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Heart healthy lifestyle may help protect kidney patients from dying prematurely

A new study has found that maintaining a heart healthy lifestyle may also help protect chronic kidney disease patients from developing kidney failure and early death. The findings suggest that patients with kidney disease should be encouraged to improve their heart health. Paul Muntner, PhD (University of Alabama at Birmingham) and his colleagues used the American Heart Association's recently ...
Jitendra Singh urges states to take action to curb illegal practices in sports

Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said Friday that states need to take adequate steps to combat illegal practices in sports after the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) was marred by spot-fixing. Singh said that the central government was ready to extend full support to the states with regards to combating illegal practices in sports. "The states have an important role to play in wake of the ...
Sports Minister lauds amputee Everest climber Arunima Sinha

Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh has congratulated Arunima Sinha for becoming the first amputee to scale Mount Everest. In a statement, Singh said: "Congratulations for having scaled the Mount Everest. This incredible achievement shows your sheer grit and indomitable courage against heavy odds." "Your efforts and achievements show that a physical handicap is not a deterrent to achieve ...
Racist Oz broadcaster Morrow spared the sack but banned from marquee events this season

Veteran Australian sports commentator David Morrow will not be sacked by ABC Radio for his racist remarks, but will be banned from working during this season's marquee rugby league events so that he can complete training and cultural awareness programs. Morrow, Rugby League caller and the voice of National Rugby League (NRL) for ABC Radio, was suspended by the national broadcaster management ...
Stars such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie find their new liquid assets

The arts and intoxication have gone hand-in-jittery-hand for centuries - so perhaps it's no surprise how many stars are making their own ...

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

When people think of the Terminator films, the first things that come to mind are big action and big special effects. Even though James Camerons 1984 original was a fairly low-budget blockbuster, it featured big chase scenes, a postapocalpytic future, and grisly-real make-up effects by Stan Winston that included a scene of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular cyborg cutting out his own dam ... ...

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NHS staff to be offered counselling-style sessions

The DH hopes the sessions will help staff feel more valued and better equipped to handle the ups and downs that healthcare involves. Photograph: Frank Baron for the ...
Russell Brand on parliament The whole joint is a deeply encoded temple of hegemonic power

Russell Brand leaves Portcullis House, Westminster, after giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee looking into drugs policy in April 2012. Photograph: Rebecca ...
Rugby Fickle nature of sport drove me back to Japanese club -Ellison

After being out injured for six months, Tamati Ellison admits the fickle nature of rugby was one of the main reasons he opted to head back to Japan. Ellison, 30, will join the Ricoh company side in Japan at the end of the Super 15, despite having played for the All Blacks last year and being seen as a test certainty this season. The midfield back said he enjoyed the Dunedin ...
Sports scandal entertainment dominates the headlines in an India not that obsessed with China

East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI -- It's a toss-up what's of more concern to India's 1.2 billion people -- border disputes with China or the arrests on bribery charges of stars of India's most popular sport, the old British game of cricket. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mingled firmness with smiles in a summit this week with China's Premier Li Keqiang that ...
Sports Battle for honours

United Arab Emirates RAK 21km run in a world leading 58.54 mark, proved he was no push over, upsetting national cross-country champion Philemon Rono and former world half marathon silver medalist Bernard Kipyego. Two-time world junior 3,000m champion Mercy Cherono, who did not perform well at the cross-country season, was a cut above the rest, winning women's 1,500m final in an afternoon of ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Thistle Marble Arch Hotel

The hotel is an old building, in fact there are neon signs on an adjacent, seemingly unused warehouse which is ...

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Radioactive nanoparticles that target cancer cells developed

Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a way to create radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body.

Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.

Michael Lewis, an associate professor of oncology in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, stated that being able to target secondary tumors is vital to successfully treating patients with progressive cancers.

"Depending on the type of cancer, primary tumors usually are not the cause of death for cancer patients. If a cancer metastasizes, or spreads creating hard-to-find tumors, it often becomes fatal. Having a way to identify and shrink these secondary tumors is of utmost importance when fighting to save people with these diseases," Lewis said.

In an effort to find a way to locate and kill secondary tumors, Lewis, in collaboration with J. David Robertson, director of research at the MU Research Reactor and professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, have successfully created nanoparticles made of a radioactive form of the element lutetium. ...