Friday, January 20, 2017

Odds and ends



Bait knocks out cockroaches, and asthma symptom days https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170117105040.htm

Yuri Geller 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4132800/Researchers-reveal-potassium-superbattery-breakthrough.html




 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4106304/The-world-s-oldest-SILK-Evidence-luxury-material-8-500-year-old-tombs-China.html

The use of the Appendix 
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4103846/Human-appendix-DOES-serve-purpose-Supposedly-pointless-organ-vital-storing-good-gut-bacteria.html


Sri Lankan news


Ministerial Subcommittee To Analyze Drought - http://anynews.lk/s/jwbd 

Drought affects 600,000 in 13 districts - http://anynews.lk/s/jwll 

UN assures cooperation on Sri Lanka drought relief - http://anynews.lk/s/jwlh 

Uva PC To Seek Justice For Uva People - http://anynews.lk/s/jwlm
 

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Obituary - V. Karunakaran

Dr V Karunakaran

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velupillai karunakaran <karunakaranfamily@yahoo.co.uk>

5:53 AM (2 hours ago)

to Velupillai
Dear All
With great sadness we are informing that Dr V Karunakaran, retired consultant Gynaecologist, has passed away peacefully on 19/01/2017.
Funeral arrangements will be notified later. 
Dr Mrs  VM Karunaharan- 02084671808 / 07958031964
Dr K Vithian
Dr Bala Karunakaran

Odds and ends




'I'm allergic to my husband' - 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38507160

Babies remember their birth language- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38653906

UV light can aid hospitals' fight to wipe out drug-resistant superbugs https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170117083836.htm

Researchers discover a protein that protects against fatty liver, the most common hepatic disease in Western countries https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170117101838.htm

Opioids produce analgesia via immune cells pathway https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170117140036.htm

Researchers zero-in on cholesterol's role in cells https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170117163039.htm