juices, regarded by many as a healthy way to start the day, raise the odds of a form of diabetes linked to poor diet and obesity by up to a...
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A personalized vaccine made using tobacco plants — normally associated with causing cancer rather than helping cure it — could aid people with lymphoma in fighting...
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Adolescent girls who are expelled, suspended or drop out of high school before they graduate are more likely to have a serious bout of depression by age 21 than boys...
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Frika Chia Iskandar’s stature and personality suggest she’s more likely to be a bubbly seventeen year old than a twenty-six year old HIV-positive activist.
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Have you ever pedaled on a stationary bike at the gym and thought to yourself: ‘What if this energy I am exerting could be used for something better than just making...
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DNA has been found to have a bizarre ability to put itself together, even at a distance, when according to known science it shouldn’t be able to. Explanation:...
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Viagra’s effect in women has been disappointing, but a new small study finds that those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills.
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Want to know what your genes say about you? According to geneticists, your genes could be saying quite a lot! Your genetics may dictate, for example, what foods you...
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A team of Neurologists at New York have treated a patient suffering from severe brain damage by implanting tiny electrodes in the brain in a treatment known as Deep...
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If no treatment is helpful to fight depression, a brain implant may help. But it can take long duration to show the benefits of the implant. According to the...
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