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Scientists have created a human-pig hybrid in a milestone study that raises the prospect of being able to grow human organs inside animals for use in transplants. It marks the first time that embryos combining two large, distantly-related species have been produced. The creation of this so-called chimera – namedContinue Reading

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Doctors in London believe they could be on course to defeat HIV after a dramatic fall in the number of new infections. An early intervention program imported from San Francisco has seen a 42 per cent reduction in new cases of HIV at 56 Dean Street in Soho, the biggest sexualContinue Reading

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An Irish surgeon’s breakthrough overturned more than a century of medical belief and may lead to improvements in digestive surgery and recovery. The mesentery, it turns out, is one connected organ, not a disjointed group of separate parts, a theory believed since the 19th Century.  The mesentery connects the intestine toContinue Reading

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By Matters India reporter New Delhi: Caritas India plans to intensify its campaign on cancer during the Lenten season. The social service wing of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) uses the Lenten time to campaign on social issues and advocate changes. Father Frederick D’Souza, executive director of CaritasContinue Reading

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Prostate has long been the Cinderella of cancers, lagging behind others – in particular breast cancer – when it comes to diagnosis, treatment and the funding that goes into research. But scientists at University College London have made what they believe is a real breakthrough using a drug derived fromContinue Reading

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Kolkata:  Switzerland will have Ayurveda practitioners by 2019, an official of the Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation said here on Thursday. The Swiss government in 2015 recognised and sanctioned Ayurveda medicine and therapy, making it the first Western country to do so. The Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation (ISA) has given the Swiss authoritiesContinue Reading

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New Delhi: In a first in Asia, a digital radiological unit has been set up at the AIIMS mortuary to enable doctors conduct virtual autopsies with the help of hightech digital X-rays, which can detect even the minutest clots and fractures invisible to the naked eye. The cutting edge technologyContinue Reading

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An important presentation was made to students of Ecole Mother Teresa on November 22 and 23. No Secrets, a program developed by the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Centre and presented by Elementary Educator Diane Huston, provides elementary students with critical knowledge on how to understand and protect their own bodies.Continue Reading

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New Delhi: Thirty two companies from various sectors across the country, including Indian Railways, were today named ‘Healthy Workplaces’ 2016 by a global body working to prevent non-communicable diseases through education and lifestyle change. Amid growing challenges posed by NCDs, including diabetes and cancer, Arogya World, a non-profit organisation, todayContinue Reading