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Arcade Fire Track listing Announced

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:24

Track listing for new album 'The Suburbs', and detailed information about the warm-up gig in London, have been made public by Arcade Fire. These announcements reflect the preparation their star appearance at the Reading And Leeds Festivals, this August. The declared information however did not disclose the venue for the London warm-up gig of the Band.

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Genetic Heart Problems Can Be Solved by Eating Mediterranean Diet

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:21

Young people usually suffer from heart problems, as they are genetically predisposed to it. But people with a genetic predisposition for heart problems and heave a sigh of relief, as according to a new study, by eating a Mediterranean diet their heart can function in a better way.

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Doctor of GP Admits Death of Patients

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:20

After giving excess amount of morphine doses to 18 dying patients, Dr. Howard Martin of GP has said that he was using his judgments and carefulness and that his conscience was also clear.

According to the General Medical Council, he acted this way on the scantiest of evidence of intolerable pain. In an extraordinary confession, Dr. Howard Martin admitted giving lethal doses of painkillers to dozens of elderly and incurably ill patients.

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Scientists Analyze Why Do Bacteria Fight Consistently Inside Human Body

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:19

Health scientists have observed that the microscopic bacteria inside our bodies are at constant war with each other. This indirectly harms the human body as the bacteria tend to attack the immune systems.

Dr. Sam Brown, from the University of Oxford, lead researcher, tried to look for the cause of this consistent war between the different types of bacteria.

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Foreign Doctor Killed an Elderly Patient Because of Negligence

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:17

A foreign doctor on his first and only shift in Britain; injected David Gray, 70, with 100mg of a painkiller dose, which was 10 times the recommended amount.

Dr. Daniel Ubani came into the UK from Germany and was struck off the British medical register yesterday but he can still work out of the country.

A few hours after being injected with the massive overdose of diamorphine, Mr. Gray died on February 16 2008.

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Filthy Cars Home to Germs

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:15

A new study has claimed that cars, which remain dirty and messy for long, pose a severe threat on the health of the drivers. They said that these dirty motorcars are home to a number of microbes like Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus.

In a trial, the researchers observed a car carrying germs and bacteria of nearly all types. They had picked up the car for a test, indiscriminately.

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Campaign by School Kids on Road Safety

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:14

In order to endorse road safety in the region, more than hundreds of Doncaster students came up to do their bit in the cause. This effort of the youngsters was compiled in the road safety charity Brake's Giant Walking Bus scheme.

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Environmentalist Accuses Regulators of Lousiness towards Emission Control

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:14

An environmental scientist has claimed that if the regulators at the national and state level would have undertaken strict policy changes in the emission control, earlier, they would have been able to tame the metal contamination in Flin Flon manufacturing plant.

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Study Reveals Post-Natal Depression

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:11

A trend has been seen that more grievances of unhappiness, mood swings, anxiety and loss of appetite are reported from the mothers, soon after birth. This is known as the post-natal depression and has been witnessed in around one in ten new mothers.

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Most of the People Eating Barbeques Are Overdosing on Salt

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:09

Millions of football fans who are enjoying the ongoing football World Cup are consuming more than recommended levels of salt. Most of people enjoying barbecues are consuming a lot of salt. A typical barbeque that has burgers, sausages, bacon, dips and crisps contains almost two times more salt than the recommended salt limit by health experts.

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Common Risk Factors Lead to Most of the Strokes

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 11:04

A study done by the Canadian researchers has revealed that ten common risk factors account for almost 90% of the strokes. The most common cause of a stroke is the high level of blood pressure.

It was found that taking simple steps like increasing physical activity, reducing blood pressure and smoking, apart from eating a more balanced diet can significantly reduce the risk of suffering from a stroke.

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Indian-American Doctor arrested for illegal practice

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 22:11

Amidst the arena of Bloomington, Indianapolis, in the United States, an Indian-American origin doctor had been arrested for being found guilty on cheating and causing harm in the patient's body. He has been arrested on the grounds of deliberately practicing healthcare services in a fit to climb the ladders of success, early.

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Women with RA can have major possibilities of pain

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 22:07

Rheumatoid Arthritis can also be defined as a chronic and painful disease affecting the joints, leading to inflammation. The symptoms of inflamed joints are swelling of the joints and then turning red and the area when touched is felt to be warm. If there is no proper treatment, then it will lead to severe inflammation and will result in permanent damage in the joints.

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6 lakh pre-order bookings for iPhone 4

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 22:05

Apple says that it has taken over 600,000 orders, on the very first day of pre-orders.

The iPhone 4 web page currently is facing serious problems as large numbers of people try to log in simultaneously. The 600,000 is a record that comes at this initial day of pre-order in Apple's history, beating out the old iPhone, and indeed the recently launched iPad, claims the company officials.

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Sony displays Move motion controller

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 21:59

Sony denied all the rumors of price cut on its PS3 at the same time proclaimed its Move motion controller for the PS3 at E3.

Apart from the above claims it is stated that two new console bundles, featuring Move and a 500GB and 250GB hard drive respectively, will be featured reports CVG.

The sources claim that these PS3s are expected to come with 802.11n wireless, a real boon for the online gamers.

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BP oil spill loss worth $100bn now

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 19:37

According to the latest predictions in house regarding the mounting concern over the company's liabilities of BP, the ongoing vows of the oil spill that has caused environmental and economic damage now may plunge to $100 billion.

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Sweets and pancreatic cancer going altogether

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 19:34

People craving for sweets and other foods can have greater possibilities of blood-sugar and high risks of pancreatic cancer other than those who are not so fond of sweets and other related food items.

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Electric Mini Car Trial turns out to be a Success

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 13:20

Driving the Oxford-built Mini E car to check the electric car's appropriateness for everyday motoring, a Berkshire motorist, Peter McManners, from Pangbourne has declared that his trial of the new electric car was `a success'.

The motorist, interested in green issues, was one of 20 drivers in the trial, run by a conglomerate led by the car's manufacturer BMW.

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Swapping Information Can Provide Safety against Data Leaks

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 13:15

It has been reported that fading can provide a great help in protecting the personal records of the visitors on the sites from leakage.

These records sometimes carry sensitive information, the leakage of which can create problems for the users. Moreover, the safeguards available on the sites are not much strong and they cannot completely assure you that the personal data is in safe hands.

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World’s Biggest Digital Camera Locating Killer Asteroids

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 13:12

Scientists in Hawaii are making use of what is considered to be the world's biggest digital camera, in order to locate killer asteroids.

The University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy said on Wednesday that the world is now, a somewhat safer place to live in because of the new 1.8-meter telescope atop Haleakala on Maui.

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