High School Student Shows MSG Stunts Brain Growth

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 16 Aug 2008

A summer research study carried out by a teenage Canadianhigh school student has unearthed a link between stunted brain development and the consumption of popular food additive MSG. ...Read More

Indian Postal Dept Releases Special Day Cover on Organ Donor Week

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 14 Aug 2008

Organ transplantation over the last 50 years has only been possible due to the magnificent act of organ donation by almost a million organ donors in the world. To recognize this...Read More

Eco-tourism can Have Negative Impact on Wildlife

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 14 Aug 2008

No matter how discreetly nature lovers and ecotourists move around in forests, scientists insist that such human intervention can have detrimental effects on wildlife. In a study of protected Califor...

Concern for Girl Child in India by Radio Pakistan

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 13 Aug 2008

Radio Pakistan, in one of its programmes for the border villages promotes the girl child and blames Indian Government for encouraging female foeticide! Recent "Punjabi Durbar" programme has acc...

Woman's Ability to Sniff Out Wrong Partners may Be Hurt by Using Pill

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 13 Aug 2008

A new University of Liverpool research is indicating that women who use the Pill may lose the ability to sniff out wrong partners. Women are said to have an inbuilt ability to pick up the scent of a ...

Bionic Eye may Help Restore Basic Vision to the Blind

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 12 Aug 2008

An Indian-origin scientist and his colleagues have developed a "cheap and safe" bionic eye that can restore basic vision in individuals who are on the verge of losing their eyesight. ...Read More

Chinese Authorities Embarrassed Over Miming Singer and Fake Fireworks at Olympics

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 12 Aug 2008

The small Chinese girl who shot to national fame after singing at the Olympic opening ceremony did not sing at all. Nor were some of the fireworks seen on TV real. Olympic meets are supposed to promot...

First Transgenic Cow With Cancer-fighting Proteins for Humans in China

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 12 Aug 2008

A genetically altered cow that can produce cancer-fighting proteins for humans has been bred by Chinese researchers. The cow, capable of producing CD20 antibodies in its milk, was born in Beijing on ...

Lack of Vitamin D Linked With Chronic Pain in Women

Posted in Others Support group on Tue, 12 Aug 2008

Low vitamin D levels may contribute to chronic pain among women, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The findings are based on the blood analyses and pa...

Joint-smoking French Drivers may Be Caught Out by Saliva Tests

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 12 Aug 2008

Roadside saliva tests as part of a nationwide plan to crack down on drug use at the wheel have been started by the French Police on Monday at the Rivera. Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie was in ...