Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not… Read More »

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Survey Revenue System Is It A Scam?

Click Here To Know More About: Betting Survey Revenue System – Review There are plenty of programs out there like the Survey Revenue System that claim they can show you how to make easy money online by filling out surveys and competing in research focus groups etc. Yes… You can make money by doing these… Read More »

New ‘clean water’ funding for Djibouti’s drought-stricken rural areas

Wednesday, July 4, 2007 With the announcement Monday of €2 million in new funding from the European Union (EU), the Republic of Djibouti’s Ministry of Agriculture hopes to provide some relief to an estimated 25,000 rural inhabitants suffering through severe drought conditions. The money, to be channeled through UNICEF for its water and sanitation program,… Read More »

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Acting teacher and director Milton Katselas dies at age 75

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Acting teacher and director Milton Katselas died Friday at age 75, after suffering from heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He began the Beverly Hills Playhouse in 1978 and taught acting classes there to noted actors including George Clooney and Gene Hackman. Katselas is survived by a… Read More »

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Turkish government accused of being too slow to respond to bird flu

Friday, January 13, 2006 The Turkish government has come under fire from officials in Dogubayazit, where three siblings died from the H5N1 strain of Bird Flu, for not sending enough resources and not responding quickly enough in the region. The mayor of Dogubayazit, Mukkades Kubilay, claims that the Turkish government sent only three doctors and… Read More »

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Tropical Storm Danny to threaten the U.S. East Coast this weekend

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) has declared an area of disturbed weather north of Puerto Rico Tropical Storm Danny today, skipping the tropical depression stage. A statement by the NHC said “a general northwestward motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected today and Thursday, with a turn toward… Read More »

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