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Common Genes may Underline Alcohol Abuse and Eating Disorders

A recent study finds that people with alcohol dependence may be genetically susceptible to eating disorders and vice-versa. In a study of nearly 6,000 adult twins, researchers...

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Health

UNH Research Finds Unemployment Restricts Access to Kidney Transplants

If they are unemployed or work part-time, people in end-stage kidney failure in need of a kidney transplant are much less likely to be placed on a waiting list for a new kidne...

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Health

CBSE all set to introduce a new subject called Health Education for Class 4 to Class 10 student

A new independent subject on health could soon be introduced as part of school education by the CBSE, according to a senior health ministry official. The subject which is like...

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Health

There’s still hope: An introduction to India’s healthcare initiatives

Dr Poonam Kuruganti August 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm Over the post-independence years India has launched several health programs. In this article we highlight a few such ...

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Environment

While Congress sleeps

Barack Obama offers stopgap measures to slow global warming Jun 29th 2013 | WASHINGTON, DC |From the print edition IN THE full glare of Washington’s sum...

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Environment

The East is grey

China is the world’s worst polluter but largest investor in green energy. Its rise will have as big an impact on the environment as on the world economy or politics ALL...

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Environment

Leaked Report Spotlights Big Climate Change Assessment

Why the UN’s coming fifth report on global warming is already making waves. Brian Clark Howard National Geographic Published August 20, 2013 A leaked early version o...

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Environment

Biomass, the forgotten option

Source: The Hindu Business LineAuthor: Kumar, AmitDate: 16 August 2013 It needs the support that solar and wind energy receive.India is a biomass-rich country....

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Health

Now just pop a pill to stop blood clots

Washington: Blood clots can now be stopped easily and without needles, says a new study…

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Health

Storytelling as a strong medicine

An article by Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington recently appeared in an issue of Monthly Developments Magazine on on how entertainment has b...

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TRENDING: IS HE A LEADER OR A PROPAGANDIST?

Was it the leader of a democratic nation or a propagandist spewing divisive rhetoric in ...

April 28 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: LOOKING FOR THE MAHANAYAK

Srijit Mukherji’s Oti Uttam is a film hard to dislike. And no, it’s not just...

April 27 2024

POLITICS: PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT AMIT SHAH

Vinta Nanda spent two days with Sonal Patel and returns to tell us that the Congress Par...

April 26 2024