Anthrax outbreak in Bangladesh
Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Health
Health officials issue red alert in Bangladesh after over 200 people contracting deadly anthrax during the last one month’s time.
However, the trail of outbreak led to tiny village where over 26 people contracted the bacterium and from there it spread to another area wherein infected bovines were slaughtered and consumed.
The outbreak was noticed on August [...]
Buckyball Google Doodle marks Buckyball 25th anniversary
Posted on 04. Sep, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in General
Google shows a new Buckyball Google Doodle today on the Google.com. The reason? The Buckyball turns 25 and it is celebrating its birthday. The second O in the Google has been represented by the buckyball.
The google doodle changes according to major events; when it’s Soccer Wworld Cup it’d turn into a football and when its [...]
iPhone app iStethoscope to relace iconic stethoscope
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Technology
Doctors who for long used the iconic stethoscope to listen to heartbeat of patients have started ditching it in favor of an iPhone app a virtual stethoscope.
The iPhone app named an iStethoscope is a $1.19 iPhone application that has been downloaded over 3 million times in UK along is an iPhone medical app with inbuilt [...]
UA test battery faster way to assess cognitive abilities of Down syndrome patients
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Health
US researchers say that a new UA test battery devised and developed by American researchers can actually assess the benefit of drug intervention and behavioral help besides predicting life trajectory of Down syndrome patients.
The tests hardly take a couple of hours and as compared to several days taken in the past to assess cognitive abilities, [...]
Sexually transmitted infections at record high in UK
Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Health
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in UK reported alarming stats; the sexually transmitted infection rates in UK at record high.
British media reported that the most infected rates were seen in the 15-24 age group.
According to the 2009 HPA data on STI distribution women were at greater risk of getting sexually transmitted diseases. There were about [...]
Lindsay Lohan out of rehab
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Entertainment
Lindsay Lohan was released from rehab center today. The Mean Girls star was released after she served only 23 days of the 90-day program that the court ordered her to serve. Lindsay Lohan was taken to jail for breach of her probation that stemmed from her arrest in 2007 to drug and alcohol charges as [...]
Third World children or clinical trial subjects
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in General
A newspaper in India says that children belonging to the third-world nations as well as those nations in transition to be ‘lab rats’ for drug trials by US.
According to Pediatric Exclusivity Provision- the US’ 1997 legislation, development of new drugs for US kids should be hastened. The clinical trials for new drugs seem to be [...]
Mariah Carey pregnant
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Buzz
Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon have been to a trip to Brazil and the Brazil concert footage sparks of new rumors that currently doing rounds; Mariah Carey pregnant.
The video footage of Mariah’s Brazil concert suggests that she may be pregnant. Mariah wore loose fitting attire and she sported what looked like a baby [...]
Lenovo adds Ideapad Y460, and IdeaPad Y560 to its Y series notebooks
Posted on 21. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Technology
Lenovo, world’s leading PC makers has come up with another couple of Y-series notebooks (IdeaPads); Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 and Lenovo IdeaPad Y560; adding to the fleet of notebooks already there in the market. Both the IdeaPads are feature packed, sleek and stylish notebooks.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 features an Intel Corei5-450 microprocessor, 8GB DDR3 RAM and [...]
Spencer to release spicey Heidi Montag Spencer Pratt sex tape
Posted on 21. Aug, 2010 by Aruna Ram Kumar in Entertainment
Heidi Montag’s loser boyfriend and loathable Reality TV Star and ‘The Hills’ fame Spencer Pratt is up to another notoriety; Spencer intends to sell what he claims to be a sex tape featuring Heidi Montag and himself.
It is learnt that Spencer Pratt is having talks with one Vivid Entertainment to trade off on their sex [...]
