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USA
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Medicare
Fitness club memberships help insurance plans to enrol healthier patients
A way to build a more profitable membership in a insurance plan is to design insurance benefits that attract the healthiest patients. In a study published in the Jan. 12, 2012, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, Brown University researchers report that plans have managed to do just that by offering fitness club memberships as a covered benefit.
Jan 12, 2012 - 2:15:42 AM
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Healthcare
Anxiety disorders mount since credit crunch
The number of people with anxiety disorders has more than quadrupled in four years. Some of this could be explained by an expansion in counselling services and increase in mental problems triggered by financial uncertainties.
Jan 1, 2012 - 7:01:16 PM
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Healthcare
Doctors diagnose patients within moments of meeting
Doctors can diagnose illness and infections within moments of their meeting with a patient, say researchers in a study that could help improve diagnostic techniques.
Dec 25, 2011 - 7:39:22 PM
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Healthcare
Physician-defined patient complexity differs from current diagnosis-based measures
As Americans live longer with multiple medical conditions, managing their care is becoming increasingly challenging. Being able to define and measure patient complexity has important implications for how care is organized, how physicians and health care systems are paid, and how resources are allocated.
Dec 23, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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India Healthcare
Free health screening for school children Nov 14
New Delhi, Oct 28 - Free medical treatment and health check-ups will be conducted by the Delhi government for nearly 14 lakh school children under a scheme that is to be rolled out on Children's Day Nov 14.
Oct 28, 2011 - 8:03:00 PM
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UK
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NHS
Systematic bias in the assessment of UK doctors
Official assessments of a doctor's professionalism should be considered carefully before being accepted due to the tendency for some doctors to receive lower scores than others, and the tendency of some groups of patient or colleague assessors to provide lower scores, claims new research published on bmj.com today.
Oct 28, 2011 - 8:00:00 PM
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USA
White children far more likely to receive CT scans than Hispanic, African-American children
White children are far more likely to receive cranial computed tomography (CT) scans in an emergency department following minor head trauma than are African-American or Hispanic children, a study by researchers at UC Davis has found.
Oct 17, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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India Healthcare
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Bihar
Suspected brain disease kills 51 kids in Bihar
Suspected encephalitis, a brain fever, has killed 51 children in Bihar's Gaya district in the last seven weeks, with three more kids succumbing to the disease Friday, an official said Saturday.
Oct 3, 2011 - 6:02:35 PM
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Healthcare
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India Healthcare
New rules for bio-medical waste management in India
To ensure safe and proper management of bio-medical waste, the environment ministry has proposed new rules under which all health institutions are required to obtain authorisation of medical waste treatment facility.
Sep 26, 2011 - 1:19:32 PM
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Healthcare
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India Healthcare
Delhi hospitals lacking in emergency protocols
Last week's Delhi High Court blast, which left 13 dead and around 90 injured, once again exposed one of the most glaring shortcomings of the capital's hospitals -- lack of a robust emergency response system, medical experts say.
Sep 14, 2011 - 4:06:39 PM
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Medical News
Doctors' strike hits Maharashtra, talks fail
Mumbai, Sep 10 - Medical services in Maharashtra were severely hit Saturday as over 3,000 resident doctors in government hospitals across the state went on an indefinite strike to press for enhanced security at hospitals, even as talks with authorities proved unsuccessful, doctors said.
Sep 10, 2011 - 9:51:53 PM
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India Healthcare
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Maharashtra
Doctors' strike hits Maharashtra medical services
Mumbai, Sep 10 - Medical services in Maharashtra were jolted Saturday as resident doctors in all government hospitals went on an indefinite strike to press for enhanced security and sharper surveillence on hospital premises, the doctors said.
Sep 10, 2011 - 2:21:38 PM
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Healthcare
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India Healthcare
One mosquito coil equals 100 cigarettes
Smoke emitted from one mosquito repellent coil is equivalent to those of 100 cigarettes, thus causing harm to a large number of people in India, an expert said Wednesday.
Sep 1, 2011 - 7:01:25 PM
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India Healthcare
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Orissa Healthcare
Dengue cases on the decline in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30 - No dengue deaths have been reported in Orissa since past four days, and though fresh cases are surfacing, their number has gone down, an official said Tuesday.
Aug 30, 2011 - 9:49:48 PM
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India Healthcare
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AIIMS
200 faculty posts vacant at AIIMS in Delhi
As many as 200 faculty posts are lying vacant at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences - that serves an estimated 8,000 patients every day, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday.
Aug 30, 2011 - 7:56:36 PM
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India Healthcare
Indian doctors among the best in world: Ansari
New Delhi, Aug 19 - Indian doctors, especially those from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences -, are among the best in the world as far as delivery of health care and research is concerned, Vice President Hamid Ansari said Friday.
Aug 19, 2011 - 9:13:01 PM
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India Healthcare
Nine more test positive for scrub typhus in Shimla
Shimla, Aug 18 - Nine patients suffering from scrub typhus, a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite, have been reported here in this Himachal Pradesh capital, an official said here Thursday.
Aug 18, 2011 - 12:51:27 PM
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India Healthcare
Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students
The Tripura government and opposition parties have urged the central government and the Medical Council of India - to further relax eligibility criteria for admission to medical colleges for northeast's tribal students.
Aug 8, 2011 - 4:25:50 PM
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India Healthcare
Indian enterprise to set up $30 mn cancer centre in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, July 24 - An Indian healthcare enterprise plans to construct a cancer care centre in Ethiopia at a cost of over $30 million.
Jul 24, 2011 - 1:21:25 PM
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USA
Daunting barriers found in accessing psychiatric care
A new study by Harvard Medical School researchers published today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that access to outpatient psychiatric care in the greater Boston area is severely limited, even for people with reputedly excellent private health insurance. Given that the federal health law is modelled after the Massachusetts health reform, the findings have national implications, the researchers say.
Jul 21, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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India Healthcare
Girl battles law to survive
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 - Born in an impoverished family, 17-year-old Jayasree had both her kidneys damaged at the age of 11, saw her father lose his mental balance and now, when she finally saw a flicker of hope after a priest came forward to donate his kidney for free -- a law stopped him from doing so.
Jul 20, 2011 - 5:50:18 PM
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India Healthcare
Mayawati orders CBI probe into doctors' killing, medical graft
Lucknow, July 20 - Prompted by the remarks of the Allahabad High Court, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation - probe into the murder of two chief medical officers - of Lucknow.
Jul 19, 2011 - 10:21:36 PM
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Medical News
Elderly show way to recovery after surgeries
Retired professor J.R. Verma, 91, underwent a second knee replacement surgery four months ago. But the only signs of old age this Delhiite carries are a walking stick and a deeply wrinkled skin. He is active and on his way to recovery.
Jul 17, 2011 - 6:47:48 PM
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India Healthcare
Bengal to focus on ayurveda
Kolkata, July 12 - The West Bengal government is planning to revive ayurveda both for medical treatment and development of rural areas of the state, lawmakers said Tuesday.
Jul 13, 2011 - 8:41:31 PM
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India Healthcare
Campaign launched for shy condom buyers
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11 - 'I am not Shy' campaign to overcome shyness in buying a pack of condoms from an outlet was launched here Monday by state-run Hindustan Latex Limited - on the occasion of World Population Day.
Jul 11, 2011 - 8:19:59 PM
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World Healthcare
New tool can detect deadly anthrax attack in 15 minutes
Washington, July 7 - A nano detector that takes just 15 minutes to analyze a sample suspected of anthrax contamination, is being developed by researchers.
Jul 7, 2011 - 3:01:04 PM
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India Healthcare
Two held for hiring women for clinical drug trials
Two people working as brokers for a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company were Friday arrested in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district for engaging poor women for unauthorised drug trials, police said.
Jun 17, 2011 - 11:20:53 AM
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Latest Research
Secrets behind successful patient safety programs revealed
A team of social scientists and medical and nursing researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom has pinpointed how a programme, which ran in more than 100 hospital intensive care units in Michigan, dramatically reduced the rates of potentially deadly central line bloodstream infections to become one of the world's most successful patient safety programmes.
Jun 17, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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China Healthcare
Mental health check-up not to be compulsory in China
Beijing, June 14 - Mental health examination of Chinese people would not be compulsory and could be done at the discretion of the patient's guardians, says a new draft mental health law.
Jun 14, 2011 - 4:51:45 PM
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India Healthcare
West Bengal to increase seats in medical colleges by 700
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said a three-phase developmental system will be taken up to improve the state's ailing health services sector.
Jun 14, 2011 - 4:03:03 PM
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India Healthcare
India urges international community to promote generic drugs
New Delhi, June 9 - India has called upon the international community to promote generic medicine, specially for diseases like HIV and AIDS, to make treatment affordable.
Jun 9, 2011 - 3:12:10 PM
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India Healthcare
India's Bharat Biotech to sell $1 diarrhoea vaccine
Hyderabad, June 6 - Leading bio-pharma company Bharat Biotech Monday announced that ROTAVAC , India's first indigenously developed rotavirus diarrohea vaccine, will be sold to global public markets, UN procurement agencies and governments the world over at a price of $1.
Jun 6, 2011 - 11:35:28 AM
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India Healthcare
Stricter radiation norms soon for mobile handsets
New Delhi, June 5 - Concerned by the latest World Health Organisations - study linking mobile phone usage with brain tumours, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Sachin Pilot has said that the government will come out with stricter norms for mobile handsets and towers.
Jun 5, 2011 - 8:05:44 PM
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India Healthcare
Mamata announces plan to revamp Bengal's medical infrastructure
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said existing hospitals and health centres across the state will be upgraded while four super-speciality hospitals will come up in Purulia, Bankura, West Midnapore and Birbhum to revamp the medical infrastructure.
Jun 1, 2011 - 10:28:24 PM
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Australia
Tourist dies of mosquito-borne virus in Australia
Sydney, May 26 - A 19-year-old Canadian woman has died after contracting a rare and incurable mosquito-borne virus while on holiday in Australia's northern region, officials said.
May 26, 2011 - 10:59:11 AM
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India Healthcare
BD nano pen needle - World's smallest insulin injection needle launched
The world's smallest pen needle insulin injection for diabetics promising relief from pain was launched here Wednesday, said a statement from its manufacturer Becton, Dickinson and Company -.
May 25, 2011 - 4:47:19 PM
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China Healthcare
Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost
A Chinese woman cut open her stomach with a kitchen knife to relieve fluid accumulation so that she didn't have to pay the surgery cost, a media report said.
May 25, 2011 - 4:14:25 PM
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Healthcare
China to penalise people found spreading STDs
Beijing, May 21 - Authorities in China may soon be able to penalise anyone found intentionally spreading sexually transmitted diseases -, according to the latest draft amendment by the health ministry to the regulation on STD prevention and treatment.
May 21, 2011 - 4:45:27 PM
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India Healthcare
Government hospitals vie for better hygiene practices
New Delhi, May 11 - Stressing on the need to standardise hygiene practices in government hospitals, the ministry of health and family welfare has roped in three central government hospitals under a private hospital's housekeeping guidelines to improve cleanliness standards, officials said Wednesday.
May 11, 2011 - 11:32:09 PM
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India Healthcare
Uttar Pradesh admits National Rural Health Mission Problems
Admitting large-scale financial irregularities in the execution of National Rural Health Mission - schemes in Uttar Pradesh, the state government on Tuesday announced a system of multiple checks and balances to curb pilferage.
Apr 27, 2011 - 8:41:07 PM
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India Healthcare
PGIMER performs its first liver transplant surgery
Chandigarh, April 20 - The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research - here, one of the leading medical institutes of northern India, successfully performed its first liver transplant surgery, officials said here Wednesday.
Apr 20, 2011 - 9:20:34 PM
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World Healthcare
Condoms urged for Tunisian migrants on Italian island
To prevent unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, condoms should be given to the thousands of Tunisian migrants who have set up camp on Italy's southern island of Lampedusa, a top medical officer said Wednesday.
Apr 17, 2011 - 8:54:09 PM
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India Healthcare
British infertility clinic opens centre in Kerala
Britain-based Bourn Hall, the world's first in vitro fertilization - clinic established by pioneers Professor Robert Edwards and Doctor Patrick Steptoe in 1980, Thursday launched its first Indian centre in Kochi.
Apr 15, 2011 - 4:54:27 PM
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India Healthcare
No superbug hazard - Health ministry of India
There is no major health threat by the presence of a multi-drug resistant bacteria in Delhi's environment, the union health ministry said Monday, even as a prestigious medical journal accused the Indian government of 'suppressing the truth' about the presence of the superbug.
Apr 11, 2011 - 4:14:11 PM
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Healthcare
Microsoft offers health products for Dubai hospitals
Dubai, Oct 24 - Microsoft Health Solutions Group has showcased a range of its equipment to explore prospects of collaboration with the Dubai Healthcare City -.
Oct 24, 2010 - 9:39:31 PM
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India Healthcare
Four more encephalitis deaths in Uttar Pradesh
Four more deaths due to encephalitis were reported in this Uttar Pradesh town Saturday, taking this year's toll in its epicenter, Gorakhpur, to 215.
Aug 29, 2010 - 9:56:43 PM
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India Healthcare
Medical college in Kalpana Chawla's name coming up in Karnal
Karnal town in Haryana, from where Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla hailed, will soon have a medical college in her memory.
Jul 30, 2010 - 7:13:50 PM
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India Healthcare
Vitamin A Supplementation Programme to Stay
A programme to administer Vitamin A to Indian children is unlikely to be scrapped despite new research advising against it. The health ministry and several doctors say it is needed to combat malnutrition, which affects over 20 percent of the country's population.
Jul 27, 2010 - 12:06:11 PM
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India Healthcare
Frame policy for kidney transplants, court asks government
The Delhi High Court Friday asked the government to frame a policy for kidney transplants so that proper treatment can be given to those waiting for it.
May 1, 2010 - 7:08:05 PM
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Medical News
NRHM completes five years, rural health still in disarray
New Delhi, April 11 - The flagship National Rural Health Mission - has completed five years of operation and has achieved several targets but its main objective to put the rural health system in place needs a lot more attention, according to health ministry data.
Apr 11, 2010 - 9:34:59 PM
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Best way to boost adult immunizations is through office-based action, study finds
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'Pep talk' can revive immune cells exhausted by chronic viral infection
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Burning more sugar drives super athleticism
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Research aims to prevent obesity by reaching parents, young children through child care
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AMD-like lesions delayed in mice fed lower glycemic index diet
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Low vitamin C levels may raise heart failure patients' risk
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Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase cardiovascular risk in women
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Study finds shifting disease burden following universal Hib vaccination
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UT study: Climate change affects ants and biodiversity
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Dirt prevents allergy
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Fitness club memberships help insurance plans to enrol healthier patients
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Anxiety disorders mount since credit crunch
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Doctors diagnose patients within moments of meeting
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Physician-defined patient complexity differs from current diagnosis-based measures
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Free health screening for school children Nov 14
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Systematic bias in the assessment of UK doctors
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White children far more likely to receive CT scans than Hispanic, African-American children
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Suspected brain disease kills 51 kids in Bihar
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New rules for bio-medical waste management in India
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Delhi hospitals lacking in emergency protocols
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New device performs better than old for removing blood clots
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Gene related to fat preferences in humans found
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Cardiovascular Nursing Spring Meeting
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The effect of occasional binge drinking on heart disease and mortality among moderate drinkers
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ORNL, partners earn FLC honor for cookstove technology
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Clot-busting drugs appear safe for treating 'wake-up' stroke patients
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Infections in childhood linked to high risk of ischemic stroke
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Penn State scientists elected to American Geophysical Union
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Wayne State University project aims to reduce HIV, AIDS among African-Americans
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Scientists help define structure of exoplanets
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Women delivers baby near lift in Noida hospital
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Obesity on rise in school children: Study
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Over 10,000 dengue cases in India this year
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NRI doctors demands removal of 'tainted' medical council members
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Watch out for sexually transmitted 'superbug': Expert
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Panel stresses on infection control in hospitals
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Healthcare cost up 22 times in rural areas, shows study
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Superbug exists, but nothing alarming: Walia
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No power problem at AIIMS: Official
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40 percent Indians embarrassed to ask for contraceptives
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Behold India's unfolding democratic revolution
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Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost
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Improved Sense of Smell Produced Smarter Mammals
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Two-year-old world's first to have extra DNA strand
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172,155 kidney stones removed from one patient!
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'Primodial Soup' theory for origin of life rejected in paper
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Human species could have killed Neanderthal man
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History, geography also seem to shape our genome
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3,000 Kerala medical students to attend inter-college meet
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Tamil Nadu seeks to control deemed universities
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