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Aug
16
2010

Drug vending machines start trial in UK; will give the users prescription drugs

The famous tech site engadget has reported that the Drug vending machines starts trial in UK. According to the information revealed by BBC in their health niche that there are two types of drug vending machines introduced specially to capture remote areas. The vending machines looks like ATM-style robo-vendor and supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has installed [...]

May
8
2010

Sleep 6:00 to 8:00 hours to live longer

A scientific study conducted from Italian Francesco Cappuccio at the ‘University of Warwick, Great Britain, along with researchers at the University of Naples Federico II, also through comparative analysis of 16 studies that involved over 1 million people, has revealed that sleep between 6 or 8 per night is a panacea.
The UK magazine “Sleep” has [...]

Feb
25
2010

Global warming cut death toll

According to the Ireland conference on the health implications of climate change discovered that the number of people dying due to respiratory disease and heart failure in Ireland during the winter season can be reduced due to the impact of global warming.
The conference further estimated that the no. of deaths in Ireland are particularly high [...]

Feb
22
2010

Diabetes drug ‘AVANDIA’ may cause of heart attack

As a confidential study report on Glaxo SmithKline’s Avandia, which known as Diabetes drug found linked with heart attack problems.
The studies released on ‘AVANDIA’ by staff of Senate Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Max Baucus (D., Mont.).
U.S. Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat and committee chairman, said, ”Americans have a right to [...]

Feb
21
2010

Obama wants find common ground in healthcare summit

“I don’t want to see this meeting turn into political theater, with each side simply reciting talking points and trying to score political points. Instead, I ask members of both parties to seek common ground in an effort to solve a problem that’s been with us for generations,” Obama said in his address.
President Barack Obama [...]

Jan
6
2010

3bn and counting!!!

In an arguably historic milestone Apple’s application store downloads have gate-crashed through the 3bn mark. The applications which are available across 20 categories for iPhone and iPod users worldwide achieved this milestone in 18 months. Sounding euphoric on the development Apple CEO said, “Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months—this is like nothing [...]

Jan
5
2010

Apple Apps downloads cross the 3 billion mark

Apple shocked quite a many on Tuesday by announcing that over three billion Apple Apps have been downloaded by the iPhone and iPod users across the globe since the company opened its App store in July 2008. What’s eye catching is that in April last year, within a period of one year alone, the company [...]