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Washington, Sep 18 (ANI): A jab of biomaterial gel into a spinal cord injury site may significantly improve healing, according to researchers at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.

Dr. Mark Preul and Dr. Alyssa Panitch have found in a study that injection of an engineered hydrogel [...]

Lahore, Sep.16 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hoping that the encounter between India and Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy would help improve ties between both the countries.

PCB’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Wasim Bari said the match would help remove the distrust and improve bilateral relations which had deteriorated after the November [...]

Washington, September 9 (ANI): Italian archaeologists have unearthed a 1st century A.D. colossal statue of Apollo, the Greek god of the sun, light, music and poetry, from white calcified cliffs in southwestern Turkey.

Colossal statues were very popular in antiquity, as evidenced by the lost [...]

London, Aug 30 (ANI): England all rounder Andrew Flintoff is praying that the 2,500 pound machine strapped around his knee will save his cricket career.

The Lancashire all-rounder has to strap himself to the contraption for eight hours every day as he starts his gruelling rehabilitation from his latest operation.

The state-of-the-art Continuous Passive Motion [...]

Washington, August 27 (ANI): Reports indicate that the Dead Sea is still shrinking fast, with water levels continuing to drop at the rate of about 1 meter per year.

Praised far and wide for the reputed healing powers of its minerals and waters, the Dead Sea has been luring visitors for thousands of years.

But these [...]

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a unique device, called Dermastream, which could heal bedsores and chronic ulcers in bedridden elderly and infirm.

When ill, such people are prone to painful and dangerous pressure ulcers, and diabetics are susceptible to wounds caused by a lack of blood flow to the extremities.

“The [...]

Washington, July 8 (ANI): Blankets not only help stave off the shivers, they can also offer protection against brain damage, say researchers.

Patients with brain injuries or dangerously high fevers are often cooled to reduce their core body temperature to prevent further damage and aid healing.

But cooling induces shivering, which counteracts to keep the patient’s [...]

London, Jun 19 (ANI): A teenage girl, who was sheltering from a storm beneath a tree, survived a devastating lightning strike after her iPod, which was round her neck, diverted the 300,000-volt surge that hit her.

Sophie Frost, 14, received just minor burns and singed hair as the bolt zipped through the headphone wire hanging from [...]

Washington, May 29 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that it is possible to repair cardiac tissue and, in turn, reverse heart failure by injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle.

The researchers used an animal model to demonstrate that the non-invasive procedure could increase myocytes, or [...]

Washington, May 27 (ANI): If you thought that Star Trek scanners that fix injuries with beams of light was just a piece of fiction, just be ready for this-scientists have developed a new optical technology that could lead to better artificial tissues and wounds that heal faster with less scarring.

The new technology lines up living [...]

Islamabad, May 13 (ANI): Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said that his country and Pakistan would have to work together to defeat a “wildfire of terrorism” sweeping the region and frustrating economic development.

Karzai, who was speaking at a two-day regional economic [...]

London, Apr 29 (ANI): Boyzone’s much-awaited UK and Ireland tour has run into trouble after singer Keith Duffy collapsed following the London marathon – and had to have an emergency double hernia operation.

After a 3hour 52minute gruelling course, Duffy started experiencing shooting pains in his stomach and was rushed to the doctor.

While he’s [...]

Amman – Jordan’s influential Muslim Brotherhood movement on Sunday urged Pope Benedict XVI to postpone his planned Middle East visit next month and to apologize for statements that the group considers “injurious” to Islam.
“We hope that the Vatican will take a decision to postpone the visit until certain issues are cleared,” Muslim Brotherhood official spokesman [...]

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The nine-year-old was released from Doncaster Royal Infirmary overnight after undergoing two operations on his injured arm.
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Windhoek – A leading rights group has welcomed a proposal by Namibia’s opposition for a South Africa-style truth commission to examine past human rights violations to further national healing.
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), which was formed in 2007 by breakaway members of the ruling party SWAPO, has vowed to establish a truth [...]

London, Apr 8 (ANI): After the rejection of her application to adopt Mercy, a three-year-old Malawian orphan girl, pop queen Madonna is planning to “share her pain” over Passover this week with fellow Kabbalah devotees.

The ‘Material Girl’ was forced to return to Britain without Mercy after a Malawian judge’s ruling.

“She will be speaking about her [...]

Washington, April 8 (ANI): University of Michigan scientists have moved a step closer to using gene therapy to regenerate tooth-supporting gum tissue.

The researchers say that they have developed a method of gene delivery that appears safe.

According to them, their work assuages one of the biggest safety concerns surrounding gene therapy research and tissue engineering.

The [...]

Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Family secrets such as alcoholism, abuse and unwanted pregnancies are an obstacle to healing when disease strikes, according to a new study.

“Family secrets lead to feelings of guilt, anger and helplessness. [...]

London, Mar 20 (ANI): Maggot (larval) therapy for leg ulcers has the same health benefits and costs as a standard treatment for the problem, according to two studies.

Published in the online edition of the British Medical Journal, the studies describe leg ulcers as chronic wounds most commonly [...]

Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): A new study has revealed that smokers who refuse to quit the habit despite being diagnosed with lung cancer experience higher levels of pain from the disease than non-smokers and former smokers.

Researchers at Duke University surveyed some 900 lung cancer patients and classified 17 percent of them as persistent smokers. [...]