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| Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Vivek Oberoi not only stays away from tobacco, he also avoids passive smoking and says that when someone smokes on the movie sets, he leaves that place.
"There is absolutely no smoking allowed on my sets. If anyone smokes, I always leave the set and go out," Vivek told ....
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| Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) The Kerala government Friday imposed a complete ban on sale and consumption of gutka and paan masala in the state, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said.
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| Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Fifty homeopaths across India will be given the Malati Allen Nobel Award every year by a private company as a means of encouragement, the firm's official said here Thursday.
The award, instituted by the Dr. Malati Allen Charitable Trust under the healthcare company All....
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| Guwahati, May 24 (IANS) Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday said the government was considering providing some food supplement to high school girls before administering them iron and folic acid tablets - a day after some girls fell sick after the exercise.
Wednesday, some girl....
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| New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) To curb thyroid-related disorders, the Indian Thyroid Society (ITS) has said a clinical manual would be launched on the World Thyroid Day Friday to raise awareness about the disease.
"Recent studies have shown an alarming increase in thyroid disorders across India. W....
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| Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) In the wake of frequent deaths of infants in government-run hospitals in the state, the West Bengal health department has directed all sub-divisional, district hospitals and medical colleges to conduct in-house probes if more than three babies die in a day.
Minister o....
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| New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) One year ago, 94-year-old S.N. Bhatt of Chattisgarh's Bhilai steel township became the oldest man to undergo knee replacement surgery in both his knees. Now, with his 87-year-old wife Vijay Lakshmi having undergone the same procedure, they are set to create a record for bein....
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| New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A 44-year-old woman, who was Delhi's first heart transplant recipient an year ago, has recovered and is leading a normal life, said doctors at the private hospital here Wednesday monitoring her post-operative progress.
Sunita, a resident of Karol Bagh, was operated u....
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| Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) Indians visiting Britain for less than six months do not need to undergo tuberculosis (TB) test, it was clarified Wednesday.
An announcement by the British government that visa applicants from India and some other countries will be required to undergo TB test had le....
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| By Azera Parveen Rahman
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The last six months have been a constant struggle and an endless journey for Abdul Ameer Ismail Yakoob. A citizen of Iraq, he travelled from one country to another seeking treatment for his multiple myeloma, or blood cancer, until he came to In....
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