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Monkeys, just as humans possess Machiavellian Intelligence

Washington, Oct 25 : Humans and rhesus macaques share not only about 93 percent of their DNA sequence, but they also have something more in common - Machiavellian Intelligence.

Muscadine grape seeds may provide best antioxidant supplements

Muscadine GrapesWashington, October 25 : Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptis

Previously unseen belt of moonlets discovered in Saturn’s outermost ‘A’ ring

Planet SaturnWashington, Oct 25 : An international team of astronomers from the US, Germany

‘US wars could cost 2.4 trillion dollars by 2017’

CBO director Peter Orszag

US asks Musharraf to work more closely with moderates, Benazir

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

America’s first incisionless surgery preformed to correct acid reflux disease

Washington, October 24 : Surgeons at the Ohio State University Medical Center have preformed the first incisionless surgery in the US by using a device known as EsophyX, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, to cure gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also known as heartburn.

The surgeons have treated the first two patients in the country by using the device.

The mechanism, which is new in the US, has been proven safe and effective in patients treated throughout Europe for GERD.

According to the surgeons, the new procedure does not leave any scars and results in minimal post-operative pain. It also reduces patients’ recovery time significantly, they say.

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