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![]() Ahmedabad, India (AFP) April 29, 2010 A team of military doctors backed by India's national defence research centre is studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent seven decades surviving without food or water. The long-haired and bearded yogi, Prahlad Jani, has been sealed in a hospital in the western city of Ahmedabad where he is under 24-hour observation by 30 doctors and will be subjected to a series of medical tests. "The observation from this study may throw light on human survival without food and water," doctor ... read more |
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IV Water Filter May Open Medical Options For Astronauts![]() Technology for a water filtration system initially developed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is going to get a major test during the STS-131 mission as it is called on to create water clean enough to be used intravenously, commonly referred to as an IV. If it works, the system could prove critical to future astronauts if they have a medical emergency while traveling far from Earth. It ... more Engineers Turn Noise Into Vision ![]() A new technique for revealing images of hidden objects may one day allow pilots to peer through fog and doctors to see more precisely into the human body without surgery. Developed by Princeton engineers, the method relies on the surprising ability to clarify an image using rays of light that would typically make the image unrecognizable, such as those scattered by clouds, human tissue or murky ... more Viral immunity failure explained ![]() U.S. medical scientists say they've discovered how a virus can repeatedly infect people despite a strong and long-lasting immune response. Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University's Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute said their study focused on the cytomegalovirus, known as CMV, which infects up to 80 percent of the U.S. population before age 40. "CMV is one of a few ... more |
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![]() New Delhi (AFP) March 31, 2010 Indian outsourcing firms are banking on a business bonanza from US President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform as cost pressures prod insurers and hospitals to become more efficient. The 940-billion-dollar US healthcare bill, passed in March, will extend health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans over the next decade and require insurers and medical care providers to cut costs substantially. "The influx of newly insured represents a big, exciting opportunity for the industry," Ana ... read more |
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