AIDS activists file complaint against Larry Flynt, demand condoms be used in sex films

AIDS activists file complaint against Larry Flynt

Broccoli may help fight Crohn’s disease

LONDON - Eating broccoli and plantain can help fight Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory disease of the intestines that affects any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus.

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Parliament passes Indian Medical Council amendment bill

NEW DELHI - Parliament Thursday approved the legislation empowering the central government to supersede the Medical Council of India (MCI) and constitute a board of governors, with Rajya Sabha passing the bill amending the Indian Medical Council Act.

UK study: Nonreligious doctors twice as likely to hasten death of terminally ill patients

UK study: Nonreligious doctors hasten death more

Johnson & Johnson recalls 2 hip replacement systems over high rate of problems, repair surgery

J&J recalls 2 hip replacement systems for problems

French diet guru Michel Montignac, author of “glycemic index” weight loss books, dies

French diet guru Michel Montignac dies

PARIS — A French official says French diet guru Michel Montignac, whose “glycemic index” weight-loss books sold millions of copies, has died.

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Apollo reaches highest organ transplant in India

NEW DELHI - Healthcare provider Apollo Hospital is the only hospital in India to have performed 534 organ transplants in less than eight months across the country, its chairman Prathap C. Reddy said Thursday.

Sad mothers have small babies who die early

LONDON - Sad and anxious mothers tend to have smaller babies who are more likely to die in infancy.

603-pound Thai woman leaves apartment for first time in 3 years with help of forklift

603-pound Thai woman leaves home after 3 years

1 in 7 patients report more physical problems a year after surgery

WASHINGTON - A study has found that one in seven patients have reported experiencing more pain, physical and emotional problems a year after surgery than before their operation, with a quarter saying they have less vitality.

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German court finds girlband singer guilty of infecting partner with HIV

German court finds HIV singer guilty

DARMSTADT, Germany — A German court has found a girl-band singer guilty of causing bodily harm to an ex-boyfriend by having unprotected sex with him despite knowing she was infected with HIV but she won’t spend any time in prison.

Eating broccoli and plantain could reduce bouts of Crohn’s disease

LONDON - Plantain and broccoli fibre could help prevent relapses of Crohn’s disease, a new study suggests.

Tobacco companies may be using YouTube to market products

WASHINGTON - A survey has suggested that tobacco companies may be using web 2.0 media, such as YouTube, to market their products to young people.

Doctors remove giant malignant tumour weighing 22 kg

LONDON - Surgeons have removed a giant tumour weighing 22 kg from a woman, which had been growing inside her body for 18 months.

Patients could grow own liver from skin slivers

LONDON - Transplant patients who are very ill may be able to grow their own livers in the near future. In a novel attempt, Cambridge University researchers turned slivers of skin from patients’ arms into liver cells.

300 kg Thai woman takes crane to hospital

BANGKOK - Bangkok city officials Thursday deployed a heavy-lift crane to move a woman weighing 300 kg down from her apartment, two storeys up, to get to hospital.

Skin cancer pill shrinks tumour in 80 percent cases

LONDON - A pill that retards the spread of advanced skin cancer is showing “remarkable” results in early trials.

Argentina docs remove world’s largest tumour from patient’s womb

MELBOURNE - Doctors in Argentina have successfully removed what they believe is the world’s largest malignant tumour from the body of a woman.