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Horoscope Today: Astrological prediction for April 22

All zodiac signs have their own characteristics and traits which define someone’s personality. Wouldn’t it be helpful if you started your day by already knowing about what’s going to come your way? Read on to find out whether the odds will…

RS Sharma, Health News, ET HealthWorld

The Centre’s CoWIN platform will be scaled up rapidly to service the third phase of the Covid-19 expanded vaccination drive starting May 1 under the new policy, National Health Authority chairman RS Sharma told ET on Tuesday, adding that it…

Texting while driving increases risk of crashing

NEW YORK: Don't text while driving as a new study suggests that doing so increases the risk of a crash much more than talking or listening on a mobile phone. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute said texting while driving "increases…

UV radiation blinding rural folk, finds study

CHENNAI: Why is every alternate person in rural India above the age of 40 blinded by cataract when only one in five in cities has the disease? This was the question that troubled a group of researchers at Sankara Nethralaya in the city…

OTC EC and abortion pills cause menstrual problems

Was she pregnant or not? Sukriti Kumar, 21, went to Dr Vishakha Munjal in Saket for an answer. The corporate intern had got stone-drunk at a party some weeks earlier and didn���t remember if she and her partner had sex that night. ���I was…

Men who do household chores more likely to marry

LONDON: Men who do household chores are more likely to marry a girl of their choice, and since British men are happy doing these chores, they score high, according to a study conducted by the University of Oxford. The study suggests that if…

Why dentures? Grow new teeth

LONDON: Scientists in Japan have managed to grow teeth from stem cells, a development that could make dentures redundant. The researchers, from the University of Tokyo, succeeded in growing a tooth ���germ���, a seed-like piece of tissue…

Breast cancer cases surge as cervical dips

NEW DELHI: The good news: fewer women in India now suffer from cervical cancer - counted among the worst of killers. The bad news: breast cancer cases have shot up alarmingly, across the country.A landmark analysis of cancer cases in Delhi,…

Homeopathy can cure swine flu, claims practitioner

MUMBAI: At a time the country is grappling with H1N1 virus and Tamiflu tablet is belived to be the only solution, a well-known medical practitioner today claimed that people can have a cost-effective treatment in homeopathy for swine flu.…

Now, an HIV blocking gel for women

WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a "molecular condom", which they claim is actually a vaginal gel that would help protect women from contracting the deadly HIV during sexual intercourse. According to them, before sex, women would have…

New wave of Swine flu could sicken millions

WASHINGTON: As India and other countries grapple with the Swine flu, experts here warned that a new wave of the deadly virus is ready to explode and could sicken millions. Its rapid spread would dominate the proceedings of the North…