Paracetamol no better than placebo in low-back pain: study
Paracetamol, the first-choice lower-back pain killer, worked no better than dummy drugs administered in a trial of more than 1,600 people suffering from the condition, researchers said
66% fail Complex Testing of Entrants in Kazakhstan
66% of entrants have failed the Complex Testing of Entrants (CTE) held in Kazakhstan on July 19-22, 2014.
Climate change ravaging Antarctic fur seals: study
A food shortage likely caused by climate change is shrinking a South Antarctic fur seal colony and changing the profile of its surviving members, researchers said.
Surgeons remove 232 teeth from Indian teenager
Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said.
More than 2.2 billion people 'poor or near-poor': UN report
More than 2.2 billion people are "poor or near-poor", with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said.
Australian Medical Board bans prominent euthanasia doctor
Prominent Australian right-to-die doctor Philip Nitschke on Thursday vowed to continue giving advice on how to end life after the Australian Medical Board used emergency powers to suspend him.
Houdini challenged by Kazakhstani illusionist
An illusionist from Kazakhstan has refined the famous Harry Houdini Suspended Strait Jacket Escape.
Only one place to swim in Astana
Department of Consumer Protection of Astana has conluded that people can swim only in one place in the Ishim (Yesil) River.
Geneticists find 100+ DNA pointers for schizophrenia
A massive gene trawl has linked over 100 DNA coding mutations to schizophrenia, yielding critical clues about what causes the illness and possibly how to treat it, scientists said