Low treatment costs and high levels of expertise have made India a leading destination for heart treatment for people from West Asian and African countries, doctors said.
According to doctors, the rates of heart treatment are 1/10th to 1/15th times lower as compared to the United States and Britain.
Girls, who eat peanut butter or nuts two times a week, are 39 percent less likely to develop benign breast disease by the time they turned 30, compared to girls who never eat them a new study has revealed.
Research from Washington University and Harvard Medical School analyzed the health histories of 9,039 U.S. girls from 1996 to 2001, when they were between the ages of 9 and 15, and later from 2005 to 2010, when they were 18 to 30 years old, Fox News reported.
A quarter of 18 to 24 year olds in Britain do not trust Muslims, while only 16 per cent said they did not trust Hindus or Sikhs, according to a new BBC poll released here today.
Of the 1,000 surveyed, 28 per cent said Britain would be better off with fewer Muslims, while 44 per cent said Muslims did not share the same values as the rest of the population.
Some 60 per cent felt the British public had a negative image of Muslims, according to the poll conducted for BBC
Radio 1’s ‘Newsbeat’ show.
Spending time with your mother-in-law can actually make you happier, a research has revealed.
The research has revealed that people who maintain frequent contact with both a mother and mother-in-law, are likely to have higher well-being than those who are seeing more of one side of the family and less of the other, as the benefit from two sources of close maternal support, the Daily Times reported.
Preethi (name changed), a 40 yr old lady suddenly noticed a lump in her left breast overnight.
What is a Breast cyst?
Cutting across political and religious lines, political leaders and women campaigners in Kerala have come out strongly against some Muslim outfits’ move to approach the Supreme Court seeking to get marriageable age of girls in the community lowered from 18.
Dubbing this as a backward step which would harm the interests of the community in general and women in particular,
they said this move is a conscious attempt by vested interests to restrict the freedom of women by ‘sabotaging’ their education and social advancement and economic self-reliance.
Toxic inks from tattoos can permeate into people’s bodies and increase the risk of cancer, experts have warned.
British scientists have found evidence that nanoparticles from the tattoo inks can get into major organs of the body.
Tattoo ink manufacturers acknowledge that 5 per cent of tattoo studios use inks containing carcinogenic compounds, though they are campaigning to reduce it to zero.
Hyderabad is known for its historical monuments constructed by Qutub Shahi Rulers which attract the tourists throughout the world. Qutub Shahi kings constructed a grand fort a little bit away from Hyderabad City and named it Sultan Nagar. A gigantic fort was also constructed there on a sprawling land of 5000 acres. Sultan Mohammed Qutub Shah (1620-1630) had also laid its foundation. A sum of Rs. 14 lakh was also spend on this fort. Sultan Nagar is an area little bit away from Dilsuknagar which is now called Lal Bahadur Nagar.
October is world over recognised as International Breast cancer Awareness month. Pink Ribbon is a symbol used to create awareness about importance of early detection of breast cancer, salute survivors in their fight against breast cancer, and equally, spread the message of Hope, Courage and Survival.
(By Amulya Ganguli) Even as Narendra Modi greeted rows of Muslims in skull caps in Ahmedabad as they sought reconciliation with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party’s fiery leader, Uma Bharati, who was portrayed in 1992 gleefully watching the demolition of the Babri Masjid, was standing shoulder to shoulder with the BJP legislators in Uttar Pradesh who were accused of instigating the recent Muzaffarnagar riots.
A human-trafficking case against a Saudi princess in the US has been dismissed.
The surprise announcement came today as 42-year-old Meshael Alayban was to face arraignment on a charge that could have brought as many as 12 years in prison.
The charge was filed after a Kenyan maid alleged Alayban had taken away her passport and forced her to work long hours without pay.
Prosecutors now say further investigation did not corroborate the allegations.
A new study suggests that chronic inflammation of blood vessels may be the cause of high childhood mortality in malaria infected regions.
According to a Wellcome Trust study in Malawian children, recurrent episodes of malaria cause chronic inflammation in blood vessels that might predispose to future infections and may increase susceptibility to cardiovascular disease.
The findings could explain the indirect burden of malaria on childhood deaths in areas where the disease is highly prevalent and children experience multiple clinical episodes of malaria in a year.
Red grapes and blueberries may protect the body against illness by boosting the immune system, a new study has claimed.
Scientists examined the effects of 446 different chemical compounds on the immune system and identified two which had a significant impact – resveratrol found in red grapes and a compound called pterostilbene from blueberries.
Wow! This is Hyderabad, Our city, The city that we love and we are so patriotic about. WE have friends brothers and sisters from every religion cast and creed. And after reading this we are infuriated, is this our city? The same city? Are we safe?
The glitter has gone out of the gold industry and it is hoping for divine intervention – but of a different kind – to breakout from the negative phase. Industry stakeholders feel if India’s gold-rich temples part with at least half of their treasure, this will save the government from importing the yellow metal for at least four to five months.
A new study has revealed that children with autism can improve their verbal communications skills with the help of horses and iPads.
Southern Tier Alternative Therapies, Inc. (STAT), together with Tina Caswell, a clinical faculty member in Ithaca College’s Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, has combined equine therapy and assistive technology through an exclusive program called Strides.
The Strides program puts children on horseback and gives each family iPads equipped with speech-generating applications.
Women are more likely than men to disapprove of – and less likely to participate in – political corruption, but only in countries where corruption is stigmatised, according to a new research.
Researchers from Rice University in US found that women are less tolerant of corrupt behaviour, but only in democratic governments, where appropriating public policy for private gain is typically punished by voters and courts.
Researchers have developed a vaccine that seems to have the capability of completely clearing an AIDS-causing virus from the body.
The promising vaccine candidate that is being developed at OHSU’s Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute is being tested through the use of a non-human primate form of HIV, called simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, which causes AIDS in monkeys.
Aligarh’s Muslim industrialists and traders will now have their own business lobby after the Udyog Vyapar Mandal (Industrial Trade Board) refused to back meat traders.
The decision to form a Muslim Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) was taken after a meeting attended by a large number of businessmen here last week, according Jasim Mohammed, director, Media Centre Aligarh.
Researchers have found that the extraordinary “reverse” of global warming has led to a 60 per cent rise in ice-covered ocean, giving way to a new trend dubbed “global cooling”.
More than a million square miles of Arctic seas have frozen in the past year, the Daily Express reported.
A secret memo to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said that a chillier-than-usual summer has left a thick ice layer stretching from the Canadian islands to the northern coast of Russia.
Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Managing Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily while addressing the valedictory function of Islamic Calligraphy Exhibition held at Salarjung Museum told that Siasat Urdu Daily will organize Islamic Calligraphy training classes for the youngsters. Mr. Ghulam Mohammed, Director, Dynamic Pharmaceuticals and Mr. Syed Zakir Hussain, member of Salarjung Museum Board, chaired the valedictory function. Mr. Ghulam Mohammed, Mr. Ayub Ali, Mr. Wasif, Mr. Khaleequr Rahman, Mr. Ziauddin Nayyar, Mr.
At a time when MPs are not seen to take their legislative business seriously – the last session was an exception – the younger MPs seem to be slowly making their mark and impact in the Lok Sabha.
Cutting across party lines, young members have scored higher on many fronts, especially attendance which was higher for them than the overall average.
Meenakshi Natrajan, the Congress MP from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, has attended parliament for a whopping 85 percent of sittings since June 2009. The average attendance of all members is around 77 percent.
Islamic Art and Calligraphy Exhibition will remain closed today on account of Friday being weekly holiday for Salarjung Museum. This exhibition has been continuing for the past twenty days. On public demand, it has been extended by two days. It will now be open on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Shaik Nizamuddin Laeeq and Mr. Faheem Ansari photographers have been filming the photographs daily. Ms. Wajeeda Tabassum of Deccan Radio has been releasing the news of this exhibition. Mr. Syed Zakir Hussain, member of Salarjung Museum Board and Dr. A.
Indian-origin Muslims in the UK have come out in criticism of Labour leader Barry Gardiner, MP from Brent North, for inviting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to speak on “The Future of Modern India” in the British parliament.
However, Gardiner, who is the chairman of Labour Friends of India, said his assessment in inviting Modi to speak in Britain was that “he is a hugely important figure in Indian politics”, the Asian Lite newspaper reported.
The Council of Indian Muslims (UK) has said that by extending this invitation, British politicians have committed a “blunder”.
(Dr. Velchala Kondal Rao) Telangana State is at last officially on cards after a prolonged nonviolent battle waged by the Telangana people for more than fifty years since the formation of Andhra Pradesh. (silent battle by suffering innumerous humiliations, discriminations, injustices for more than 50 years and vehement, vocal and vociferous but non violent battle for more than ten years.)