Putin commences 3rd term as Russian Prez

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Moscow, May 7: Vladimir Putin was today sworn in as Russian President for a record third term and vowed to protect rights and freedoms, even as demonstrations marked his second coming to the Kremlin that was marred by allegations of vote rigging. Putin has held a tight grip over the Russian More

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A breakthrough in Alzheimer’s or Parkinson's treatment?

London, May 7: Injecting a protein into the brain could protect its nerve cells from prion disease, a condition which causes the brain to wither away, says a new study. Because the process by which prion disease affects mice brains is similar to some degenerative brain conditions in humans More

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Aspirin is as 'good as warfarin' for most heart failure patients

London, May 7: Aspirin could be as effective as more expensive drugs for heart failure patients with a normal heart rhythm, according to researchers. Their study on more than 2,000 patients, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, said aspirin was as effective as the commonly prescribed More

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Eye colour linked to severity of skin conditions

Washington, May 7: Eye colour can tell whether you're at risk of serious skin conditions. The blue eyed are less likely to have vitiligo, while the brown eyed may have lower risk of melanoma, says a new study. Vitiligo is an autoimmune skin disease in which pigment loss results in irregular More

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Pomegranate juice a natural aphrodisiac

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London, May 7: Men and women who drank a daily glass of pomegranate juice for a fortnight experienced a surge in the hormone testosterone, which increases sexual desire in both genders, Daily Mail reported. The latest achievement claimed for pomegranates, which are already acclaimed as a More

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'Prebiotic helps lower colon cancer risk'

Washington, May 7: A prebiotic has shown promise in helping the body's own natural killer cells fight bacterial infection and lower colon cancer risk, a study says.Prebiotics are dietary fibre supplements that serve as food for the trillions of tiny bugs living in the gut and stimulate the growth More

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Playing basketball, soccer staves off Osteoporosis

Stockholm, May 7: Young men who play load bearing games such as volleyball and basketball for four hours a week or more increase bone mass, which may ensure protection from osteoporosis later in life, says a study. The study, the largest scale investigation of its kind, discovered that young More

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Moon appears bigger and brighter

Paris, May 7: A super-full and extra-bright moon dazzled the night skies this weekend as the lunar body swept along the low point of its elliptical orbit around the Earth. The so-called lunar perigee brings the moon about 50,000 km closer to the Earth than when it's at the farthest point of More

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Only Saudi saleswomen at cosmetic shops from June 30

Jeddah, May 7: Only women will staff cosmetics and perfume shops from June 30, local Arabic daily Al-Madinah reported quoting a senior official of the Labor Ministry. Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Labor for development Fahd Al-Tikhaifi said the ratio of employment of Saudi women in More

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