“Most countries send out oil or iron, steel or gold, or some other crop, but Ireland has had only one export and that is its people.” Late John F. Kennedy
(Me: The Iyers and Keralites too can brag similarly!)
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By removing organ, treatment of BP set to be revolutionized
Removing one of the smallest organs in the human body could dramatically reduce blood pressure in patients who do not respond to medicines, potentially revolutionizing treatments for thousands.
Tiny organs, no larger than a grain of rice, called the carotid bodies, located near the artery that carries blood to the head and neck, were found to play a major role in causing and maintaining high levels of blood pressure. Although the study carried out by researchers at the University of Bristol and published in Nature Communications, looked at models of high blood pressure in rats, their findings were so significant that they have already leg to a human clinical trial 20 patients, which will be completed next year.
(Me: Thank heavens, the clinical trials are held in the UK, for, if they were in apna Bharat some NGOs and or other wise guys would have filed a PIL in some law court to order stoppage of the trials and praying for payment of huge compensation for the patients being used as guinea pigs..).
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Bracelet listens to heart, confirms identity…
Passwords, PINs and security tokens are now indispensable for living in the digital world, but all of them can be compromised. A new device named the Nymi is promising a secure solution, using individual electrocardiograms to authenticate their identity.
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If music be the food of love, play on…
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Woman to husband: “I was missing one of my old boyfriends today. I think it was you.”
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When the lodge meeting broke up, John confided to a friend, “Mike I’m in a terrible pickle! I’m strapped for cash and I haven’t the slightest idea where I’m going to get it from!”
Mike answered, “I’m glad to hear that. I was afraid you might have an idea you could borrow it from me!”
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Believe it a lot!
American man killed by toy helicopter.
In a bizarre incident, a 19-year-old man in the US was killed instantly by his remote-controlled helicopter when it boomeranged while being flown and slashed him in the head. Roman Pirozek was flying his model helicopter in Broklyn on Thursday when it malfunctioned.
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Veg butcher takes on test tube burger..
The Haguye: Never mind last month’s revolutionary test-tube beef burger grown from meat stem cells. The Dutch are way ahead with a ‘vegetarian butcher’ who transforms plants into ‘meat’. Founder Jaap Korteweg said while the ‘cultured beef’ was made meat grown from muscle cells of a cow, the Dutch butcher needs only plant matter to make ‘meat”.
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22-year-old killed following dispute over use of toilet.
Three people were arrested on Sunday for allegfedly killing a 22-year-old uyouth following a scuffle over use of a public toilet. In the morning, when the victim was with his friend outside a public toilet, they had a spat with the accused as to who would use it first.
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US man buys billboard ad in quest for love…
A middle-aged US man, Gordon Engle, a wealthy divorcee from Chicago, has taken his search for love to new heights by shelling out a ‘few thousand dollars’ on a giant billboard, overlooking a busy expressway, to advertise his quest for a perfect soulmate. “I’m Gordon! Let’s have dinner!” says the billboard overlooking the Stevenson Expressway.
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How men can avoid zip injuries.
When it comes to certain injuries, in certain areas, none are more feared among men than those caused by a jammed trouser zipper. And inevitably, when metal teeth meet soft flesh, there will only be one winner.
But now, 100 years after the modern was zip was invented by a Swedish-American engineer, a technique devised by doctors at St. Mary’s Hospital in London offers hope to legions of men who find themselves rushing to A&E in excruciating pain, and embarrassment, each year.
Instead of using saws or resorting to circumcision, the new method of freeing the blocked zip involves ‘liberal lubrication’ and a device that pulls the zip apart. Tools traditionally used to break the zip and free its captive have included bone cutters and mini-hacksaws. Penis injuries caused by zips can trigger ‘swelling and intense pain’ and can also result in blood loss and tissue damage.
In the new procedure, a needle holder, said to resemble a pair of scissors and normally used by doctors to hold the needle during suturing is used to slowly pull the zipper apart. This is quick non-traumatic and readily available equipment.
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Peanuts (groundnut/moongfali/singdhana/werkadalai) are high in phytosterols that help to promote healthy cholesterol levels.
(Me: Peanut is the cheap n best of all varieties of nuts, walnut, cashew nuts that are various expenses)
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Broccoli may reduce risk of skin cancer..
Broccoli has shown potential risk-reduction properties for skin and various other forms of cancer. Instead of eating it unlock the nutrients, patients should apply small doses of the active compound sulforaphane to their skin.
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Fish oil (omega-3) protects alcoholics from dementia.
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New device can speed diagnosis of sepsis.
Disease-causing bacteria stink – literally – and the odour released by some of the nastiest microbes has become the basis has become a faster and simpler to diagnose blood infections and finger the specific microbe. The new test produces results in 24 hours, compared to as much as 72 hours required with the test hospital now use, and is suitable for use in developing countries and other areas that lack equipment in hospital lbs.
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Cancer vaccine implant tested..
A cross-disciplinary team of Harvard scientists, engineers and clinicians have begun a clinical trial of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer. The Phase I trial was possible after a new model of translational research at Harvard University that integrates the latest cancer research with bio-inspired technology development.
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At a party of professionals, a doctor was having difficulty socializing. Everyone wanted to describe their symptoms and get a diagnosis. The doctor turned to an acquaintance, a lawyer, and asked, “How do you handle people who want advice outside the office?”
“Simple” answered the lawyer. “I send them a bill. That stops it.”
The next day, the doctor, feeling a bit guilty about sending off bills, opened his mailbox: there sat a bill from the lawyer.
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Will the US or won’t it (attack a West Asian country), is the hot topic discussion in the media for about a month now.
How a country can poison-gas 1500 people – a veritable massacre – is conveniently swept under the carpet. Yesterday’s TOI carried another report: about 540 people from a minority community from a neighbouring country are on a secret voyage, on a rickety vessel, with brief en route stopovers and Malaysia and Indonesia, to Australia seeking permanent asylum/settlement. The report further quoted the new Australian PM as having said that his country wouldn’t accept any more asylum seekers and the boat people arriving stealthily would be packed off to New Papua Guinea or the Island of Nauru for resettlement there. What beats one is why they go to unwelcome countries, and not find safe havens in countries that are ruled and peopled by fellow-faithfuls.
There is a moral obligation that all emigrants should adhere to religiously (!): you migrate to a western country or Australia of your own free volition, to eke out a living and also prosper that you couldn’t in your home country due to poverty or caste- or –community-based discrimination; once you are safely ensconced there, don’t entertain illusions (as many do) that the country accepted you only because of your talent or merits. They accept you also because they are very broad-minded, excepting a few, that your own countrymen are not. So, it is in your interest that you follow the host country’s time-tested laws, rules and regulations and in no way do you antagonize them by following your own customs, traditions and practices that may be in conflict with their laws.
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Pun fun…
Love 40! Paes wins double crown…
(Me: To the uninitiated, Love 40 is a tennis score and Paes has just turned 40, and for many love begins at 40!)
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics." ― Plutarc
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