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World Alzheimer's Day: 6 Anti- Alzhemier's Foods, 6 Apps for Alzheimer's Patients

It's 21 September and World Alzheimer's Day. Learn more about the disease, its symptoms, risk factors and some foods, apps and products that help people affected with it.

Sep 21, 2013

Drinking coffee may cut womb cancer risk

New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the risk of developing womb cancer can be reduced by drinking coffee. According to the World Cancer Research Fund report, coffee contains antioxidants which may boost health. However, experts said that there is not yet enough evidence to recommend drinking coffee to protect against the disease. Researchers at Imperial College, London also said that women can reduce their risk of developing the disease with at least 38 minutes of daily exercise and keeping a healthy weight.

Sep 15, 2013

Conjoined Nigerian Twins Celebrate First Birthday as Separate Individuals; Similar Births Around the World [PHOTOS]

A team of specialists at a Delhi hospital have successfully separated a pair of Nigerian twins, who were born joined at the buttocks, last month.

Sep 6, 2013

Mystery Baby: 3-Month-Old Boy Catches Fire; What is Spontaneous Human Combustion?

The mystery surrounding a two-and-half-month-old boy, who caught fire as many as four times since he was born, is expected to be unraveled when the test results are out on Monday.

Aug 12, 2013

Indian Leaders Insensitive Towards Poverty? ₹1 Per Meal Considered Absurd

In a shocking revelation of Indian leaders' apathy towards the gruesome problem faced by a big chunk of the country's population, politicians are making claims that meals cost from ₹1 to ₹12 in India, forgetting the fact that 42 percent of children in the country are malnourished.

Jul 26, 2013

Indonesian Police Accuse Malaysian Firm for Deadly Haze, Firm Denies Wrongdoing

Indonesian police authorities has blamed one of Malaysia's biggest palm-oil planters PT Adei Plantations, a unit of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) of illegal fire which caused hazardous haze and engulfed parts of Southeast Asia in smog last month.

Jul 13, 2013

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Hrithik Roshan Bounces Back to Health, Posts Pictures from Hospital Bed [Photos]

Reaching out to his fans through social media forums, Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan said he is bouncing back to health after undergoing a brain surgery on Sunday.

Jul 10, 2013

Hrithik Roshan Admitted to Hospital for Brain Surgery

Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan will undergo a brain surgery to remove a clot between the brain membrane and skull, at Hinduja hospital on Sunday.

Jul 7, 2013

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Massive Smoke Forces Malaysia to Seek Emergency Steps Before Pollution Index Reaches 500

Malaysian Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said on Saturday that the National Security Council will proclaim emergency if the Air Pollutant Index (API) of any area in the country was found above 500.

Jun 30, 2013

Manisha Koirala Back in India after 6-Month Long Battle with Cancer

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala, who spent the past six months in New York for cancer treatment, has returned to India.

Jun 27, 2013

Dua's Layer: Indian Researcher Discovers New Part of Human Eye

Scientists have discovered a new part of the human eye. Though just 15 microns thick, the addition of the newly discovered body part will demand ophthalmology textbooks to be re-written.

Jun 13, 2013

World's Oldest Man Passes Away; 116-Year-Old Jiroemon Kimura Succumbs to Pneumonia

The grand old man of the world Jiroemon Kimura breathed his last at the age of 116 at his hometown in Japan.

Jun 12, 2013

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Anti-Acne Drug Backfires, Forces Woman to Abort Her First Child

Anti-acne prescription proved costly for a would-be-mom, when she was forced to have an abortion as a result of its side effects.

Jun 12, 2013

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Mysterious Killer Virus Claims 3 More Lives in Bihar, Death Toll Touches 21

Three more children have been killed in the past 24 hours, making the total lives claimed by an unidentified virus in Muzaffarpur to 21. The disease dubbed as 'acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) was first reported in April last week in the district of Muzaffarpur in North Bihar.

Jun 8, 2013

18 Killed and Dozens Injured in Himachal Pradesh Bus Mishap

Himachal Pradesh got its second major shock in a month when eighteen people were killed and 14 others injured as a bus carrying them fell into a 500 deep feet gorge in Sirmaur district of the state.

Jun 7, 2013

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