http://www.rxpgnews.com/ Medical News and Information Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:00:28 PST en-us http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/18_kg_tumour_removed_from_woman_5760.shtml Odd Medical News A team of doctors in Himachal Pradesh have removed an 18 kg ovarian tumour from a woman in her 20s. Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:53:11 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/18_kg_tumour_removed_from_woman_5760.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/VitaCig_-_Cigarettes_with_Vitamin_C_that_don_t_sta_4192_4192.shtml Odd Medical News Cigarettes injected with Vitamin C that don't stain your teeth have been developed by a Canadian researcher. The new cigarettes, named VitaCig, have been developed by non-smoker Roger Ouellette, reported the online edition of Daily Mail. Canadian company Vita-C Tobacco is distributing the cigarettes. Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:08:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/VitaCig_-_Cigarettes_with_Vitamin_C_that_don_t_sta_4192_4192.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/A_sneeze_could_give_away_your_personality_traits_4168_4168.shtml Odd Medical News "A-choo!" the sound that comes when you sneeze could reveal details about your personality, said a US body language expert. Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:51:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/A_sneeze_could_give_away_your_personality_traits_4168_4168.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Two-week-old_embedded_arrow_surgically_removed_4153_4153.shtml Odd Medical News A Madhya Pradesh tribal who was walking around normally with an arrowhead embedded deep in his chest for two weeks, had the weapon piece removed surgically by doctors at Indore. Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:44:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Two-week-old_embedded_arrow_surgically_removed_4153_4153.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Woman_delivers_baby_on_road_in_West_Bengal_4083_4083.shtml Odd Medical News The plight of a poor woman in West Bengal, who gave birth to a baby in a public street after a government hospital doctor released her, raised public outcry and a call for probes here Tuesday. Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:29:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Woman_delivers_baby_on_road_in_West_Bengal_4083_4083.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Restoring_virtue_for_Rs_20_000_4014_4014.shtml Odd Medical News A scientific triumph or a regressive procedure that further compromises the position of women in conservative India? Either way, surgeons in Gujarat, India are set to cash in on the demand for hymenoplasty, the term for medical restoration of a woman's technical virginity. Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:13:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Restoring_virtue_for_Rs_20_000_4014_4014.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Living_with_boyfriend_You_could_become_obese_3940_3940.shtml Odd Medical News Living with your boyfriend could make you obese unless you control your diet, says a study which, however, adds that the opposite holds true for men. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:05:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Living_with_boyfriend_You_could_become_obese_3940_3940.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Value_of_services_provided_by_insects_is_57_billio_3880_3880.shtml Odd Medical News Although the economic importance of insects in providing honey and silk is well known, many other valuable services provided by insects are commonly overlooked. In the April 2006 issue of BioScience, the monthly journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, John E. Losey of Cornell University and Mace Vaughan of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation estimate the value (as indicated by documented financial transactions) of some less well-known services provided by insects. Understanding such services is important because evidence points to a steady decline in beneficial insect populations. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:10:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Value_of_services_provided_by_insects_is_57_billio_3880_3880.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/British_student_to_investigate_dogs_barks_3850_3850.shtml Odd Medical News A British postgraduate student of psychology is planning to record the barks and growls of hundreds of dogs as part of a project into how canines communicate. Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:32:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/British_student_to_investigate_dogs_barks_3850_3850.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Two_foetuses_removed_from_45-day-old_baby_3819_3819.shtml Odd Medical News In a rare operation, Pakistani doctors Tuesday removed two foetuses, one of them fully grown, from the abdomen of a 45-day-old baby. Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:14:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Two_foetuses_removed_from_45-day-old_baby_3819_3819.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Papua_New_Guinea_MP_accused_of_spreading_HIV_3759_3759.shtml Odd Medical News A member of the Papua New Guinea parliament could become the first person in the South Pacific's biggest country to face court for knowingly infecting others with HIV virus, a report said Thursday. Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:44:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Papua_New_Guinea_MP_accused_of_spreading_HIV_3759_3759.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Croatian_doctors_remove_10-kilo_tumour_from_patien_3758_3758.shtml Odd Medical News Surgeons in the western Croatian town of Gospic removed a massive, 10-kilo abdominal tumour from a female patient, the Zagreb daily 24sata reported Wednesday. Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:41:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Croatian_doctors_remove_10-kilo_tumour_from_patien_3758_3758.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/421_kidney_stones_removed_from_60-year-old_3634_3634.shtml Odd Medical News Thai doctors removed 421 kidney stones, believed to be a medical record, from a 60-year-old woman who had been complaining of stomach cramps for years, media reports said Friday. Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:21:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/421_kidney_stones_removed_from_60-year-old_3634_3634.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Hens_teeth_not_so_rare_after_all_3497_3497.shtml Odd Medical News Scientists have discovered that rarest of things: a chicken with teeth – crocodile teeth to be precise. Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:32:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Hens_teeth_not_so_rare_after_all_3497_3497.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/British_grandma_recovers_sight_after_heart_attack_3195_3195.shtml Odd Medical News Can a blind person recover sight after suffering a serious heart attack? Yes, that is exactly what happened to 74-year-old Joyce Urch, who was blind for over 25 years but miraculously emerged from the life of darkness when she woke up after the heart operation, baffling medical experts here. Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:30:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/British_grandma_recovers_sight_after_heart_attack_3195_3195.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/A_ghost_fights_for_life_3164_3164.shtml Odd Medical News He seems to be a case of dead man walking. Villagers consider him a 'ghost' as his last rites have been performed. But Raju Raghuvanshi is very much alive and wants to prove it. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:52:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/A_ghost_fights_for_life_3164_3164.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Harry_Potter_books_seem_to_protect_children_from_t_3058_3058.shtml Odd Medical News Harry Potter books seem to protect children from traumatic injuries, according to a study in this week’s BMJ. Injuries caused by “craze” activities such as inline skating and microscooters have previously been reported. One modern craze is the Harry Potter series of books and films. Given the lack of horizontal velocity, height, wheels, or sharp edges associated with this particular craze, researchers at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford investigated the impact of these books on children’s traumatic injuries during the peak of their use. Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:38:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/interestingandoddmedicalnews/Harry_Potter_books_seem_to_protect_children_from_t_3058_3058.shtml