TAI-VHS Encouraged Transgender To Showcase Their Talents In Chennai

Posted in AIDS/HIV Support group on Fri, 26 Dec 2008

The Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative and Voluntary Health Services (TAI-VHS) brought about 20,000 transgenders and marginalized women together to showcase their talents. The newly formed federation aims at ...

Dwarf Bride Stretched 14 Inches For Wedding!

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 26 Dec 2008

An American woman, who suffers from a rare kind of dwarfism, was stretched to an incredible 14 inches before her wedding day. Tiffanie Didonato, 27, of North Carolina, USA, courageously underwent bone...

Gazza To Get 'Best' Pal's Help To Battle Alcohol Addiction

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 26 Dec 2008

Fallen football legend Paul Gascoigne a.k.a. Gazza is being helped by a friend of George Best in his battle against his alcohol addiction. He has checked into Champneys Forest Mere health farm for Chr...

Resveratrol In Red Wine May Help Cure Liver Injury

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 26 Dec 2008

Scientists have found that resveratrol can act as a potential therapeutic drug for ischemia/reperfusion related liver injury. Hepatic injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) has been proposed as a...

Preventing Chronic Renal Failure Among Rural Poor

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 25 Dec 2008

(Interview with Dr. M.K. Mani, Senior Consultant Nephrologist, India)Dr. M.K. Mani, Chief Nephrologist, Apollo Hospital, Chennai, India, and Managing Trustee of Kidney Help Trust, Chennai, India, has ...

Genetic Expert Gives Nod To Marry Your Cousin

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 24 Dec 2008

A population genetic expert has urged to annul the ban on cousin marriages, insisting that they are largely based on outdated assumptions about a high degree of genetic risk for offspring. ...Read Mor...

Diet Rich In Fruits, Veggies Helps Humans Make Their Own Aspirin

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 24 Dec 2008

A regular diet of fruits and vegetables can help your body make its own salicylic acid (SA) - the material formed when aspirin breaks down in the body, according to UK scientists. ...Read More

The Famous'Bush Shoe' Creates 100 Employment Vacancies in Shoe Manufacturer's Factory

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 23 Dec 2008

The rather 'infamous' black shoe which the Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi hurled at George Bush recently has become a hot property, and has created 100 employment vacancies....Read More

Hallmarks A Genetic Disorder Recreated In Lab

Posted in Others Support group on Tue, 23 Dec 2008

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have successfully recreated the hallmarks of a genetic disorder in their lab, using stem cells derived from a patient. The researchers claim that their work...

Is Micheal Jackson Fighting For Life?

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 22 Dec 2008

Michael Jackson is reportedly fighting for his life, according to a writer who is penning a new biography on the singer. Ian Halperin, a former award-winning...Read More