London | 1 month ago
Party drug meow meow killing young Britons
London, Oct 27 - Party drug 'meow meow' or mephedrone, used as a replacement for ecstasy or cocaine, and termed Britain's 'favourite new drug' has caused nearly 100 deaths of young people in the past two years.Banned last year, mephedrone has been blamed for causing 19 users to commit suicide. At least one person dies every week after taking the drug.The report was published by government drug adv ... read more

Cairo | 4 months ago
Mubarak declines food, becomes 'extremely weak'
Cairo, July 27 - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak refuses to eat food and has become 'extremely weak', state news agency MENA reported Wednesday.Asim Azzam, a doctor who is looking after Mubarak at the hospital in Sharm El-Sheikh resort city, has said Mubarak's vital signs were stable but he was psychologically in a 'bad shape.'Mubarak, 84, is due to go on trial on charges that he ordered p ... read more

London | 10 months ago
Two new drugs can slash stroke risk
London, Jan 11 - Two new drugs could slash stroke risk and blood clots for those with atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm problem, a study suggests.Blood-thinning drugs rivaroxaban and dabigatran have proved more effective in combating the condition than the conventional treatment warfarin.Atrial fibrillation - a fast, erratic heartbeat - affects 800,000 people in the UK. Symptoms include breathle ... read more

Chennai | 1 year ago
Advani's family, coach relieved with his gold medal performance
Chennai, Nov 14 - Pankaj Advani could not have ended an otherwise disappointing year in a better way by winning the English billiards singles gold medal at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou Sunday.Winning the gold medal must have been especially satisfying for the 25-year old Pune-born Bangalorean who lost both his World billiards titles apart from the National crown this year.Shree Advani, the el ... read more

Kolkata | 1 year ago
West Bengal speaker falls ill after house row
Kolkata, July 29 - West Bengal Assembly Speaker H.A. Halim suffered from breathlessness and had to be administered oxygen in the house Thursday after agitated Trinamool Congress members blocked his way while he was going to his chamber.Halim, who regularly needs oxygen support following his recent indisposition in Singapore, suffered from a bout of palpitation and breathlessness, said Communist Pa ... read more

Hyderabad | 1 year ago
Court to decide on Ramalinga Raju's trial Monday
Hyderabad, July 2 - A special court will decide Monday whether B. Ramalinga Raju, the key accused in the Rs.14,000 crore Satyam scam, should be examined through video conference.The court Friday directed Raju's counsel to file a counter to CBI's petition seeking a video linkage between the court and Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences -, where Raju is being treated for Hepatitis C. The court gav ... read more

London | 1 year ago
Lady Gaga undergoes test for genetic disease
London, May 24 - Pop star Lady Gaga has undergone a test to determine if she suffers from lupus, a genetic disease that killed her aunt.The 'Poker Face' singer has sought medical advice for a string of health problems suffered last year including breathing difficulties, blurred vision, stress and headaches and she has since been tested for lupus, which causes the immune system to attack the body a ... read more

Sydney | 1 year ago
Beware of herbal medicines! They can be deadly
Sydney, Feb 9 - A forensic pathologist has sounded a worldwide warning of the potential lethal dangers of herbal medicines if taken in large quantities, injected, or combined with prescription drugs.A paper by Roger Byard, pathology professor at the University of Adelaide - outlines the highly toxic nature of many herbal substances, which a large percentage of users around the world mistakenly bel ... read more

Washington | 1 year ago
Kick the butt for a healthy heart any time
Washington, Feb 2 - It's never too late to quit smoking. Research shows saying no to cigarettes, even after a heart attack, can have a positive effect.A new study from Tel Aviv University -, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind, found that quitting smoking after a heart attack has about the same positive effect as other major interventions such as lipid-lowering agents like statins or mo ... read more

2 years ago
Mount Sinai first in nation to ablate atrial fibrillation using new visually-guided balloon catheter
Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York became the first in the U.S. to ablate atrial fibrillation using a visually-guided laser balloon catheter. The procedure was performed September 15 by Vivek Y. Reddy, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at Mount Sinai Heart, and his colleague, Srinivas R. Dukkipati, MD, Director of Mount Sinai's Experimen ... read more