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Indian Yoga Guru Challenges Gay Sex Ruling

India's top television yoga expert has challenged a landmark court ruling legalising gay sex, claiming it is a "disease"

Canada Probes Link Between Cancer And Diabetes Drug

The Canadian Health Ministry announced a review into whether diabetes drug Lantus, one of the most widely sold drugs wor

North Korea Vows To Host Mass Games Despite High Tension

North Korea vowed Thursday to host its Arirang festival -- the world's largest mass performance -- this year, despite hi

Peru Has "Scandalous" Maternal Death Rates: Amnesty

Peru has one of the highest maternal death rates in the Americas due to limited access to emergency care and shortage of

Now, Pigs at Risk of Flu Pandemic from Humans

Pigs, fingered as the source of so-called swine flu, can also be infected by humans, German scientists said on Thursday.

Erythropoietin Boosts Brainpower: Study

Healthy young mice treated with erythropoietin show lasting improved performance in learning and other higher brain func

Tokyo Becomes World's Most Expensive City For Expats: Survey

Tokyo has replaced Moscow as the world's most expensive city for expatriates, and Beijing has moved into the top 10, acc

World Population Day 2009 - "Fight Poverty: Educate Girls"

About 40 years ago world leaders declared July 11 as World Population Day, upholding the basic human right

Mutation In Only A Single Gene Causes Catastrophic Epilepsy, Say Researchers

Catastrophic epilepsy, characterized by severe muscle spasms, persistent seizures, mental retardation and sometimes auti

Reduced-Dose Schedule Significantly Cuts Vaccine Serotype Pneumococcal Carriage In Children

Infants who received two or three primary doses of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) both had a decrea

Promising Non-Drug Interventions Helpful In Alleviating Stress In Children Undergoing Anesthetics

A new Cochrane Systematic Review concludes that promising non-drug interventions are likely to help reduce children's an

Bollywood, Zbritish Zcelebs Give Up On Pants During Chemical Campaign

Bollywood stars as well as British celebrities are ditching their pants to protest against the use of harmful pesticide

Faster and More Effective DNA Test For Crime Scenes, Disease Diagnosis

Scientists in Japan are reporting development of a faster, less expensive version of the fabled polymerase chain reactio

Can Ayurveda Soothe Stallone's Knee Problems

It has emerged that Hollywood actor and Rambo muscle-man, Sylvester Stallone has turned to Ayurveda to get rid of his pe

The Smile Scan At Japanese Railways To Improve Customer Services

Railway workers in Japan are facing enforced "smile scans" - something their bosses believe that, if done every mo

Worrying Too Much Makes You Fat!

Stress can make you fat - that's what a new-fangled study has found on the link between unnecessary anxiety and weight.

Malaria Risk Not Hiked By Iron Supplements In Children

Iron supplements must not be withheld from children at risk of malaria, a new review by Cochrane Researchers has suggest

Study Finds If Bilingual Persons Have Distinct Language Areas in the Brain

A new study carried out at the University of Haifa sheds light on how first and second languages are represented in the

Fruits and Vegetables can Ward Off Upper Respiratory Tract Infection During Pregnancy

Boston University School of Medicine researchers (BUSM), in a study that appears online in the journal Public Health Nut

Soft-Boiled, Hard-Boiled and ... Pre-Boiled? Eggs in Their New Avatar!

If you are too lazy to boil an egg, or simply don't know how, your prayers have been answered, for ready-to-eat free-ra

Potential Patient Safety Risks Among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients Identified

Potential safety risks among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients have been identified by Boston Medical Cente

Psychological Treatments Ineffective For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Says Research

Psychological interventions intended to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the early st

Scientists Identify New Way To Divide Responsibility For Carbon Emissions Among Countries

Princeton University's team of scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among

New Research Could Lead To Important Advances In Methods For Treating Autism

When it comes to learning new behaviors, autistic kids rely more on their own internal sense of body position rather tha

Researchers Find Brain's Area Where Fear Conditioning Is Encoded

Researchers at University of Washington claim that they have for the first time located the neurons responsible for fear