Medical
No Geno, no problem: Penguins roar back to stun Capitals
For a second straight year that these teams are meeting in the second round, and both times the Capitals have dropped the opener at home . This time , it was 28 seconds into the action, and the breakaway was a 2-on-1. That came in the wake of Evgeny Malkin's apparent leg injury earlier in that series, which also kept the star forward out Thursday night - yet the Capitals still expected to have... [Full Article...]
TS to get Rs.2000 crore for inland waterways on Godavari
The four projects are estimated to cost Rs 1,500 crore. The minister said barrages being built under Kaleswaram project will have the provision to take ships to Godavari. Rama Rao, who is son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, said the Defence Ministry was unfortunately not cooperating with the state government though it was offered 600 acres of alternate land. [Full Article...]
Cockroach stuck in women's ear for nine days
When she pulled the swab out, two brown LEGS were stuck to the tip. A Florida woman made a terrifying discovery one night... when she found a cockroach living in her ear! Households in warm cities, such as New Orleans, Houston and Atlanta, report more problems with cockroaches than much of the country. [Full Article...]
Illness, Stress Result To Grey Hair
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) have discovered a connection between the genes that contribute to hair color and the genes that notify our bodies of a pathogenic infection. "Our research looks primarily at how stem cells are affected by age", said Melissa Harris, Ph.D., corresponding author and assistant professor in the UAB College... [Full Article...]
ADB chief sees boon for Asia in AIIB collaboration, not competition
Meanwhile Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera was among a four-member panel who discussed "Technology for Change" live on CNBC Global on May 4, on the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank . South Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world, and its rising population of young people is expected to provide a demographic dividend in the coming decades, th... [Full Article...]
Women in Bucks 'will have been affected' by national breast screening error
The risk of breast cancer increases with age. A major IT error that affected hospitals in the United Kingdom beginning in 2009 caused as many as 450,000 patients between the ages of 68 and 71 to miss breast cancer screenings, which could have resulted in up to 270 deaths, The Guardian reports. [Full Article...]
A battle between Daredevils batsmen and Sunrisers bowlers
Young Rishabh Pant ( right ) cracked a blistering 69 while captain Shreyas Iyer (50, left ) hit his fourth half-century of the season as Delhi Daredevils kept themselves in the race for IPL play-offs with a nervy four-run win over Rajasthan Royals here on Wednesday night. [Full Article...]
First death reported in lettuce E. coli outbreak
The epidemic, which was first identified on March 13, has consumers abstaining from romaine lettuce sourced from the Yuma, Arizona region. Yuma Fresh vegetable Association President Steven Alameda says he wants customers to know that farmers there are taking action to keep food safe. [Full Article...]